Trinity in the News

Op-eds:

• Toronto Star (June 30, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: I will fly a Canadian flag on July 1 for an imperfect nation that aspires to keep its heart open to strangers
• Globe & Mail (June 25, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: Reflections on self-reflection: The dismay of staring at yourself on Zoom
• Toronto Star (June 25, 2021): Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker provides 9 summer reads for the young people in your life
• Globe & Mail (June 21, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens: Choosing a COVID-19 vaccine should not be like shopping for brands at the mall
• Globe & Mail (June 15, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: Biden-Putin summit could be a triumph of progress, or a triumph of low expectations
• Toronto Star (June 6, 2021): Fellow Prof. Mark Lauten writes about “how we should do all we can to help others climb out of the mess of the pandemic”: It’s different when it’s your arm
• Ottawa Citizen (June 5, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Ito Peng: Long-term care insurance would better serve Canada’s aging population
• Toronto Star (June 3, 2021: paywall): Op-ed co-authored by Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens: Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change
• University Affairs (June 2, 2021): Associate Prof. Mairi Cowan writes: Transferrable skills are a byproduct, not the point, of a university education

Profiles & Features:

• Patch.com (June 22, 2021): Pritzker Military Museum & Library Bestows Lit Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing to Prof. Margaret MacMillan (alum and former Provost)
• Globe & Mail (June 18, 2021): Alumni News – Celeste Yim: Bonjour-Hi, Celeste Yim! Meet the Toronto writer behind SNL’s most hilarious, heartfelt and curiously Canadian pandemic moments; also CBC News: Toronto playwright Celeste Yim joins Saturday Night Live
• Various (June 17, 2021): Trinity alum the Hon. Mahmud Jamal – Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada (CBC News): also Bloomberg, CTV News; Toronto Star; and Government of Canada news release

Expert Commentary:

• CBC News (June 30, 2021): Critics blast Catholic Church for spending after commitment to residential school survivors went unmet – Provost Mayo Moran, who spent 15 years chairing the compensation committee for residential school survivor, weighs in; also Yahoo News
• Globe & Mail (June 30, 2021): Trinity’s International Relations Program Director Prof. Tim Sayle explains: The UFO report shows the U.S. is taking unidentified aerial phenomena seriously. Why isn’t Canada doing the same?
• Multiple Sclerosis News Today (June 29, 2021): Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman to investigate the immune system and MS progression: Progressive MS Projects Earn Research Challenge Awards
• CHCH (June 28, 2021): Trinity’s Director of the Sustainability Initiative Prof. Stephen Scharper discusses weather and climate change: Heat wave blankets most of Southern Ontario
• Globe & Mail (June 26, 2021): Feeling bad after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose? Here’s why that should buy you some peace of mind – Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish explains
• Toronto Star (June 24, 2021: paywall): Are we about to enter a new ‘Roaring Twenties’? Canada doesn’t roar — and that’s a good thing – Associate Dr. John English weighs in; also The Record
• AMI (June 23, 2021): Tina Sarkar-Thompson, Human Resources & Equity Office, provides Clover advice: Employable Me episode with Clover & Drew (video: 16 minute mark)
• CBC Radio: Ideas (June 18, 2021): The Unborn Future: How COVID-19 can help us shape our fight against climate change – alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda weighs in
• CBC News (June 16, 2021): Biden, Putin wrap summit in Geneva – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains
• Various (June 9 and 10, 2021): Fellow Prof. John Kirton discusses findings of the G7 Research Group: Toronto Star – Trudeau lands in England for G7 summit as leaders pressed to share COVID-19 vaccines and CTV News; CTV News – COVID, commerce, climate, conflict: PM Trudeau enters G7 summit like no other; Hill Times – Canada hopes for a bolstered G7 in a post-Trump world; and Bloomberg – The G-7 Deal to Tax Corporations More Is Good Climate Policy
• CTV News (June 5, 2021): Associate Director of the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Program Prof. Joy Fitzgibbon says: “The right thing to do is to support global vaccine equity. It’s also in Canada’s best interest to do so.” in Donating vaccines before Canadians can be vaccinated could be politically risky, experts say
• Vice (June 1, 2021):  The Canadian Military Has Been Encountering UFOs for Decades, Documents Show – International Relations Program Director Prof. Tim Sayle weighs in

