Social Sciences in the news: January 2024

Globe and Mail: If you earned money from a side hustle in 2023, here’s what you need to know, Paul Glavin
Rabble: 2023 saw labour mobilize at its highest rate in decades, Stephanie Ross
iHeartRadio: John Moore Round One – December 22, Vass Bednar
City News 570 (CKGL), December 25, Greg Flynn
Guelph Mercury (Metroland): ‘Who knows what we’ll find?’: Guelph burial ground bones part of McMaster study to uncover details on early days of Canada
Hamilton Spectator: Bacteria from 13,000 years ago is helping scientists understand climate change today, Tyler Murchie
Toronto Star: New Democrats have their eye on the labour vote — but so does Pierre Poilievre, Peter Graefe
CTV Your Morning, January 4th, Don Abelson
CBC Radio One, January 4th, Vass Bednar
GuelphToday: Professor to study 115 skeletons uncovered at Baker Street, Megan Brickley
CBC News: Telecom services still too expensive, industry minister says, Vass Bednar
iHeartRadio: Moore in the Morning Round 1, January 5th, Vass Bednar
Globe and Mail: Negative news about work hurts morale and can be detrimental to companies, Paul Glavin
CBC Radio One, January 8th, Vass Bednar
CBC News: Q&A: McMaster researcher studies skeletal remains found in Guelph, Megan Brickley
Hamilton Spectator: Burlington retirement home will serve seniors living with dementia, Anthea Innes
iHeartRadio: Moore in the Morning Round 1, January 12th, Vass Bednar
Globe and Mail: Ontario’s rental subsidy can vary by hundreds of dollars, depending on your municipality, Steve Pomeroy
Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton takes ‘step in right direction’ on public health: advocates, Ameil Joseph
Patheos: A Jewish Paul: Matthew Thiessen On His New Book, Matthew Thiessen
National Post: Kids spend countless hours developing games for Roblox. Most never earn a penny, Vass Bednar
Live Science: ‘That’s a huge amount of movement for a single mammoth’: Woolly female’s steps retraced based on chemistry of 14,000-year-old tusk, Hendrik Poinar
Canadian Press (reprinted in Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CTV, etc.): Study maps mammoth’s 1,000-km trek, suggests species coexisted with humans in Alaska, Hendrik Poinar
Global News: 680 CJOB on January 17, Hendrik Poinar
CBC Radio One, January 17, Hendrik Poinar
Smithsonian Magazine: Meet Elma, a Woolly Mammoth Who Roamed Far and Wide More Than 14,000 Years Ago, Hendrik Poinar
New Atlas: Scientists chronicle the life journey of one remarkable woolly mammoth, Hendrik Poinar
Global News: News Talk 980 CKNW Mornings with Simi, January 18, Vass Bednar
CHCH: Morning Live, January 18, Hendrik Poinar
CBC Radio One 99.1FM (CBLA), January 19, Hendrik Poinar
City News 95.7, January 18, Hendrik Poinar
Toronto Star: What secrets can 115 skeletons hold? Here’s what this researcher hopes to learn about Canada, Megan Brickley
CBC: How scientists tracked the 1,000 km journey of a woolly mammoth using its tusk, Hendrik Poinar
CBC: Linking immigration to the housing shortage may be missing the problem, experts say, Steve Pomeroy
CBC: Quirks and Quarks, January 19, Hendrik Poinar
iHeartRadio: Moore in the Morning Round 1, January 19, Vass Bednar
Global News: Talk Radio AM640 (CFMJ), January 19, Hendrik Poinar
CBC Radio One, January 21, Steve Pomeroy
CBC News: Some international students in Toronto welcome study permit cap, others worry for their future, Steve Pomeroy
CHCH: Ontario’s deputy premier weighs in on Hamilton’s budget deliberations, Peter Graefe
City News 570, January 23, Don Abelson
Hamilton Spectator: Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean drinking water, Dawn Martin-Hill
CBC Radio: In New York City, centuries worth of Indigenous history is being uncovered through art, stories and community, Allan Downey
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