May 12, 2023 by
A&S News
From how to carve a way forward out of the conflict in Sudan to Canada’s relationship with the British monarchy, 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.
May 5, 2023
- Woodsworth College alumnus Kokichi Kusano shares with CityNews his original theatrical production NAE: The Rice Seedling, that honours his Japanese Canadian heritage.
- Department of History and Caribbean Studies Associate Professor Melanie Newton discusses on CBC Radio: The House Canada’s history and relationship with the British monarchy.
- Department of Chemistry University Professor Mark Lautens argues in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that graduate student researchers deserve better wages.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Mark Kingwell writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about his experiences with alcoholism and recovery.
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Assistant Professor Rachel Friesen answers a listener question on CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks about the origins of dust on the moon.
May 7, 2023
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Assistant Professor Padraic Scanlan talks to CityNews about Canada’s history and relationship with the British monarchy.
May 8, 2023
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman writes in the Hill Times (paywall) about challenges facing Canada’s defence policy.
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton shares with Reuters (paywall), Fortune (paywall), The Guardian, CBC: Frontburner, CBC News online, Wired (paywall), Times Higher Education (paywall) and Financial Times (paywall) his decision to leave Google so he can speak freely to ensure AI technologies he helped invent are used for the good of humanity.
- Department of Psychology Professor Paul Bloom’s book Psych: The Story of the Human Mind is highlighted by CBC Books online as a springtime non-fiction must-read.
- Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Nisrin Elamin shares with CNN, Al Jazeera and Toronto Life the dangers she faced when fleeing the conflict in Sudan, and the humanitarian response needed from the international community.
May 9, 2023
- Department of Philosophy graduate student Kayla Wiebe shares with the National Post (paywall) her research on medical assistance in dying for people experiencing poverty or unjust conditions.
- Department of History Assistant Professor Safia Aidid talks to CBC Radio: Ideas about how ideas of gender and power have shifted in each retelling of the Queen of Sheba's life.
May 10, 2023
- Citizen Lab Director and Political Science Professor Ronald Deibert discusses with CBC: Ideas online disinformation and the state of democracy.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple’s research on pandemic recovery in major cities is covered by ABC News online, FOX News online, CBC News online, CTV News online and Newstalk 1010.
- Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Asian Institute Associate Professor Lynette Ong comments for Politico on diplomatic tensions between Canada and China.
- Political Science PhD candidate and Munk School researcher Gözde Böcü writes in Foreign Policy (paywall) about the impact of diaspora voters in Turkey’s election.
May 11, 2023
- Department of English Associate Professor Paul Downes writes in the National Observer (paywall) about the University Pension Plan’s opportunity to be a leader for climate change.