May 14, 2021 by
A&S News
From the influence of the Chinese government on its country’s economic activity, to Greyhound Canada’s decision to shut down bus services in Canada, 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.
May 7, 2021
- Department of Economics professor Loren Brandt comments in New Atlanticist on the influence of the Chinese government on the country’s economic activity.
May 8, 2021
- Department of Economics professor Michael Smart co-authors a Toronto Star op-ed examining concerns around government debt, and comments in the Globe and Mail on federal government emergency wage subsidy programs.
- Research by Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Stephan Heblich examining the lasting impact of Victorian-era industry and pollution on cities across England, is cited in The Economist.
- Department of History professor Doris Bergen comments in the Washington Post on the passing of World War Two-era partisan resistance fighter Faye Schulman.
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, comments in the Toronto Star on competition between Ford and General Motors in efforts to develop electric vehicles.
May 9, 2021
- Department of Political Science and Munk School professor Peter Loewen comments in CBC News on efforts by Ontario’s provincial government to prompt the Canadian government to increase entry restrictions at Canada’s international borders.
May 10, 2021
- Department of Psychology professor Geoff MacDonald explains in Live Science why emotional pain hurts physically, and how it serves as a survival tactic.
- Munk School associate professor Raji Jayaraman co-authors a Toronto Star op-ed examining how Canada could become a leader in global vaccination against COVID-19.
May 13, 2021
- Michael Smart comments in the Globe and Mail on bankrupt Canadian companies receiving support from the federal government’s emergency wage subsidy program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A Smithsonian Magazine story examines research by Nathaniel Starkman and Harrison Winch, both graduate students in the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, that suggests straight lightning bolts may prove the existence of dark matter.
- Robert Diaz, an associate professor at the Women & Gender Studies Institute, comments in CBC News on programs in Toronto designed to support Asian LGBTQ youth.
- Matti Siemiatycki, a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and interim director of the School of Cities, comments in Global News on Greyhound Canada’s decision to shut down bus services in Canada.