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Filling in the Blank Spaces. Young Montrealers and their city. The Tinder Age. Sheldrake.

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Posted on November 20, 2017

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  • Le Devoir features Mohawk artist Skawennati Fragnito, coordinator of the Milieux Indigenous Futures research cluster at Concordia. Particular attention is paid to Owerà:ke Non Aié:nahne: Filling in the Blank Spacesa Concordia exhibition-forum on the research and creative work of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace, on through December 2. The project is the work of Skawennati and Jason Edward Lewis, professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and director of the Milieux Indigenous Futures.
  • Journal Métro writes that Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, associate professor of applied human sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science, participated in a project where Montreal youths were consulted about their priorities and wishes for their city. The study was conducted on behalf of the Fondation du Grand Montréal.
  • Doctoral candidate Chaim Kuhnreich (marketing) is quoted in an article in iNews in which Kuhnreich's research focusing on the Tinder dating mobile app is referenced. Note that the publication mistakenly identifies Kuhnreich (BA 14, psychology; MSc 15) as a student at Concordia University Chicago.
  • Acadie Nouvelle publishes a review of the documentary film, Sheldrake, about the 19th century leper colony on Sheldrake Island, at the mouth of New Brunswick's Miramichi River. The film was produced as part of the 'Lost Stories' project, headed by Ronald Rudin, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science.
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