Professor Dennis Pilon weighs in on the sudden resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland who clashed with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the appropriate response to stiff tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump. The crisis has prompted questions over the appropriate diplomatic response for Canada and other countries bracing for a second Trump term. " The more he gets, the more he wants. He doesn鈥檛 respect people who give into him, he only respects absolutely loyal followers," Pilon tells The Guardian.

Professor Mark Winfield writes about Canada's response to Donald Trump's threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports to the U.S. in an op-ed for The Conversation. "," writes Winfield. "Canada's premiers would be smarter to focus on engaging with their sub-national counterparts in neighbouring states rather than conducting their own freelance diplomacy."

In an op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Professor Michael Barutciski writes about why Canada should look at closing a loophole in its border agreement with the U.S. that could be incentivizing illegal migration. Barutciski says the inclusion of the 14-day rule (or loophole) in the amended Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is an example of Ottawa鈥檚 tendency to favour laxness and administrative expediency. "," writes Barutciski.

Associate Director of the Refugee Law Lab Petra Molnar comments on Canada and the U.S. turning to technology to keep migrants out. Canada will soon boost investments in drones, sensors, and other tech, including its own surveillance towers. Advocates and experts say the deployment of new technologies risks endangering migrants. "... where Canada perhaps feels like it has to acquiesce to what the United States is asking for," Molnar tells CBC. She says the technology being deployed on borders dehumanizes people who are trying to cross the border as well as posing privacy concerns about data collection for those who live or travel near borders.

Professor Palma Paciocco talks to CTV News about legal delays making it increasingly difficult for people to have their day in court. Judicial and court staff vacancies, limited courtroom space and increasingly complicated legal processes all contribute to delays in the justice system. "," says Paciocco.

Professor David Doorey weighs in on the federal government directing the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to order Canada Post workers back to their jobs and to extend their existing collective agreement until May of 2025. Doorey says that the degree of power that a union holds might have determined the speed of government intervention in a strike. "," says Doorey, speaking to The Globe and Mail.

Professor Sapna Sharma talks to CBC about cities losing weeks' worth of winter ski, skate, and snow days each year due to climate change. In Canada, some cities and regions have lost more than two weeks of winter weather. Sharma's research has found that, leading to problems such as toxic algae blooms that follow in the summer.

Professor Zac Spicer comments on eastern Ontario mayors pointing out that recent provincial funding to help cover policing costs has left municipalities with their own police forces searching for financial support. The year-over-year increase in OPP billing was between 20 and 30 per cent and, in response, the provincial government announced $77 million to ease policing costs in those communities. , and they don't have any provincial support to show for it.

Professor Vijay Setlur talks to Global News about the owners of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC announcing that they have started the process to sell the club. This has left local soccer fans that just celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Professor Emeritus Paul Delaney weighs in on the Geminid meteor shower that peaked Friday night, bringing bright shooting star-like streaks to the sky in one of the best displays of the year. Delaney says the debris ranged from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a basketball. " with this material hitting the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrating," Delaney tells Toronto Star.

Recent research by Professor Ela Veresiu and co-authors reveals a complex moral landscape underlying everyday consumption practices. They discovered that people often unknowingly hold different meanings for concepts central to their consumption such as "self" and "care," reports Florida State University News. The study identified four primary strategies consumers use to justify their self-care choices: .

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Professor Emeritus Alan Young, a lawyer and legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada's prostitution laws before the country's top court, has died at age 69. Osgoode Dean Trevor Farrow says his death is "a profound loss" for the legal profession. Young was a central figure in a landmark Supreme Court case that struck down Canada's prostitution laws as unconstitutional in 2013 and forced the federal government to revise the legislation, reports The Canadian Press. He was also known for representing people with AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis who were charged for using medical marijuana, leading to federal regulations permitting its use. Young co-founded and directed 91亚色鈥檚 Innocence Project, investigating wrongful convictions and imprisonment. Canadian Lawyer magazine listed聽Young聽among the 25 most influential people in the legal profession over several years. In retirement, he became a playwright. ", Alan was a trailblazer who made huge contributions not only to Osgoode, but to the law and legal profession in Canada," says Farrow. Adam Parachin, a professor at Osgoode and one of Young's former students, says he was "blessed to have known" him. "Alan was brilliant and a 'one of a kind' character. His sharp wit made criminal law an early favourite of mine at Osgoode," Parachin says in a statement.

