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FASS Media Mentions: January - April 2025
Media appearances, features, and publications featuring ÓÈÎïÊÓÆµ's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) faculty, staff, students, and alumni for the Spring 2025 semester.
January Media Mentions
BIV Forty Under 40 Awards: Shane Wright
Business in Vancouver – January 1, 2025
Criminology and English alumnus, Shane Wright, is featured.
Quirks and Quarks, CBC Radio: Our listener question show
CBC – January 3, 2025
Interview featuring Philosophy professor Holly Andersen
Political science expert on Trudeau resigning
CBC Radio One – January 6, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
Justin Trudeau's resignation puts spotlight on former B.C. premier Christy Clark
CBC – January 7, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
Trudeau resignation: Impact on British Columbia
CBWFT (Independent) – January 7, 2025
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny
BC Today, January 7: Trudeau resignation fallout | Canada-U.S. economic relations and tariff threats
CBC News – January 7, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
Metro Vancouver study finds oversupply of parking spaces
CKNW-AM – January 8, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
(FR) Trudeau's legacy and the Official Languages Act
CHFA-AM – January 8, 2025
Political Science professor, Rémi Léger is interviewed
Expert says Trudeau's request for prorogation might backfire
CBEW-FM – January 9, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy
The Conversation – January 14, 2025
Political Science PhD candidate, Megan Mattes, writes an op-ed
The rise of singlehood: Dr. Yuthika Girme's fascinating research on relationships and society
The Fiesty Heroine – January 15, 2025
Interview featuring Psychology associate professor Yuthika Girme
This advisor came to Canada as a student with a lump sum to manage on her own
The Globe and Mail – January 16, 2025
Economics alumnus, Dami Gittens, is featured
Rental housing
CBU-AM – January 17, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
Merchant of Masks: Logan Macnair
Nectar of Time Podcast – January 19, 2025
Interview featuring Criminology researcher Logan Macnair
Urban studies: Doing research when every city is different
The Conversation – January 20, 2025
Urban Studies professor Meg Holden co-authors an op-ed
S. Laurel Weldon: Un-Canadian attacks on international students are sabotaging Canadian universities
The Vancouver Sun – January 23, 2025
FASS Dean and Political Science professor Laurel Weldon writes an op-ed
Digital booking sites drive rental demand
CBTK-FM – January 25, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
Rwanda's troublemaking in DRC would be easy to stop
Financial Times* – January 26, 2025
International Studies associate professor Jason Stearns writes an op-ed
* this story appeared internationally on various platforms
(FR) Tariffs on Canadian goods
CBUF-FM – January 27, 2025
Political Science professor Jérémie Cornut is interviewed
How Canada and the U.S. can still tackle climate change in a second Trump era
The Conversation – January 27, 2025
Political Science professor Andy Hira and SFU Earth Science professor emeritus John Clague co-author an op-ed
What tools are needed to fight disinformation?
CBUT (CBC) – January 28, 2025
Political Science MA student Ronaldo Au-Yeung is interviewed
Has drug decriminalization failed in Canada?
Late Night Live Podcast – January 29, 2025
Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck is interviewed
CBC News Vancouver: How transit has changed over the years in Vancouver
CBUT (CBC) - January 30, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
Darpan 10 with Dr. Sanjay Jeram, senior lecturer & chair of undergraduate studies in political science at SFU
Darpan Magazine - January 30, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is featured
Navigating the looming U.S. tarrif storm on Canada's horizon
CBUT (CBC) - January 31, 2025
Economics professor Steeve Mongrain is interviewed
February Media Mentions
(FR) Judith Godrèche, Adèle Haenel: How the media covered the trials
The Conversation - February 2, 2025
Op-ed written by French professor Gaëlle Planchenault
Incarceration reduces reoffending rates in British Columbia, SFU study finds
SFU News – February 4, 2025
Criminology associate professor Evan McCuish is featured
