FASS Media Mentions: January - February 2023

Media appearances, mentions, and publications featuring Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

January Media Mentions

Domestic violence when men are the victims

News Talk 770 CHQR - January 3, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Alexandra Lysova

Should we rely more on nuclear energy?

News Talk 770 CHQR - January 3, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy professor John Richards

Opinion: Canadians are right to worry about immigration levels

Financial Post - January 4, 2023
Op-Ed written by Economics professor emeritus Herbert Grubel

Add these books by Burnaby authors to your 2023 reading list

Burnaby Beacon - January 8, 2023
Article featuring Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies professor Lara Campbell

Understanding keys to longevity 

CBC Vancouver - January 12, 2023
Interview featuring Gerontology professor Theodore Costco

Community safety review finds Penticton needs more help to address concerns

CBC Radio One 88.9FM - January 13, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Curt Griffiths

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD): The current situation

The Scrivener - January 14, 2023
Article written by Criminology professor Robert Gordon

What holiday travel turbulence illuminates about Canada's broader transportation landscape

CBC Radio The Sunday Magazine - January 15, 2023
Interview featuring Urban Studies and Political Science professor Anthony Perl

Is Blue Monday a hoax?

980 CKNW  - January 16, 2023
Interview featuring Gerontology professor Theodore Cosco

Russia is using drones to target Ukrainian electricity and erode morale

The Conversation - January 16, 2023
Article written by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart returns to work at Simon Fraser University

Vancouver Sun - January 16, 2023
Article featuring Public Policy and Centre for Public Policy Research professors Kennedy Stewart and Laurel Weldon

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart rejoins Simon Fraser University

Global News - January 16, 2023
News segment featuring Public Policy and Centre for Public Policy Research professor Kennedy Stewart

Latest on Russia-Ukraine conflict

630 Ched - January 17, 2023
Interview featuring Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

New report to the Vancouver Police Board says the "thin blue line" patch is not an authorized part of the VPD uniform

CBC Radio - January 18, 2023
Interview featuring Crimonology professor Martin Andresen

Kennedy Stewart returns to university, may not be done with politics

Business Intelligence for B.C. - January 18, 2023
Article featuring Public Policy and Centre for Public Policy Research professor Kennedy Stewart

Former Vancouver mayor defends B.C.'s approach to drug decriminalization

CBC - January 19, 2023
Article featuring Public Policy and Centre for Public Policy Research professor Kennedy Stewart

Opinion: When guns are controlled do killers switch to knives?

Financial Post - January 20, 2023
Op-Ed written by Economics professor emeritus Herbert Grubel

Homelessness counts miss the mark

The Georgia Straight - January 20, 2023
Article written by Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies professor A.J. Withers

Yes, to seniors' housing in my backyard

Vancouver Sun - January 25, 2023
Op-Ed written by Gerontology professor Dan Levitt

Fiscal and monetary policy need to work together

Financial Post  - January 26, 2023
Op-ed written by Economics professor Luba Petersen

Delivering Babies, Hunting Jacobites

BBC Radio Scotland - January 28, 2023
Interview featuring English student Shauna Judith Irani and Research Centre for Scottish Studies Leith Davis

Surrey Policing Transition

News Talk 980 CKNW - January 28, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Rob Gordon

Victoria police and Island Health launch co-response team to respond to mental health calls

CBC Radio One - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Curt Griffiths

British Columbia records 2nd highest number of suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths

CBC News Network - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck

Decriminalization of possessing illicit drugs in B.C.

Radio NL - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck

Is decriminalization of possessing illicit drugs going to be effective?

News Talk 980 CKNW  - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy and Centre for Public Policy Research professor Kennedy Stewart

How healthy aging requires an understanding of personality types

News Talk 980 CKNW  - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Philosophy PhD candidate Emma Rodriguez

New standards for long-term care homes

CBC Radio  - January 31, 2023
Interview featuring Gerontology professor Gloria Gutman

 

February Media Mentions

Decriminalizing possession of small quantities of certain illicit drugs (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada Première CBUF - February 1, 2023
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny

Why is Canada snubbing internationally trained doctors during a health-care crisis?

The Conversation - February 5, 2023
Article written by Labour Studies professor Evelyn Encalada Grez

The EU shows its weaknesses again amid another looming migration crisis

The Conversation - February 7, 2023
Article written by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

B.C.'s throne speech puts spending on the forefront in the wake of “likely economic storms"

CBC Radio - February 7, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen 

The catastrophe could affect Turkey’s relationship with the E.U.

The New York Times - February 9, 2023
Article featuring Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

Security issues with Winnipeg's transit system

CBC Radio One CBW - February 9, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Curt Griffiths

Pratiquer la médecine au Canada lorsque formé à l’étranger : un – incompréhensible – parcours du combattant

The Conversation - February 9, 2023
Article (FR) written by Labour Studies professor Evelyn Encalada Grez

A new anthology celebrates the next generation of Black Canadian writers

CBC Radio  - February 10, 2023
Interview featuring English professor David Chariandy

More evidence there is no business case for expansion

Energi Talks - February 17, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira

How climate change impacts highway accidents

CBC Radio One CBYK - February 22, 2023
Interview featuring Urban Studies professor Anthony Perl

Indigenous language learning on the rise in B.C. (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - February 23, 2023
Interview featuring OFFA professor Isabel Côté

Understanding Putin’s War on Ukraine: A Tyee Reader

The Tyee - February 24, 2023
Article featuring International Studies professor Nicole Jackson

Vancouver's first International Women’s Day March is happening this weekend

Daily Hive - February 27, 2023
Article featuring Gender, Sexuality, and Women's studies graduate student Yasmin Vejs Simsek and professor Jen Marchbank