Professor Jennifer Mills talks about diet culture and the public discourse surrounding celebrities' bodies in light of the recent Wicked movie and press tour, and online discussions about how thin the two lead actors appear to be. Mills,聽who researches body image and eating disorders, says that diet culture today is being repackaged by narratives from the health and wellness industry as drugs that can cause weight loss are prescribed by doctors. "This may trick folks into thinking that these aren't diet culture messages or a diet culture product, but in reality, it is," says Mills to The Globe and Mail. In other words, she adds.

Professor and Dean Sarah Bay-Cheng weighs in on an apology issued by the Town of 91亚色 Historical Society after greeting cards featuring art made with AI were sold at its recent holiday market. Talking to CBC, Bay-Cheng points out there are also . "The images that are being used to train large language models as the basis of different AI have been scooping up a lot of images that have been created by individual and independent artists and posted online without attribution, without compensation," says Bay-Cheng.

Professor Yvonne Su speaks to the Los Angeles Times for a feature on Canada turning against immigrants. For the first time in a quarter-century, a majority of Canadians are saying there is too much immigration, with hate crimes on the rise along with rhetoric blaming newcomers for the country's economic problems. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government recently slashed the annual total allowed into the country. "," says Su. "Then we decided there were too many? We used them." Su has tracked a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment online, where videos of Canadians making racist statements have proliferated, as well as in the real world, where reports of hate crimes more than doubled between 2019 to 2023.

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Ilan Kapoor writes about Canada's response to President Donald Trump's recent threats to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canada and Mexico and Trump calling Trudeau "Governor" and Canada a state. "Trump's latest taunts to Trudeau, in fact, prove that in the months and years ahead," writes Kapoor and co-author in their psychoanalysis of Trump and his politics.

The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar, a lawyer and anthropologist who co-runs the Refugee Law Lab at 91亚色, was selected by CBC Books for the . Based on years of researching borderlands across the world, lawyer and anthropologist Molnar examines how technology is being deployed by governments on the world's most vulnerable with little regulation.

Research by Professor Christine Till is referenced in a New 91亚色 Times' article about water fluoridation coming under scrutiny. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s skepticism about fluoride has become a focal point in the debate about whether he's suitable to run the nation's health department. In Till's highly publicized 2019 paper, researchers compared the IQ test scores of 512 young children in Canada to their mother's urinary fluoride levels during pregnancy, a proxy for fluoride intake. For every increase of one milligram per liter in urinary fluoride, they saw a 4.49 point drop in IQ in boys. The researchers found no relationship with IQ in girls. Till, along with other researchers, says there鈥檚 enough evidence at this point to suggest that .

Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai talks to The Globe and Mail about a looming reduction in the maximum allowable annual percentage rate (APR) for loans in Canada, effective Jan. 1, that creditors can legally charge. Experts are urging Ottawa to expand the kinds of borrowing costs covered by the cap, warning the lower limit will likely spur high-cost lenders to turn to ancillary charges. There are questions about whether this is enough or the best way to regulate the high-cost credit market. Ben-Ishai says for example, could incentivize lenders to better assess the debt burden their clients are actually able to carry.

Professor Emeritus Paul Delaney talks to Toronto Star about the Geminid meteor shower which will peak Friday night and Saturday morning, bringing bright shooting star-like streaks to the sky in one of the best displays of the year. Delaney explains what a meteor shower is, how the Geminid shower differs, and .

