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Food truck revival. Bill 62. Coping with cancer. Cycling away from stress. A Skawennati original.

Concordia in the news
Posted on October 30, 2017

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  • News circulates of new Concordia research that examines the food truck revival in Montreal. The study, by Alan Nash, geography professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is found in an essay, "Breach, Bridgehead, or Trojan Horse? An Exploration of the Role of Food Trucks in Montreal’s Changing Foodscape", published in the book, Food Trucks, Cultural Identity and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love (MIT Press, 2017): AMEQ en ligne(behind a paywall).
  • The Globe and Mail, writing about opposition to Bill 62, the legislation on face coverings, quotes Lynda Clark, professor in and interim chair of the Department of Religions and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and references Clark's 2013 study of the Niqab in Canada The reporter also speaks with Concordia graduate Saima Sajid, who has chosen to wear the Niqab. 
  • Advisory Board joins coverage of a Concordia study led by Andrée Castonguay, a postdoctoral researcher in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, who described how cancer patients can be inspired to action by seemingly negative emotions like anxiety, anger, guilt and distress. Castonguay co-authored the study, published in the journal Health Psychology, with Concordia psychology professor Carsten Wrosch and University of Toronto kinesiology professor Catherine Sabiston.
  • My Medical Mantra writes about research conducted by Stéphane Brutus, RBC Professor of Motivation and Employee Performance in the John Molson School of Business, that found cycling to work positively impacted an employee’s stress level.
  • Rats de Ville announces a show of the work of artist Skawennati Fragnito, coordinator of Concordia's Milieux Indigenous Futures research cluster and co-director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC), on now through January 20 at Centre de L'mage contemporaine Vox.
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