Trinity in the News

April 2019

March 2019 

• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Ito Peng among the researchers at the centre of U of T research on Syrian refugee experience in the Toronto region
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  U of T Law Journal: Provost Mayo Moran addresses “The problem of the past: How historic wrongs became legal problems”

  
  
  
  
• Anglican Journal: Divinity teaching staff member The Rev. Canon Dr. Judy Rois talks about Closing the gender gap in church leadership
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on Why we shouldn’t boycott Michael Jackson’s music
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Albert Moritz named Toronto’s next poet laureate; and A.F. Moritz gets what life is like here
• New Statesman American: Fellow Prof. Thomas Hurka writes: From golf to Grand Theft Auto, why do we love playing games?
• Globe & Mail: What can Canada accomplish in the next century? – Former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan shares her thoughts
• Daily Mail: The political corruption scandal that could bring down Justin Trudeau – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in

February 2019 

• CTV News Channel: Alum Tina Park discusses the North Korea Summit (video)
• Research to Reality: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens talks about chemical synthesis and environmental protection: Approaching the Summit of Chemical Synthesis (with video)
• Multiple: Alum Anita Li takes part in panel discussions with the CBC on the how the media reported on the Jussie Smollett news (video) and on TVO The Agenda on the future of digital journalism (Digital News Disruption: video)
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by theology student Michael Coren: When it comes to sexual abuse, the Church is devil-may-care
• Same-sex spouses not invited to next year’s Lambeth Conference of bishops – Bishop Suffragan Kevin Robertson(alum) talks about the decision
• Op-ed by Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi: What can we do to prevent nuclear war?
• The Backlist: George Elliott Clark on alum Austin Clarke‘s “The Origin of Waves” (CBC podcast)
• UK Government: Alum Prof. Margaret MacMillan appointed to the Imperial War Museum Board
• Blog: Provost Mayo Moran on How Private Law Could Help with “Unfinished Business”: A Comment on Leora Bilsky’s The Holocaust, Corporations and the Law
• Various: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in on: Bissonnette sentence likely to be appealed, legal experts say (CBC); Arrests of Canadians in China unacceptable (City News)

• Citrus Mag: Alum Malcolm Gladwell talks about his running roots for Runners of NYC podcast
• Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Alum Andrew Arruda on the state of legal tech
• CBC Ideas: Alum and Former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan on War and Humanity: The Reith Lectures (with audio)
• The Heat: US to withdraw from INF Treaty with Russia (video) – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains (video)
• Ottawa Citizen: Associates Roman Borys, Annalee Patipatanakoon and Jamie Parker of the Gryphon Trio take over classical music summer program at Banff Centre: Chamberfest stars Gryphon Trio tapped for artistic direction at Banff Centre | also Globe & Mail and Broadway World and CBC
• ABC News: Canada’s prime minister fires his ambassador to China – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in | also TV5 Monde
• CBC (with video): Theology student Michael Coren shares the backstory to “his change of heart and mind”

January 2019

• ABC News: Canada’s prime minister fires his ambassador to China – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in | also for TV5 Monde
• National Post: Canadian ambassador: Huawei exec could avoid US extradition – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• Regina Leader Post: Associate Jamie Parker of the Gryphon Trio tells why they love new classical work and watch him play Satie (CBC Music video)
• U of T News: Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda talks about multiculturalism in literature and his novel Original Prin
• Anglican Communion News: Divinity alum, Adjunct The Revd Canon Dr. John Gibaut is appointed as new President of Thorneloe University
• TVO Agenda: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen discusses what will happen should the British Parliament vote down Theresa May’s Brexit dea’ (video)
• Global News (video): State of the Union: What’s its purpose and why does everyone love to clap?  Associate of the College Prof. Connor Ewing explains
• CBC: Op-ed by former don Dr. Nav Persaud: The feds promised meaningful health care changes, but they keep bowing to industry pressure
• Toronto Star: Associate Director, Ethics, Society & Law Prof. Stephanie Silverman writes: What about the thousands of women in Canada with stories similar to Rahaf’s?
• Global (video): Britain left divided after Brexit deal defeated in vote – former Provost and alum Prof. Margaret MacMillan talks about the significance of the vote
• CTV News Network: Associate Dr. Jack Cunningham talks about Brexit vote: Brexit deal defeated, future of PM May in doubt
• CBC: Alum and former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan among experts to share their predictions for 2019: There was little good news in 2018. Here’s how that could change (or not) in the year ahead
• Globe & Mail: Alum Meghan Moore talks about the Loran student award: These successful entrepreneurs have one thing in common
• EurekAlert: Treating brain inflammation in MS patients may start in their guts: U of T-led study – Fellow and alum Prof. Jen Gommerman is the senior author and Trinity Instructor Olga Rojas is co-author on the study

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2018 Media Clips

December 2018

• U of T News: Fellows Prof. James Arthur and Prof. Pekka Sinervo and alum John Godfrey named to the Order of Canada / more on Trinity News
• National Post: Cannabis firms in conflict of interest for owning both pot producers and marijuana clinics – Former don Dr. Nav Persaud weighs in
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Crossing no man’s land this Christmas
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Provost Mayo Moran: The Macron Report and how we right history’s wrongs
• CNBC (video): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun comments on the resignation of James Mattis: Russia could be celebrating James Mattis’ resignation
• Pitch Folk: Alum Malcolm Gladwell on the Music of His Life
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens on: Graduate students are the lifeblood of research. They need more support
• AP: China’s secret detentions of Canadians renew concerns over its respect for rule of law and Detentions raise fears, cast doubt on China’s policies – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• Foreign Affairs: Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad‘s book “Jihad & Co.: Black Markets And Islamist Power” on The Best of Books 2018
• CBC (with audio): Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda recommends books for the holiday season: Fiction about complicated families to help you navigate holiday dysfunction
• National Post: ‘We’ve never been this alone’: Canada finds itself caught between two powers, without any ‘serious allies’  – Trinity Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• CGTN (with video): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on The Heat: U.S. issues ultimatum to Russia on INF treaty
• National Post: Op-ed by Associate Director, Ethics, Society & Law Dr. Stephanie Silverman: The bogus demonization of the ‘migrant caravan’
• CBC Ideas (audio): Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen joins an expert panel to discuss the many faces of democracy: In Search of Global Freedom
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: Without work, who do we become?
• Toronto Star: Former Don Dr. Nav Persaud is named one of 12 Canadians who are making our lives better: He’s been called a ‘lethal force’ who’s not afraid to take on medical authorities. And it all started with pain week
• National Post: Alum Jimoh Ovbiagele and Andrew Arruda of ROSS Intelligence are The ones that got away: Why making it big in tech might mean leaving Canada
• Toronto Star: 8 long-term immigration detainees ordered released after review – Acting Associate Director of the Ethics, Society & Law Dr. Stephanie Silverman weighs in
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. John Robinson leads U of T as it moves forward with plan to be a sustainability leader