Professor Sheetala Bhat writes about a recent violent confrontation at a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. between pro-Khalistan protesters and Hindu nationalists that has created further tensions between India and Canada since the slaying of a Canadian Sikh activist in British Columbia. "Several Canadian media outlets reported on the Brampton clash, but most did not highlight the role of far-right Hindu nationalists and the use of a controversial slogan chanted at the temple," writes Bhat. https://theconversation.com/how-indias-hindu-nationalist-rhetoric-played-a-role-in-the-violence-at-a-canadian-temple-243633

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Professor Yvonne Su weighs in on聽Canada launching a $250,000 global online advertising campaign to caution potential asylum-seekers about the challenges of making a refugee claim. The initiative comes as Canada grapples with a backlog of 260,000 refugee cases amid rising global displacement. Su聽expresses skepticism about the global ad campaign's effectiveness and its broader implications. "We have people coming from places like Palestine and Lebanon, fleeing violence and instability. Campaigns like this, paired with stricter policies, send a very negative message that Canada is not upholding its humanitarian responsibilities," Su tells OMNI News, adding the campaign's messaging could impact Canada's global image as a compassionate and inclusive country. ""

Professor Pina D'Agostino talks to NPR about five Canadian news outlets suing OpenAI claiming it violated copyright law by using their articles to train its large language model. "We're talking about valuable content and who has the right to access and own that content," says D'Agostino. " Why not license the content?"

Professor David J. Doorey weighs in on the countrywide strike of Canada Post workers as it enters its third week. Negotiations for a new collective agreement were suspended last Wednesday after a government-appointed mediator said that Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) remained too far apart at the bargaining table. Doorey tells The Globe and Mail that under the Canada Labour Code, . Speaking to Benefits and Pension Monitor, Doorey raises concerns about Canada Post's decision to lay off employees amidst a labour action involving over 55,000 workers: "On its face, ."

Professor Dasantila Golemi-Kotra weighs in on data showing that more Manitobans have been vaccinated against the flu than COVID-19 this fall, even though the number of COVID infections recorded in Manitoba this season is well above the number of influenza cases. Golemi-Kotra says while Manitoba's overall vaccination rate didn't shock her, she was surprised the rate for seniors wasn't higher. "People don't see an urgency to get vaccinated [against COVID-19], because ," she tells CBC.

In an op-ed for Financial Post, Professor Fred Lazar discusses COP29, pledges for financial contributions and the need for accountability. "The recent UN climate summit, COP29, ended with rich countries promising to transfer $300 billion a year 鈥� a year! 鈥� to poor countries," writes Lazar. " None should go to national leaders or NGOs. And transfers should be conditioned on countries improving their score on TI鈥檚 corruption index, becoming 'more free,' as measured by Freedom House, and reducing their military spending."

Lazar also speaks with CBC for an article about Air Canada becoming the second major Canadian airline within the past year to from its cheapest fare offering. Other airlines already charging for carry-on luggage include Porter, Flair and Sunwing, which was bought by WestJet in 2023.

Professor Grant Packard weighs in on聽Mastermind Toys, a beloved 40-year-old retailer known for educational toys that聽filed for creditor protection a year ago citing increasing competition. The store currently has an 88-square-foot space at Union Station 鈥� a pop-up that will be gone shortly after Christmas. Mastermind is now hosting ticketed evenings marketed for date nights or gatherings among friends. Packard says these events accomplish something that should be a goal for Mastermind 鈥� .

Professor Vijay Setlur talks to The Globe and Mail about pro athletes supporting charities and causes with their time and money. "It helps build the equity in their brand, and also indirectly allows for promotion of their own initiatives," says Setlur. "It's an opportunity for them to ." Speaking to The Hockey News, Setlur also weighed in on the similarities between the new Toronto Sceptres' logo and a logo appearing on a uniform worn by Taylor Swift during her "Shake It Off" music video. Setlur believes . The reputability of the Professional Women's Hockey League as a women's sports league could dissuade Swift, says Setlur.

Professor Mary Forgarty comments on "The Culture" exhibit at the AGO. "Having a large-scale Hip Hop exhibit at the AGO for the first time like this still underscores Toronto鈥檚 role in shaping Hip Hop at a global level, and everyday Torontonians can ," Forgarty tells Now.

Graduate student Elio Iianacci interviews the actor, comedian and social media personality Pete Zias on creating Total Trash Live, his scene-stealing role in the horror movie Ganymede, and his upcoming role in the play Messy White Gays .

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Commenting on the TD Bank money-laundering scandal following two shareholder groups calling for an outside review of board governance, Professor Richard Leblanc tells Bloomberg that while shareholder resolutions are valuable, they fall short compared to the robust regulatory measures seen in the U.S., which he says Canada lacks. and criticizes outdated and vague guidelines from Canadian regulators for allowing excessive company discretion.

