July 7, 2023 by
A&S News
From the results of Toronto’s mayoral election to the potential risks of AI, experts from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Arts & Science are sharing their expertise on a variety of issues in the media.
Here’s some of what they had to say this week.
June 23, 2023
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Sheila McIlraith and Associate Professor David Duvenaud, as well as Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Director Gillian Hadfield, debate in The Globe and Mail (paywall) AI and its potential risks.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Distinguished Fellow Mel Cappe writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about access to information solutions.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on congestion and bike lanes in Toronto.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School Professor Jacques Bertrand writes in The Diplomat about the upcoming elections in an autonomous region in the southern Philippines.
- Department of Linguistics Chair and Professor Sali Tagliamonte comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on the history of language.
June 24, 2023
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School, writes about and discusses the Wagner mutiny in Russia for The Globe and Mail (paywall), CBC News and CNA.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for the Canadian Press
- on questions raised by a Toronto mayoral candidate’s media blitz.
- Department of English University Professor Emeritus J. Edward Chamberlin shares with the Winnipeg Free Press (paywall) the evolution of storytelling as outlined in his new book, Story Lines: How Words Shape Our World.
- Matti Siemiatycki comments for Global News online on laneway houses as possible solution to housing crises in Alberta.
June 25, 2023
- Nelson Wiseman and School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple comment for BBC News online, Bloomberg News (paywall) and the Toronto Star (paywall) on Toronto’s mayoral race.
June 26, 2023
- Woodsworth College graduate Omer Malikyar shares with CTV: Your Morning, CTV News online and CP24 how he has overcome incredible odds to reach graduation day.
- Karen Chapple receives continued coverage for her downtown recovery research with the School of Cities, as reported by ABC News online and The Waterloo Record (paywall).
- Department of Anthropology Professor Edward Swenson comments for LiveScience on the research of an ancient desert wall in northern Peru.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Emeritus Ian Hacking is remembered in the Chronicle of Higher Education for his lasting contributions to his field.
June 27, 2023
- Nelson Wiseman and Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the School of Cities Enid Slack talk to The Globe and Mail (paywall) and the Canadian Press about Olivia Chow winning Toronto’s mayoral race.
- Department of History Professor Emerita Margaret MacMillan, senior fellow Akaash Maharaj and Munk School journalist fellow-in-residence Paul Wells discuss on TVO Canadian identity.
June 28, 2023
- Matti Siemiatycki talks to BNN Bloomberg about Canada’s population and the need for laneway housing.
- Department of History Professor David Wilson’s book Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and The Secret Police sheds light on the complexity of Canada’s cultural and political history, as noted in the National Post (paywall).
June 29, 2023
- Geoffrey Hinton speaks about the dangers of AI at this year’s Collision tech conference in Toronto, as highlighted by CTV News online.
July 1, 2023
- Innis College writing instructor Mandy Pipher writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the cultural significance of voting in elections.
July 2, 2023
- Munk School fellow Mark Kersten argues in Al Jazeera for investigations of war crimes committed by Syrian leaders.
July 3, 2023
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond shares with The Guardian her research on toxic chemicals found in clothing.
- Nelson Wiseman argues in Hill Times (paywall) that the Conservative Party remains well-positioned to win the next federal election.
July 4, 2023
- Munk School and Department of Political Science Professor Peter Loewen and Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Director Gillian Hadfield write in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about AI’s potential to replace public servants.
- Aurel Braun talks to CTV News about Russian troops advancing in Ukraine.
- Department of Geography & Planning Associate Professor Michael Widener talks to CP24 about Canada’s new one-time grocery rebate.
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) University Professor Richard Bond is noted by Salon for coining the term “cosmic web.”
- Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton comments for the Washington Post (paywall), the Independent and the Daily Mail on a viral Twitter account likely generated by AI.
July 6, 2023
- Department of Political Science and Munk School’s Asian Institute Associate Professor Lynette Ong comments for the Financial Times (paywall) on the targeting of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection officials by the Chinese government.