November 2018

• Financial Times: G20 ‘talking shop’ still resonates with many emerging markets – International Relations Director Prof. John Kirton weighs in; Prof. Kirton is also interviewed by Bloomberg: Trump isn’t the only G-20 leader going rogue
• The Walrus: Can alum Michael Ignatieff Beat Back Authoritarianism in Hungary?
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: Russia-Ukraine tensions are profoundly dangerous. The West must intervene. For the CBC, Prof. Braun also weighs in on Russia’s high seas stunt off Ukraine is ramping up tensions at the G20.
• Washington Post: Near Niagara Falls, U.S. and Canadian forts from the War of 1812 still face off – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell explains
• Confederation Centre of the Arts (video): Former Provost Prof. Margaret MacMillan receives 2018 Symons Medal and delivers lecture
• U of T News: What swimming on U of T’s varsity team taught Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (Trinity International Relations grad)
• Novmber 19, 2018 (Global): Republicans want LGBTQ clause cut from USMCA – should trade talks dictate social policy? Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• Fairchild Media (video: 2:54 mark): Associate Prof. Leslie Boehm is interviewed about basic income
• The American Interest: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Bruan: Making “Fort Trump” A Reality
• The Walrus: Alum  Prof. Randy Boyagoda‘s New Novel Is Both Deeply Catholic and Deeply Funny
• Toronto Life: Alumni John Tory, Barbara Dirks, and IR grad Annamaria Enenajor are among the Influential Torontonians 2018
• Global TV: Is Amazon’s decision to skip Toronto for its new HQ2 a good thing (video)? – Divinity student Michael Coren weighs in
• U of T News: In memorian: ‘Old-style gentleman’ Prof. Emeritus Douglas Joyce taught German at U of T for more than three decades
• The Star: First World War soldiers and nurses are a ghostly presence in Trinity College windows
• Anglican Journal: Alum Bill Crockett remembered as ‘giant intellect’ of the church
• Maclean’s: Alum RH Thomson’s The World Remembers commemorates sacrifice, one name at a time
• CTV News: How WWI upended Canada’s political, social and economic norms – Associate Prof. John English weighs in
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on ‘Both sides’ rhetoric is a dangerous lie that evades responsibility

 

October 2018

• ​CBC News: Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda on Crazy Rich Asians and the first time he identified with a film character
  
  
• ABC Religion & Ethics: Op-ed by Dean Prof. Christopher Brittain: When religion justifies racial self-interest
• Ottawa Citizen: Russian scientist seeking refugee status told to be prepared for deportation – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• Globe & Mail: Remembering alum Donald Macdonald: Ideas man’ Donald Macdonald helped pave the way for free trade with U.S.
• CBC with audio: Why alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda isn’t shy about the autobiographical elements of novel Original Prin; also in U of T News – The many vocations of U of T’s Randy Boyagoda: Scholar, Catholicintellectual, novelist with a hit on his hands
• Globe & Mail: Alum Donald Macdonald, former finance minister who recommended free trade with U.S., dead at age 86
• CBC (audio): Alum Justine Abigail Yu on her New magazine for “Hyphenated Canadians
• InsideHalton: Burlington-raised professor – Trinity Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman – wins international grant for multiple sclerosis research
• U of T News: Team of U of T chemists, led by Trinity Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi, advances ability to control chemical reactions
• Maclean’s: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens on What is the future of STEM in the age of disruptive technologies?
• CTV News & Global News: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell comments on: Canada relieved trade deal done, won’t forget Trump attacks and on NAFTA talks: Where negotiators conceded and where they stood firm on USMCA
• U of T Magazine: A new Trinity College program aims to educate the next generation of green leaders

September 2018

• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on The United States should be a lot more afraid of China than it is
• CBC: Ontario made the right call in voting out Liberals, interim leader says. Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell explains
• CBC Ideas (with audio): Former Provost & alum Margaret MacMillan ’66 on War and Humanity: The Reith Lectures
• Huffington Post: Canada’s Bid For UN Security Council Seat: What You Need To Know – Trinity’s Director of the International Relations Prof. John Kirton weighs in
• FAS News: Theology and religion scholar, Trinity Fellow Prof. John Kloppenborg, receives honorary doctorate for his contributions to the study of the New Testament
• Toronto Star: Tyranny comes and goes, but Margaret Atwood and Trinity alum Adrienne Clarkson’s (’60) friendship is for the ages
• NYTimes & CTV News: Doug Ford, Ontario’s Premier, Takes On Canada’s Judiciary and Legal scholars surprised by judge’s reasoning in Toronto council cuts decision – Associate Prof. Yasmin Dawood weighs in
• Hill Times: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens: Canada’s research stars should get a shot at same funding as foreign scholars
• CBC (video): Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte analyzes identifying characteristics of an anonymously written New York Times op-ed 
• Globe & Mail: Lives Lived profile of ES&L student Emma Leckey
• UC Observer: Op-ed by Divinity student Michael Coren: Trump is losing Christian support
• Global News: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell: ‘If Trudeau is a fool, he will go’. Experts warn against PM meeting with Trump to save NAFTA.
• CBC: The dilemma Lana Del Rey and others face performing in Israel – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in

 

August 2018

• Globe & Mail: Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda ’99 on The language of families
• Bloomberg & AP News: Nafta Crunch Caps a Pretty Dreadful Week for Justin Trudeau and Canada stunned and worried about Trump trade threats – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• National Post: Op-ed by alum Andrew Coyne ’83: It ought to take more than luck to become a Canadian citizen
• CBS News (video): Alum Prof. Campbell Harvey of Duke University on why the United States should get rid of cash and create a national cryptocurrency
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on The sad truth: Giuliani’s bluster defines Trump’s reality-denying presidency
• Ilford Recorder: From Redbridge to Toronto: The spiritual journey of Trinity Divinity Michael Coren
• NBC News: Germans of Turkish descent struggle with identity, seek acceptance – Trinity Fellow Prof. Randal Hansen weighs in
• Global News: Saudi Arabia-Canada spat: Here’s everything to know about the feud – Trinity Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains
• Globe & Mail: Alum Randy Boyagoda ’99 on What would Jesus buy?
• CNBC (with video): Americans spend too much on ‘meaningless education’ – alum Malcolm Gladwell ’84 weighs in
• CNN and Vox: Alum Leah C. Stokes ’07 on Trump’s giveaway to Big Oil will accelerate climate change and No, we didn’t almost s­olve the climate crisis in the 1980s
• The Varsity: Alum Tamara Baluja ’09: receives Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education
• China Global Television Network (video): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun discusses the global players involved in the 2018 International Army Games known as the military Olympics

 

July 2018

• CBC: ‘No Goldilocks number’ in determining best size of city council – Trinity Instructor Prof. Gabriel Eidelman weighs in on Ford’s plans for Toronto city council
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed from Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens: What I learn from new Canadians
• Washington Post: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: Trump still has the upper hand when it comes to Russia
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell says America has no choice but to impeach Trump now
• National Post: Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman on The disgrace of detaining asylum seekers and other migrants
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: After Brussels, Trump will have few offerings for Putin
• CTV News (video): Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman on U.S. to miss reunion deadline
• Global News: Why Canada needs NATO ‘now more than ever’ –  Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• CBC News: Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman co-writes this op-ed: Canada needs to get out of the immigration detention business
• Broadway World: Alum Seana McKenna ’79 is named to the Order Of Canada