Canada Post has been laying off striking employees as labour action approaches the two-week mark. Canada Post spokeswoman Lisa Liu confirmed the layoffs, saying they are temporary. On its face, Canada Post appears to be violating that section of the labour code, Professor David J. Doorey tells The Canadian Press. "Therefore, if CUPW challenges the layoffs, Canada Post will need strong evidence to persuade the labour board that the layoffs are entirely unrelated to the fact that the workers went on strike. It would be interesting to hear that argument," he says, adding that "unless those jobs no longer exist." Doorey also spoke to The Globe and Mail earlier this week about the strike as negotiations between the postal service and its workers鈥� union broke down. "The Liberals' recent interventionist role in ending labour disputes is unusual even by Canadian standards, and the minister has been heavily criticized by the labour movement and their allies for siding with employers to quash the right to strike in airlines, railways and ports," says Doorey. "The minister no doubt wants to avoid intervening again, but ."

Artificial intelligence can improve productivity and efficiency but project management software at a company-wide level can present problems. Professor Valerio de Stefano says there need to be strict boundaries for the types of decisions AI is allowed to make in a workplace. "Tech could help us be more productive, help us manage our tasks more efficiently. and assess whether what we are doing is productive or not," de Stefano tells the Financial Post.

Tech could help us be more productive, help us manage our tasks more efficiently. What it cannot do is to replace the judgment of the human supervisor and assess whether what we are doing is productive or not.

de Stefano speaking to the Financial Post

Professor Giuseppina D'Agostino talks to CBC Radio about publishers increasingly turning to fan fiction for their next hit, warning that creators could encounter legal challenges if they try to profit from characters they don't own. D'Agostino says there hasn't been an appetite to go after fanfic authors in Canada, yet. "There are exceptions in the Copyright Act also to enable a vibrant culture to create and use work," says D'Agostino. "They're not really doing any damage to the initial original work. If anything, they're paying homage to it and ."

In April, two NASA scientists surveying the Greenland Ice Sheet found Camp Century, a Cold War U.S. military base abandoned in 1967, while attempting to map the ice sheet. It's not the first time the base has been seen on radar flights. The base housed 85 to 200 soldiers and was powered by a nuclear reactor. Professor William Colgan, who co-authored a study on the Camp Century released in August, tells USA Today that . "When we looked at the climate simulations, they suggested that rather than perpetual snowfall, it seems that as early as 2090, the site could transition from net snowfall to net melt," Colgan said at the time of the study's publishing. "Once the site transitions from net snowfall to net melt, it's only a matter of time before the wastes melt out; it becomes irreversible."

A team led by Professor Cora Young has been measuring for gaseous fluorine to better understand the extent of previously unaccounted-for PFAS in the atmosphere. The team found 65 to 99 per cent of the fluorine in the air inside the lab was not normally unaccounted for, while outside that number was about 50 per cent. 鈥淚t's important as missing gaseous fluorine accounts for a huge part of airborne PFAS compared to what we actually measure at the moment, ,鈥� Young tells Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine.

Now reports on Reddit users discussing tourist destinations outside the downtown core, mentioning the on Keele Campus as a spot worth visiting.

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Professor emeritus Glen Norcliffe, 81, won the 80 to 84 age group of the male sprint distance race at the 2024 World Triathlon Championship Finals held in Spain on Oct. 17. says Norcliffe of his win. Next year, Norcliffe has qualified for a triathlon in Australia and a duathlon.

Professor Steven Tufts talks to CBC about the Canada Post workers' strike and whether a shift in Canada Post's business model is needed. Tufts says , but there's a bigger issue: What should the business model of a company that has lost money in the last six years look like in the future? CUPW has been pushing for expanding services, such as postal banking and seniors' wellness checks, but Tufts says they have not built the large-scale public campaign needed to pressure Canada Post into changing its business model.

Artist and PhD student Shannon Garden-Smith wants us to think more about a crucial building material we are running out of: sand. Her recent artworks were created using pigmented dust from sand she collected around the city. For this year's Nuit Blanche, she created an 2,500 square-foot interactive floor installation using vibrantly dyed sand to form marbled patterns. During the all-night event, attendees were invited to walk across the 'carpet', disrupting the sand patterns and muddying colours in the process. "," she tells CBC. "Their engagement becomes visible in the living, changing work as an index of movement."

