March 8, 2024 by
A&S News
From the legacy of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the debate about the “Anthropocene epoch,” 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.
March 1, 2024
- Department of English Professor and Vice-Dean, Undergraduate at the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda talks to Toronto Life about his role as the university’s provostial adviser on civil discourse.
- School of Cities planning and design lead Sarah Chan and urban planner Nigel Carvalho write in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about how retail sites could help address the housing crisis.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple shares with the Toronto Star (paywall) her research on civic infrastructure in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood.
- Department of History Professor Emeritus Robert Bothwell comments for the Times of India on the passing of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman talks to Yahoo News Canada about the legacy of Brian Mulroney.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor and Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity and Culture Kelly Hannah-Moffat comments for CBC News online on data showing that 54 inmates in Ontario were held their past release date in 2023.
March 2, 2024
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on how much the pandemic has affected construction costs in Canada.
- Department of Political Science Professor and Trinity College fellow John Kirton comments for El País on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
March 3, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen talks to CBC Radio: Sunday Magazine about the Israel-Hamas war and the ensuing humanitarian crisis.
March 4, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Master of Public Policy candidate David Jones writes in the Financial Post (paywall) about surge pricing.
- Department of Political Science and Asian Institute at the Munk School Associate Professor Lynette Ong comments for the Times of India on China’s annual political summit in Beijing.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CBC News online on the risks of relying on private developers to build public infrastructure.
- Department of Political Science Assistant Professor Semra Sevi comments for CBC News online on the difference between U.S. Presidential elections and Canadian federal elections.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments for the London Free Press on the historic worker shortage in Oxford County.
March 5, 2024
- The Globe and Mail (paywall) references School of Cities research on downtown pandemic recovery.
- Department of Geography & Planning and Department of Earth Sciences Professor Joseph Desloges weighs in for CBC News online on a debate about the Anthropocene epoch.
- John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the Munk School’s Citizen Lab, comments for the Associated Press, Washington Post (paywall) and NBC News online (paywall) on sanctions for spyware company Intellexa.
- Forbes (paywall) highlights a report from the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society that explores the use of AI in cultural curation.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments for CTV News on policies implemented in hospitals during the pandemic.
March 6, 2024
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School, discusses in the National Post (paywall) the federal government’s plan to resume UNRWA funding.
- Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus Marcel Danesi comments for Salon on why former U. S. President Donald Trump is one of the most polarizing figures in American history.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CBC News online on a report on Toronto’s public transit.
March 7, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis writes in the Financial Post (paywall) about the Ontario Infrastructure Bank.
- Department of Political Science Assistant Professor Dani Kaufmann Nedal comments for CBC News online on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s personal safety during the war.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen shares with the Toronto Star (paywall) his views on recent protests in the city.