March 17, 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:

• Claude Martel, professor in the Department of Education, appeared on Breakfast Television this morning to discuss the missing Malaysia airline flight 370.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette features a story about the Irish immigrants participation in the 1837-38 Rebellions between Upper and Lower Canada. The article interviews Jane McGaughey, professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette discusses the influence of social media on political campaigns and quotes Fenwick McKelvey, professor in the Department of Communication Studies.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette publishes an article about Québecor owner, Pierre Karl Péladeau, entering the provincial election as a Parti Québécois candidate and quotes Mike Gasher, professor in the Department of Journalism.
  
  
• Harold Simpkins, professor in the Department of Marketing, was interviewed on CBC News about election advertisements.
  
  
• Guy Lachapelle, professor in the Department of Political Science, appeared as a panelist on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss the Quebec election.
  
  
• Gilbert Émond, professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, is quoted in an article in The Montreal Gazette about the 1989 murder of Joe Rose, young man who was killed on a Montreal bus for being gay.
  
  
• Joanna White, professor in the Department of Education, comments on the usefulness of French private schools offering English second-language courses for children: The Montreal Gazette.
  
  
• La Presse publishes an article about the conflict in Syria and quotes Henri Habib, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science.
  
  
• Le Devoir features an article about the John Molson School of Business’s Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate (SIPC), an online program that provides basic sustainability training to investment professionals, and quotes Julie Ricard, Manager of Business Development in the Executive Centre.
  
  
• The Ottawa Citizen publishes an article about fighting obesity and quotes Jordan LeBel, professor in the Department of Marketing, who also sits on the Scientific Committee for Obesity Prevention at the Government of Quebec’s Institut national de santé publique to develop solutions to combat obesity. The article was reprised by The Leader Post.
  
  
• The Winnipeg Herald reports that the book Stripmalling written by Jon Paul Fiorentino, a professor in the Department of English, has been optioned as a screenplay to be developed by Farpoint films.

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