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

• CBC News (June 25, 2021): Why Ontario’s not hopping to Step 3 of reopening despite hitting vaccination targets
• Toronto Star (June 22, 2021): ‘Botched messaging’ is leading some Ontarians to refuse Moderna vaccines over a ‘Coke and Pepsi thing’
• Brampton Guardian (June 21, 2021): Delta variant suspected in COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto Western Hospital
• Toronto Sun (June 7, 2021): Epidemiologist says school closures about keeping parents home
• Waterloo Chronicle (June 2, 2021): Doug Ford ‘cautiously optimistic’ Ontario could reopen early

Op-eds:

• iPolitics (May 28, 2021): Op-ed by alum Michael Coren: The Catholic Church must atone for its role in residential schools
• Globe & Mail (May 20, 2021: paywall): Op-ed co-authored by alum and Instructor Rosemary McCarney: Canadian leadership can help the world avoid another pandemic 
• Globe & Mail (May 17, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens: Without foreign exchange students, we lose a vital transfer of knowledge
• Ottawa Citizen (May 6, 2021): Op-ed by alum Tina Park: Anti-Asian racism is on the rise. Here’s how Canada can tackle it 
• The Atlantic (May 5, 2021): Op-ed by alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda: Why the Other Philip Roth Bio Never Took Off: Despite obvious drawbacks, authorized versions of an artist’s life are more compelling.

Features & Profiles:

• Globe & Mail (May 31, 2021): Making waves – Trinity students Maryam & Nivaal Rehman – twin activists, journalists, filmmakers and co-founders of The World With MNR.
• CBC Radio (May 14, 2021): Fellow Prof. A. F. Moritz is among guests to discuss Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke: ‘Live the questions now’: Reading Rilke in a time of uncertainty, grief and solitude
• Blog (May 10, 2021): Column by Senior Research Associate Hilary Pearson: The Deep Importance of Language in Philanthropy

Expert Commentary:

• New York Times (May 26, 2021: paywall): Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman comments on the results of a new study: Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find
• CBC Radio (May 23, 2021): Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte on the origins of Cabin, camp or cottage? The word you use is more revealing than you think
• National Post (May 21, 2021): Victim families, others urge Liberal government to act on ruling that Iran intentionally shot down airliner – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• Canadaland (May 12, 2021): Alum Anita Li on diversified media ownership: Digital Startups Are Breathing Life Into Canadian Journalism
• Globe & Mail (May 4, 2021: paywall): Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish comments on AbCellera starts trials of treatment for COVID-19 variants, could be ready for widespread use by fall 

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

• CBC News (May 31, 2021): Sask. first province to give COVID-19 vaccines to those aged 12-plus inside schools
• WBUR (May 31, 2021: audio): Epidemiologist In Canada Weighs In On COVID-19 Outlook, Border Closure
• CTV News (May 26, 2021): Will Ontario’s reopening plan prevent a fourth COVID-19 wave? Here’s what experts say
• Toronto Star (May 26, 2021): The COVID-19 outbreak that just won’t stop: Ontario Food Terminal’s problem nears two-month mark
• Global News (May 20, 2021): Hamilton reports 141 new COVID-19 cases, specialist concerned about variants amid reopening
• CBC News (May 19, 2021): Falling COVID-19 test numbers pose ‘huge problem’ for reopening in Ontario, experts warn and The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for May 19
• Our Windsor (May 15, 2021): Restaurant owners fear the future, as province keeps patios shut amid falling case counts
• Toronto Star (May 14, 2021: paywall): If COVID-19 cases are falling in Ontario, why are so many tests still coming back positive?
• Globe & Mail (May 11, 2021): Canada must create a comprehensive quarantine, screening system for international travellers: experts
• Global News (May 10, 2021): Domestic flights account for 80% of COVID-19 cases among air travellers
• Globe & Mail (May 10, 2021): Most flights carrying COVID-19-positive passengers to Canadian airports were domestic
• Toronto Star (May 7, 2021): Governments across Canada withholding COVID-19 data to regulate public reaction to pandemic, says access-to-information advocate
• CityNews (May 7, 2021): ‘Vaccination is going to work’: When we can expect to see sharp decline in COVID-19 cases
• CBC News (May 6, 2021): Maybe border restrictions could be tighter — but Ford is in no position to cast stones
• Global News (May 1, 2021): A positive COVID-19 test allows travellers to skirt hotel stay: CBSA officer

