Botswana elections, St-Jean attack, Pope vs homosexuality
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 2, 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:
- All Africa publishes an opinion piece by Amy Poteete, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, about the current political situation in Botswana in the run-up to parliamentary elections on October 24.
- The Montreal Gazette interviewed Chedly Belkhodja, principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs, about the radicalization of Canadians such as Martin Couture Rouleau, the man police say was responsible for attacking two soldiers in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. (A podcast of the interview is at the bottom of the article.)
- Donald Boisvert, chair of the Department of Religion, was interviewed yesterday on CTV News Montreal about the catholic synod and the Pope’s recent pronouncements on homosexuality.