November 27, 2020 by
A&S News
From analysis of the G20 virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia to the acquisition of a sample of U of T-discovered billion-year-old water by Canada’s national science museum, 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.
November 20, 2020
- Professor Emeritus Robert Bothwell and assistant professor Timothy Sayle, both of the Department of History, write a Globe and Mail op-ed examining the impact of the lack of access to historical documents pertaining to the FLQ crisis in 1970.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee comments on the use of autism as a defence in a criminal trial in CityNews.
- John Kirton, a professor in the Department of Political Science, comments on the G20 virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia in the Globe and Mail.
- Department of Political Science professor Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, writes an op-ed in the Globe and Mail examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has made people more dependent on digital technology.
November 21, 2020
- Department of Political Science and Munk School assistant professor Jon Lindsay discusses his most recent book on military power and advances in military technology on C-SPAN.
November 22, 2020
- John Kirton offers follow-up comment on the outcome of the G20 summit in the Globe and Mail.
November 23, 2020
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD candidate Erick Laming comments on the deletion of an allegation of police racism in a report for the Vancouver Police Board in the Vancouver Province.
- Citizen Lab senior research fellow Bill Marczak comments on Zoom’s increased popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic in a CNN story.
November 24, 2020
- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics assistant professor Hilding Neilson speaks about the growing interest in astronomy during the pandemic for CBC Radio’s The Current.
- Department of Chemistry University Professor John Polanyi writes a Globe and Mail op-ed calling for the prohibition of nuclear weapons.
November 26, 2020
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD candidate Erick Laming comments on funding for First Nations police services for TVO.
- Department of Economics associate professor Peter Morrow comments on the theoretical and practical aspects of the Great Reset proposed for Canada in a toronto.com story.
- A Globe and Mail story reports on the acquisition of a sample of billion-year-old water discovered by Department of Earth Sciences University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar, by the parent company of Canada’s national science museums.