September 12, 2013
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 12, 2013
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:
- The Canadian Press issued a story about Francophone Canadians tend to be slower at adopting new technologies in comparison to their Anglophone counterparts. The article quotes Ann-Louise Davidson, professor in the Department of Education. The article was reprised by CTV News, Canadian Business, Yahoo! Canada Finance, msn Canada, Yahoo! Canada News, La Presse, The Winnipeg Free Press, Nanaimo Daily News, The Record, The Times Colonist, AM 1150, Westman Journal, The Daily Courier Brandon Sun, The Loop, Penticton Herald, CJAD 800, 1290 CJBK, 610 CKTB, 570 News, 680 News.
- Martin Lefebvre, professor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and Research Chair in Film Studies, analyses the Parti Québecois advertising campaign for its proposed Charter of Values: Global News.
- A separate report on Global News quotes Emmanuelle Richez, post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science, saying the proposed ban on religious symbols is unconstitutional. An article on a similar topic that appears in The Montreal Gazette also quotes Richez.
- The Gazette quotes Aaron Dresner, a lecturer in the Department of Management at the John Molson School of Business about the slim likelihood of private sector managers applying the provisions of the proposed charter.
- David Howes, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and director of the Centre for Sensory Studies, is interviewed in New Scientist about the ways marketers are exploiting consumers’ senses. He mentions the work of Bianca Grohmann, professor in the Department of Marketing, on the effects of background music and fragrance on consumers’ opinions of shops.