Expert	Faculty/Department	Media Outlets
Chris Boccia	Arts and Science Biology	BBC : ‘Scuba-diving’ lizards breathe underwater by attaching air bubbles to their snouts The PhD candidate talks about how semi-aquatic anoles exhale air into a bubble that clings to their skin.
Drummond, Don	School of Policy Studies	Globe and Mail: Younger generations will pay for the $500 seniors bonus in last month’s budget Drummond questions why the federal government is giving money to the group with the lowest poverty rate in Canada.
Green, Leslie	Law	Toronto Star: Tax Court judge committed a ‘serious error’ in University of Toronto hiring fiasco, a judicial review finds. But it won’t remove him Prof. Green talks about a judicial review of a sitting tax judge accused of applying pressure on U of T faculty last summer to block the hiring of human rights scholar Valentina Azarova for the position of director at the faculty’s International Human Rights Program.
Evans, Gerald	School of Medicine Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Pathology and Molecular Medicine	Globe and Mail: It’s time to stop wiping down groceries and other COVID-19 cleaning measures that don’t reduce transmission risk Dr. Evans says it is hard for people to understand that transmission of COVID rarely occurs from exposure to infected surfaces.
Jamieson, Heather	Arts and Science Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering	High North News: Humans, Not Geology, Source of High Arsenic Levels in Yellowknife Dr. Jamieson says humans are to blame for high arsenic levels in Yellowknife soils.
Christian Leuprecht	Arts and Science Political Studies Smith School of Business School of Policy Studies	Hill Times: Opposition MPs say they’re worried about lack of defence spending in budget, as experts to future of NORAD Dr Leuprecht says bolstering NORAD will be an important initiative but the funding dedicated to the project in the budget isn’t indicative of how much it will actually cost.
von Hlatky, Stefanie	Arts and Science Political Studies Smith School of Business School of Policy Studies Centre for International and Defence Policy	Hill Times: High time a woman be appointed Canada’s chief of defence staff, says former reservist, as high-profile women take on sexual misconduct crisis in the military Dr. von Hlatky says while it is more than time for a woman and for a female general officer to become the Chief of Defence Staff, she doesn’t recommend more leadership churn at this time.
Weldemichael, Awet	Arts and Science History	Yahoo! Canada: Five things to know about Ethiopia's election Dr. Weldemichael explains why this election is so important to the first time Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Yael Schlick	Arts and Science English Language and Literature	Toronto Star: AUTOS Books to cure open-road wanderlust Dr. Schlick says one of the challenges of travel today is the sense that there are no longer any truly new places to discover.

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