Responsible investing, Scottish independence 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:

• Le Devoir features a special section on responsible investing and features an interview with Marguerite Mendell, vice-principal and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, about the CAP Finance report.
  
  
• Guy Lachapelle, professor in the Department of Political Science, was interviewed by PRI’s The World about the Scottish independence vote.
  
  
• Harold Chorney, professor in the Department of Political Science, is quoted in Métro Montréal about the negative image that Quebecers have of politicians in light of a 2013 survey that showed that less than 12% of Quebecers find them trustworthy. 
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette publishes an article about the release of the original Beatles LPs on vinyl in mono and quotes Mark Corwin, professor in the Department of Music. The article is reprised by The Leader-Post, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, The Star Phoenix, The Edmonton Journal, The Ottawa Citizen and The Vancouver Sun.
  
  
• La Presse publishes an article about babies who speak with their hands and quotes Diane Poulin-Dubois, professor in the Department of Psychology and a CRDH researcher.
  
  
• Estelle Bouthillier, Concordia’s monarchy specialist, appeared on Radio-Canada’s Ça parle au Nord about the royal visit of Sophie, Countess of Wessex in North Bay.
  
  
• Erica Lehrer, professor in the Department of History, was interviewed (in Polish) on RDC in Warsaw, Poland about her new book Lucky Jews, based on her exhibition, "Souvenir, Talisman, Toy," at Krakow's Ethnographic Museum.
  
  
• Damon Matthews, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, is quoted in an article about coal-fired power plants emitting 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere: Standard.
  
  
• The Montreal Gazette publishes an article about the Quebec budget and quotes Ian Irvine, professor in the Department of Economics.
  
  
• CJAD publishes an article on their website about a protest regarding the lack of access to abortion in New Brunswick. The article quotes Julie Michaud, administrative coordinator for the Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia.
  
  
• Le Huffington Post Québec 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.
  
  
• Lucian Turcescu, chair and professor in the Department of Theology, is interviewed in a Romanian-language publication, Ziare, about teaching religion in public schools in Canada and the US.
  
  
• The Northumberland View features an article about the Northumberland Learning Connection’s Fall 2014 series and mentions that Jane Francis, professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, will be giving a hands-on examination of ancient pottery.
  
  
• Karl Hele, professor in the First Peoples Studies program, will be speaking on a panel as part of the Social Equity and Diversity Education to discuss Indigenous relationships with academia: The McGill Daily.

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