Canada is truly blessed. It has an abundance of natural resources coveted by other nations, which include metals, oil and gas, as well as water, and it shares its only border and a free trade area with the world’s most prosperous economy. For Canada’s companies and its economy, however, these are mixed blessings, writes Dezsö Horváth, dean of 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, and Matthias Kipping in The Globe and Mail’s op ed section, July 4. .
91ɫ biology Professor Gail Fraser is quoted in an article in the Herald News and the Nanaimo Daily News July 5 about oil spills off Newfoundland. .
Alan Young, co-founder and director of the Innocence Project at Osgoode Hall Law School at 91ɫ is quoted in a Vancouver Sun article July 7 about memory reliability and that eyewitness misidentifications account for approximately 75 per cent of the roughly 300 wrongful convictions overturned in the United States by DNA evidence. .
Toronto Police are hunting for a suspect after three women were sexually assaulted – all involving unwanted touching – in separate incidents late last week at 91ɫ’s Keele St. campus, reported the Toronto Sun and others July 8. .
91ɫ will temporarily increase the security presence on its Keele campus following sexual assaults, involving unwanted touching, last week, reported the Toronto Star, July 8. .
Chasing development dollars was also not the model the province had in mind when it legislated the smart growth plan, said 91ɫ Professor Mark Winfield, who studies urban sustainability, in the Toronto Star, July 6. .
Richard LeBlanc, a professor of law, governance and ethics at 91ɫ, is quoted in a Hamilton Spectator article July 7 about transparency and sexual abuse investigations involving Ontario teachers. .
91ɫ political science Professor Emerita Naomi Black is quoted in an obituary about S.P. Rosenbaum, her husband, and his work in The Globe and Mail, July 5. .
Patrick Boily, a graduate student in public and international affairs at 91ɫ’s Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, wrote an opinion piece about Manitoba’s economic and population growth in the Winnipeg Free Press, July 5. .
Tanner Zurkoski, a 91ɫ film student, has already spent a week, sleeping, eating and editing his video blog in his car reported Sympatico.ca, July 4. .
91ɫ graduate students are offering a free performing arts camp and lessons in music and movement this month. “The camp draws on an expansive body of scientific evidence,” graduate student Annalise D’Souza is quoted in 91ɫRegion.com, July 5. .
91ɫ urban planning Professor Ute Lehrer is quoted in a Toronto Star article about the planned condo development on Ossington Ave. July 7. .
Anna St. Onge, 91ɫ’s archivist in charge of digital projects and outreach, talks about librarians and archivists being acutely aware of the challenges – and the opportunities – the Internet presents to their respective fields, in the Ottawa Citizen, July 7. .
Bridget Stutchbury, a Canada Research Chair in ecology and conservation biology at 91ɫ, is quoted in an editorial in the Calgary Herald, July 8, about the decline of the song bird. .
Aaron Lupton, who works as a librarian at 91ɫ and writes movie reviews for Canada's premier horror magazine Rue Morgue, was quoted in the Sudbury Star talking about the filming of the television show, "Dark Rising", July 7. .
Walid El Khachab, an Arabic professor at 91ɫ, talks about the poetry of Iman Mersal in the Edmonton Journal July 6. .
Sean Kheraj, an environmental historian, comments on the safety of pipelines in the Edmonton Journal, July 6. .
Toronto Fringe Festival features Mississauga content
91ɫ film student Abdul Malik co-wrote the play Golem, which will be performed in the Toronto Fringe Festival, reported the Mississauga News, July 6. Read full story.