Scientists who study the characteristics of inland fresh-water systems are confronting 鈥� and rushing to address 鈥� a serious knowledge gap on the role winter ice cover plays on lake cycles and functioning. Professor Sapna Sharma comments on new research into under-ice conditions that is challenging what limnologists thought they understood about lakes鈥� winter behaviour. Speaking to Inside Climate News Sharma says there was a during the 1960s and '70s. Then the work paused before slowly beginning again about a decade ago.

At the 6th Muskoka Summit on the Environment on Oct. 4 in Bracebridge, Professor Deborah McGregor shared simple truths that have guided Indigenous stewardship for thousands of years, reports MuskokaRegion.com. "We cannot manage water; we can only learn how to live with water," says McGregor, and "Water is a relative of ours. Wise stewards treat water with humility and respect."

Wise stewards treat water with humility and respect

McGregor at the Muskoka Summit on the Environment

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As聽Peel Regional Police warn of ongoing scams targeting concertgoers in the GTA, Professor Evan Light talks to Toronto Star about online security for fans trying to protect their Ticketmaster accounts, especially as Swift's six concerts in Toronto began. Light says the first way to protect yourself is to use complex and unique passwords on all your accounts. "," says Light.

Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky offers public safety tips for Taylor Swift鈥檚 Eras Tour to InsideHalton.com. "At the end of the day, no matter what the province of Ontario or City of Toronto or Rogers Centre does for safety, ," he says. "Being safe at a concert means tempering one's excitement with a dose of caution."

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Emeritus Daniel Drache and a co-author write about what President Donald Trump's comeback means for his unique brand of nationalist authoritarianism. "Trump's victory shows just how weak and lacklustre the centre has become in comparison to surging extremism," writes the co-authors. "The Republican machine has grasped an essential truth: parties must redefine their centre of gravity with the shifting of the Overton window of political acceptability, which holds that ."

With polls showing that Americans are concerned about the lack of civility in politics following聽the 2024 election,聽Professor Raymond Mar speaks to Deseret News about how to demonstrate empathy, kindness and understanding with someone who votes differently. " to other peoples鈥� experiences and to believe they're valid," says Mar. "You don't have to deny your own experience to accept someone else's."

Professor Ann Marie Murnaghan speaks to My Bulkley Lakes Now about her research on the K鈥櫭玤it totem pole, and the Wet'suwet'en delegation that traveled from B.C. to Paris over 85 years after it was removed from their community and shipped to France.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the International Criminal Court should investigate the disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian residential schools. Speaking to CBC, Professor Heidi Matthews says the case could face admissibility hurdles as the ICC is meant to be a court of last resort, to be used when domestic jurisdictions are unwilling or unable to genuinely carry out their own investigations or prosecutions. , and there hasn't been an effort to shield any individuals from criminal responsibility, says Matthews.

Professor Elizabeth Clare speaks to Science News about Environmental DNA or eDNA. All living beings constantly shed bits of DNA, left behind from skin, scales, hair, urine, feces, pollen, and more. Clare says eDNA has 鈥渃hanged everything鈥� about how scientists study biodiversity and conservation. "It widens your time window of detection," says Clare. ", and footprints last longer than the animal or the plant."

The carbon footprint of hydrogen gas is not as small as proponents argue.聽Speaking to Hakai Magazine, Professor Mark Winfield weighs in on聽hydrogen gas becoming a fuel of choice. According to new research, hydrogen's climate friendliness depends on many factors, including where and how the hydrogen is produced. Winfield聽says the study reinforces the warning already being sounded by many scientists and environmentalists about green hydrogen. " and only bother with hydrogen if there is a good use case that makes sense," says Winfield.

Research out of 91亚色 has found that late natural menopause may be a risk factor for asthma, potentially due to prolonged estrogen exposure.聽", especially those with later onset of menopause," doctoral student Durmalouk Kesibi tells Healio.

