September 3, 2013

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 New York Times published an op-ed written by Justin Smith, professor in the Department of Philosophy, about philosophy’s Western bias. Radio-Canada also interviewed Smith on the same subject.
  
  
• CBC News reports that a course at Olds College in Olds, Alberta is requiring students to completed an iPad game in which they open a virtual lemonade stand and gradually build it into a business empire. The article interviews Darren Wershler, professor in the Department of English, who uses video games as part of his contemporary Canadian fiction class and quotes Emma Healey, an English literature student who took Wershler’s course last year. The article was reprised by The Huffington Post Alberta and Yahoo! Canada News.
  
  
• Kyle Matthews, deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, was interviewed by Dawna Friesen for Global National News (no link currently available) on Friday, August 30 to discuss Syria in light of U.S. President Barak Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will take military action against Syria.
  
  
• Academic Studies Press of Boston has produced Canada’s Jews: In Space, Time and Spirit edited by Ira Robinson, professor in the Department of Religion: The Canadian Jewish News.
  
  
• Journal Métro features an article about the mayor of Longueuil, Caroline St-Hilaire, who is currently running unopposed. The article quotes Bruce Hicks, who teaches political science.
  
  
• The Rover publishes an article about the 3 Mile Meal event that was hosted by Concordia’s SenseLab. The article quotes SenseLab founder Erin Manning, Concordia research chair in philosophy and relational art and a professor in the departments of film studies and studio art.

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