June 2018

• Globe & Mail: Rideau Hall announces 2018 Order of Canada appointments – among honorees are Trinity Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell and alumni Seana McKenna ’79, Hilary Pearson ’76, Veronica Jane Strong-Boag ’70, Elizabeth Hillman Waterston ’44
• EBL News: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin summit
• CBC Radio Ideas: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Restoring our relationship with nature from lake beds to treetops (The Muskoka Summit on the Environment)
• The Medium: Interview with Expert alum and Fellow Prof. Joy Fitzgibbon ’95: How to Create Inclusive Spaces in Networks
• iPolitics: Minister defends refugee deal with U.S. as calls grow for it to be cancelled – Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman weighs in
• Globe & Mail: Obituary: Trailblazing judge and Trinity alum George Ethelbert Carter ’45 embodied ethics
• Radio Canada: Instructor Prof. Hilary Evans Cameron on U.S. separation of families sparks call for Canadian action
• CBC (video): Chancellor Bill Graham ’61 is interviewed on Canada-U.S. relations:
• Maclean’s: Alum Tina Park ’09 on Why it’s crucial that Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un get along
• Spacing: Op-ed by Instructor Prof. Gabriel Eidelman: Why I revived the Bureau of Municipal Research
• The Guardian: Former Provost and alum Prof. Margaret MacMillan ’66 on Canada and America are cousins. We don’t stab each other in the back
• Globe & Mail: Alum Eliza Reid ’98: Iceland’s first lady see many similarities with Canada
• Xinhuanet: IR Director Prof. John Kirton says Trump’s tweets against Trudeau spark confusion on G7 outcome
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on NFL football may be the most evil sport ever to blight the planet
• CCTN (with video): Trump diplomacy front and center at G7 summit – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• CBC: Canada rejects Trump’s bid to let Russia back into G7 – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• Various media: IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton on the G7 summit: Who’s in charge in Italy? New leader faces test at summit; An expert advance briefing before Trump meets Trudeau and other leaders in Quebec; G7 leaders expected to endorse significant measures to protect elections against foreign interference; and Could G7 summit conclude without a joint communique for first time ever?
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on Boycott the NFL. You’ll thank me later
• Maclean’s: Trinity alum Gabe De Roche ’10 writes: Ontario’s Liberals face annihilation. Here’s what happened—and what happens next
• Toronto Star: Op-ed by ES&L Instructor Dr. Hilary Evans Cameron: U.S. policy of separating refugees from children is illegal, horrific
• Toronto Star: Profile of Trinity student James Madhier: ‘I can’t just turn my back’: U of T student and former refugee to bring water crisis solutions to areas in need

May 2018

• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Trinity’s IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton: Ahead of G7 summit, will Trudeau sidestep the many potential pitfalls?
• National Post: Everything you need to know about the violence in Mali and what Canada will be doing to keep the peace – Trinity alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad ’02 weighs in
• NY Times Magazine: Alum Malcolm Gladwell ’84 Likes Things Better in Canada
• Niagara Anglican: Divinity alum Garfield Wu Prepares Launch New Ministry in Oakville
• Toronto Star: Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi on How to save our planet from nuclear annihilation
• Globe & Mail: Alum Jim Balsillie ’84 calls on Ottawa to reform intellectual property rules
• Maclean’s: Alum Tina Park ’09 on Why cancelling the U.S.-North Korea summit may have been the right call
• U of T News: Alum Nancy Graham ’58 on U of T reunion weekend: chance for graduates to reconnect on campus
• Open Canada: Alum U of T Prof. Aisha Ahmad ’02 on Why jihadist insurgencies persist
• Weather Network: Iconic Canadian skyline gets wooden makeover – Associate Prof. John Robinson talks about how design can change behaviour
• Podcast: Trinity alum Malcolm Gladwell‘s (’84) latest podcast in his Revisionist History series – “Divide and Conquer”
• CGTN (video): Challenges for Russian President Vladimir Putin – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains
• Global News (with video): Trinity alum Tina Park ’09 on ‘It’s almost predictable’: North Korea threatens to scrap Trump meeting
• CJN: Did Canada snub the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem? Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• CBC: Social justice expert Associate of the College Prof. Margaret Kohn on the city of Hamilton’s designation of the anarchy symbol as ‘hate material’
• National Post: IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton on Oceans discussion at G7 summit in Quebec to replace usual African focus
• Toronto Star: Trinity alum Stephen Otto ’61 was a champion of Toronto’s history
• Globe & Mail: Lives Lived: An athlete and a gentleman: Trinity alum James Griffin cycled more than 1,000 km in his 80th year
• Huffington Post: Marc Mayrand, Former Elections Watchdog, Says Liberals’ Bill C-76 Falls Short on Privacy – Associate of the College Associate Prof. Yasmin Dawood weighs in
• Daily Hive: Chancellor Bill Graham on Why we should be proud to call the Aga Khan a Canadian
• Ottawa Citizen: Russian scientist says she faces grave danger if Canada denies refugee bid – Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• Toronto Star: Op-ed by Divinity student Michael Coren: Rob Fead: A legacy of compassion and light
• Hill Times: More funding for ‘open’ grant competitions needed as next steps says Trinity Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens 
• U of T Magazine: 60 Seconds with Trinity alum and Stratford Festival’s Nora Polley
• U of T Magazine: Trinity alum Judd Palmer: The Monsters in Your Head

April 2018

• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: Is Canada a nation or a notion?
• Toronto Star: North-South Korea peace deal met with skepticism – Trinity alum Tina Park weighs in
• Globe & Mail: Historical conservationist Stephen Otto mounted a victorious defence of Fort York
• Policy Options: podcast with Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman: Immigration detention and newcomer communities
• Toronto Star: Op-ed by Senior Research Associate Maria Banda: Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right
• New York Times: Unpacking the impact of Toronto’s van attack – op-ed by alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda: Is This Toronto?
• U of T News: G7 leaders unified against Russia, says IR Director John Kirton
• CP24 (video): Alum Tina Park discusses North Korean’s nuclear decision
• Globe & Mail: Former Academic Don Dr. Nav Persaud joins academics’ call for criminal investigation of Canadian opioid manufacturers
• National Post: Pompeo visit to Toronto G7 ministers meeting imperilled by confirmation woes. Trinity’s Director of the International Relations Program Prof. John Kirton weighs in
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell discusses the latest developments in the Russian probe
• Global News: Trump says U.S.-Russia relations worse now than during Cold War–he may be right. Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in
• Globe & Mail: Lives Lived–Divinity alum The Rev. Dr. Donald E Grayston
• Toronto Star: Op-ed by Alum John Tory: Mental health in our cities is a crisis
• CBC: Op-ed by Former Academic Don Dr. Nav Persaud: Canada should launch a criminal investigation into the marketing of OxyContin
• New Yorker (video): Alum Malcolm Gladwell talks about his approach to storytelling
• CBC News Power and Politics (video at 1:36 timemark): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun talks about the upcoming meeting between the Prime Minister and the NATO secretary general

March 2018

• Globe & Mail: Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda on Even in Toronto, my daughters are growing up being assessed according to the colour of their skin
• Teen Vogue: Student Rina Lee writes on: Princess Diana Inspired Me to Pursue a Career in Medicine
• The Guardian: Double trouble? How big cities are gentrifying their neighbours. Fellow Prof. Randall Hansenweighs in
• CBC: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on Canada to expel 4 Russian diplomats, reject credentials of 3 more
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens on The ‘science budget’ reveals the need for new research strategies
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell: Maybe our democratic institutions can’t save us from tyranny
• Globe & Mail: Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad writes about Canada’s deadly new peacekeeping mission to Mali
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on Putin’s political fantasy ensures Russia’s continued decline
• History: Op-ed by alum and former Provost Margaret MacMillan: Why the U.S. Has Spent 200 Years Flip-Flopping Between Isolationism and Engagement
• U of T News: Fellow A.W. Peet and Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi remember Stephen Hawking: A ‘heroic’ scientist
• The Conversation: Op-ed co-written by Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman: The shameful attempt to deport a man who’s been in Canada since childhood
• Maclean’s: Alum Tina Park on After a period of high anxiety, it’s time for patience on North Korea
• The Varsity: Planet 50:50 conference, organized by Trinity student Julia Mogus, emphasizes female empowerment in the entrepreneurial world
• Globe & Mail: Bill Graham Centre’s Arctic 360 conference reports that North America must seize its Arctic opportunity – or risk being left out in the cold
• iPolitics: Divinty student Michael Coren writes: Have Ontario’s socons found their saviour in Doug Ford?
• U of T News: Alum Trixie Worsley is included in the International Women’s Day quiz: Can you name these U of T legends?
• CTV News: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope is Canadian scholar first non-Briton to lead Cambridge University in 800 years
• National Post: The man who would be tsar: Russians ‘pay a very high price’ when Vladimir Putin comes out on top. Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun explains
• Globe & Mail: Op-ed by Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun: The reality behind Putin’s fire and fury

