FASS Media Mentions: March - April 2023

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

March Media Mentions

A provincial budget focused on low-income people (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 1, 2023
Interview featuring Economics professor Steeve Mongrain

Printemps de la Francophonie focused on well-being (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 2, 2023
Interview featuring OFFA director Gino LeBlanc

Cybercrime on the rise

630 CHED - March 2, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor emeritus Neil Boyd

Are electric unicycles a viable option for micro mobility?

News Talk 980 CKNW - March 6, 2023
Interview featuring Sociology professor Travers

Women in Focus - Anushay Malik

Omni Vancouver CHNM - March 7, 2023
Interview featuring History and Labour Studies professor Anushay Malik

South Asian Farmworkers Rising

Our Times - March 7, 2023
Interview featuring History and Labour Studies professor Anushay Malik

The Battle of Bakhmut exposes Russia's fault lines

The Conversation - March 8, 2023
Article written by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

Pay transparency is not enough to close the gender pay gap

The Vancouver Sun - March 8, 2023
Op-Ed written by Political Science and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies professor emeritus Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Reasons for increase in homelessness

CBC Radio One 94.5FM (CFWH) - March 6, 2023
Interview featuring GSWS Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair A.J. Withers

The history and significance of International Women's Day

CBC Radio One 90.5FM (CBCV) - March 6, 2023
Interview featuring Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies graduate student Yasmin Vejs Simsek and professor Jen Marchbank

Modernizing the Official Languages Act (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 9, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Rémi Léger

Challenge for the upcoming budget: Capital gains tax reform

National Newswatch - March 10, 2023
Op-Ed written by Public Policy professor emeritus Rhys Kesselman

Focus BC: Gender pay gap legislation

Global News - March 10, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies professor emeritus Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Effects of daylight savings time

News Talk 980 CKNW - March 10, 2023
Interview featuring Psychology professor Ralph Mistlberger

Impacts of higher interest rates (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 12, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Rémi Léger

Pandemic Grief

CBC Radio - March 13, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology doctoral student Soraya Janus

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" and other Oscars 2023 films show a trend towards linguistic realism in Hollywood

The Conversation - March 13, 2023
Article written by Linguistics post-doctoral researcher Andrew Cheng

Abbotsford author releases book about impacts on Sumas Mountain nature

The Abbotsford News - March 13, 2023
Article featuring Graduate Liberal Studies alumnus Natalie Virginia Lang

Issues with the B.C. labour market

CBC Radio One - March 14, 2023
Interview featuring Urban Studies professor Anthony Perl

The role of municipalities within Federalism

Policy Options - March 14, 2023
Podcast episode featuring School of Public Policy professor Kennedy Stewart

The trolley problem and how it tackles morality in both art and real life

CBC Radio - March 15, 2023
Interview featuring Philosophy professor Bruno Guidon

Pros and cons of a 4-day work week

CBC Radio - March 15, 2023
Interview featuring Sociology and Anthropology professor Amanda Watson

Will transparency help to reduce the gender pay gap?

980 CKNW - March 15, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies professor emeritus Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Linguistic Realism

News Talk 770 CHQR - March 15, 2023
Interview featuring Linguistics post-doctoral researcher Andrew Cheng

It's past time to reform capital gains tax. But how exactly?

The Financial Post - March 15, 2023
Op-Ed written by Public Policy professor emeritus Rhys Kesselman

Brother, the film: One-on-one with David Chariandy

CBC Radio - March 16, 2023
Interview featuring English professor David Chariandy

Regulator takes control of assets

CBC News Vancouver - March 16, 2023
Interview featuring Economics professor Lucas Herrenbrueck

Interference in the 2022 Vancouver municipal election

CBC News Network - March 16, 2023
Interview featuring School of Public Policy professor Kennedy Stewart

What does the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank means for Canadians

CBC British Columbia - March 16, 2023
Interview featuring Economics professor Lucas Herrenbrueck

How to define happiness

CFAX 1070 - March 20, 2023
Interview featuring Psychology professor Lara Aknin

International Day of Happiness 2023

680 CJOB - March 20, 2023
Interview featuring Psychology professor Lara Aknin

ICC's arrest warrant for Putin

630 CHED - March 21, 2023
Interview featuring Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

Integrity of elections (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 21, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Jérémie Cornut

Chinese interference: is the government doing enough? (FR)

ICI Radio-Canada - March 21, 2023
Interview featuring Political Science professor Jérémie Cornut

Fraser Valley transit strike

CBC Radio - March 22, 2023
Interview featuring History and Labour Studies professor John Henry-Harter

New IPCC report dire but hopeful

CBC Radio - March 22, 2023
Interview featuring Urban Studies adjunct professor Seth Klein

Graphic novel tells story of the spiritual journey of Cree-Métis teen

Windspeaker.com - March 22, 2023
Article featuring Shadbolt Fellow Wanda John-Kehewin

What can British Columbians expect from the federal budget?

