Truth behind brain games, Canada and Ebola 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:

• TIME features an article about whether brain games actually help enhance your cognitive ability and quotes Karen Li, professor and head of the Laboratory for adult development and cognitive aging.
  
  
• The Globe and Mail publishes an op-ed co-authored by Frank Chalk, professor in the Department of History and director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, with Roméo Dallaire, the founder of the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, a retired lieutenant-general and former Liberal Senator and Force Commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, and James Orbinski, MD, a research Chair and professor in Global Health at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, in Waterloo, Canada. The piece addresses the need for Canada to be a leader in the fight against Ebola.
  
  
• La Presse Canadienne reports that responsible investing is becoming increasingly important in Quebec according to a new study. The article quotes Marguerite Mendell,vice-principal and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs. The article appears in La Presse, Le Devoir and 98,5 FM. Mendell discussed the same subject on RDI Économie yesterday.

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