February 2018

• The Varsity: Student Zach Rosen writes: If we want to save the planet, let’s look to our laws
• Globe & Mail: How guns became such a deeply ingrained part of the American identity – Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weights in
• Toronto Star: Former Academic Don Nav Persaud on: Purdue Pharma given free reign in Canada as it is sanctioned in the United States
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Being a jerk doesn’t make you a better Olympic competitor
• Globe & Mail: Can we ever kick our smartphone addiction? Alum Jim Balsillie and Norman Doidge discuss
• Global News: Alum Tina Park weighs in: North Korea’s boisterous Olympic cheering squad probably ‘closely watched’ by regime
• iPolitics: Divinity student Michael Coren on Sense, sensibility and sex-ed in the Ontario PC leadership race
• Toronto Star: Alum Paul Poirier is a member of Team Canada: In Olympic figure skating, avoiding a costume malfunction is key to success
• Toronto Star: Trinity Medical School grad Alexander Thomas Augusta was a mentor to Canada’s first Canadian-born Black doctor got his MD licence in 1861
• U of T News: U of T joins coalition of leading universities driving climate action. U of T’s presidential adviser on the environment and associate of the College Prof. John Robinson shares his thoughts
• Times Higher Education: Philosopher: more thinking required on role of AI in education, says Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell
• Toronto Star: First census of Toronto’s Black population in 1840 has two Trinity connections –  founder of Trinity College Bishop John Strachan and theology student Peter Gallego

January 2018

• U of T News: NAFTA talks moving ahead is a good sign. Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• Toronto Star: Alum Jim Balsillie says Canada needs a national data strategy
• CBC: #RememberJan29 movement wants Canadians talking about mosque shooting and Islamophobia:. Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad explains
• Anglican Journal: Alum Canon Ken Cowan, a 100-year-old Anglican priest, receives Canada 150 medal
• The Conversation: Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman says Electronically monitoring migrants treats them like criminals
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on A valiant Indigenous life and the embodiment of resilience
• Global News: North Korea calls for reunification of Korean peninsula – Trinity alum Tina Park weighs in
• U of T News: A year after the Quebec mosque shooting, Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad among experts U of T experts to reflect on Islamophobia in Canada
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren writes: What is really behind the outrage over the summer job program rules
• Global News: Alum Chris Jancelewicz speaks to Alum Stana Katic on her new ‘Absentia’: ‘As soon as you think you know who’s behind it, you’re wrong’
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell looks back at Trump’s year of chaos
• Globe & Mail: Former Trinity Academic Don Dr. Nav Persaud urges review of morning sickness drug Diclectin
• CBC: ‘The world needs more peacemakers’: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in on the impact of the Vancouver summit without Chinese or Russian presence
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on You’re either with Trump or you’re a reasonable person; Prof. Kingwell also to give a lecture on AI and ethics at U.K. U of T-alumni event
• NY Times: Alum Prof. Leah Stokes writes: Climate Change in My Backyard
• National Post: Toronto considers review of city golf courses after years of financial loss – Associate Prof. Margaret Kohn weighs in
• CBC: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen own Fire and Fury book a bestseller thanks to Donald Trump; also NY Times ‘Fire and Fury’ From Canada: It’s Not About Trump. Or Michael Wolff and Globe & Mail Fire and Fury mix-up lands U of T professor back on bestseller list
• U of T News: ‘Fasten your seatbelts – it’s going to be a bumpy year’. Trinity Fellows Prof. Robert Bothwell, Prof. Randall Hansen and alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad are among U of T experts on what to expect in 2018
• TVO: Divinity student Michael Coren on Why Tim Hortons doesn’t deserve your sympathy
• Maclean’s: Alum Tina Park on How sports diplomacy could lead to an unprecedented shift for the Koreas; also NPR Will Sending North Korean Athletes To The Winter Olympics Change Relations? and CBC Radio Canada could play special role in Korean crisis
• NB Herald: Alum George Fierheller receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
• News Talk 980 (audio): Alum Tina Park on North Korea: What next?

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2017 Media Clips

December 2017

• Digital Journal: Canada’s G7 presidency: a ‘progressive agenda’ at risk – IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton weighs in
• Royal Central: Former Provost and alum Margaret MacMillan appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Charlie Brown and the quandary of Christmas
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren writes Abide with me and embrace the true spirit of Christmas
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens writes this op-ed: Young scientists face too many funding obstacles
• Globe & Mail: Chief Justice McLachlin made the Supreme Court accessible to the people, says alum Adrienne Clarkson
• The Agenda (video): Looking ahead to 2018, alum Tina Park is among the foreign polich panel: Global Affairs: A Year in Preview
• The Conversation: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount‘s book Arrival is among alum Randy Boyagoda‘s five Canadian literature recommendations: An idiosyncratic survey of great Canadian reads
• ipolitics: Associate of the College and Director, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History Dr. John English on Why we remember Lester Pearson
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes this op-ed: No, postmodernism at universities isn’t a vile, cancerous doctrine
• Globe and Mail: Nobel laureate and Honorary Fellow of the College Prof. John Polanyi writes this oped: Canada must stop being dismissive of a nuclear ban
• iPolitics: Divinity student Michael Coren on Trump and Jerusalem – holding a grenade, playing with the pin
• The Varsity: Student Zach Rosen on Quebec’s Bill 62: What does it mean to respect religious freedom?
• Maclean’s: Fellow Prof. Thomas Hurka among students, academics and business leaders to provide advice for first-year students

November 2017

• CP24 (video): Alum Tina Park says N. Korea is continuing with missile tests because nobody has a good plan to counter them
• U of T News: Associate Prof. Simon Stern is involved in lawsuit against Trump
• Maclean’s: Canada braces for a Trump visit in 2018 – Trinity IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton weighs in
• U of T News: Nobel Prize-winning chemist John Polanyi (Honorary Fellow of the College) calls for more government investment in science
• Globe & Mail: Alum David Plant is Venturing into the virtual world
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Grassy Narrows poisoning a crime against humanity?
• Toronto Life: The Influentials 2017 – alum John Tory makes the list at number 3
• Review Canada: Former Provost and alum Margaret MacMillan and Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen co-write: The Wrong Side of History
• United News of India: Canadian filmmaker and Trinity alum Atom Egoyan to get Lifetime Achievement at IFFI
• New York Times: Letter to the editor by Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell: Diverging Paths: Public Health Care and Defining Canada: Readers Speak Out in the Canada Letter
• CBC: U of T alumni Norman and Gay (Trinity alum) Loveland donate $1M in bursaries for Métis, First Nations and Inuit students at U of T law school
• Maclean’s: Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman co-authors: Migrants are dying in Canadian detention centres. The government needs to act
• CBC: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount would rather have a shelf full of novels than history books
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on By banning Canadians, Russia projects its paranoia, not power
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: In gods (of Silicon Valley) we trust
• National Post: If the ethics commissioner had done her job, Morneau wouldn’t be in this mess: op-ed by alum Andrew Coyne
• Maclean’s: The real challenge America faces in East Asia’s new geopolitical game, writes alum Tina Park
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren on A Christmas tempest in a coffee cup
• CBC Radio: Suspect in deadly NYC attack leaves note referencing ISIS: alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad weighs in

