March 31, 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:

• The Globe and Mail publishes a book review written by David McGimpsey, who teaches in the Department of English. McGimpsey reviews Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos, written by Concordia alumnus, Jonah Keri.
  
  
• A column by Margaret Wente in The Globe and Mail discusses the study of pornography in academia and a new academic journal, Porn Studies. Wente mentions Evangelos Tziallas, a part-time instructor in the Department of Cinema, who sits on the editorial board of Porn Studies.
  
  
• Sina Queyras, who teaches in the Department of English, appeared on CBC’s All in a Weekend with Sonali Karnick to discuss her recent book of poetry, Memory x Time.
  
  
• Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director in the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, is quoted in La Presse in an article about Ukraine.
  
  
• Jordan LeBel, professor in the Department of Marketing, is quoted in Canadian Grocer in an article about self-serve checkouts at grocery stores.
  
  
• The Suburban publishes an op-ed by Suzanne Reisler Litwin, an instructor in the School of Extended Learning, about her experiences as a parent.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette features a story about the production of Attawapiskat is No Exception, co-created by Floyd Favel, a Cree playwright and Concordia writer-in-residence, and directed by Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer, who teaches in the Department of Theatre. In the same article, but in a discussion about a different play, (Scapegoat Carnivale’s Blind) Louis Patrick Leroux, professor in the Department of English and the Département d’études françaises, is mentioned.
  
  
• The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) announced the winners for ‘Best Paper’ and ‘Best Student Paper’ during the conclusion of the HBMSU Congress held at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. Danielle Morin and Samie Li Shang Ly who both teach in the John Molson School of Business’s Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management were among this year’s winners: Company News Egypt.
  
  
• The McGill Daily publishes a story about a vigil in honour of Loretta Saunders, an Indigenous woman who went missing earlier this year and was later found murdered. The story quotes Heather Igloliorte, a professor in the Department of Art History.

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