COVID-19 Media Mentions: Tamer El-Diraby, civil engineering specialized in informatics systems

""Tamer El-Diraby

  1. U of T Survey: Planning for future pandemics (Crane & Hoist Canada, February 12, 2021)
  2. TCR Podcast Special – University of Toronto professor Tamer E. El-Diraby on construction’s response to the pandemic (Construction Record Podcast // aecHive Community, Apple PodcastDaily Commercial News, Journal of Commerce Youtube channel, Pod Chaser, February 3, 2021)
  3. U of T survey of constructors seeks best practices for next pandemic (Daily Commercial News, February 1, 2021)
  4. All of Toronto will soon be a ‘smart city’ riddled with sensors, experts say — but who will control the data? (Toronto Star // Welland Tribune, WorldNews.net, July 16)
    • A smart city with a human touch (Toronto Star – PressReader, July 20)
    • El-Diraby: Why a smart city should be built in Toronto (UTTRI News – U of T, July 23)
  5. When coughing and sneezing become disruptions: Using Twitter as a detector for passenger disruption on transit (UTTRI News, May 12)
  6. Dundas Canadian Tire demolition put on hold (Dundas Star News // FlamboroughReview.com, Hamilton NewsThe Record, April 2; Hamilton Spectator, Niagara This Week, Our WindsorPeterborough Examiner, Simcoe.comSt. Catharines Standard, TheIFP.caToronto.com, Welland Tribune, April 3)
  7. Essential workplaces list leads to confusion, frustration among some businesses (QP Briefing, March 24)
  8. Balancing development interests and worker safety, construction sites will remain open in Peel (The Pointer, March 24; VOCM Local News Now, April 9)
  9. Provincial government releases list of essential businesses (CTV Kitchener News // iHeart Radio – CJAD 800, iHeart Radio – Newstalk 1010, March 23; Private Capital Markets Association, March 26)
  10. Construction projects continue in Peel alongside COVID-19 fears in an economic balancing act (The Pointer, March 22; tconnectVOCM Local News Now, April 9)
    • El-Diraby on continuing construction work during COVID-19 (UTTRI News, March 26)