Jill Scott (Languages, Literatures & Cultures) – Op-ed on why – and how – the public is mourning over the Newtown School shootings, in the Globe and Mail. 

Sidneyeve Matrix (Film and Media Studies) – Youtube's top 10 videos of the year, on Global TV National; Instagram backtracks on changes to its privacy policies, on CKNW (Vancouver radio). 

Ken Wong (School of Business) – Celebrity users may leave Instagram over proposed terms-of-use policy change, in the Toronto Star. 

Elaine Power (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) – Op-ed on why federal government should not give tax credits to food banks, in the Toronto Star. 

Heather Evans (English) – People consume much more food now during the holidays than they did decades ago, in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star and Canada.com. 

Nick Bala (Law) – Tips for how divorced and separated families can handle the holidays, on a Postmedia News online chat. 

Adrian Baranchuk (Cardiology) – The dangers of snow shoveling, on CBC Radio Yukon. 

David Hanes (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) – Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield blasts off into space, on CKWS TV.