May 27, 2022 by
A&S News
From the early history of autism to Ontario voters’ priorities, 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 20, 2022
- Researchers at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Citizen Lab report that Microsoft’s search engine Bing censors content that is politically sensitive to China’s government, as highlighted in PC Mag and CNET.
May 21, 2022
- Ania Harlick, instructor in the Department of Physics, answers a listener question on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks about the temperature of our breath.
- Citizen Lab senior researcher Christopher Parsons tells the Toronto Sun and Global News that the federal government’s ban on Huawei and ZTE technology is more about geopolitical interests than cybersecurity.
May 22, 2022
- Marga Vicedo, professor at the Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology, discusses her book Intelligent Love and the history of autism and motherhood on ABC Australia’s All in the Mind podcast.
- Chris Ramsaroop, sessional instructor in the Caribbean Studies program at New College, is highlighted in The Globe & Mail (paywall) for his work with the non-profit group Justice for Migrant Workers.
May 23, 2022
- Marva Wisdom, senior fellow at the Munk School, writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about supporting politicians who create inclusive opportunities.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the School of Cities, Infrastructure Institute comments in The Globe & Mail on how the housing development crisis (paywall) will be approached by political parties, and that affordability has become a top-line election issue (paywall).
- La Presse (paywall) profiles Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton for his contributions to AI and deep learning research in Canada.
May 24, 2022
- CBC Books highlights Victoria College professor Adam Sol’s poetry collection Broken Dawn Blessings as a must-read for Jewish Heritage Month.
May 25, 2022
- Scot Wortley, professor at the Centre of Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, comments for CBC News Online on police presence in Canadian classrooms.
- On TVO’s The Agenda, School of Cities director and Geography & Planning professor Karen Chapple discusses how election platforms are addressing this issue of housing affordability.
- Lynette Ong, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Asian Institute at the Munk School, tells Politico that it is concerning to see Canada left out of a new trade agreement between the United States and Indo-Pacific countries.
- Michael Kessler, professor of ethics and law at Trinity College, tells the Toronto Star (paywall) that a lack of youth supports during the pandemic could be to blame for an uptick in juvenile mischief and crime.
May 26, 2022
- Enid Slack, director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the Munk School, explains the relationship between municipal and provincial governments on TVO’s The Agenda.
- Political science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for the Hamilton Spectator (paywall) on how inflation has usurped COVID-19 as an Ontario election campaign priority, and for Guelph Today on the likelihood of an independent candidate victory.