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SFU youth incarceration study
Global News, CHBC Independent, and CKNW-AM – February 4, 2025
Criminology associate professor Evan McCuish is interviewed
(FR) British Columbia accelerates 18 natural resource projects
ICI Radio-Canada – February 4, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira
13% Decrease in toxic drug deaths in B.C. for 2024
CBC Vancouver – February 4, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck
Why is Trump's preferential treatment of Russia shifting? Because there's nothing in it for him
The Conversation – February 5, 2025
Op-ed written by Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
New study finds young offenders who are incarcerates less likely to re-offend
CBC, Vancouver is Awesome – February 5, 2025
Criminology associate professor Evan McCuish is interviewed
Methods of controlling the fentanyl flow across borders
CBC Vancouver – February 5, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck
How B.C.'s market will be affected as trade war unfolds
CBTK-FM – February 6, 2025
Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt is interviewed
(FR) Threats of tariffs
ICI RDI – February 6, 2025
Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt is interviewed
Stearns on ceasefire calls in eastern DRC war
Bloomberg – February 10, 2025
International Studies associate professor Jason Stearns is interviewed
CBC BC Today: Trump and the next federal election | Steelworkers brace for tariffs
CBC BC – February 10, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
Here are 5 must-read Indigenous autobiographies
The Province – February 12, 2025
Indigenous Studies and English professor Deanna Reder is featured
The singlehood advantage
The Globe and Mail – February 14, 2025
Interview featuring Psychology associate professor Yuthika Girme
Study: Single women are happier than single men
CIVT (CTV) – February 14, 2025
Interview featuring Psychology associate professor Yuthika Girme
Canadian retail and mall redevelopments
Global News (BC1 - Independent) – February 14, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
(FR) Jean Chrétien Stands for the Maple Leaf; and Crime Targeted by Ken Sim
ICI Radio-Canada (Phare Ouest) – February 14, 2025
Urban Studies professor featuring Meg Holden
‘It was futile’: Trudeau's GST holiday ends with a whimper among B.C. retailers
The Vancouver Sun – February 15, 2025
Interview featuring Economics professor Steeve Mongrain
Larger Staff Presence as a Crime Deterrent
CBEW-FM – February 16, 2025
Interview featuring Criminology associate professor Bryan Kinney
Dynamics between parents and adolescents
CBU-AM - February 17, 2025
Psychology assistant professor Hali Kil is interviewed
Carole Taylor's Journal: City at a crossroads
CFJC (City) - February 17, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
(FR) Resumption of work at the legislative assembly
CBUFT (Independent) - February 19, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
(FR) B.C. throne speech belligerent over tariff threat
ICI RDI (ICI) - February 19, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
Justin Trudeau announces $3.9B high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto
CKNW-AM - February 20, 2025
Urban Studies and Political Science professor Anthony Perl is interviewed
Researchers study jail time for young people
CFTK (CTV) - February 20, 2025
Criminology associate professor Evan McCuish is interviewed
How to recognize and prevent elder abuse
Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario Podcast - February 20, 2025
Gerontology professor emeritus Gloria Gutman is interviewed
Upcoming fee increases at North Delta Recreation Centre causing uproar
CBUF-FM – February 24, 2025
Gerontology and Urban Studies assistant professor Mei Lan Fang is interviewed
TrumpWorld: Canada, South Africa, Germany, and the global far-right
International Horizons Podcast – February 22, 2025
Sociology and Anthropology professor emeritus Heribert Adam is interviewed
(FR) Renovictions and demovictions in Vancouver
CBUF-FM – February 24, 2025
Public Policy term assistant professor Alex Rivard is interviewed
High Speed Rail
CKNW-AM – February 24, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies and Political Science Anthony Perl
Surrey threatens to pull out of Metro Vancouver regional growth plan
Global News – February 26, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
What's happening in DR Congo?