Op-eds:

• Toronto Star (Apr. 23, 2021: paywall): Op-ed coauthored by Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish: We should modify ‘first dose fast’ to prioritize second doses of COVID vaccine for health care workers
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 16, 2021): Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: Vladimir Putin is playing a high-stakes guessing game with Ukraine
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 8, 2021: paywall): Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes about the GOP move to accuse Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball of being part of a left-wing conspiracy: Republicans are in new ideological terrain
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 3, 2021: paywall): Op-ed coauthored by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: The plight of fancy: the pandemic changed fashion and this could change us

Features & Profiles:

• European Council on Foreign Relations (Apr. 15, 2021): Alum and former provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan joins podcast on: Between war and order: What has shaped Europe’s geopolitics?
• CBC Radio-Canada (Apr. 12, 2021 at timemark 5:51 pm): Trinity graduand Grace Ma talks about her McCall MacBain Scholarship: Une Manitobaine reçoit la bourse McCall MacBain de l’Université McGill
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 4, 2021): Divinity student Father Hernán Astudillo: A priest’s creature comforts: Chickens, grandchildren and God

Expert Commentary:

• Bay Today (Apr. 29, 2021): Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper explains what a labyrinth represents: Northern Ontario labyrinths – trust your path through mindfulness
• Global News (Apr. 22, 2021): No clear reason for Russian escalation in Ukraine — but it will test Biden, experts say – Fellow Prof. Andres Kasekamp explains
• Christian Science Monitor (Apr. 16, 2021): Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda comments on: ‘Humbling’: Canada’s self-image slides in pandemic as US rebounds
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 14, 2021): Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish on immune response: What can and can’t you do after your first COVID-19 vaccine dose
• Vice (Apr. 12, 2021): International Relations Program Director Prof. Tim Sayle on Canadian Military Documents UFO Sightings, Intelligence Reports Reveal
• Globe & Mail (Apr. 7, 2021): Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish on immune response: COVID-19 vaccine advisory panel stands behind four-month wait between shots
• CityNews (Apr. 6, 2021: video): Trinity’s Associate Director, Community Wellness Ramata Tarawally discusses the support provided to students: Addressing student mental health in Ontario

Academic & Research:

• New Eastern Europe (Apr. 11, 2021): Associate Prof. Andres Kasekamp authors The Baltic states. Three peas in a pod? in Tales from the Baltics

