April 28, 2014
Concordia in the news
Posted on December 9, 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:
- Concordia is partnering with The Walrus magazine for The Walrus Talks Human Rights, an event that takes place in Toronto on May 7. The Globe and Mail (see attached) publishes an interview with event participants Frank Chalk, Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and professor in the Department of History, and Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of MIGS. The first of the two Concordia-Walrus talks will be held in Ottawa tonight, the event is sold out but you can live-stream the event.
- Marc Lafrance, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, appeared on Radio-Canada’s Médium-Large this morning to discuss affirmative action.
- Le Soleil interviews Pascale Biron, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, about why dredging rivers is not a long term solution to flooding. Biron will also be on Radio FM 93 in Quebec City this afternoon to discuss a similar topic.
- Le Devoir interviews Henri Habib, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science, about the elections in Iraq that will take place on Wednesday, April 30.
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an article about Montreal-based studio, Spearhead Games, that has opened to the public every aspect of the development of its current project. The article quotes Jonathan Lessard, professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts.
- Daily Nation writes about Abracadabra, a Concordia program that is used by the Aga Khan Development Network. The program aids students in numeracy, reading and comprehension skills. The article quotes Philip Abrami, professor in the Department of Education. The article is reprised by Hispanic Business.
- FARS News interviews Richard Foltz, director of the Centre for Iranian Studies and professor in the Department of Religion, about the different aspects of Persian culture and the contributions of Iranian people to sciences, arts and literature throughout the history.
- Le Devoir features a story about the 16th annual Blue Metropolis Festival and mentions that Josip Novakovich, professor in the Department of English, will be speaking on Sunday, May 4 at 12:30.