May 7, 2021 by
A&S News
From Canadian aid to India amid the COVID-19 pandemic to the proposed establishment of a Canadian manufacturer of electric vehicles, 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.
April 30, 2021
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Raji Jayaraman comments in Global News on the Canadian government’s efforts to assist India as it battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Department of Earth Sciences associate professor Kimberly Tait, who is also curator of mineralogy at the Royal Ontario Museum, speaks in the Toronto Star about the opportunity to study soil and mineral samples from Mars.
May 1, 2021
- Recent research by a team of scientists that included Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor Chelsea Rochman that examined plastic particles in drinking water is highlighted in Forbes.
May 4, 2021
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton comments in the Globe and Mail on work by a Toronto-based artificial intelligence start-up founded by some of his past students that aims to help computers better understand human language.
- Srilata Raman, an associate professor in the Department for the Study of Religion, comments in the Times of India on the passing of a renowned French scholar who devoted his life to the study of Tamil language and literature.
- Anna O’Grady, a PhD candidate at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, describes her passion for her research in the Toronto Star.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology professor Donald Jackson, coauthor of a recent study examining the impact of runoff into Toronto-area waterways from the application of road salt in winter months, comments in CTV News ahead of a debate on the practice at Toronto city council.
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, speaks in the Globe and Mail about the rivalry between Canada's two major railway companies amid a bidding war for the purchase of the Kansas City Southern company.
May 5, 2021
- Randy Boyagoda, a professor in the Department of English and vice-dean, undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts & Science, writes an op-ed in The Atlantic exploring the distinctions between authorized and unauthorized biographies of American author Philip Roth.
May 6, 2021
- Matti Siemiatycki, a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and interim director of the School of Cities, comments in the Globe and Mail on the potential of on-demand public transit services.
- Department of Sociology professor and chair Scott Schieman writes an op-ed in the Toronto Star sharing the results of a survey of people working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic that showed many wish to return to their workplaces to be closer to their colleagues.
- John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School, comments in NBC News on cybercriminals using text messages to collect personal information from consumers.
- Dimitry Anastakis comments in the Financial Post on a proposal to establish a Canadian manufacturer of electric vehicles.