June 11, 2021 by
A&S News
From Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s call for an apology from the Pope for the role of the Catholic Church in Canada’s residential schools program, to the G7 meeting in England, 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 4, 2021
- Department of Political Science professor Nelson Wiseman comments in a Washington Post story on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request for the Pope to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in Canada’s residential schools program.
- Kory Kroft, an associate professor in the Department of Economics and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy speaks in the Globe and Mail about the introduction in Newfoundland and Labrador of a sales tax on sugary beverages.
June 5, 2021
- Joy Fitzgibbon, an assistant professor and associate director of the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Program at Trinity College, comments in a CTV News story about how Canada might go about sharing COVID-19 vaccines with other countries while continuing to vaccinate its own citizens.
- Professor Ito Peng of the Department of Sociology and the Asian Institute at the Munk School writes an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen describing the benefits of a public, long-term care insurance program for Canadians as they age.
June 7, 2021
- Department of Art History assistant professor Mikinaak Migwans, curator of Indigenous contemporary art at the U of T Art Museum, comments in the Globe and Mail on efforts by the National Gallery of Canada to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and programming into its strategic plan and mandate.
June 8, 2021
- Department of Computer Science professor Raquel Urtasun speaks in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and Forbes about her new technology startup for the development of autonomous vehicles.
- Department of Anthropology assistant professor Bence Viola comments in a Globe and Mail story about efforts by China to build national pride through archaeology.
- John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School, speaks on Public Radio International’s global news program The World about questions around surveillance and privacy raised by an international police sting targeting criminals using an encrypted digital communication network.
June 9, 2021
- Department of Geography & Planning professor Danny Harvey speaks in CBC News about the science behind a warming global climate and what it means for Canada.
- Mike Reid, an associate professor in the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, comments in Nunatsiaq News on the rarity of the solar eclipse expected to be visible across parts of Nunavik and Nunavut.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student Erick Laming comments in the Toronto Star on a near-encounter with police by a mass murderer during a 2020 manhunt in Nova Scotia.
- Department of Economics professor Loren Brandt comments in the Globe and Mail on economic innovation in China.
- John Kirton, a professor in the Department of Political Science and the director of the G7 and G20 Research Groups at the Munk School, comments in CTV News on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s agenda going into the G7 meeting in England.
June 10, 2021
- Nelson Wiseman comments in a toronto.com story about Ontario premier Doug Ford’s intention to invoke the notwithstanding clause to restrict third-party election advertising.
- Mike Reid speaks about the community aspect of viewing the total eclipse during the pandemic in a New York Times story celebrating some highlights of the astronomical event.
- John Kirton comments in the Toronto Star on the exclusivity of the G7 ahead of its annual meeting of leaders.