Aging in loneliness. Far-right front-and-center. 'Les Sépharades du Québec'. Group exercise. 'Passiflora'.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 13, 2017
Expert commentators
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:
- Gillian Leithman, assistant professor in the Department of Management in the John Molson School of Business, writes in The Conversation about loneliness and aging. The article is picked up by Medical Xpress.
- Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Science, talks to Al Jazeera about the growing visibility of far-right groups in an article published ahead of yesterday's anti-racism march in Montreal. The article is reprised by Malaysian Digest and Rocket News.
- The Canadian Jewish News writes about a chapter written by Steven Lapidus, lecturer in the Department of Religions and Cultures, in the book, Les Sépharades bu Québec — Parcours d’exils nord-africains (Del Busso Éditeur)
- Andreas Bergdahl, associate professor of exercise science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in an article in MIMS Today that looks at recent research into the health benefits of exercising with a group.
- Thomas Waugh, Concordia professor emeritus of film studies, is quoted in a piece in Now Magazine about the 1985 NFB film about gay and trans people, Passiflora. The quote of Waugh is from a 2008 interview for theNational Post.