Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, was featured in two recent articles in The New 91亚色 Times. The first announced a $2 million dollar malpractice verdict that awarded a 22-year-old woman damages for receiving a gender-affirming double mastectomy when she was a 16 year old transgender boy, later detransitioning. […]
A massive fire engulfed seven apartment buildings in Hong Kong on Nov. 27, 2025, killing 168 people. With Lunar New Year underway, former residents are reflecting on past celebrations in the buildings and on the losses within their community. Authorities have conducted a resettlement survey with the displaced residents, many of whom are elderly and […]
Cynthia Kwakyewah, a professor in the Department of Social Science, has written an article for The Conversation examining how the long history of resource exploitation in Ghana has caused extensive harm to the environment and the wellbeing of its citizens. She discusses her research into how oil, gas and mining companies have acted exploitatively, and […]
The federal government has updated its travel advisory for Cuba, warning Canadians that shortages of fuel, food and other other basic necessities may affect their travel plans. These shortages are a result of the recent U.S. military strike in Venezuela, a country from which Cuba imports many of its goods. Tamanisha John, an assistant professor […]
As part of Black History Month, Natasha Henry-Dixon, assistant professor in the Department of History, was a guest on TVO's "The Rundown" discussing the importance of teaching Black history in Ontario classrooms. The Ministry of Education recently announced plans to introduce new courses on Black history in grades seven, eight and 10. Henry-Dixon discusses how […]
Pat Armstrong, professor emeritus聽and Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, was quoted in a CBC article about the private care home industry. The article looks at the communities in Watson and Estevan Saskatchewan, and the several years of fundraising they have done to replace aging long鈥憈erm care homes. Millions have been raised, but after repeated delays, […]
Carl Ehrlich, a humanities professor specializing in Israelite civilization, was quoted in a recent Toronto Today article discussing the Royal Ontario Museum鈥檚 (ROM) decision to change labels on artifacts previously identified as originating from Palestine. Some geographical labels in the same cases now read 鈥淓astern Mediterranean coast,鈥 prompting criticism from those who believe the change […]
Andrea O鈥橰eilly, a 91亚色 professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women鈥檚 Studies, was quoted in a Toronto Star article discussing nursing rooms at the Eaton Centre shopping mall. The article reports that two fathers were asked by mall security to leave a nursing room claiming it was for mothers only, prompting disagreement […]
Jack Rozdilsky, associate professor of Disaster & Emergency Management in the School of Administrative Studies, was featured in a recent Humber Et Cetera article discussing the Doomsday Clock. The symbolic clock represents how close the world is to a self-inflicted global catastrophe, with midnight representing doomsday. Rozdilsky says the clock is meant to translate a […]
Christina Sharpe, professor in the Department of Humanities, has cowritten an article in Hyperallergic with Professor Rinaldo Walcott, Carl V Granger Chair,聽Africana and American Studies,聽University at Buffalo. The article discusses South Africa鈥檚 Arts and Culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie, cancelling Elegy 鈥 a video installation created by Gabrielle Goliath 鈥 as the country鈥檚 selected entry for […]