October 2017

• Global News: What we don’t yet know about the probe into Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in | also Why Donald Trump (probably) won’t fire Robert Muelle
• FAS News: Why say sorry? Interdisciplinary perspectives on public apologies: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell and Associate Prof. Simon Stern weigh in
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount captures the boom of Canadian literature in his new book
• Forbes: Alum Jasmeet Sidhu talks about How To Turn Your Passion Into A Career
• Globe & Mail: Alum Jennie Coleman is the Banana importer who is trying to push Fairtrade into the mainstream
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes about Gregory Baum: A gentle theological giant who helped open the Catholic Church
• Open Canada: Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad on Somalia’s Resurgence: Mogadishu attack masks rising tide of Somali unity | also among panelists discussing Canada’s legacy in Afghanistan (The Agenda)
• U of T News: NAFTA showdown is about Trump needing to win: Trinity Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in
• Winnipeg Free Press: Canadian stories: Trinity Fellow Prof. Nick Mount‘s comprehensive look at CanLit a treasure
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker on Small Print: Important reads for our younger readers
• Goldstream News Gazette: Pacific Opera’s Jenůfa is Trinity alum Atom Egoyan’s first Victoria show in 40 years
• The Agenda (video): Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad discusses topics from her newly released book Jihad & Co.
• CBC News (audio): Alum Tina Park on Sorting fact from fiction about North Korea | also on North Korean propaganda flyers found in Seoul call Donald Trump a ‘dotard’ (Global News)
• The Agenda (video): Fellow Prof. Nick Mount talks about his new book “Arrival: The Story of CanLit”: Whose CanLit is it Anyway?; also Calgary Herald CanLit change?
• Globe & Mail: Students are not fragile flowers – we must care about their mental health, writes alum and U of T Chancellor Michael Wilson
• CBC Radio: Edmonton attack suspect ‘known to police’: alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad weighs in
• Times Higher Education: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope: New Cambridge v-c calls for global agenda in ‘age of anxiety’

September 2017

• Ottawa Sun: Alum Beatrice Riddell took on the sexist world of financial journalism
• CTV News (video): Alum Tina Park on the North Korea crisis; also on BNN (video) and CBC (video)
• Toronto Star: Student James Madhier is profiled: From refugee to university degree: How a Canadian program is giving refugee students a way out
• CityNews (video): Alum Tina Park comments on Trump’s UN speech; also talks about North Korea’s hydrogen bomb tests (CBC: video) and panelist on TVO Agenda’s A Nuclear North Korea (video)
• Toronto Life: Alum Jimoh Ovbiagele: Ross the robot is the city’s best legal mind
• Anglican Journal: Divinity grad Michael Bird: Bishop of Niagara to take new position with diocese of Ottawa
• CBC Radio (audio): So… why do we start sentences with the word “so”? Prof. Sali Tagliamonte explains
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope – A Canadian is poised to shake up Cambridge University; also Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star: Alum Sara Mojtehedzadeh investigates: Undercover in the Temp Nation
• Toronto Star: Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi on Negotiation the sole remaining path to peace in North Korea
• Toronto Star: Hatfishing, cuffing and R-bombs: The new dating lingo: Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte explains
• CBC Radio (audio): Alum Sadia Rafiquddin shares her story: Engaged at 14: “I was worried about science class. And now I’m getting married?”
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount‘s new book is reviewed: Money, myth and CanLit

August 2017

• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Don’t bother trying to understand those on the ‘other side’
• Maclean’s: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount new book is reviewed: How CanLit was born | also in Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker writes: Small Print: The latest books for younger readers
• The Urban Twist: Senior Research Associate in Arts Dr. Elizabeth Abbott is a Woman Of History Everyone Should Know About
• ABC’s Religion and Ethics: Dean of Divinity Christopher Brittain writes: Rage We Can Believe In? Responding to White Supremacists After Charlottesville
• Maclean’s: Alum Tina Park writes: As the North Korean crisis escalates, Canada must step up | also U of T News, CTV News: video and Global News: video
• Adjunct Divinity faculty member Rev. Dr. Richard LeSueur appointed Interim Dean of St. George’s College, Jerusalem
• Washington Post: Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad writes: Islamic State’s next move could be underground criminal networks

July 2017

• Trepfuel: Profile of Trinity Ethics, Society and Law grad Anthony Morgan: There’s No Other Way” with Social Justice Lawyer + Community Advocate
• CBC The Filmmakers (video): Alum Atom Egoyan reflects on his Oscar-nominated The Sweet Hereafter
• Globe & Mail: Trinity Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on Is Kid Rock revealing democracy’s end, or its future?
• iPolitics: Divinity student Michael Coren writes: Omar Khadr and the politics of reactionary rage
• CTV News Channel (video): Associate Prof. Jennifer Jenkins comments on the G20 protests in Hamburg Germany
• CBC News: IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton weighs in: Trudeau heads to summit marked by widening Trump-Merkel rift
• Toronto Sun: Trinity Instructor Prof. Gabriel Eidelman co-writes: How to fix Toronto city council
• Radio Canada (with audio): Alum Tina Park on the Latest North Korean missile test grabs world attention

June 2017

• Globe & Mail: Meet Trinity student Ramsha Naveed: 150 reasons to stop doubting Canada’s potential
• CBC (audio): Fellow Emeritus Prof. Peter Russell says Canada had three founding peoples, not two
• Quill & Quire: Fellow Prof. Nick Mount‘s new book is reviewed: Arrival: The Story of CanLit
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on Rational thought will always trump lies – and that’s the truth
• Huffington Post: audio/video): Fellow Emeritus Prof. Robert Bothwell explains: That polite Canadian stereotype? You can thank WWII and America for it 
• CBC News: Trinity alum Andrew Arruda and Jimoh Ovbiagele return to Toronto to launch ROSS North
• CTV News (video): Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen talks about what’s at stake as U.K. heads into general election | also Bloomberg (video) in U.S. European Relations and Globe & Mail: Trump, Merkel and the future of the transatlantic relationship

May 2017

• U of T News: Fellows Prof. Robert Bothwell and Prof. Aurel Braun analyze Trump’s first NATO and G7 summits
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on Russia’s goal of damaging NATO has failed
• Trinity Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes for Academic Matters on A populist wake-up call for universities and the ethics of AI for the Globe & Mail Artificial intelligence in 2017 means respect, not fear
• Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope recent speech is published in the Globe & Mail In a darkening world, it’s time Canada moved beyond fear; he is also among panelists to discuss global issues for CBC Radio’s Ideas: The Myth of Victory: How do we know when we’ve won?
• CBC News: Journalist alum Sadia Rafiquddin bridges connection between refugees and Indigenous people | also CBC Radio (audio)
• U of T News: In its 10th year, program founder Fellow Prof RJ Dwayne Miller talks about Science Rendezvous
• Anglican Journal: Divinity student Jeffrey Metcalfe writes: Entertained by angels
• Anglican Journal: Divinity alum Archdeacon Paul Feheley and Canon John Gibaut: Canadian Anglicans receive honorary doctorates from Trinity | Archdeacon Paul Feheley also profiled by Anglican News: Canadian pioneer of Church communications awarded Honorary Degree
• Refinery 29: Fellow Prof. Ito Peng is among Women Who Are Moving The World Forward
• Vice: Alum Vanmala Subramaniam on The great melt: The topple of Canada’s biggest alternative mortgage lender
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• Globe & Mail: Obituary: Calgary impresario [Trinity alum] John Uren helped give Joni Mitchell her start
• Arts & Science News: Fellow Prof. Thomas Hurka: University of Toronto philosopher awarded 2017 Killam Prize in the Humanities
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Ito Peng is among sociologist involved in the new study: U of T study looks at Syrian moms adjusting to life in Canada as refugees

