Non Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2021). “Opinion: Food ‘self-sufficiency’ is a recipe for disaster.” Financial Post (August 18).
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2021). “Opinion: Don’t ban plastics. They help green the Earth.” Financial Post (June 30) (More detailed original version available at Fraser Institute).
Szurmak, J. (2021). Accentuating the Negative: Why Eco-pessimism Has Become Elite Religion. Breakthrough Journal 13 (Winter 2021). https://thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-13-winter-2021/accentuating-the-negative
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2020). “Seven Billion Solutions Strong: Why Markets, Growth, and Innovation Are the Antidote to Eco-Pessimism.” Breakthrough Journal (Vol. 12, Winter 2020). Retrieved from
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2019). “The Long History of Eco-Pessimism.” Spiked! (October 25). (reposted on several websites; translated and posted on a Swedish website)
Szurmak, J., & Desrochers, P. (2019). “Eco-Pessimism versus Techno-Optimism.” Areo (August 6).
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2019).“Population Density and Resource Abundance: Turning the Malthusian Logic on its Head.” New Geography (July 10).
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2019).“The More the Green Crusade Changes, the More It Remains the Same.” New Geography (May 15).
Szurmak, J. (2019). The science loop: How cognitive biases contribute to the intellectual entrenchment at the root of junk science. The Financial Post (June 20).
Szurmak, J., & Desrochers, P. (2018). The one-sided worldview of eco-pessimists. Quillette (3 December, 2018). This was a response to Dr. Christian Berggren's Quillette review of the Roslings' book Factfulness.
Desrochers, P., & Szurmak, J. (2018). Population bombed! Exploding the link between overpopulation and climate change. London, UK: Global Warming Policy Foundation. (258 pp.).
Szurmak, J. (forthcoming). Premises of science fiction: Neo-Malthusian and resourceship perspectives. In M. M. Wooster & S. T. Karnick (Eds.), A science fiction writer’s guide to science. Chicago, Il: The Heartland Institute.
Szurmak, J., Alexander, M., Anderson, A., Hawrychuk, S., Swieton, D., Seim, S. Serafin, M., Traas, W., West, D., Whyte, I., & Wolfe, N. (25 February, 2015). Library Space & Technology Revitalization Initiative: Learning Commons Group Final Report. (Unpublished report).
Kim, C., Bielecki, J., Dyas-Correia, S., Lawson, J., Robertson, J., Spence, M., Szurmak, J., & Vine, R. (22 October, 2014). Altmetrics University of Toronto Libraries Strategic Planning Working Group: Altmetrics, their importance, and recommendations for UTL. (Unpublished report).
Szurmak, J. (September 2015). Principles of Computer Networks (resources for Spear Phishing Technical Report). LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/UTMcsc358
Szurmak, J. (June 2015). Exploring faculty-librarian collaboration. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/fac-lib-collab
Szurmak, J. (September 2014). Resources for PSY309 – Experimental Design and Theory. Revised LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/psy309
Szurmak, J. (September 2014). Scholarly Literature for Sedimentology. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/ERS313
Szurmak, J. (September 2014). PHY100: Your Writing Assignment. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/PHY100
Thuna, M., Szurmak, J. (June 2014). Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journals (SoTL). LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/SOTL_journals_databases
Szurmak, J. (May 2014). PSY280: Perception. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/PSY280
Szurmak, J. (2012). ANT102: Intro to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/ANT102
Szurmak, J. (2012). ANT206: Culture and Communication. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/ANT206
Szurmak, J. (2011). ANT338: UTM Laboratory Methods in Biological Anthropology. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=251118
Szurmak, J. (2011). Archaeology of Technology Resources. LibGuide available at http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=251290