October 30, 2020 by
A&S News
From perspectives on the U.S. election next week to various aspects of policing and prisons in Canada, 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 23, 2020
- Professor Peter Loewen in the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy comments on the Ontario government’s move to remove the option for ranked ballots for municipal elections in the Toronto Star.
October 24, 2020
- Ron Pruessen, a professor emeritus in the Department of History explores some of the major issues impacting the 2020 American general election in a Global News op-ed.
- Past research and analysis by political science professor Nelson Wiseman is referenced in a Globe and Mail op-ed examining the impact of the unique history of Alberta on the COVID-19 pandemic and debates about cancelling Halloween.
October 25, 2020
- Eric Merkley, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science, comments on calls for review of the Canadian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the National Post.
October 27, 2020
- Erick Laming, a PhD candidate at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, speaks about outcomes of disciplinary hearings for Toronto police officers in CBC News.
- Department of Psychology professor Alison Chasteen comments on the increase in ageism and age discrimination during the pandemic in the Winnipeg Free Press (paywall).
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor emeritus Anthony Doob comments on conditions faced by inmates in federal prisons in the Globe and Mail.
October 28, 2020
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD candidate Jihyun Kwon comments on outcomes of disciplinary hearings for Toronto police officers in a CBC News story.
- Nelson Wiseman comments on U.S. president Donald Trump’s diminishing popularity among Canadian politicians in a National Observer story.
October 29, 2020
- Erick Laming offers recommendations for expanding the mandate of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit for better police oversight and accountability in CBC News.
- Department of Anthropology professor Marcel Danesi explains why many people are embracing board games and jigsaw puzzles during the pandemic in a toronto.com story.