Ali Amad

3 weeks ago | torontolife.com | Ali Amad

Who: Jack Rozdilsky, 56, professor of disaster and emergency management, York UniversityKnown for: Training the next generation of catastrophe expertsMoved from: Western Illinois University in August of 2016Disaster management isn’t for the faint of heart. How did you end up in the field? I’ve always been drawn to complex questions that don’t have easy answers. Disasters are like that.

3 weeks ago | torontolife.com | Ali Amad

Earlier this month, a top White House economist made headlines by citing an Ontario-based academic’s research to justify Donald Trump’s latest volley in the trade war with China: sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, which surpassed 245 per cent on April 15. But Pau Pujolas, the McMaster professor behind the paper in question, says the Trump administration cherry-picked his work to justify a policy it was never meant to support.

3 weeks ago | macleans.ca | Ali Amad

Canada may be rich in canola, potash and oil, but when it comes to lettuce, we’re in a bit of a crunch. Despite our vast farmland, we rely heavily on the United States—especially California—for our salad supply. Roughly 90 per cent of our leafy greens are imported, leaving grocery chains vulnerable to fallout from Donald Trump’s on-and-off-and-on-again tariffs.

1 month ago | macleans.ca | Ali Amad

Last week, Canada’s intelligence agencies flagged a disinformation campaign on WeChat aimed at Mark Carney, with posts reaching up to three million views. Originating from an account tied to the Chinese Communist Party, the posts cast Carney as a “rock-star economist” and lauded his toughness on Trump—praise that officials say masked a calculated attempt to sway Chinese-Canadian voters and stir political blowback.

1 month ago | canadianbusiness.com | Ali Amad |Alex Cyr

For the fourth annual edition of Canadian Business's flagship awards, we narrowed in on companies fighting the climate crisis. Here are 20 Canadian companies with brilliant solutions for saving the planet.