September 11, 2020 by
A&S News
From perspectives on potential inequities arising from back-to-school plans presented by the Toronto District School Board, to the Canadian government’s management of the national debt, 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.
September 5, 2020
- Department of Philosophy assistant professor Andrew Franklin-Hall comments on potential inequities in public education as a result of the Toronto District School Board’s new measures on class sizes in the Globe and Mail.
- Robert Austin, an associate professor at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, speaks about the poisoning of Russian politician Alexei Navalny on the CTV News Channel.
September 7, 2020
- Matti Siemiatycki, a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and interim director of the School of Cities, comments on the role of city governments in developing urban properties in a Toronto Sun story about a proposal to replace music club and restaurant Sneaky Dee’s with condominiums.
September 8, 2020
- Department of Psychology professor Morgan Barense speaks about the importance of creating memories throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Readers Digest’s Best Health magazine.
- Shira Lurie, a fellow in early American history at University College, writes an op-ed about the removal of historical monuments by protesters of anti-Black racism in the Toronto Star (paywall).
- Department of Political Science professor Nelson Wiseman comments on the shadow cabinet assembled by Erin O’Toole, new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in iPolitics.
- Dionne Pohler, an associate professor and acting director of the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources, comments in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the impact of the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy introduced by the Canadian government to help employers weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor Scot Wortley speaks about a Toronto police officer reprimanded for displaying a symbol of the Marvel Comics character ‘The Punisher’ on his uniform in the Toronto Star (paywall).
- Alison Keith, a professor in the Department of Classics and director of the Jackman Humanities Institute, contributes to a discussion about hedonism in episode of CBC Radio’s Ideas.
September 09, 2020
- Department of Economics professor Michael Smart writes an op-ed in the Globe and Mail about the Canadian government’s options when it comes to managing the country’s national debt.
September 10, 2020
- Department of Mathematics professor and chair Jeremy Quastel speaks about the work of British academic Martin Hairer, recipient of the 2021 Breakthrough prize for mathematics which rivals the Nobel Prizes for prestige in The Guardian.