October 22, 2021 by
A&S News
From the benefits of struggle and sacrifice in the pursuit of a meaningful life to the application of artificial intelligence to health care and medical research, 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.
October 15, 2021
- Paul Bloom, a professor in the Department of Psychology, writes an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (paywall) exploring the benefit of struggle and sacrifice in pursuit of a meaningful life.
October 16, 2021
- Michelle Cho, an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, speaks on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air about the popularity of the Netflix series Squid Game.
October 17, 2021
- Research by Department of Sociology professor Ito Peng and graduate student Jeremy Davison is cited in a BNN Bloomberg story examining immigration and workplace racism in Japan.
October 18, 2021
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics research associate Jennifer West explains in Vice, the Daily Mail and on CBC Radio’s As It Happens research that suggests the entire solar system is surrounded by a magnetic tunnel that can be seen in radio waves.
- Research by Department of Economics professor Michael Smart is cited in National Post and Globe and Mail stories examining the effectiveness of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, a program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic enabling businesses to pay employees.
- Daniel Brooks, a professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, writes in The Conversation about encouraging Americans living in cities under threat of climate change to relocate to rural areas.
October 19, 2021
- Lee L’Clerc, an instructor in the Caribbean Studies program at New College, comments in TVO on the Fragments of Epic Memory exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario that features images, paintings, sculpture and video works by modern and contemporary Caribbean artists.
- Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate with the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in CBC News about privacy and security concerns around the collection of personal health information during the pandemic.
- Department of Sociology professor and chair Scott Schieman speaks in a Toronto Star column examining a proposal of a four-day week for full-time workers across Ontario.
- Kevin Edmonds, an assistant professor in the Caribbean Studies program, joins a CP24 discussion about the rise of kidnappings and abductions for ransom in Haiti.
October 20, 2021
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, comments in the Toronto Star on a dispute over leadership of Toronto-based Rogers Communications between several Rogers family members who control majority ownership of the company.
October 21, 2021
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology professor Alan Moses speaks in the French-language CScience IA about the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to medicine and medical research, ahead of an international summit on AI in France.