September 9, 2022 by
A&S News
From recognizing the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II to preserving Toronto’s LGBTQ2S+ history, 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 3, 2022
- Prentiss Dantzler, Department of Sociology assistant professor also affiliated with the School of Cities, talks to CTV News online about why some Canadians have difficulty factoring mortgages into their budgets.
September 7, 2022
- Jessica Green, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment, tells Global News online that Ontario’s carbon pricing policies are in line with federal regulations.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources director and professor Rafael Gomez comments for CBC News online on how bus driver and crossing guard shortages reflect broader labour market trends.
- History professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman discusses the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race with CityNews online.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, discusses on Newstalk1010 Moore in the Morning whether the city’s infrastructure is prepared to handle a huge population growth over the next two decades. He also talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about the city’s strategy for mitigating traffic fatalities.
September 8, 2022
- For the Toronto Star (paywall), Department of History PhD candidate Elio Colavito shares their work on preserving the legacy of Toronto’s Pussy Palace, the site of the last police raid on a queer bathhouse in Canada, as part of the University’s LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory.
- The Atlantic (paywall) highlights Department of Psychology professor Paul Bloom’s research on the potential pitfalls of empathy.
- Randall Hansen, director of the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and professor of political science, discusses with The Globe & Mail (paywall) Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy in light of her death.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Peter H. Russell comments for CTV News online on royal succession.
- Department of History and Rotman School of Management professor Dimitry Anastakis comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on how Canada’s currency may change as a result of Queen Elizabeth’s passing.
- The U of T Trash Team, led by Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor Chelsea Rochman, tells CityNews online that green paint on city storm drains indicates an Enviropod LittaTrap diverting debris from Lake Ontario.