May 31, 2024 by
A&S News
From public housing challenges to excessive smartphone use, 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 24, 2024
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology alum Madeleine Milne shares with the Daily Mail her research on microplastics in meat and protein alternatives.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Assistant Professor Patrick Watson talks to CityNews about the potential of technology in addressing police accountability.
May 25, 2024
- Cinema Studies Institute sessional lecturer Adam Nayman writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the Criterion Collection.
May 26, 2024
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University Professor Janice Stein talks to BNN Bloomberg about Canada’s free trade complacency.
- Department of Economics Professor Angelo Melino weighs in for Global News online on the latest inflation data.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple and Innis College Urban Studies Program Director and Associate Professor, teaching stream David Roberts comment for the Toronto Star (paywall) on issues surrounding public housing in Toronto’s Moss Park neighbourhood.
May 27, 2024
- Department of Sociology Professor Scott Schieman and PhD student Daniel Hill share with The Globe and Mail (paywall) their survey of Canadians and Americans on their work ethic.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor Emeritus J. Bruce Falls is remembered in the Toronto Star (paywall) for his leadership in the conservation community.
- Department of Sociology and Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies Professor Robert Brym shares with the National Post (paywall) a national poll that shows fewer than one-fifth of Canadians support protest encampments.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor Mariana Valverde discusses with CTV News different rules for selling alcohol in Canadian provinces.
- Department of Art History Associate Professor Kim Seung Jung writes in Korea JoongAng Daily about the evolution of the universal basic income.
May 28, 2024
- Department of Political Science Professor and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Director Peter Loewen, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology & Society Director Monique Crichlow and Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society Gillian Hadfield share with La Press and BNN Bloomberg a new report that reveals global public opinion on AI.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Riley Yesno talks to Radio-Canada online about the importance of Indigenous inclusion.
- School of Cities researchers report that foot traffic in major U.S. cities remains low on weekdays, but increases over the weekend, as covered by The Guardian (paywall).
May 29, 2024
- Rochman Lab member and UTSC PhD candidate Alice (Xia) Zhu shares with the Toronto Star (paywall) her and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor Chelsea Rochman’s new research on measuring plastic pollution in Toronto.
- Department of Political Science and Asian Institute at the Munk School Associate Professor Lynette Ong shares with the Hill Times podcast (paywall) her expertise on foreign interference.
- Citizen Lab Director and Department of Political Science Professor Ron Deibert and senior research associate Kate Robertson argue in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that a proposed cybersecurity bill threatens online security for Canadians.
- Department of History Assistant Professor and International Relations Program at Trinity College Director Timothy Sayle comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on access to historical records in Canada.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen discusses with Global News TV countries pushing for a two-state solution to the Israel-Gaza war.
May 30, 2024
- Citizen Lab researchers at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy discover Pegasus hacking attempts on journalists and activists inside the EU, as reported by The Guardian, Le Monde (paywall) and BNN Bloomberg.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology researchers share with Salon new research that identifies a gene — dubbed the “degrees of Kevin Bacon” gene — responsible for regulating the structure of social networks in fruit flies.
- Victoria College Academic Programs Director Ira Wells writes in The Walrus (paywall) about the negative effects of excessive smartphone use among students.