April 2017

• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker on The latest, best reads for young people
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell on Trump’s first 100 days: “the world is a strange place now”
• Montreal Gazette: St. Hilda’s grad Elizabeth Montizambert is one of the three journalists profiled: Female war correspondents carve the way
• The Varsity: U of T linguists including Trinity Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte chart how language has changed in Toronto over 150 years: from Toronto to ‘Tronna’
• Open Canada: Associate Dr. Jack Cunningham (Bill Graham Centre) writes The case against total nuclear abolitionism
• The Cut: Alum Anita Li writes Wayne’s World’s Cassandra Has Always Been My Cool-Girl Inspiration
• BNN (video): Alum Tina Park provides insights as Global markets wobble as Korean concerns mount
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren writes The man I will worship this Easter
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes The real story of us: We can’t agree on anything and Toronto the rude: Jays fans are the Broad Street Bullies of Baseball
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  Globe & Mail: Alum Prof. Aisha Ahmad cowrites Invisible red lines: How Trump’s mixed signals risk global war

  
  
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on How the Kremlin will exploit the St. Petersburg attack

March 2017

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  NY Times: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: How to Throw a Baseball

  
  
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  Ricochet: ES&L grad Anthony Morgan writes: The next frontier of racial justice advocacy

  
  
• U of T News: Trinity’s Director, Ethics, Society & Law program Prof. John Duncan on (Re)conciling: how universities can address Canada’s colonial legacy
• Globe & Mail: Alum Michael Ignatieff (rector of Central European University) appeals to Canada, Europe to save university in Hungary; also Maclean’s
• Toronto Star: Profile on alum& Michael Chong, Tory leadership candidate: Canada’s polite conservative
• CBC TV: Episode 1 of CBC’s new series Canada: The Story of Us features interviews with Trinity alum Jim Balsillie, Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell, alum Adrienne Clarkson and Associate Prof. John English
• U of T News: Co-founders of ROSS Intelligence alum Jimoh Ovbiagele and Andrew Arruda return to Toronto to open new research headquarters
• Cyprus Mail: Associate Prof. John Robinson on How do we make our cities more climate friendly and sustainable?
• Toronto Star: Op-ed by Divinity student Michael Coren: Pathetic history of clergy confusing forgiveness with innocence
• National Post: Canadian scientists, led by Fellow Eleanor Fish, discover hepatitis drug slashes Ebola death rate in possible breakthrough; also U of T Medicine Interferon Drug Shows Promise in Treating Ebola
• Toronto Star: Honorary Fellow John Polanyi on U.S. first strike advantage heightens risk of nuclear war
• BNN (video): IR Director, Fellow Prof. John Kirton talks about G20 Ministers yielding to US on trade agenda; also Bloomberg TV Canada (video)
• Torontoist: Alum Ted Rogers (Class of 1957) | Historicist: Ted Rogers, Communist?
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  CBC News: Divinity student Michael Coren writes: Boycott of Beauty and the Beast might seem like a joke, but the bigotry underlying it is real; also Will Conservative leadership candidates cut ties with Rebel Media after Gavin McInnes’ anti-Semitic rant?

  
  
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  U of T News): Alum Tina Park on South Korean president’s removal has broader implications for the world

  
  
• LinkedIn: Alum Nadia Zaman writes about the Potentially Dramatic Changes to Employment Legislation
• Work x Work on Air (audio): Alum Anita Li leads a conversation that shines a light on the ways we approach covering underrepresented communities | SiriusXM Progress Presents episode on Millennial Issues | Globe and Mail 360 video Toronto Light Festival
• Vice Money: Alum Vanmala Subramaniam takes a look at 10 popular North American cities and finds out what kind of home can you buy for $1 million?
• CBC News: Fellow Prof. Laurence Booth weighs in: TD teller says customers pay price for ‘unrealistic’ sales targets
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  TVO Agenda (video): Alum Prof. Randy Boyagoda discusses why some of the classics of dystopian fiction have made their way back onto the best-seller lists

  
  
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  U of T News: Instructor Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell and Fellow Prof. Melissa Williams share insights on Trump’s speech to Congress

  
  
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  FAS News: Interview with alum Michael Ignatieff on human rights & political participation | also Disrupting the Global Order: podcast on “ordinary virtues”

  
  

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  CBC Here & Now (audio): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun talks about Canada’s claims of the Northern Arctic | also CBC Radio 1 Prince George

  
  
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  UTM Research (podcast): Fellow Prof. Alexandra Gillespie is featured in this month’s podcast: How Chaucer and Gaming fit into this Humanities scholar’s research

  
  
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  Forbes: Alum Jimoh Ovbiagele & Andrew Arruda are profiled in College Student Uses Artificial Intelligence To Build A Multimillion-Dollar Legal Research Firm

  
  
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  Vice: Alum Vanmala Subramaniam on Here’s how much it costs to live in Toronto

  
  
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  CBC Winninpeg (video: select 12:19 am time): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun discusses what is lacking currently from Canada’s approach or strategy towards the Arctic

  
  
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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: To Trump, fairness is just another alternative fact

  
  
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  TVO (video): Alum Chancellor Michael Wilson on the Great Canadian Tax Dodge

  
  
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  U of T News: Associate John Robinson wants U of T campuses to become “living labs” for sustainability research

  
  
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  CBC News: Alum Jim Balsillie on Innovation budget without intellectual property strategy is ‘philanthropy’

  
  
• U of T News: U of T to confer honorary degrees on 16 Canadian and global leaders, including alum and former Provost of Trinity Margaret MacMillan
• BNN (video): Alum Chancellor Michael Wilson: Risk to ‘tweaking’ NAFTA is having it completely unravel
• Global News: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun weighs in on The US sanctions on Russia an ‘inconvenience,’ but ‘rather weak’
• CTV News Channel (video): Trinity alum Tina Park explains why the leader of N. Korea might have wanted to test the missile now
• CBC The Current (audio): Instructor, Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell on: ‘It’s so unpredictable’: Trudeau faces challenge in 1st meeting with Trump
• Business Insider: Trinity Instructor, Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell weighs in: Trump will meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the first time Monday; also NWA Gazette; Stars & Stripes, Fox News, Denver Post
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  The Varsity: Student Avneet Sharma writes: It’s great to be a loser: We need to overcome stigma surrounding failure and embrace the act of trying instead

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope cowrites: Whither the rule of law?

  
  
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  The Daily Star: IR program student Aftabuddin Ahmed on How state intervention can boost our economy and The declining left – Bangladesh expects more

  
  
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  Policy Options: Alum Anita Li on Canada as a global leader in journalism; also future of journalism in the age of disruption (video)

  
  
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  Globe & Mail: Alum Adrienne Clarkson reminds us: We must remember that Canadians are not immune from racism

  
  

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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on The real wall is the one that divides the West from the rest

  
  
• Anglican Church of Canada: Prison chaplain, Divinity alum the Rev. Barbara Graham, shares Inuit experience
• Bloomberg (video): Alum and U of T Chancellor Michael Wilson: NAFTA Could Stand An Update: Ex-Canada Ambassador to U.S.
• S/Magazine: Alum Elena Soboleva is profiled in Style File
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell on No exceptionalism please, we’re Canadian
• Globe & Mail: The Trinity connection – Fellow Emeritus Prof. Peter Russell: The untold story of how Antonin Scalia’s ‘gift to Canada’ shaped our spy services
• CBC Radio 2 Edmonton (audio): Fellow Prof. John Kirton talks about the impact of Chrystia Freeland’s new job as Minister of Foreign Affairs on Canada’s trade agreements; also discusses Trudeau’s cabinet reshuffle focusing on relations with the U.S. and Russia with CTV News Channel (video)
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope on What a Trump presidency will mean to the world is utterly unpredictable
• Forbes: Alum Andrew Arruda and Jimoh Ovbiagele (two of the cofounders of Ross Intelligence) are named in Forbes 30 Under 30: Law & Policy; Ross Intelligence also named in CB Insights’ top “AI 100” list
• Globe & Mail: In memoriam: alumna Patricia Mary Rose Lawson
• Times Colonist: In memoriam: alum Peter Pollen, former mayor who shaped modern Victoria
• U of T News: Trinity alumni, Michael J. Sabia and Michael Ignatieff, appointed to the Order of Canada; also Globe & Mail, CBC News and iPolitics (Michael Ignatieff)
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren writes: Preparing for what 2017 may bring

