May 24, 2024 by
A&S News
From important contributions to the search for unmarked graves to the effect of Meta’s news ban in Canada, 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 17, 2024
- Department of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies Institute Professor Judith Taylor writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) that students are more well-read and attentive to news reporting than naysayers imagine.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple received continued coverage in the Toronto Star (paywall) for her downtown post-pandemic recovery research.
May 18, 2024
- Department of History Professor Dimitry Anastakis writes in the London Free Press about Honda’s plans to make electric vehicles in Canada.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond tells CBC News that a focus on plastic straws risks trivializing the larger issue of plastic pollution.
May 20, 2024
- Department of Computer Science Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton and Professor Sheila McIlraith are among the authors of a new Science paper discussing AI risks and regulation, as reported by The Guardian.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor Emeritus J. Bruce Falls is remembered in The Globe and Mail (paywall) for his curiosity-driven research and leadership in the conservation community.
- Department of Sociology PhD candidate Jordan Foster comments for CBC News online on the juxtaposition of the Met Gala and the war in Gaza.
- Department of Art History Associate Professor SeungJung Kim writes in Korea JoongAng Daily about the “data war” between Japan and Korea.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez tells The Globe and Mail (paywall) that wage rates negotiated by construction unions tend to be higher than wages listed on Job Bank.
May 21, 2024
- Researchers of the Media Ecosystem Observatory, led by co-principal investigator, Department of Political Science Professor and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Director Peter Loewen, explore the effects of Meta's news ban in Canada, as reported on by the Canadian Press.
- A School of Cities study found that downtown restaurants experience decreased midday activity, noted in Inc. Australia.
May 22, 2024
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics public outreach strategist Ilana MacDonald explains in Toronto.com why Ontarians won’t be able to see the May full moon.
- As reported in the National Observer, Institute of Islamic Studies researchers are investigating why a disproportionate number of Muslim-led charities have been selected for a CRA audit.
- Department of Computer Science Associate Professor Kuldeep Meel shares his research with IFL Science on the development of a simplified CVM algorithm.
- Department of Economics Professor Michael Smart and PhD student Sobia Hasan Jafry share research with the Hill Times (paywall) that found that the richest 0.01 per cent of families on average declared 6.1 million dollars in realized net capital gains that were subject to tax.
- Department of Economics PhD candidate Taryn Eames shares with The Globe and Mail: Women and Work newsletter (paywall) her research examining how non-binary gender pronouns on job applications may be perceived.
May 23, 2024
- Department of Anthropology PhD student Sarah Hazell is highlighted in Anishinaabek News as a recipient of the Governor General Innovation Award, recognized for her essential contribution to the Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves.
- Department of English Professor George Elliott Clarke discusses poetry with TVO.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on a new study that found sulphate emissions from a paper mill are contributing to mercury contamination in the Grassy Narrows First Nation community.