WWI, wildlife tourism, Social media & food policy, Motherhood & autism and Reducing sloshing
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 25, 2014
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:
- The Montreal Gazette interviews Norman Ingram, professor in the Department of History, about the centenary of World War I.
- Katja Neves-Graca, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is quoted in an article about whale watching and how "non-consumptive" wildlife tourism is problematic: Ockham’s Razor National Radio.
- The Canadian Grocer quotes Harold Simpkins, professor in the Department of Marketing, about how shoppers are using social media to change food policies.
- Straight.com reprises an op-ed originally published in The Montreal Gazette, written by Kathleen O’Grady, researcher in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, about being a mother of an autistic son.
- HCB features an article about the use of baffles to reduce sloshing in liquid cargo tank containers and road tankers during road transport. The story mentions that the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) commissioned research from the Concordia Centre for Advanced Vehicle Engineering (Concave) in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.