Al Jazeera – February 28, 2025
Interview featuring International Studies associate professor Jason Stearns
March Media Mentions
Reframing My Worth: Memoir of a Bangladeshi-Canadian Woman
CHAN (Global News) – March 2, 2025
Interview featuring GSWS professor emeritus Habiba Zaman
B.C. budget predictions
CBUT (CBC) – March 3, 2025
Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan is interviewed
First detachment commander selected for Pitt Meadows RCMP
Maple Ridge News – March 4, 2025
Criminology alumnus Michelle Luca is featured
(FR) BAFF-OFFA 20th Anniversary Celebration at ÓÈÎïÊÓÆµ
The LA Source – March 4, 2025
The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs was commemorated
(FR) U.S. tariffs
CBUF-FM – March 5, 2025
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny
(FR) Trump is waging 'economic war'
CBUF-FM – March 5, 2025
Economics professor Steeve Mongrain is interviewed
What's behind ErdoÄŸan's calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
The Conversation – March 5, 2025
Global Humanities assistant professor Spyros Sofos writes an op-ed
B.C. has a math problem with renewable natural gas
National Observer – March 6, 2025
Public Policy professor emeritus Nancy Olewiler writes an op-ed
Daylight Savings Time (DST)
CBR-FM – March 6, 2025
Psychology research assistant Myriam Juda is interviewed
Daybreak North - Interview with Reema Faris
CBC Daybreak North with Carolina de Ryk – March 7, 2025
GSWS limited term lecturer Reema Faris is interviewed
U.S. tariffs and international trade
CBUF-FM – March 7, 2025
Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt is interviewed
Car industry tariffs
CKWX-FM – March 7, 2025
Economics professor Steeve Mongrain is interviewed
Daylight Saving Time | International Women's Day
BC Today – March 7, 2025
Psychology research assistant Myriam Juda is interviewed
Liberal Party of Canada leadership vote
CKNW-AM – March 7, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
March in Vancouver for International Women's Day
CKVU (CITY) – March 9, 2025
GSWS undergraduate student Kayia Dominguez is interviewed
(FR) Having an accent can lead to prejudice when searching for a job
The Conversation – March 11, 2025
Op-ed co-authored by Linguistics professor Mary O'Brien
What the U.S. ceasefire proposal means for Ukraine, Russia, Europe - and Donald Trump
The Conversation – March 11, 2025
Op-ed by Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
Ukraine accepts ceasefire in war with Russia amid 'military disadvantages'
ABC News Austrailia – March 12, 2025
Interview featuring Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
Cutting through fog of (Trump's) trade war
BNN – March 13, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart
Putin makes paltry concession to Ukraine in Trump's self-aggrandizing ceasefire effort
The Conversation – March 18, 2025
Op-ed by Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
Whistler Institute hosting timely talk tackling political polarization
Pique News Magazine – March 19, 2025
Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart is featured
The world is actually a pretty kind place, according to a new report
CNN; SFU News; AOL; The Toronto Star; CNBC Indonesia; The Independent Singapore – March 20, 2025
Psychology professor Lara Aknin is featured
B.C. cities are making changes for an influx of seniors. Will they be enough?
The Vancouver Sun – March 20, 2025
Gerontology professor Andrew Wister is featured
B.C. Secondary Suite Incentive Program
CKNW-AM; The Globe and Mail – March 20, 2025
Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan is interviewed
Special broadcast: OFFA 20th Anniversary
ICI Radio-Canada: Panorama – March 20, 2025
The Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs is featured
Federal election to come in April or May
CBC The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn – March 20, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
(FR) B.C. political landscape
CBUFT (Independent) – March 23, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
(FR) Federal elections
CJBR-FM – March 24, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
(FR) Leading issues for B.C. voters
CBUF-FM – March 24, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
Clarified guidelines set limits on involuntary treatment in B.C.
980 CKNW – March 24, 2025
Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck is interviewed
Federal election campaign kicks off | Election polling
CBC BC Today – March 24, 2025
Political Science associate professor Edana Beauvais is interviewed
(FR) Naloxone
CBUF-FM – March 24, 2025
Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck is interviewed
Climate politics
CBU-AM – March 24, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira
Canada vote
CBC Hanomansing Tonight – March 25, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
(FR) Rise in popularity of Liberals in Saskatchewan
ICI Radio-Canada – March 26, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
What are the implications of the CSIS report on election interference in B.C.
CBUT (CBC) – March 26, 2025
Political Science associate professor Edana Beauvais is interviewed
What are the implications of the CSIS report on election interference in B.C.