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

• CBC News (Apr. 30, 2021): Would closing Winnipeg schools stop the spread of COVID-19? Expert says the answer is complicated
• Flamborough Review (Apr. 30, 2021): Vaccine seekers in COVID-ravaged Peel Region rejoice at chance to get overnight jabs
• CBC News (Apr. 27, 2021): N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province to provide update this afternoon
• Global News (Apr. 26, 2021): Toronto-area startup Switch Health accused of fumbling Canada’s COVID-19 border testing
• CTV News (Apr. 24, 2021): Face masks mandatory on playground equipment at Ottawa parks
• Toronto Sun (Apr. 24, 2021): Ford correct to say Trudeau’s border measures don’t go far enough
• NPR (Apr. 22, 2021): Canada Renews Travel Restrictions, Lockdowns Amid Variant-Fueled Surges
• CTV News (Apr. 22, 2021): Golfers, health experts say Ontario needs to re-evaluate closure of courses  
• Daily Hive (Apr. 21, 2021): Canada doing “risk assessment” on India flight ban amid COVID-19 resurgence
• Toronto Star (Apr. 21, 2021: paywall): Several Ontario gyms are reopening. They’re citing a ‘physical therapy’ exception intended for people with disabilities
• Global News (April 20, 2021): What you can and can’t do once you’ve received your 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose
• Toronto Star (Apr. 16, 2021: paywall): What this man’s third vaccine dose says about the future of fighting COVID
• Toronto Star (Apr. 15, 2021: paywall): As third wave worsens, Sunnybrook field hospital prepares to open early, and UHN adds tents to accommodate busy ERS and Further COVID-19 restrictions expected in Ontario; curfew ‘unlikely’ while infection rates could triple or worsen
• CBC News (Apr. 14, 2021): As Sask. enacts gathering restrictions, experts urge caution outdoors and at playgrounds
• Al Jazeera (Apr. 14, 2021): As COVID rages in Canada, Atlantic provinces set model to follow
• Toronto Star (Apr. 13, 2021): Several Toronto neighbourhoods are exceeding Ontario’s record-high positivity rate. Here’s what that shows us
• CBC News (Apr. 13, 2021): Ontario daycares are still open but some say a shutdown may only be a matter of time
• Global News (Apr. 7, 2021): How the ‘Eek’ variant could offer long-term clues on adapting COVID-19 vaccines and Want to get ahead of COVID-19 variants? Vaccinate young people, experts say
• OurWindor.ca (Apr. 6, 2021): Warehouses, factories, construction sites responsible for far more workplace outbreaks than retail and restaurants, data shows
• Narcity (Apr. 5, 2021): ‘This Is The Last Chapter’ Of Ontario’s COVID-19 Battle, According To An Expert
• CP24 (Apr. 4, 2021): Calls grow to redeploy COVID-19 vaccines for essential workers as Ont. ICUs hit new record
• Global News (Apr. 2, 2021): Can vaccinated people spread COVID-19? Data too limited, Health Canada says
• Toronto Star (Apr. 2, 2021: paywall): Is it time to start vaccinating younger Canadians?
• Ottawa Citizen (Apr. 1, 2021): Ontario pulls emergency brake, but questions remain about whether it is enough
• Narcity (Apr. 1, 2021): ‘This Is The Last Chapter’ Of Ontario’s COVID-19 Battle, According To An Expert
• Global News (Apr. 1, 2021): ‘Hit the hardest’: Why COVID-19 cases are rising among young Canadians

Op-eds:

• Toronto Star (Mar. 31, 2021: paywall): Op-ed coauthored by Fellow and Instructor Prof. Leslie Boehm: Why we do not have COVID-19 vaccine production in Canada and what we can do about it
• Toronto Star (Mar. 31, 2021: paywall): Op-ed by alum the Rev. Michael Coren: Christianity isn’t easy. It’s not supposed to be
• Policy Options (Mar 26, 2021): Op-ed by alum Dr. Tina Park: Tackling racism against Asian-Canadians as multiculturalism turns 50
• Washington Post (Mar. 23, 2021): Op-ed co-authored by alum Gabriel De Roche: There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data
• Policy Options (Mar. 22, 2021): Fellow and Instructor Prof. Leslie Boehm coauthors: Canada needs a university-based, domestic vaccine-making capability
• Globe & Mail (Mar. 1, 2021: paywall): Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens on Canada’s approach to scientific research has left us lagging behind when we need it the most

Features & Profiles:

• The Philanthropist (Mar. 29, 2021): Book review by Senior Research Associate and alum Hilary Pearson: Book Review: Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg
• CBC New (Mar. 26, 2021): Alum Anita Li talks about The growing movement against anti-Asian racism in Canada (video)
• Toronto Star (Mar. 25, 2021: paywall): Book review of children’s literature by Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker: New kids’ books, including one from Naomi Klein, feature climate and nature at their heart
• Cambridge University Press (Mar. 22, 2021): Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte, series editor of Studies in Language Variation and Change speaks with author Jennifer Smith about her book Sociolinguistic Variation in Children’s Language part of Studies in Language Variation and Change (Video)
• MPR News (Mar. 15, 2021): Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman among guests for this recorded live radio show: The latest guidance on COVID variants, vaccines and socializing
• Eurek Alert (Mar. 15, 2021): Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi: Discovery of ‘knock-on chemistry’ opens new frontier in reaction dynamics
• Blog (Mar. 14, 2021): Senior Research Associate and alum Hilary Pearson on Philanthropy and the Pandemic Year: Past and Future
• CBC Online (Mar. 13, 2021): Fellow Prof. Kate Neville‘s Book shows how communities in Yukon and Africa fight energy projects
• CBC Online (Mar. 10, 2021): Fellow Prof. A.F. Moritz, Toronto’s poet laureate, marks one-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic; also Toronto Star (Mar. 10, 2021: paywall)
• CBC Radio (Mar. 9, 2021): The politics of energy (audio) – Fellow Prof. Kate Neville talks about her new book “Fueling Resistance: The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels and Fracking”

