New food flavours, sex lives and more
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 29, 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 Radio-Canada program Les éclaireurs interviews Jordan Lebel, professor in the Department of Marketing and director of the eMBA program at the John Molson School of Business, about the need for the food industry to introduce new flavours in order to retain customers.
- An article in La Presse touches on research by Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing, that indicates people are content with their sex lives if they think they are doing better than their immediate neighbours. Saad`s findings were covered in the latest edition of Psychology Today.
- The Sault Star (subscription-only) publishes an op-ed by Karl Hele, professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs and director of the First Peoples Studies program, titled “Increased annuities, issuance of back payments, steps toward reconciliation.”
- La Presse + quotes Karen Herland, an instructor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, in a story about an exhibition at the Centre d’histoire de Montreal that includes a section about the history of prostitution in Montreal.