May 19, 2023 by
A&S News
From the effects of high chloride levels in watersheds on wildlife to the growing strength of Canada’s diplomatic relationship with South 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.
May 12, 2023
- Acceleration Consortium Director and Department of Chemistry Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik shares with The Logic (paywall) his vision for the future of AI research in Toronto following a recent $200-million federal investment.
- Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Nisrin Elamin shares with TVO: The Agenda the dangers she faced when fleeing the conflict in Sudan, and the humanitarian response needed from the international community.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple’s research on pandemic recovery in major cities is covered by the Financial Post (paywall) and Toronto Star (paywall).
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and School of the Environment Professor Donald Jackson comments for CTV News online on high chloride levels in watersheds harming wildlife.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on public-private partnerships in Canada.
May 15, 2023
- John Kirton, director of the G7 Research Group at Trinity College and Department of Political Science professor, discusses with the Canadian Press and National Post (paywall) the G7 summit in Japan.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy researchers Giancarlo Da-Ré and Matthew Funk write in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that Canada’s EV battery plant investments are short-sighted.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School University Professor Janice Stein writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about Canada’s innovation ecosystem.
- Department of Computer Science Professor Arvind Gupta argues in The Hill Times (paywall) for improved procurement policies to achieve climate-ready infrastructure.
May 16, 2023
- Department of Earth Sciences Professor Miriam L. Diamond talks to CBC Radio: Radio Active about a new study on the growing amount of e-waste.
- Munk School student David Jones writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about long-term care solutions, and in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about Canada’s housing crisis.
- Department of Psychology Professor Gillian Einstein explains to Global News why women are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Joseph Heath is among the shortlisted authors for the Donner Prize, as highlighted in The Globe and Mail (paywall).
- Tina Park, junior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at Trinity College, shares with The Globe and Mail (paywall) and the Canadian Press the momentum of the diplomatic relationship between Canada and South Korea.
- Department of Philosophy and Department of Statistical Sciences Assistant Professor Boris Babic comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on the probability numbers for the NBA draft.
- Department of Psychology Associate Professor Dirk Bernhardt-Walther shares with Psychology Today his research on colours associated with different basic emotions.
- Department of Computer Science and Psychology Assistant Professor Joseph Jay Williams’s Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator, which combines machine learning, A/B testing and psychology to customize curriculum, is noted in Government Technology as this year’s winner of the XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge
- Karen Chapple and Matti Siemiatycki discuss with the Toronto Star (paywall) post-pandemic downtown recovery.
May 17, 2023
- Data Sciences Institute postdoctoral researcher Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher shares with CBC Radio: Metro Morning her research on cycling infrastructure in Toronto.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman discusses with CP24 online Toronto’s mayoral race and the strength of Canada’s Liberal party.
- Giancarlo Da-Ré discusses on BNN Bloomberg Canada’s EV battery supply chain.
May 18, 2023
- Innis College Principal and Cinema Studies Institute and Department of History Professor Charlie Keil talks to The Kit about how actors negotiate on-screen intimacy in film and television.