Our faculty are thought leaders undertaking ground-breaking research around the most relevant issues facing humanity today. They are often asked to comment on issues impacting society and contribute to discussions on current events. Browse through recent media where LA&PS professors have been called upon for their expertise.
Meet the artist etching memorial tattoos for people who lost loved ones to COVID-19
Did you know that 80% of tattoos are for commemoration? According to Professor Deborah Davidson, “Memorial tattoos help us speak our grief, bandage our wounds and open dialogue about death. They help us integrate loss into our lives to help us heal.”
Management is so passé — it’s co-creation that workers are demanding
Today's workers don't want to be managed, says Professor David Weitzner. "They want to be partners in co-creation, where all members are empowered to bring their whole selves to the organization."
Canadians need accessible mental-health services, not a fight over who can claim responsibility for those programs
In a new opinion piece for the Globe and Mail, Professor Pat Armstrong writes, “What Canadians need are accessible mental health services consistently available across the country, not a fight over which government gets to claim responsibility for those programs.”
On the anniversary of the Zong massacre, M. NourbeSe Philip's epic poem rises again
“Philip provides what the legal document will not, cannot. She gives us names and breath and thought and care,” explains Professor Christina Sharpe discussing Zong!, a widely-studied Canadian literary work honouring the victims of the massacre abord the Zong slave ship.
How can Indigenous and Black communities be better allies to one another?
How can Indigenous & Black communities be better allies to one another? Professor Bonita Lawrence explains in a new interview with TVO about Black Lives Matter, the erasure of Indigenous history and the myth of Canadian multiculturalism.
Do workers need 15 days of paid leave?
Canadian governments must act to provide mandated job-protected paid sickness and caregiving leaves that are available to all workers, suggests a new report co-authored by Professor Leah Vosko.
With average prices up another 14%, Swiss bank UBS warns of housing bubbles in Canada
"A bubble exists if you can't explain price increases by using the normal variables we look at," explains Professor George Fallis, who is concerned that people are buying solely on the expectation of future gains.
Why we must address the colonial dimension of climate migration
In settler states like Canada, climate change has disproportionally impacted Indigenous communities. As Professor Maggie Quirt explains, "such disparities are the calling card of colonialism."
Low-income seniors say they've been ignored this election
A national strategy which addresses provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructures as basic as affordable housing and accessible public transit is needed to better support Canada’s older population, suggests Professor Pat Armstrong, a leading expert in long-term care.
Federal election 2021: More supply won’t solve Canada’s housing affordability crisis
Promises to build more homes is not a meaningful solution to Canada’s housing affordability crisis, notes Joel Roberts Social & Political Thought PhD candidate: "High house prices are not due to supply shortages."