CBC Hanomansing Tonight – March 27, 2025
Interview featuring Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt
(FR) Mike de Jong to run as independent
CBC – March 28, 2025
Interview featuring history professor Nicolas Kenny
Importance of community and amenities
CKFR-AM – March 28, 2025
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan
Political Panel: Federal election in full swing
Global News – March 30, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science alumnus Caroline Elliott
Slipping student assessment scores since the early 2000s
CKLW-AM – March 30, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy professor emeritus John Richards
Relationships and society
CBW-AM – March 30, 2025
Interview featuring Psychology associate professor Yuthika Girme
April Media Mentions
Canada developing new trading relationships
CBU-AM – April 2, 2025
Interview featuring Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt
SFU Scholarly Impact of the Week: Addressing climate change with behavioural science
SFU Scholarly Impact – April 2, 2025
Interview featuring Psychology professor Michael Schmitt and PhD candidate Annika Lutz
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Roundtable discussion to highlight challenges facing 2SLGBTQI+ youth in British Columbia
CJSF 90.1FM – April 3, 2025
Interview featuring GSWS visiting researcher Melanie Groß
Leger poll reveal gender divide in B.C. voters
CBCV-FM – April 3, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science associate professor Edana Beauvais
Imagining what the world could look like without fossil fuels spurs people to action
The Conversation – April 3, 2025
Op-ed by Psychology professor Michael Schmitt and PhD candidate Annika Lutz
B.C. voter shift
CBCV-FM – April 5, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
There is an upcoming shift in B.C.'s demographic as the senior population is expected to rapidly rise in the next decade
CBC On the Coast – April 7, 2025
Interview featuring Gerontology professor Andrew Wister
Canada's public school system may be headed for mediocrity, warns SFU professor
SFU News – April 9, 2025
Public Policy professor emeritus John Richards is featured
Read more
(FR) The Planet First: How the energy sector is affected by tariffs
ICI RDI (ICI) – April 9, 2025
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny
(FR) The Telejournal: The volatility of the stock market
CBUFT (Independent) – April 9, 2025
Interview featuring Economics professor Nicolas Schmitt
Canadian secondary school system slipping
CHAN (Global) – April 10, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy professor emeritus John Richards
Upcoming federal election
CTV2VA (CTV) – April 10, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy term assistant professor Alex Rivard
Embattled Jagmeet Singh makes case for NDP to hold next government accountable
National Observer – April 11, 2025
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
(FR) Three weeks of the election campaign
CBUFT (Independent) – April 12, 2025
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny
Caroline Elliott: Only the NDP will benefit from the new CentreBC party
National Post – April 12, 2025
Op-ed by Political Science alumnus Caroline Elliott
Where parties stand on drug policy
CBCV-FM – April 14, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck
Use of the notwithstanding clause becomes point of dispute between leaders today
CFYK (CBC) – April 14, 2025
Interview featuring Criminology professor emeritus Neil Boyd
Dr. Sofos: The more rigid the Erdogan Regime becomes, the easier it may break
ECPS – April 15, 2025
Interview featuring Global Humanities assistant professor Spyros Sofos
Lack of service, stigma leave male survivors of intimate partner violence without support, SFU study finds
SFU News – April 15, 2025
Criminology professor Alexandra Lysova is featured
Read more
All Points West: New study looks into the coping experiences of men who survived intimate partner violence
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – April 15, 2025
Criminology professor Alexandra Lysova is interviewed
Gaps in support for male victims of intimate partner violence
CBTK-FM – April 15, 2025
Interview featuring Criminology professor Alexandra Lysova
Canadian university teachers warned to avoid non-essential U.S. travel
CKVU (CITY) – April 15, 2025
Sociology and Anthropology professor Travers is interviewed
Which party has a better public safety plan?
Player FM (Mornings with Simi) – April 15, 2025
Criminology professor emeritus Neil Boyd is interviewed
The Planet First: The green party excluded from upcoming debates
ICI RDI (ICI) – April 16, 2025
History professor Nicolas Kenny is interviewed
Tariffs don't just affect the global economy, but create political instability as well
The Conversation – April 17, 2025
Op-ed by Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
Key takeaways of the French leaders' debate
CTV2VA (CTV2) – April 17, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy term assistant professor Alex Rivard
Insight and analysis of the French leaders' debate
CTV2VA (CTV2) – April 17, 2025
Interview featuring Public Policy term assistant professor Alex Rivard
(FR) Unpacking the French leaders' debate
CBU-AM – April 17, 2025
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny
Service closures in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside leave sex workers without vital support
The Conversation – April 20, 2025
Op-ed co-authored by Criminology assistant professor Andrea Krüsi
Canada-U.S. relations top issues for voters
CFTK (CTV) – April 23, 2025
Interview featuring Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
Intimate partner violence affects men too: A look at the prevalence and consequences
Vancouver is Awesome – April 23, 2025
Criminology professor Alexandra Lysova is featured
Short term rental practice in B.C.
CTV2VA (CTV2) – April 24, 2025
Urban Studies associate professor Andy Yan is interviewed
There is 'cognitive dissonance' in how governments talk about climate and energy, says SFU professor
CBC.ca – April 24, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira
The final stretch run before voting day
CFTK (CTV) – April 25, 2025
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram
Transnational identity: Negotiating the choices
Daily Star – April 27, 2025
GSWS professor emeritus Habiba Zaman is featured
Federal NDP loses majority of seats, leader
CBCV-FM (The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn) – April 29, 2025
Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
Lapu Lapu festival tragedy
CHAN (Global) – April 29, 2025
Criminology assistant professor Amanda Butler is interviewed
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these media interviews and articles belong solely to the authors and interviewees, and are not an endorsement by ÓÈÎïÊÓÆµ's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.