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Social Science Researchers in the news
(Updated January 27, 2023)
Researchers in the Faculty of Social Science have expertise in a wide-variety of areas. Our faculty members and graduate students are featured in news stories and comment on current events.
Here is a recent representative sample:
Diana Mok, professor in the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, on impact of Canada's ban on foreign homebuyers:
Jay Stock, professor in the Department of Anthropology, was lead author on a study looking at the impact of milk consumption on the body size of ancient humans.
- Milk consumption increased ancient human body size, finds study – feature on research by Jay Stock (Also published on Western News)
- Drinking milk made ancient humans taller and heavier, study finds (Irish Times) and on RTÉ News
- Drinking milk made ancient humans heavier and taller, study finds (The Independent – UK)
- Irish researcher discovers ‘drinking milk made ancient humans heavier and taller’ – Sunday World – Ireland)
- Milk consumption increased ancient human body size, finds study – (Phys.org)
- Onzo Voorouders Werden Letterlijk Groter (En Zwaarder) Door Melk Te Drinken - (Scientias – Netherlands) In Dutch
- Tomar leche aumentó la masa corporal y estatura de los humanos – (Europa Press – Spain) – In Spanish
Kaitlynn Mendes, professor in the Department of Sociology, quoted in a Canadian Press story looking at how pandemic restrictions and social media may have contributed to an increase in violent crimes by teenagers in Toronto:
