Social Sciences in the news: October 2023
Experts from across the faculty were featured in a number of media outlets, both national and international, in October. Here’s a selection:
- iHeartRadio: John Moore Round One, Vass Bednar
- CBC News: Ontario apartment buildings bring investors double-digit returns. Some tenants say they’re paying the price, Steve Pomeroy
- Hamilton Spectator: New owner of Hamilton rentals aims to preserve affordability, Steve Pomeroy
- rabble: Ontario secondary school teachers union deal could put pressure on other unions, Stephanie Ross
- CBC Radio One, Vass Bednar
- New York Times: Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die, Amanda Wissler
- Science.org: Killer 1918 flu didn’t pick on the healthy, after all, Amanda Wissler
- United Press International: Study discounts belief 1918 flu pandemic targeted healthy young adults, Amanda Wissler
- Phys.org: Skeletal remains debunk myth surrounding 1918 flu pandemic, Amanda Wissler
- CBC: No silver bullet when it comes to solving Toronto’s rental woes, experts say, Steve Pomeroy
- CBC Radio One, Vass Bednar
- Unifor ends strike less than 24 hour in after reaching tentative deal with GM, Stephanie Ross
- Journal-Advocate: Skeletal remains debunk myth surrounding 1918 flu pandemic, Amanda Wissler
- Canadian Manufacturing: Unifor ends strike less than 24 hour in after reaching tentative deal with GM, Amanda Wissler
- Live Science: Skeletons from 1918 flu dispel myth that young, healthy adults were more vulnerable to the virus, Amanda Wissler
- The Naked Scientists: Healthy and young people not worse off from 1918 Spanish flu, Amanda Wissler
- WIRED: History Says the 1918 Flu Killed the Young and Healthy. These Bones Say Otherwise, Amanda Wissler
- Real Clear Science: Did the 1918 Flu Really Kill the Strong Just as Often as the Frail?, Amanda Wissler
- Hamilton Spectator: As controversy brews, Sarah Jama remains silent, closes office. Can she weather the political storm?, Peter Graefe
- iHeartRadio: John Moore Round One, Oct 20, Vass Bednar
- Hamilton Spectator: What does it mean for Hamilton Centre constituents with Sarah Jama booted from the NDP?, Peter Graefe
- Global News: Sarah Jama says she can still ‘advocate’ for riding despite being removed from Ontario NDP, Peter Graefe
- Hamilton Spectator: Canada once recognized the humanity of Palestinians and it can do so again, Sarah Adjekum, Ameil J. Joseph