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2016 Media Clips

December 2016

• CBC News: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope: Cambridge University looks to Montreal’s Stephen Toope for ‘new ideas’ as vice-chancellor
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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun writes: Obama has known about Russian hacking for years

  
  
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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Never has our relationship to technology been so complex

  
  
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  Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Stewarding‘the ‘miracle’ of Christmas

  
  
• Toronto Star: Divinity student Michael Coren on The Messiah’s message has been twisted beyond recognition
• The Agenda (video): Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen is among panellists on Fear, Violence and Democracy
• U of T News: U of T experts offer global look-ahead for 2017: Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell on Trump and the world; Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on Syria’s future; Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen on the fate of Europe; and alumna Prof. Aisha Ahmad on global security
• CBC News: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope on Why it’s time to stop attacking voters who backed Trump or Brexit
• CTV News Channel (video): Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen talks about the tragic incident where a truck plows through Berlin Christmas Market
• CTV News Channel (video): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun discusses the truck attack in Berlin
• CBC Radio (audio): Fellows Prof. Randall Hansen and Prof. Stephen Toope are among panelists to discuss: Is the world really falling apart?
• Toronto Star: In memoriam: Audrey Tobias, activist arrested for refusing to fill out 2011 census, laid to rest today
• CBC News: Divinity student Michael Coren writes: Centre-right presidential candidate plays religious ‘threat’ card in politically insecure France
• Toronto Star: Alum Peter Adamson and Carol Finlay among 26 people appointed to Order of Ontario
• CTV News Channel (video): Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun talks about the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin; Prof. Braun also writes this column for the Globe & Mail: The Kremlin should hold off any celebration over Rex Tillerson
• U of T News: Honorary Fellow Prof. John Polanyi & his research team of chemists uncover a means to control catalytic reactions
• The Daily Star: IR program student Aftabuddin Ahmed on 26 Years of Democracy: Why I am not celebrating
• The Hill: Associate of the College Prof. David Pettinicchio on Disability and the Trump administration: what’s next?
• iPolitics: Divinity student Michael Coren on  Anyone else sick of the Christian right whining about ‘persecution’?

November 2016

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  CBC Radio (audio): Alum Anita Li on why Canadian media need to talk more about race

  
  
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  The New West: Adjunct Prof. Stephanie Silverman writes: Rejecting ‘Nationality Swapping’ and ‘Imposter-Children’ in Refugee Politics

  
  
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  Huffington Post: Alum Craig Kielburger on Successful Schools of the Future Support Their Communities

  
  
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  Vice: Alum Vanmala Subramaniam on Debt woes: Why Canadians owe so much money

  
  
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  Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Generation Snowflake? Not the millennials I know

  
  
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  Bloomberg North (video): Alumnus Chancellor Michael Wilson talks about the US elections

  
  
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  CBC News: Fellow Prof. Mark Lautens is the Canadian citizen ceremony’s presiding officer: As Canada celebrates Remembrance Day, it’s day one for these new citizens

  
  
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  Open Canada: Alumna Catherine Tsalikis cowrites Canada’s policymakers, academics react to Trump win

  
  
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  Ice News: Alum Eliza Reid is profiled: Iceland’s first lady gives Icelandic lessons to a Canadian audience; alsol in Toronto Star and 24 Hours Toronto

  
  
• CBC Radio 1 (audio): Trinity Ethics, Society & Law grad Anthony Morgan on: The courts aren’t the place to fight against cultural racism
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  Business News Network (video): Alumnus Chancellor Michael Wilson talks about what Donald Trump’s win means for Canada

  
  
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  U of T News: Fellow and Instructor Prof. Robert Bothwell answers Q&As: U of T experts on U.S. election

  
  
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  U of T News: Alumna Maria Banda and Senior Research Associate in Arts Erin Mooney are on Canadian drive and audacity needed to tackle world problems, U of T conference told

  
  
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  Toronto Life): Alum Michael de Pencier is profiled in The Accidental Mogul

  
  
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  The Walrus: Alum Anita Li writes: How We Talk About Race

  
  
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  Ricochet Media: Ethics, Society & Law grad Anthony Morgan writes: Are court challenges to blackface and racist team names worth the risks?

  
  
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  U of T News: Student Adam Sheikh on beating the heat: U of T student’s cool idea to help workers in Qatar

  
  
• CTV News Channel: Video: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen talks about Brexit still needing approval

October 2016

• The Varsity: Trinity Ethics, Society & Law student Zara Narain on The silver lining to commuting
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker provides recommendations for young readers
• Huffington Post: How I Got There: Trinity alum Michael Ignatieff
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen on France’s dismantling of the Calais “Jungle”
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on Hungary: Once a symbol of hope, now a study in democratic frailty
• U of T News: Alum Randy Boyagoda installed at U of T’s University of St. Michael’s College
• National Post
  

  : Former Finance Minister, Trinity alum Michael Wilson, talks about his Lifetime Achievement Award

• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Memo to Trump: Losing is part of the price of being in the game
• U of T News: Associate of the College Prof. John Robinson is leading the U of T’s FutureTalks project
• Bloomberg TV
  

  : Alum Tina Park on the role Canada plays in North Korean relations

• Chronicle of Higher Education: Alum Randy Boyagoda writes: Religiously Serious, Thoughtfully Secular
• Globe & Mail: Alum U of T Chancellor Michael Wilson writes: Health Accord must address growing mental health crisis in Canada
• Maclean’s: Q&A with Trinity alum: Liza Reid on life as Iceland’s Canadian first lady
• News Deeply: Alum Emily Tsui on: The Promise of a Renewed Northern Forum as a Voice for the Arctic
• Canadian Business: Alum Jim Balsillie on how Canada is doing innovation wrong—and how to fix it
• U of T News: Alum Michael Ignatieff says the language of human rights often conflicts with local virtues
• The Varsity: Trinity student Avneet Sharma writes: Why we were brought to this country
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  The Varsity: Trinity student Ibnul Chowdhury on Confronting contradictions: Takeaways from Naomi Klein’s lecture on intersectional justice

  
  
  
  

September 2016

• Globe & Mail: Honorary Fellow Prof. John C. Polanyi on Separating science from innovation: An important task
• U of T News: Alumna U of T Prof. Aisha Ahmad on why Canadians should feel proud to be part of Maryam Monsef’s story
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope on The promise of reconciliation: indigenous knowledge waiting in the wings
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope nominated to lead Cambridge University
• CBC News: Fellow Prof. Sali Tagliamonte talks about northern Ontario dialects
• CBC News
  

  : Alum Michael Ignatieff on Canada’s new peacekeeping role

• The Agenda
  

  : Alum Michael Ignatieff talks about An End of an Era

• Diocese of Toronto: Divinity alum Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson is elected a new suffragan bishop
• The Varsity: Fellow Prof. Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker talks about the project he’s spearheading to improve graft tolerance in transplant patients
• The Varsity: Trinity student Daryna Kutsyna on how to get into law school
• U of T News: Instructor, Fellow Prof. Robert Bothwell on Canada’s UN Security Council ambitions
• Anglican Journal: Book Review | Theology for Atheists by Divinity Adjunct Dr. Gerald Robinson
• U of T News: Trinity students Kelsey Wiseman & Michael Switzer, IR program grad Misha Boutilier and alum Tina Park talk about their experience: U of T students participate in UN dialogue on Responsibility to Protect
• CTV News Channel
  

