Trinity in the News

Op-eds:

• Globe & Mail (Jan. 28, 2021): Alum Anita Li co-authors this op-ed: When it comes to diversity, newsrooms must show real leadership to build trust
• Blog (Jan. 25 & Jan. 6, 2021): Senior Research Associate and alum Hilary Pearson continues her series on the nonprofit sector in Canada: The New Agenda Part Three: A Home in Government and The New Agenda – Part Two
• CBC Ideas (Jan. 13, 2021): Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell discusses the impact of technology: We’re all bionic now. We’ve got superpowers- but who’s in control?
• Toronto Life (Jan. 12, 2021): Alum Rowaida Hussein co-founded Student Association for Geriatric Empowerment (SAGE) – she writes: “My classmates and I are helping seniors combat loneliness”
• The Critic (Jan. 13, 2021): Alum The Rev. Michael Coren writes: Why Ireland’s blasphemy law needed to go
• Blog (Jan. 6, 2021): Senior Research Associate and alum Hilary Pearson continues her series on the nonprofit sector in Canada: The New Agenda – Part Two
• The Constitutionalist (Jan. 5, 2021). Fellow Prof. Connor Ewing co-authors The Case for Impeaching Trump (Again)

Features & Profiles:

• Toronto Star (Jan. 25, 2021: paywall): The year of epidemiologist: 12 months of COVID have turned health experts into the reluctant heroes of our pandemic – Associate and alum Prof. Colin Furness is profiled
• Blog (Jan. 25, 2021): Senior Research Associate and alum Hilary Pearson: The New Agenda Part Three: A Home in Government
• CBC (Jan. 14, 2021): Canadian professor – Trinity alum James Collip – gaining recognition for role in discovering insulin 100 years ago
• New York Times (Jan. 12, 2021: paywall): Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda reviews new novel: A Filipino Freedom Fighter’s Life, Relentlessly Annotated
• Anglican Journal (Jan. 1, 2021): Trinity alum and Co-Director, Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College Fr. Geoffrey Ready on: Orthodox school finds ‘natural home’ at Trinity

Expert Commentary:

• Global News (Jan. 30, 2021): ‘We’re done’: Navalny draws younger protesters in Russia, signalling trouble for Putin – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains
• Globe & Mail (Jan. 27, 2021: paywall): GameStop shares rally for another day, as total volume exceeds number of tradeable shares – Fellow Prof. Laurence Booth explains
• New York Times (Jan. 22, 2021: paywall): Fresh Starts at the Top in Both Washington and Ottawa – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• New York Times (Jan. 21, 2021: paywall): Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell comments on Canada’s Governor General Resigns Amid Reports of a Toxic Workplace
• CTV News (Jan. 19, 2021): Fellow Prof. John Kirton discusses Joe Biden’s global influence: Does ‘leader of the free world’ still accurately describe the U.S. president?
• Q107 (Jan. 19, 2021): Delaying second dose of coronavirus vaccines is ‘risky gamble’ – Fellow Prof. Alberto Martin explains
• CBC (Jan. 9, 2021): Fellow Prof. Nick Mount explains Why the classic Canadian novel Bear remains controversial — and relevant
• Toronto Star (Jan. 7, 2021: paywall): Ethics, Society & Law Instructor Cory Wanless is one of the lawyers representing Choc and Chub: Ex-security chief for subsidiary of Hudbay Minerals pleads guilty to killing, paralyzing Indigenous Guatemalans
• Physics Today (Jan. 1, 2021): Canada’s nuclear future brightens – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in

Academic & Research:

• American Literary History (Jan. 9, 2021): Fellow Prof. Cheryl Suzack on: Reckoning with Indigenous Solidarity
• World Refugee & Migration Council (Jan. 5, 2021): Instructor Rosemary McCarney coauthors: Forced Displacement And Climate Change: Time For Global Governance
• Physics Today (Jan. 1, 2021): International Relations Program Director Prof. Tim Sayle provides background on Canadian nuclear history: Canada’s nuclear future brightens

Media Mention:

