May 14, 2014

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• A study co-authored by Mia Consalvo, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, which found that a male gamer who chooses to play as a female character will still display signs of his true gender, was featured in Slate and Game Politics. Consalvo also appeared on CBC The National (appears at 1 minute and 37 seconds) to discuss her research in a segment about Nintendo ignoring the LGBTQ community in their game, Tomodachi Life.
  
  
• Political science researcher Elhadji Mbaye, who is a post-doctoral fellow under the Concordia University Research Chair in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health, appeared on RCI to discuss the stigma associated with the LGBTQ community and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mbaye is presenting two symposia during Acfas: Epistémologie des politiques de lutte contre le sida et Sida, and Homosexualité : controverses et circulations des personnes et des normes.
  
  
• Yves Gélinas, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, appeared on RCI to discuss the impact of fracking on the environment. Gélinas was among those organizing the Acfas symposium called, Impacts socioéconomiques et environnementaux d’une éventuelle exploitation de gaz de schiste au Québec.
  
  
• The National Post features an article about a new global poll revealing that Canadians are more likely to be anti-semitic than Americans. The article quotes Ira Robinson, director of the Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies. The story is also carried by Press Display. Robinson presented on Quebec’s anti-semitic history on Monday at Acfas.

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