March 3, 2014

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:

• An article in The Montreal Gazette discusses the growing number of self-checkouts at grocery stores and quotes two John Molson School of Business marketing professors, Jordan LeBel and Lea Katsanis.
  
  
• La Presse features an article about the birth of the contemporary gentleman and quotes Marc Lafrance, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
  
  
• Global Montreal published a blog post by Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director in the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, about the crisis in Ukraine.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette features a story about why more Canadians aren’t contributing to an RRSP and quotes Reena Atanasiadis, lecturer in the John Molson School of Business.
  
  
• The Financial Post reports that Mattel Inc. purchased the Lego and Mega Bloks manufacturer, Mega Brands Inc., for $460 million U.S. The story quotes Nina Howe, professor in the Department of Education and CRDH researcher, about why children love playing with Lego. The story is reprised by Press Display.
  
  
• The Sault Star publishes an op-ed by Karl Hele, professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, about the Anishinaabeg, Métis.
  
  
• Le Devoir interviews Trevor Gould, professor in the Department of Studio Arts, about his exhibit Belief Has No Reason which is being displayed at the Gallery Hugues Charbonneau until April 5.
  
  
• Yahoo! Actualités reports that the OQLF demanded that a Chelsea, Quebec business owner change her Facebook page into French. The article pulls a quote by Fenwick McKelvey, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, from an article that appeared in The Montreal Gazette on Friday, February 28.
  
  

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