• Bloomberg (Jan. 31, 2021): American Universities Declare War on Military History – Former Provost and alum Prof. Margaret MacMillan‘s work is discussed
• Maclean’s (Jan. 18, 2021): Alum Michael Sabia is on this year’s Power List: 50 Canadians who are breaking ground, leading the debate and shaping how we think and live
• Law Times (Jan. 12, 2021): Associate Prof. Yasmin Dawood receives Legal Excellence Award: South Asian Bar Association of Toronto pushes for allyship at its first virtual conference

COVID-19: Fellow Prof. immunologist Jennifer Gommerman discusses immunity and antibody response:

• Toronto Star (Jan. 14, 2021: paywall): Will Herd Immunity Help with COVID
• The Irish Times (Jan. 13, 2021): The future of coronavirus? Nothing worse than a common cold
• CTV Online (Jan. 12, 2021): COVID-19 vaccine’s immunity duration unknown, but experts hopeful – Research by Prof. Gommerman is cited
• New York Times (Jan. 12, 2021: paywall): The Future of the Coronavirus? An Annoying Childhood Infection; article also in the Baltimore Sun
• CBC (Jan. 9, 2021): COVID-19 infection vs. vaccination: Which is better for immunity?

COVID-19: Alum and Associate of the College Prof. Colin Furness, an infection-control epidemiologist, discusses the pandemic:

• CBC: Metro Morning (Jan. 29, 2021): Double masking and other face-covering questions (audio)
• Global News (Jan. 29, 2021): ‘I’m not afraid of COVID’: Why some Canadians choose to travel abroad amid a pandemic
• Global News (Jan. 28, 2021): ‘Better velcro’: Why does the U.K. coronavirus variant spread more easily?  and Coronavirus: 6.3M travellers entered Canada and didn’t have to quarantine
• Toronto Star (Jan. 26, 2021: paywall): To shave or not to shave: How do beards impact the effectiveness of face masks?
• Toronto Star (Jan. 25, 2021: paywall): With COVID-19 cases trending down in Ontario, small businesses ask for a plan to begin loosening restrictions
• Global News (Jan. 24, 2021): The U.S. is vaccinating nearly 1M people per day. How does Canada compare?
• Toronto Star (Jan. 23, 2021: paywall): Modelling shows chance of close to 4,000 COVID-19 cases a day by April if new variant of virus takes hold
• Global News (Jan. 22, 2021): Coronavirus: Questions swirl around what’s needed to achieve herd immunity
• Orillia Matters (Jan. 21, 2021: CP): Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
• Toronto Star (Jan. 18, 2021: paywall): ‘There should not be a dip on weekends’: Ontario once again reports weekend vaccination slowdown
• Global News (Jan. 15, 2021): U.K. variant of COVID-19 likely already in Windsor, Ont., hospital chief of staff says; Experts say ‘band-aid solutions’ won’t deal with the source; and The ethics of vaccine rollout: Who should be in Alberta’s Phase 2?
• Globe & Mail (Jan. 11, 2021): Canadian universities, colleges urge extra precautions as students prepare to return
• Toronto.com (Jan. 9, 2021): Experts say airlines shouldn’t be allowed to promote flying while the government begs people to stay home 
• Global News (Jan. 7, 2021): Passengers on 20 flights from popular vacation destinations potentially exposed to COVID-19; and Israel is leading the world in COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Here’s what Canada can learn
• CP24 (Jan. 5, 2021): Risk of outdoor COVID-19 transmission is higher in the winter: epidemiologist
• Global News (Jan. 5, 2021): ‘Stupidity’: Experts slam politicians’ travel amid coronavirus pandemic; and Coronavirus messaging hurt by ‘stupidity’ of travelling politicians, experts worry
• CBC News (Jan. 4, 2021): Indoor social gatherings are Ottawa’s COVID-19 ‘Achilles heel’
• Toronto Star (Jan. 1, 2021): These numbers reveal a worrying trend in Ontario long-term-care home deaths

In Memoriam:

• Daily Nous (Jan. 11, 2021): Fellow Prof. Margaret Morrison (1954-2021)
• Globe & Mail (Jan. 5, 2021): Obituary for alum Peter Dobell: Trailblazing ex-diplomat Peter Dobell gave policy advice to parliamentarians 
• Globe & Mail (Jan. 4, 2021): Alum and former Dean of Devonshire House residence Thomas Symons: Trent University’s founding president Thomas Henry Bull Symons was ‘a beacon of intellectual light’