Natasha Tusikov, associate professor in the Department of Social Science, has cowritten an article in Policy Options about the rising threat of authoritarianism in the U.S and how this affects AI strategy. The Canadian government recently announced a 30-day sprint for reviewing AI policy. The authors argue this is not enough time given the complexity […]
Dennis Pilon was quoted in a CBC article about Calgary’s newly elected mayor, Jeromy Farkas. The article notes only one in 10 eligible voters supported Farkas, showing how Canada’s first-past-the-post system elects leaders based on the plurality of votes rather than majority. Pilon argues that this system makes the concept of political mandates questionable as […]
Ian Stedman, associate professor of Canadian public law and governance at York’s School of Public Policy & Administration, was quoted in a recent CTV News article addressing calls for Labour Minister David Piccini’s resignation after a potential conflict of interest regarding the minister’s spouse. Stedman explained that situations like this are typically managed through an […]
Jennifer Pybus, an associate professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and an expert in artificial intelligence, was quoted in a CBC article about the risks of partnering with American AI companies. She noted that while Canadian data may be collected and processed domestically, it ultimately remains governed by American companies. […]
Ali Asgary, professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, co-wrote an article in The Conversation emphasizing the importance of discussing disasters as a key strategy for improving preparedness and planning. The article explains that the way we think about disasters is shaped by political rhetoric, media and culture. Historically, disasters were once thought to be caused by the […]
Jelena Zikic, associate professor in the School of Human Resource Management, has been quoted in an article in HR Reporter about return-to-work policies and how these are affecting employees. In some companies, employees have been ignoring return to work mandates which Zikic says is bad for organizational morale and culture. She says companies should consider […]
Jonathan Edmondson, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History, was featured in a video on CBC talking about a secret passageway in the Colosseum that recently opened to the public. Edmondson explains that the Commodus Passageway was discovered by archaeologists several years ago and leads into the “imperial box” where the emperor would watch […]
LA&PS associate professor and AI expert Jennifer Pybus has been quoted in an article for City News about a new artificial intelligence (AI) task force created by the Liberal government. The article features input from academics across the country about the task force’s potential issues. In the article, Pybus says she would have liked to […]
Nadia Hasan, assistant professor at the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies has co-written an article in The Conversation, discussing the recently released Islamophobia Research Hub report, Documenting the “Palestine Exception”: An Overview of Trends in Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian and Anti-Arab Racism in Canada in the Aftermath of October 7, 2023. In the article the authors discuss […]
Ali Asgary, professor in the Disaster and Emergency Management program, was consulted for an article in CBC about how wildfires are disrupting back-to-school activities for families in some regions of Canada. In Newfoundland, families have had to leave their homes and stay in evacuation centres, making it difficult for children to continue going to school […]