November 25, 2013
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 25, 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 Financial Post publishes an article about the significance of expensive engagement rings and quotes Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing, who explains that the engagement ring has to be “financially painful” to signal one's “mating value to the world.” Saad also publishes an article in Psychology Today about the unrealistic depictions of women’s genitalia in pornography.
- Global News Montreal produces a segment about another southbound lane being shut down on the Champlain Bridge because of a worsening crack in one of its concrete beams and interviews Adel Hanna, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering. His appearance begins at 53 seconds and then again 1 minute and 51 seconds.
- Nora Jaffary, chair of the Department of History, was interviewed on CBC Daybreak this morning about her decision to wear a hijab in protest against Bill 60.
- La Presse publishes a story about the rising rate of couples that divorce following the birth of a baby. Daniel Dagenais, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is interviewed.
- Le Devoir features an article about the interim agreement reached Sunday that would limit the Iranian nuclear program and neutralize its stockpile of uranium in exchange for initial sanctions relief. The article quotes Julian Schofield, professor in the Department of Political Science.
- Micheline Lanctôt, instructor in the Department of Cinema, will receive the Jutra-Hommage during the 16th soirée des Jutras, which will air live on March 23, 2014 on ICI Radio-Canada Télé: Canoe.
- More than 50 Canadian art historians, curators and museum professionals have come together to launch the Art Canada Institute (ACI), a non-profit organization that distributes Canadian art and its history for free in both English and French. Among the first titles to be released is Michael Snow: A leading figure in new media and conceptual art, written by Martha Langford, professor in the Department of Art History: Free News POS and Le Lézard.
- The Silhouette features an article about a live chat held by the Canadian University Press to discuss how universities are meeting the needs of trans students. Gabrielle Bouchard, peer support and trans advocacy coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy, was among the Canadian experts discussing the issue.