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Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Professor Emeritus Stephen L. Newman spoke to City News about American voting traditions, explaining why the election happens every four years on a Tuesday in November. 鈥� to avoid having the results in states that voted early influence the results in states that voted later,鈥� explains Newman. During the 19th century, much of the U.S. economy relied on farming and agricultural production. For that reason, it was decided that Election Day would be held in November, after harvest season ended and before winter. According to Newman, Election Day falls on a Tuesday because, at the time, most Americans went to church on Sundays and may have needed to travel long distances to reach their polling place. "Holding elections on Tuesday gave them time to get there," he says.

Professor Thomas Klassen speaks to Newmarket Today about the U.S. election results. Klassen聽says like many Canadians, the election result was not one he'd hoped for. "The good news is that Trump's been in office before, so we as Canadians, have some sense what to expect," says Klassen. While Trump has not made any promises to upend free trade agreements, there could be trade battles over tariffs, he says. He adds that a Trump presidency could benefit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chances at reelection, saying

Professor Yvonne Su writes about why the implication that students abuse Canada's asylum system does a disservice to both students and the integrity of the immigration processes for Policy Options magazine. "Let's be clear: Many students applying for asylum aren't doing so because it鈥檚 a backdoor into Canada. Many are being pushed into that position by institutions that have promised them a future and then left them to fend for themselves," writes Su. "By holding the right institutions accountable, 鈥� and that our asylum system continues to be a beacon of fairness and hope for those in need."

Many students applying for asylum aren't doing so because it鈥檚 a backdoor into Canada. Many are being pushed into that position by institutions that have promised them a future and then left them to fend for themselves.

Su writing for Policy Options

In a segment for CBS News, Professor Michael Barutciski weighs in on the illegal crossings happening at the Canada-U.S. border. In the 2024 fiscal year alone, roughly 19,000 people were arrested crossing illegally, a record-breaking number and the same amount as the last 17 years combined. And far more terror suspects are encountered on the northern U.S. border than the south. Border Patrol data states that 321 suspects on the terror watchlist were arrested on the northern border in fiscal year 2024, compared to 46 on the southern border. "It's actually quite striking that Canada's immigration minister has admitted that ," says Barutciski.

Professor Richard Leblanc talks to CBC about the potential need for a shake-up to the board of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) to modernize energy policy in the territory. Fresh eyes, especially independent ones, could better represent the public, and bring expertise along with change. Leblanc says having independent directors on the board could add industry expertise, while government officials would bring an understanding of government workings. "A hybrid model has ," he says.

Professors Hala Tamim, Heather Edgell and Michael Rotondi published a study that found women who experience menopause late have a 30 per cent greater risk of developing asthma when compared with women who have menopause early. The results are based on 10 years of follow up data from more than 14,000 women between ages 45 to 85, gathered using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Generative AI is drastically changing how companies and individuals approach marketing. A KPMG survey of 872 Canadian organizations found that nearly 90 per cent believe gen AI is pivotal to gaining a competitive advantage. "There are huge cost-saving benefits; that's undeniable," Professor Markus Giesler tells Financial Post, but adds that despite excitement surrounding the abilities of AI, .

Professor Afshin Rezaei-Zare talks to Toronto Star about why solar storms could be catastrophic for society. In large solar storms, GPS outages, air travel disruptions, and even, in rare cases, blackouts are possible. "The impact could be huge," says Rezaei-Zare, "because ."

Professor Patricia Lakin-Thomas weighs in on the health impact that the end of daylight time and a return to standard time in the fall has on our biology. It better aligns our schedules to our bodies ", or what people around the world do today when they don't have access to electricity. They get up with the sun, stay up until after dark when they're tired and go to sleep," says Lakin-Thomas. Speaking to Toronto Star, Lakin-Thomas comments on the time change, and how it provides an opportunity to reflect on an even more important cycle: the circadian rhythm. She tells them if she could rearrange society, .

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Professor Kinnon MacKinnon's pursuit of through the DARE study research is highlighted in The New 91亚色 Times.

Professor Patricia Lakin-Thomas talks to The Jerusalem Post about daylight saving time and ongoing concerns about its impact on public health. Lakin-Thomas says Daylight Saving Time is shown to contribute to higher numbers of car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and workplace injuries. The time is long overdue to , she adds.

