Creative tots. Bill 62 implementation. GOP infighting. Judged inappropriate.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• The Atlantic quotes David Pariser, professor of art education in the Faculty of Fine Arts, in a piece about hidden creative intention of children in what may otherwise appear to be nonsensical scribbles.
• Geneviève Rail, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appears in a TVAnews report (video and text) about the confusion surrounding the eventual application of Quebec's Bill 62, the legislation restricting face coverings in public services. Rail, first seen at the 38-second mark of the report, says she can't imagine herself telling a niqab-clad woman to stay out of her classroom. 
• Life in Québec publishes an opinion piece by Yasmin Jiwani, professor of communication studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Concordia University Research Chair in Intersectionality, Violence & Resistance. Jiwani is critical of the above-mentioned legislation, which she believes ultimately serves a far-right-wing agenda. The piece originally appeared in The Conversation Canada.
• Graham Dodds was on the set of City Montreal's Breakfast Television this morning for a discussion of the latest GOP infighting in Washington and what it may portend for the Trump presidency.
• Jennifer Drummond, coordinator of Concordia's Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) was interviewed on CBC Radio's 'Homerun' (no link available) about the controversy that has arisen concerning the remarks by Quebec Court judge Jean-Paul Braun to a 17-year old sexual assault victim, in open court. Transcripts and courtroom audio reveal that the judge mused that a kiss might not require consent.

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