CBC Radio - March 28, 2023
Interview featuring Gerontology professor emerita Gloria Gutman

Addressing increase in random attack crimes

News Talk 770 CHQR - March 28, 2023
Interview featuring Crimonology professor Amanda Watson

The dark web fueling B.C.'s illicit drug trade

980 CKNW - March 31, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Richard Frank

Hijras, Brothers, Lovers

On Tap Podcast - March 29, 2023
Interview featuring Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies professor Vaibhav Saria

Literature scholar talks about life in Japan and being an academic single mother

The Times Higher Education - March 30, 2023
Interview featuring World Languages & Literatures professor Melek Ortabasi

Remembering Leslie Cheung

CBC Radio - March 31, 2023
Interview featuring Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies professor Helen Leung

Where can I learn a First Nations language?

The Squamish Chief - March 31, 2023
Article featuring Indigenous Studies professor Eldon Yellowhorn

 

April Media Mentions

What should be done about random violent attacks?

CBC Radio - April 3, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Martin Andresen

The future of the RCMP in Surrey

News Talk 980 CKNW - April 3, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor emeritus Rob Gordon

Simon Fraser University hosts a bilingual job fair for French-speakers (FR)

ICI Colombie-Brittannique - April 5, 2023
Interview featuring OFFA & French Cohort student Maria Korovnikov

Generosity, benevolence buoy Canada's happiness, SFU expert says

Burnaby Now - April 6, 2023
Article featuring Psychology professor Lara Aknin

Online drug trafficking on the rise, police need resources to respond, study says

CTV News - April 10, 2023
Article featuring Criminology professor Richard Frank

Former Mayor of Vancouver discusses the clearing of encampments on East Hastings Street

News Talk 980 CKNW - April 11, 2023
Interview featuring School of Public Policy professor Kennedy Stewart

Research finds an increase in encrypted online drug dealing

Global News - April 11, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Richard Frank

Online drug trafficking on the rise, police need resources to respond

The Globe and Mail - April 11, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Richard Frank

Research shows that precarious work is B.C.'s new normal

CBC Radio One - April 13, 2023
Interview featuring Labour Studies professor Kendra Strauss and Economics alumnus Iglika Ivanova

Bakhmut is increasingly a quagmire that works to Russia's advantage

The Conversation - April 13, 2023
Op-Ed written by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

Opinion: Precarious work is an urgent problem for thousands of B.C. workers

The Vancouver Sun - April 13, 2023
Op-Ed written by Labour Studies professor Kendra Strauss

A more inclusive perspective on singlehood

Psychology Today - April 14, 2023
Op-Ed written by Psychology professor Yuthika Girme

Inside the Battle of Bakhmut as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues

News Talk 770 CHQR - April 17, 2023
Interview featuring by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

A third stabbing occurs on B.C. public transit, but experts say Vancouver is safer to live in than pre-pandemic times

CBC Radio - April 17, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Martin Andresen

7 year anniversary of public health emergency declaration

CFAX 1070 - April 17, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck

How emoji have changed how we communicate and why we ❤️ them

The Colin McEnroe Show - April 18, 2023
Interview featuring Philosophy professor Alex King

PSAC, Canada's largest union, begins strike action

CBC Radio - April 19, 2023
Interview featuring History and Labour Studies lecturer John-Henry Harter

PSAC begins strike action in Greater Victoria and across Canada

CTV Two Vancouver Island (CIVI) - April 19, 2023
Interview featuring Labour Studies professor Kendra Strauss

A better alternative to the Alternative Minimum Tax

The Globe and Mail - April 19, 2023
Article written by Public Policy professor emeritus Rhys Kesselman

SFU receives funding to study climate solutions for rural, remote, and Indigenous communities

CBC Radio - April 20, 2023
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Nancy Olewiler

Future of work: The role of unions

Global News - April 21, 2023
Interview featuring Labour Studies professor Kendra Strauss

It's time to make the needs of older adults a top priority

The Vancouver Sun - April 21, 2023
Op-Ed written by Gerontology lecturer Dan Levitt

Once looming victory for Ukraine risks becoming major defeat

The London Free Press - April 22, 2023
Op-Ed written by Global Humanities professor James Horncastle

The PSAC strike continues across Canada

CBC Radio - April 24, 2023
Interview featuring History and Labour Studies professor John-Henry Harter

It's time for a precarious work strategy for B.C.

The Asian Pacific Post - April 25, 2023
Op-Ed written by Labour Studies professor Kendra Strauss and Economics alumnus Iglika Ivanova

Province recommends moving forward with municipal force

News Talk 980 CKNW - April 28, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Robert Gordon

Province recommends that Surrey Police Service remain

News Talk 980 CKNW - April 29, 2023
Interview featuring Criminology professor Curt Griffiths

Big Fight in Little Chinatown opens at DOXA film festival

CBC Radio - April 30, 2023
Interview featuring Urban Studies adjunct professor Andy Yan