Expert Commentary:

• Report Door (Mar. 25, 2021): Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish comments on immune response: The glaring omission in Biden’s first press conference
• CBC Radio (Mar. 23, 2021): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun comments on Russia’s vaccine deployment to South American countries (audio)
• Toronto.com (Mar. 20, 2021): A realtor thrives, a linen-supplier struggles. Welcome to COVID-19’s unequal recovery – Associate Dr. John English weighs in
• Global News (Mar. 9, 2021): Can COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission? Here’s what we know so far – Fellow Prof. Alberto Martin explains
• New York Times (Mar. 8, 2021): Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish on immune response: Women Report Worse Side Effects After a Covid Vaccine
• BNN Bloomberg (Mar. 4, 2021): Fellow Prof. John Kirton discusses key takeaways from the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers: G20 ministers’ meeting gives Canada a taste of new trade realities (video)
• RedDeer Advocate (Mar. 3, 2021): B.C. defends plan to delay second dose as Ontario, Alberta consider following suit – Fellow Prof. Alberto Martin weighs in; and Kamloops this Week

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

• Global News (Mar. 31, 2021): These 3 countries are winning the COVID-19 vaccine rollout race. Here’s the result
• Zoomer Radio (Mar. 30, 2021): COVID-19 now a big deal for people under 50 as younger people with COVID variants strain hospitals
• Global News (Mar. 27, 2021): Where is Canada now in its rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine?
• CBC News (Mar. 26, 2021): Marketplace attended a COVID-19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics
• Toronto Star (Mar. 25, 2021: paywall): Toronto hits over 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time since January
• Global News (Mar. 22, 2021): Canada now vaccinating over 100K per day. Here’s what it will take to hit September target
• TVO Agenda (Mar. 17, 2021): How COVID-19 spread in Canada
• Toronto Star (Mar. 17, 2021: paywall): Peel school boards, public health and education ministry discuss moving to online but ministry recommends no closure
• CTV News (Mar. 16, 2021): Outbreak linked to Cambridge wedding grows to 19 cases
• Inside Halton (Mar. 16, 2021): ‘Upsetting’: These Oakville schools each have 3 or more active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday
• CP24 (Mar. 12, 2021): Ontario will have to shut down schools for a third time due to COVID-19 variant spread: epidemiologist
• Toronto Star (Mar. 12, 2021: paywall): Ontario criticized for reporting ‘misleading’ ICU numbers for COVID-19 patients
  Global News (Mar. 7, 2021): Despite more testing, less travel needed to stem COVID-19 spread at land border: expert
• Toronto Star (Mar. 4, 2021: paywall): Enjoy it while it lasts. Modelling warns another mass lockdown may be needed to control Ontario’s looming third wave
• Global News (Mar. 3, 2021): Provinces, territories can wait 4 months to administer 2nd COVID-19 shot, NACI says
• Global News (Mar. 2, 2021): ‘Risky’ or ‘incredible’? Experts split on delaying 2nd vaccine dose to expand coverage
• Vancouver Sun (Mar. 1, 2021): Will a third wave of COVID-19 hit B.C.? Five things you need to know

In Memoriam

• Globe & Mail: Legacy (Mar. 13, 2021): Trinity alum Michael Macklem (July 12, 1928 – March 4, 2021)

Op-eds:

• Globe & Mail (Feb. 27, 2021): Alum Vanmala Subramaniam on ‘Corporate world is shifting’: Machin’s swift departure from CPPIB underscores public intolerance for bad behaviour in the C-suite 
• International Security Studies Forum (Feb. 23, 2021): Essay by alum and former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan: Learning the Scholar’s Craft  (Essay Series on Learning the Scholar’s Craft: Reflections of Historians and International Relations Scholars)
• Globe & Mail (Feb. 7, 2021): Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes on the hypocritical nature of politics: Hypocrisy is certainly a vice, but it is not the most important one
• J-Source (Feb. 5, 2021): Alum Anita Li and Nadia Stewart discuss the path to anti-racism in Canadian journalism, what’s changed and what the future holds – CJOC and CABJ’s Calls to Action, one year later
• Toronto Star (Feb. 2, 2021): Op-ed by alum The Rev. Michael Coren: Biden’s refusal to condemn abortion elicits abhorrent statement from Cardinal Muller

