November 1, 2024 by
A&S News
From federal immigration policy changes to the experiences of trans youth in school, 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.
October 25, 2024
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Michael Donnelly discusses in BBC News online public sentiment towards immigrants in Canada.
- School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman comments for Global News online on how immigration cuts could impact Canada’s housing market.
- Department of English professor George Elliott Clarke comments for CBC News online on the Gaspereau Press founders stepping down from their position in 2025.
October 26, 2024
- Department of Economics professor emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the Bank of Canada’s recent interest rate cut.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Seva Gunitsky comments for Global News online on the KGB’s spy recruiting practices.
October 27, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis talks to CityNews about the Ontario government’s climate change goals.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on how the city lacks parallel side streets for bike lanes, and for The Local on extreme urban geography.
October 28, 2024
- Department of Psychology professor Geoff MacDonald and PhD candidate Elaine Hoan share with Psychology Today new research about how single women are happier than single men.
- Department of History professor emeritus Robert Bothwell tells The Globe and Mail (paywall) that internal party splits are not necessarily fatal.
October 29, 2024
- University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton of the Department of Computer Science donates half of his Nobel Prize money to a charity addressing drinking water challenges in Indigenous communities, as reported by The Globe and Mail (paywall).
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis writes for TVO online about Ontario's fall economic statement.
- University Professor Janice Stein of the Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy talks to CBC News about Canada’s new U.S. strategy.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman tells the Associated Press (paywall) that the NDP is not seeking an election now due to concerns about retaining its seats.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee discusses in the Toronto Star (paywall) the federal government’s approach to gun control.
- Department of History professor and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy affiliated faculty Andres Kasekamp comments for Global News online on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s increasing use of extreme rhetoric.
October 30, 2024
- University of St. Michael’s College distinguished fellow Michael Higgins writes in the National Post (paywall) about Pope Francis's influence in transforming the Catholic Church.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis talks to CBC Radio: Information Morning about his new book Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic Safety Vehicle-1, and the End of Industrial Modernity about the automotive dealer Malcolm Bricklin.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki tells CBC News that the Ontario-Quebec high-speed rail project is improbable due to high costs and lengthy construction time.
- Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies postdoctoral researcher LJ Slovin shares with The Tyee insights from their book Fierce, Fabulous, and Fluid: How Trans High School Students Work at Gender Nonconformity.
October 31, 2024
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy PhD student Thomas Galipeau explains to CBC Kids polarization in politics.
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell shares advice in the Toronto Star (paywall) on managing road rage and tedious conversations.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond comments for the Daily Mail on a study revealing that high levels of lead were found in products from stores like Shein, AliExpress and Zaful.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki talks to CBC: What on Earth? about high-speed rail projects in Canada.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources professor and director Rafael Gomez comments for Global News on a possible Canada Post strike.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School Asian Institute associate professor Lynette Ong comments for the Wall Street Journal (paywall) on the arrest of people celebrating Halloween in costumes in China.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Seva Gunitsky discusses on TVO: The Agenda whether BRICS — the intergovernmental organization named after the five founding nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is poised to disrupt the current global order.