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky gives public safety tips to Swifties attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, which has six shows in Toronto starting Nov. 14. Toronto's mayor has expressed confidence that the shows will be safe, and that comprehensive security measures will be in place. "In addition to preparing for fun, spend a little time considering concert safety tips which stress situational awareness," writes Rozdilsky. " If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right." Rozdilsky is also quoted in an article about published in The Week.

If you see something, say something. If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right.

Rozdilsky writes in The Conversation

Ontario grocery stores are saying the new bottle return requirements may make it impossible to participate in Premier Doug Ford's expansion of alcohol sales. Sebastian Prins, the director of government relations for the Ontario section of the Retail Council of Canada, says the majority of the larger stores are planning to add alcohol sales at locations within five kilometres of a Beer Store, meaning they aren't obligated to accept empties right away. The Canadian Press reports that Prins is working with a to assess the costs and logistics.

Professor Dennis Pilon weighs in on a聽report shelved by Mayor Oliva Chow that recommended Toronto city councillors receive a raise of more than 22 per cent to bring them in line with other municipalities. He says it's important for elected officials to earn "sufficient" salaries to compensate them for their work and ensure that it's not only the rich who can afford to run for office. However, Pilon says that councillors voting on whether to increase their own pay . Professor Joe Mihevc, who served on council for nearly three decades until 2018, tells Toronto Star that councillors are "absolutely" underpaid, estimating that between city hall meetings on weekdays, and community events on evenings and weekends, most regularly work 12-hour days. In a separate op-ed on the subject, Mihevc writes about why politicians deserve a pay raise. "Residents need to know when they are to both work long and often difficult hours and then also to accept a smaller salary," writes Mihevc for Toronto Star. In an article for CBC, Mihevc weighs in on聽the mayor facing political and economic challenges as the city puts together its 2025 budget. He says to balance the books next year.

Professor Robert Savage comments on a new survey that found university students studying to become teachers could correctly answer only 60 per cent of the questions on phonics. Savage says the results show a structural issue across institutions. 鈥� So, it clearly does have impacts,鈥� he says.

Professor Sean Tulin weighs in on dark matter which may account for roughly聽85 percent of the universe's mass.聽The case for the existence of dark matter goes back to the 1930s when astronomers analyzed the rates at which galaxies rotate and found there isn't enough visible matter to account for the observed spin rates.聽For the last few decades, the leading theory has been that this unseen substance is made up of weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs.聽"," Tulin tells Smithsonian Magazine.

Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn鈥檚 Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration, a new book by professors John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson invites readers to take a voyage through space with a "behind the science" look at what's possible. 鈥淲e paired really interesting places with really weird things to be doing there,鈥� Rogerson tells CTV News. 鈥�, that was sort of a natural one because a human has golfed on the moon before. Mars has really interesting clouds, so we have cloud watching like you鈥檙e at a picnic. We imagine what it would be like to be doing a cave dive on this moon of Saturn. It was totally an imagination run wild where we were imagining ourselves, or some astronaut, doing some weird activity in some weird place and how the physics of the place would affect the activity.鈥�

Alumna Hortense Anglin, 87, received a standing ovation from guests and fellow graduates on Oct. 17 as she walked across the stage to receive her bachelor's and was congratulated by the platform party at 91亚色's in-person fall convocation. CP24 about her experience as a mature student, and CTV News wrote about .

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Professor Afshin Rezaei-Zare discusses the 1859 geomagnetic storm, and others that have followed.聽Geomagnetic storms are often linked to a "mesmerizing display" of the northern lights but聽carry the potential to wreak havoc on our modern technological infrastructure.聽Rezaei-Zare聽leads a program that received a $1.65-million grant to help mitigate their potential impacts in Canada and the world. "Perhaps most concerning is ," Rezaei-Zare tells Toronto.com. "Modern electrical grids, satellite systems, and communication networks are highly vulnerable to the massive GICs such storms produce."

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky writes about the challenges facing recovery from the Jasper Complex Wildfire, which burned an estimated 32,722 hectares in July. Visiting the site as a researcher and to observe recovery efforts, he describes the "" of structures littering the charred landscape and how clean-up efforts will be complicated by snowfall. "Despite best efforts being made, if large tracts of disaster debris become frozen in place over winter, such a situation will impede recovery progress in 2025," writes Rozdilsky.