Features & Profiles:

• African Exponent (Feb. 20, 2021): Alum Alexander Augusta among Pioneering War Doctor Black Heroes of the American Civil War Every African Should Know
• Policy Options (Feb. 15, 2021): Alum Anita Li is guest editor of new feature series “Identifying the Barriers to Racial Equality in Canada”
• Zócalo Public Square (Feb. 11, 2021): Q&A with alum and former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan: We Grew Up Playing Hockey, Because We Grew Up in Canada
• Globe & Mail (Feb. 10, 2021): Trinity Fellow Prof. Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker co-founded biotech company Notch Therapeutics: Vancouver biotech Notch Therapeutics raises US$85-million in venture funding

Expert Commentary:

• New York Times (Feb. 19, 2021): Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman comments on the new research: People Who Have Had Covid Should Get Single Vaccine Dose, Studies Suggest
• New York Times (Feb. 21, 2021: paywall): Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda comments on the nature of Canadians: Positive Coronavirus Test? Canadians Worry Their Neighbors Will Find Out
• Our Windsor (Feb. 21, 2021): It’s easier than ever to invest in bitcoin – but should you? – Fellow Prof. Laurence Booth weighs in
• Corporate Knights (Feb. 17, 2021): Fellow Prof. John Robinson, U of T Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability, discusses the university’s sustainability plans: Testing grounds for sustainability
• ABC Radio (Feb. 14, 2021): Alum and former provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan joins a discussion on diplomacy between the United States and China: The week that changed the world—President Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 and his meeting with Chairman Mao
• Global News (Feb. 14, 2021):  The historic firsts of Donald Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial (video) – Fellow Prof. Connor Ewing weighs in
• CTV News (Feb. 5, 2021): Antiviral treatment may prevent severe COVID-19 cases, help curb community spread, study says – Fellow Prof. Eleanor Fish explains
• Canada Media Fund Trend Report – Pause and Rethink (Feb. 1, 2021): Alum Anita Li contributes to “Disrupted viewing: audiences today” (Chapter 1)

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

• The Signal (Feb. 22, 2021): Some crowded cities have been spared the worst of COVID-19
• Toronto Star (Feb. 17, 2021: paywall): Double masks, vaccines and variants: your COVID cheat sheet
• Global News (Feb. 17, 2021): PHAC monitoring reports of 2 COVID-19 variants merging into heavily mutated hybrid
• CTV News (Feb. 16, 2021): Opposition blasts Ford for allowing Ontario to begin reopening, warns province is ‘transitioning into a disaster’
• Peterborough Examiner (Feb. 16, 2021): ‘It’s just a flu’: COVID prevention rules are often ignored on Toronto construction sites, workers tell the Star
• CTV News (Feb. 12, 2021): Ontario moves 27 regions from stay-at-home order to reopening framework on Feb. 16
• CTV News (Feb. 11, 2021): What if the novel coronavirus can never be eradicated?
• CTV News (Feb. 10, 2021): ‘Ugly’ third wave of COVID-19 around April ‘inevitable’ for Ontario, expert says
• Toronto Star (Feb. 8, 2021: paywall): Risk of COVID-10 transmission in schools remains high as kids return to class. The latest numbers are here
• Toronto Star (Feb. 5, 2021: paywall): Travellers fined for refusing COVID-19 tests at Pearson; also
  Our Windsor
• Global News (Feb. 3, 2021): Experts warned of new COVID-19 variants
• 680 News (Feb. 1, 2021): COVID-19 testing will be key to reopening schools: epidemiologist

In Memoriam:

• Globe & Mail Legacy (Feb 13, 2021): In Memory of James G. Eayrs, Trinity alum Class of 1948, who died peacefully February 6, 2021

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’