Social Sciences in the News: February 2025

This month, Social Sciences experts made 846 media appearances, including syndication. We covered topics including tariffs, Liberal leadership and Ontario election. Here’s a selection:

CTV: The Social, Monday 10^th February, Vanessa Watts (Segment starts at 34:30)

National Post: Not in the mood for love: Canadians are having less sex. Should we worry?, Tina Fetner

CBC: Frontburner: Buy Canadian, bye-bye America?, Vass Bednar

CBC: Resource extraction causes harm. These experts have advice on how to minimize it, Nathan Andrews

CBC News: Day 6: It’s not your imagination, the experience of job hunting really is getting worse, Vass Bednar

Tangelic: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Global South, Nathan Andrews

CHCH: Explaining the Covenant chain and Two Row Wampum agreements, Bonnie Freeman

CTV National News: ‘Monetary policy has done its job’, Colin Mang

Global News: Trump and Project 2025: President’s early moves mirror conservative playbook, Donald Abelson

Hamilton Spectator: Opinion | Good faith means honesty: Punishing social services for addressing unmet needs is a dishonest act, Ameil Joseph

Toronto Star: ‘We will not be bullied’: Trump’s new steel tariffs could affect ‘thousands’ of local jobs, says Hamilton mayor, Colin Mang

Toronto Star: Bonnie Crombie accuses Doug Ford of slinging ‘mud,’ challenges him to say it to her face, Andrea Lawlor

Toronto Star: Got a text from an Ontario election candidate? Here’s what Ontario’s privacy watchdog says about unsolicited messages, Peter Graefe

Newsweek: US Companies Could Take a Hit From ‘Buy Canadian’ Boycott, Pau Pujolas

The Guardian: Doug Ford: rightwing populist becomes Canada’s anti-Trump figurehead, Andrea Lawlor

Toronto Star: Poilievre’s proposed incentives for First Nations water, resource projects draw fire, Dawn Martin-Hill

CBC News: PC candidates missing debates ‘not healthy for democracy,’ says advocate, Peter Graefe

CBC News: Why Trump’s tariff threat dominated Ontario’s election and left Ford’s foes struggling, Andrea Lawlor