Grey Nuns building, swearing allegianc, evolutionary consumerism and more

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, in both hardcopy and online, features a story and a video about the renovation of the Grey Nuns building. The article quotes Clarence Epstein, senior director of urban and cultural affairs. CTV News Montreal featured a segment on their 6 p.m. news (segment begins at 17 minutes and 6 seconds) and 11:30 p.m. broadcast (segment begins at 6 minutes and 51 seconds) which features an interview with Concordia President Alan Shepard at 7 minutes and 22 seconds. CTV also posts an article on their website to accompany the video.
  
  
• The Guardian publishes an op-ed by Emer O’Toole, professor of The School of Canadian Irish Studies, about the problem of becoming a Canadian citizen and swearing allegiance to the Queen of England.
  
  
• Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing, appeared on The Adam Carolla Show (appearance begins at 30 minutes) to discuss evolutionary consumerism. 
  
  
• François Morelli, professor in the Department of Studio Arts, is quoted in an article in The Montreal Gazette about photographer Lida Moser who died on Tuesday in Washington at 94.
  
  
• The National Post publishes an article about the anti-semitic remarks made by Gilles Proulx on Montreal’s Radio X last Friday, following a column he wrote for Le Journal de Montréal about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The article quotes Ira Robinson, interim director of the Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies.

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