November 26, 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:

• Le Devoir (article with video) interviews Lynn Hughes, professor in the Department of Studio Arts, about Concordia's Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre and the ability of videogames to create social change.
  
  
• Louis Bherer, scientific director of the PERFORM Centre, appeared on Experts en série on Canal M to discuss healthy aging.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette publishes a piece about Concordia’s Sexual Assault Resource Centre and interviews the Centre’s coordinator, Jennifer Drummond.
  
  
• Marc Lafrance appeared on ICI Radio-Canada’s Médium Large yesterday to discuss the toxic masculinity of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
  
  
• Nora Jaffary, chair of the Department of History, was interviewed yesterday on CBC Daybreak about her decision to wear a hijab in protest against Bill 60. The article is reprised by Yahoo! Canada News, On Islam and Oumma.
  
  
• Micheline Lanctôt, instructor in the Department of Cinema, will receive the Jutra-Hommage during the 16^th soirée des Jutras, which will air live on March 23, 2014 on ICI Radio-Canada Télé: Le Journal de Québec.
  
  
• 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 information about 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: Village Gamer.
  

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