Social Sciences in the News: April 2025

Social Sciences experts made around 700 media appearances this month, including syndication. Here’s a selection:

CBC: Staff at Fort Frances Public Library speak out as northwestern Ontario town tightens budget, Nicole Dalmer

Newsweek: Could Trump’s Tariffs Lead to a Recession? What Experts Say, Pau Pujolas

Globe and Mail: In Myanmar, women are leading the fight for justice and democracy, Aye Lei Tun

Newsweek: Canada Issues Series of ‘Liberation Day’ Warnings to Donald Trump, Donald Abelson

The Walrus: Are a Handful of Wealthy Tech Bros Bringing DOGE to Canada? Vass Bednar

CBC: Looking to buy a car? Expect higher prices under U.S. auto tariffs, Colin Mang

CityNews: New university-community research collective promoting discourse on racialized youth in Montreal, Anne-Marie Livingstone

Globe and Mail: The White House used a McMaster economist’s paper to justify tariffs. But he says it was meant as a warning, Pau Pujolas

TVO: What’s the Secret Sauce of Political Polling? Clifton van der Linden

Toronto Star: Trump tariffs and Canada: Premiers throw their support behind planned retaliatory tariffs; recession fears grow as North American markets tank, Stephanie Ross

Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton East—Stoney Creek suddenly a red-blue race to the finish after startling Liberal resurgence, Peter Graefe

Toronto Star: ‘Sometimes the truth hurts’: Doug Ford weighs in as polls suggest Carney’s Liberals remain ahead of Poilievre’s Conservatives, Clifton van der Linden

CBC: McMaster University students cast early election votes, ‘a win-win-win for democracy,’ says professor, Karen Bird

The Independent (UK): ‘The damage is done’: Why Trump’s tariff pause has not stopped the risk of global recession, Pau Pujolas

Globe and Mail: Largest First Nation reserve in Canada files lawsuit over unsafe drinking water, Dawn Martin-Hill

CBC: Trump and Ontario’s tariff response likely to dominate Ford’s throne speech, Peter Graefe

CBC: Are you paying more than before to buy Canadian? Experts say it’s complicated, Colin Mang

CBC: Liberals dig into details, Conservatives put Poilievre front and centre in policy platforms, Andrea Lawlor