March 26, 2021 by
A&S News
From the trials of two Canadian citizens detained in China to the Government of Ontario’s goal of a balanced budget, 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.
March 19, 2021
- An op-ed co-authored by Department of Political Science professor Wendy Wong, first published in The Conversation and reprinted in the National Post, examines Facebook’s oversight board and the company’s approach to free speech and freedom of expression online.
- Lynette Ong, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments on CBC Radio’s The Current and in the Washington Post (paywall) on the trials of two Canadian citizens detained in China.
- A Washington Post review of a new book exploring the origins and rise of artificial intelligence cites Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton as a pioneer in the field.
March 20, 2021
- Lynette Ong comments in a CBC News story examining American foreign relations with China and Russia under president Joe Biden.
- John English, director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at Trinity College, comments in the Toronto Star on an unequal economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 22, 2021
- Lynette Ong discusses the politics around the trials of two Canadians detained in China on BNN Bloomberg’s The Close.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor Chelsea Rochman comments in the Toronto Star on the increased use of plastic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Michael Widener, an associate professor in the Department of Geography & Planning, comments in a National Observer story examining barriers to accessing affordable and healthy food.
- A Wall Street Journal story examines a report by researchers with the Citizen Lab at the Munk School on the extent to which the social media platform TikTok poses a threat to U.S. national security regarding privacy and data security.
March 23, 2021
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee speaks in CTV News about a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
- Chelsea Rochman describes in New York magazine’s The Strategist adding a filter to washing machines to reduce the amount of microfibers released into laundry water.
March 24, 2021
- Department of English assistant professor Deirdre Baker writes in the Toronto Star about new books for children.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student Erick Laming speaks in the Regina Leader-Post about calls for independent oversight of police forces in Saskatchewan.
- Sarah Qidwai, a PhD candidate at the Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science and Technology, comments in Nature on efforts to increase the visibility of women in the history of science.
March 25, 2021
- Munk School professor Drew Fagan comments in the National Post on the Government of Ontario’s goal of balancing the provincial budget within eight years.