July 9, 2021 by
A&S News
From the orbits of the planets in the solar system, to changing how we experience Canada Day, to the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, scholars 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 25, 2021
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee speaks in i-D magazine on YouTube videos that pair true crime stories with makeup application.
- Mark Kingwell, a professor in the Department of Philosophy, writes a Globe and Mail op-ed reflecting on how increased video communication during the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the anxiety people feel around how they appear to others onscreen.
- Department of Anthropology associate professor Bence Viola comments in the New York Times on the discovery of what may be a new type of ancient human ancestor.
- Deirdre Baker, an assistant professor in the Department of English, offers summertime reading recommendations for children in the Toronto Star.
June 26, 2021
- Emily Deibert, a PhD candidate in the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics explains why all of the planets in the solar system revolve in the same direction, on the latest listener-question show on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks.
June 28, 2021
- Department of Economics professor Michael Smart comments in the Globe and Mail on the impact of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, introduced last year to enable businesses affected by the pandemic to continue paying their employees.
- Department of History and Caribbean Studies program associate professor Melanie Newton comments in the Globe and Mail on a report by City of Toronto staff recommending the renaming of Dundas Street.
June 30, 2021
- Department of History associate professor Heidi Bohaker comments on 580 CFRA on the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools across the country.
- Department of Anthropology assistant professor Michelle Cameron and professor Michael Chazan comment in the Toronto Star on how humans physically evolved the ability to sweat in order to cool down in hot temperatures, and how evolving culturally might be necessary to combat a warming climate, too.
July 1, 2021
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton comments in the Globe and Mail on Maplesoft’s AI technology and why everyone from students to NASA is using this Canadian invention.
- Department of Sociology assistant professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah comments in the Winnipeg Sun on cancelled or scaled-back Canada Day celebrations in response to the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools.
July 2, 2021
- Department of History associate professor Brian Gettler comments in a Toronto Star article about the role of religious orders in residential schools.
July 4, 2021
- Department of History associate professor Melanie J. Newton comments in a Toronto Sun article about Henry Dundas’ role in the mass enslavement and slaughter of Black and Indigenous communities.
July 5, 2021
- Department of Sociology professor Scott Schieman writes in the Toronto Star about anger that people are experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Department of Sociology assistant professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah comments in CBC News on the Hudson Bay’s use of a Black lawyer’s image as the face of a fundraising campaign without permission.
July 6, 2021
- In the Toronto Star, Department of Geography & Planning professor Matti Siemiatycki encourages the launch of the new electric rail line between Toronto and Montreal that could reduce carbon emissions.
- In the Toronto Star, Department of Geography & Planning assistant professor Michelle Daigle says there’s a meaning behind changing street names thus replacing oppressive legacies of colonial rule on city streets.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee comments in MSN Canada on gun violence in the United States over the July 4 weekend.
July 7, 2021
- Centre for Indigenous Studies assistant professor Brenda Wastasecoot comments on OurWindsor.ca on the importance of talking about Canada’s history of residential schools and the Canadian leaders who contributed to Indigenous oppression.
July 8, 2021
- Acting director of New College’s Caribbean Studies program, Kevin Edmonds, comments in the Toronto Star about Canada’s role in cultivating the current political situation in which the assassination of the Haitian president took place.