October 21, 2013
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 21, 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:
- James Gavin, professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, is quoted in The Huffington Post in an article about the importance of choosing a workout regimen that you enjoy.
- Harold Chorney, professor in the Department of Political Science, is quoted in an article that discusses a federal challenge to Bill 99, which is the law that allows for Quebec sovereignty if 50 per cent plus one of the province’s electorate vote for independence: Global News Montreal.
- QMI Agency reports on the shrinking rural Ontario communities due to the numerous factory closures and quotes Bill Reimer, professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who provides six suggestions for helping rural areas reassert their importance. The article appears in the Fort Erie Times, The Sault Star, Northumberland Today, The Niagara Falls Review, The Barrie Examiner, The Brockville Recorder, The Toronto Sun, The St. Catharines Standard, The Simcoe Reformer, The Observer, The Intelligencer, The Kenora Daily, The Chatham Daily News, The Timmins Press, The Brantford Expositor, The Sudbury Star, The St. Thomas Times Journal, The Stratford Beacon Herald, The Peterborough Examiner, The Welland Tribune, The London Free Press, The Whig, The Owen Sound Suntimes, The Woodstock Sentinel Review and The Standard-Freeholder.
- Evangelos Tziallas, instructor in the Department of Cinema, presented at the conference Apps and Affect conference at the University of Western Ontario on Saturday, October 19: The London Free Press.
- The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre is hosting its annual Holocaust Education Series from October 23 to November 4. On October 31, Steven High, professor in the Department of History, will speak on the potential of new media in the transmission of the memory of the Holocaust: The Canadian Jewish News.
- Enterra Insights (blog) discusses a recent biography of Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman and mentions a lecture given by William Byers, professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, called “The New Know,” which also focused on Feynman.