  : Fellow Prof. Nicholas Everett talks about the implications of the discovery of the 1665 Great Plague cause

• G20 Research Group: Trinity’s Interim Director, IR Program, and Fellow Prof. John Kirton provides an analysis: A Summit of Significant Success: G20 Leaders at the 2016 Hangzhou
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper on Water is a human right, not a mere commodity
• U of T Magazine Autumn 2016: Alum Shawn Ahmed on As an Openly Gay Muslim, I’m Terrified of the Muslim Community
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Aurel Braun on The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s future

August 2016

• G8 Blog: Interim Director, IR Program Fellow Prof. John Kirton on The Hangzhou Summit’s First Small Step to Control Climate Change
• Alum Tina Park on the defection of North Korea’s second highest-ranking diplomat for U of T News and CTV News
• CBC News: Fellow Emeritus Prof. Peter Russell on Churchill’s summit with Roosevelt that shaped history
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Deirdre Baker shares the latest books for young readers
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  Maclean’s: Alum Michael Chong’s unusual path to Tory contender: Chong on family, race, governance—and a bid to lead the Conservatives

  
  
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  U of T News: Led by Provost Mayo Moran, the U of T expert panel on sexual violence recommends one set of procedures for all members of U of T community

  
  
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: Dean of Divinity David Neelands and Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper talk about the Anglican church’s decision on same sex marriage

Troy Media: Alum Lauren Millar writes: Millennials a generation bubble wrapped from failure and E-Cigarettes are a critical tool in the war in smoking

Open Canada: Alum Shahryar Pasandideh Gholamali and IR program grad Misha Boutilier write: When it comes to deterring Russia, will Canada’s Latvia deployment do the trick?

Metro Toronto: Student Daryna Kutsyna is profiled: Daughters of the Vote summit aims to propel more women into Canadian politics

Iceland Monitor

: Alum Eliza Reid: Interview with Iceland’s new Canadian First Lady

June 2016

• The Governor General of Canada: Associate Prof. John English promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada; Alum James W. St. G. Walker named as Member of the Order of Canada
• Globe & Mail: Former student CanLit trailblazer Austin Clarke led the way for future generations of writers
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes: Grassy Narrows mercury disaster a form of environmental racism
• Toronto Star: Alumna Eliza Reid: Iceland elects new president, and gets a Canadian first lady
• Globe & Mail: Former Provost Margaret MacMillan writes: Britons will enjoy their victory today. But tomorrow, the hangover will be fierce
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  : interview with Chancellor Bill Graham: A Career in World Politics and 10 Questions on Not Invading Iraq

• U of T News: Fellows Profs Hansen, Quayson, Pauly and Bothwell on: Brexit results
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Who needs the truth in this post-factual world?
• U of T Magazine: Alumna Susan Bissell: The Children’s Crusader
• U of T News: Student Nicolai Farber: This transgender artist partially funded his degree through his own company
• BC Government: Alum Diana Juricevic Vandor is appointed the new chair of the BC Human Rights Tribunal
• U of T News: Alum Randy Boyagoda named University of St. Michael’s College new Principal and Vice-President
• U of T News: Students James Flynn and Kaleem Hawa (both Rhodes Scholars) provide advice: Six ways to thrive at U of T
• Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen talks with BNN
  

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May 2016

• The Japan Times: Instructor, Fellow Prof. John Kirton & the G-7 Research Group ‘speaking truth to power’ at Ise-Shima summit
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  : Fellow Emeritus Prof. Elizabeth Cowper on: What’s in a name? University runs convocation boot camp

• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes: Like all powerful pacifists, Daniel Berrigan fought for peace
• Open Canada: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen writes: Brexit: Why Justin Trudeau should start talking
• Musical Toronto: Director of Music John Tuttle: Beyond The Concert Hall: Toronto’s Church Music Scene
• U of T News: #UofTGrad16 Rhodes Scholars Kaleem Hawa and James Flynn; Alum Salvator Cusimano Seeing the best in humanity; Alum Paola Jani Championing Literacy for Social Justice; Fellow Prof. R J Dwayne Miller Toronto chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize; and Prof. Alberto Martin (Director, Immunology at Trinity) and Alum & Fellow Prof. Jennifer Gommerman U of T Researchers to investigate environment’s health impact
• Toronto Star: Chancellor Bill Graham: The Call of the World an inside look at the Liberal party
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes: Air rage and the collapse of democracy
• Globe & Mail: Alum Michael Ignatieff: Ignatieff taking job as president of Budapest’s Central European University
• Ottawa Citizen: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope writes: Here’s how we can improve decision-making in the federal government

April 2016

• U of T News: Alum U of T Prof. Aisha Ahmad on Why terrorists get away with kidnapping; and Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen on Munk professor on Saudi arms deal: Canada has done the right thing
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes Romero House: 25 Years of welcoming the stranger
• Wall Street Journal: Alum Cheryl Perera is featured: A Young Fighter Against Child Prostitution
• U of T FAS: Trinity student Quan Le is profiled: Undergrad student’s work in Rwanda helps connect isolated villages to roads
• Planet artsci Episode 11 (podcast): Fellow Prof. Amanda Peet uses Lego to explain String Theory
• Toronto Star: Trinity’s 13th Provost Margaret MacMillan is profiled: Ask why Canadian history is written by men
• ipolitics: Chancellor Bill Graham: Book review: The Call of the World — Bill Graham’s memoir

March 2016

• Anglican Journal: Divinity alum James Koester is profiled: Canadian priest to lead U.S.-based SSJE
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes Federal budget a step toward Indigenous reconciliation
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Stephen Toope writes Why you should care about the new science agenda
• Bloomberg News: Instructor, Fellow Prof. John Kirton is quoted in Trudeau Offers G-20 Litmus Test as Canada Embraces Deficits
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes Where is the postracial society?
• Open Canada: Trinity Student Andreas Kyriakos conducts a Q&A with Walter Stechel: Does the world look to Canada as it does to Germany?
• National Post: Alum Andrew Coyne writes Instead of offering free tuition for some, change when and how all students pay for university
• Globe & Mail: Obituary: Alum Stephen Clarkson: Author, teacher was a giant of Canadian political science

February 2016

• The Varsity: Trinity student Daryna Kutsyna writes SAD for the season
• Times Colonist: Alum Craig Kielburger co-writes Global voices: Why students’ travels can benefit us all
• U of T News: IR grad Catherine McKenna to U of T students: “what is your big idea to help tackle climate change?
• The Varsity: Trinity student Hayden Rodenkirchen writes Tell the truth: The Governor General on education and transitions
• The Varsity: Fellow Prof. Michelle French: Winner of numerous teaching awards, the physiology professor is respected by students and peers alike
• London School of Economics blog: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen writes A two-way street: how to make immigration work
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes Moving away from a pipeline economy

January 2016

• The Varsity: Trinity students Victoria Wicks and ES&L student Teodora Pasca write Forging feminism at the university and beyond and Unpacking sexism on campus
• U of T News: The Hon. Michael Wilson (Trinity’s 11th Chancellor) and Anne Steacy Counselling Initiative are profiled in How U of T students, researchers and alumni are working to promote mental health
• Globe & Mail: Fellow Prof. Mark Kingwell writes Who polices the police? We do
• U of T News: Fellow Prof. Randall Hansen answers Q&As: Canada was snubbed at ISIS talks – and we deserved it
• Toronto Star: Provost Mayo Moran and student Kaleem Hawa join the conversationon Campuses get creative in battling soaring student stress
• Toronto Sun: Alum Tina Park answers Q&As: North Korea willingness to test nukes ‘a grave threat’
• Toronto Star: Fellow Prof. Stephen Scharper writes New Year’s resolutions for the planet