Professor Joe Mihevc, who served on Toronto City Council for nearly 30 years, comments on the city collecting resident feedback on the 2025 city budget through an online survey. Mihevc says Toronto needs to look for new revenue streams to pay for the priorities identified by residents. Mihevc tells CBC that , like continuing to ask the federal government to help cover the cost of shelters used by refugees or lobbying the province to cover the health and housing costs associated with growing homelessness.

Professor Ian Stedman writes about the looming federal election campaign, accountability, transparency and ethics for The Conversation. "Regardless of which party holds power, a striking flaw in Canada's political ethics framework is ," writes Stedman. "Ethics issues must be kept in public view and political parties should be pressured to offer meaningful reform ideas in their campaign and party platforms."

Ahead of Wednesday's Liberal caucus meeting where some MPs were expected to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his dropping popularity, Professor Dennis Pilon spoke to CityNews . He says that聽the Liberals have traditionally been less focused on rules around leadership reviews than other parties.

Professor Valerie Ann Preston talks to Toronto Star about a report by Statistics Canada that found international students and temporary foreign workers are paying more in monthly rent than Canadian-born tenants living in the same metropolitan areas. When differences were adjusted for neighbourhood, type of home and household size, international students paid less for shelter but temporary foreign workers still pay more than Canadian-born tenants. " because the rent premium for temporary farm workers persists even after you control for neighbourhood and you control for welling characteristics," says Preston. She adds that individuals in both groups tend to be newer to Canada with less knowledge about local rental markets, which puts them at a disadvantage. International students and temporary foreign workers are also primarily short-term renters. "Housing where you get international students and temporary foreign workers living is also housing that comes back on the market more often," she says. "The rents rise every time it becomes vacant."

91亚色's Markham Campus is prioritizing experiential education through its innovative biotechnology programs. Two standout offerings are the master of biotechnology management and graduate diploma in biotechnology programs. Dan Palermo, the interim deputy provost says the campus was designed to offer students hands-on learning experiences and aligns with the university's broader goal of . "This is what students are asking for," Palermo tells 91亚色Region.com. "It prepares them more effectively for the workforce."

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Jessica Klein, research assistant at the Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Lab, speaks to Verywell Health about how masking behaviours to avoid uncomfortable social situations and stigma leads to long-term burnout for many autistic women. 鈥淎 pretty consistent finding across the board is that many ," says Klein.

Federal and provincial politicians across Canada are discussing ramping up policies that would allow the detention and treatment of addicted and mentally ill people against their will in psychiatric institutions. Professor Marina Morrow, who has , speaks to The Globe and Mail about her findings.

Professor Valerio de Stefano talks to Financial Post about how AI is poised to change the way job vacancies are filled. The main goal of using AI as part of a hiring process is to cut costs. 鈥淩emoving bias is a secondary objective," says De Stefano. 鈥�.鈥� It can't be easily removed because software is developed based on past practices. "In order to build any of these programs, you have to have a database and a benchmark that informs how they are going to work," he says. "If that database or data set includes discrimination 鈥� and, historically, we have discrimination in many jobs 鈥� it's not so easy to root out." De Stefano doesn't believe companies are intentionally seeking to discriminate against candidates but says that even with a concerted efffort, removing biases from algorithms can't be done. "The idea that we can use technology as a magic wand to eliminate discrimination is just delusional," he says. "Tech is a reflection of what we do and value."

Discrimination is always going to creep into the ways you build the algorithm

de Stefano speaking to Financial Post

Professor Thomas Klassen speaks with a Toronto Star columnist about how baby boomers benefited 鈥斅燼nd were shaped by 鈥斅爐heir generation's good timing and vast numbers. 鈥溾�� says Klassen.

After seasons of forest fires, floods and heat waves, there鈥檚 a real need to build resilient food systems that can withstand the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. But puts all our apples in one basket, Sheila Colla tells The Narwhal. 鈥淲here did the disconnect happen 鈥� why do we all of a sudden value the honeybee as our main pollinator?鈥� Colla asks.

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