June 20, 2024 by
A&S News
From the G7 summit to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, 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 14, 2024
- Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Justin Jennings discusses on APTN the Great Law of Peace by which the Haudenosaunee Confederacy has governed itself for hundreds of years.
- Department of Political Science Professor and Trinity College fellow John Kirton discusses the G7 summit with the Associated Press, CTV online, CHCH online, TIME and the Times of India.
- Department of Economics Associate Professor Joseph Steinberg discusses with CTV News public finance and policy.
- Department of Psychology Professor Paul Bloom shares his top five tips for living a good life with BBC Radio 4.
June 15, 2024
- Department of Political Science and School of the Environment Associate Professor Kate Neville is profiled in the Winnipeg Free Press (paywall) for her new book Going to Seed.
June 16, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy affiliated faculty Phil Triadafilopoulos talks to CBC Radio: Sunday Magazine about changing attitudes towards immigration in Canada and beyond.
- Department of Psychology Professor Gillian Einstein discusses with the Washington Post (paywall) women’s brain and mental health, and how older women are being shortchanged by medical research.
June 18, 2024
- Department of Computer Science Professor Raquel Urtasun receives US$200-million in funding for her autonomous trucking company, Waabi Innovation Inc., as covered by The Globe and Mail (paywall), Betakit and The Logic (paywall).
- Department of History Professor and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy affiliated faculty Andres Kasekamp discusses on CTV News Channel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea.
- Department of Art History Associate Professor Kim Seung Jung writes in Korea JoongAng Daily about the production process and advances of Roman concrete.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Canadian Press on Calgary’s announcement that they will be reviewing why a major pipeline burst in the city’s northwest.
- A study by the School of Cities reports that Washington’s downtown is ranked second among US cities in the increase in downtown activity, as covered by Bloomberg (paywall).
June 19, 2024
- Beau Hayward of Woodsworth College shares his journey with CBC Toronto to graduating today after a spinal-cord injury changed his life, with comments from accessibility advisor Michelle Morgani.
- Department of Computer Science Professor Raquel Urtasun talks at the Collision conference about the progress of her autonomous trucking startup, as highlighted by BNN Bloomberg.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Daniel Munro writes in The Walrus about issues with space exploration.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University Professor Janice Stein discusses the Gaza ceasefire on TVO: The Agenda.