Urban Outfitters fiasco, health myths and ISIS
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 16, 2014
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- The Toronto Star publishes an article about the faux-vintage Kent State sweatshirt sold by Urban Outfitters and quotes Zyenep Arsel, professor in the Department of Marketing. The story is reprised by Press Display.
- The Epoch Times reprises an article written by Kathleen O’Grady, research associate in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, in collaboration with University of Manitoba professor, Noralou Roos, who teaches in its Faculty of Medicine, which originally appeared in The Globe and Mail. The article discusses the five things Canadians get wrong about the health system.
- Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, appeared on CBC radio across the country today to discuss the gathering of more than 30 leaders in Paris to discuss a global response to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Matthews appeared on CBC Thunder Bay’s Superior Morning, CBC Gander’s Central Morning, CBC Ontario AM, CBC Saskatoon Morning, CBC Winnipeg’s Information Radio, CBC Victoria’s On the Island, CBC Kelowna’s Daybreak South and CBC Whitehorse’s A New Day.