S. Lynch, Kyle Matthews, G. Lachapelle, A. Conter, K. O'Grady, L. Lynch, B. Slack, B. Jones, K. Hele, R. Soroka, E. Lehrer, S. K. Goyal, H. Chorney, Y. Halabi, R. Foltz.

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:

• Shaun Lynch, lecturer in the Department of Marketing, was interviewed on CBC’s Homerun about philanthropy and charitable giving during the holiday season. (no link available) (2014-12-23)
• Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) was interviewed on CTV Montreal about the challenges involved in stopping the terrorist organization ISIS in 2015. (2015-01-02)
• Matthews also wrote an opinion piece in the Ottawa Citizen about the global increase in terrorist attacks targeting schools.  (2015-01-01)
• The Canadian Press repeats an article it first ran in mid-December in which it quotes political science professor Guy Lachapelle about Pierre Karl Péladeau's bid for the Parti Québécois leadership. The article is picked up by the Waterloo Region Record and thestar.com. (2014-12-25)
• Journalism department lecturer Alan Conter is quoted in a story in L’Autre Voix  about the ethics of news satire and fake news. (12/25) The article is reprised in Le Soleil de Chateauguay, Hebdos Régionaux Montérégie, Journal la Revue, Le Lac-St-Jean, Le Bulletin,  La Presse, La Presse Plus and L'Étoile du Lac (2014-12-30/, 2015-01-01)
• Kathleen O’Grady, research associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, writes an article in Le Huffington Post-Québecabout how to converse with an autistic child. The article is picked up by Le Soleil and blogger Elise Dupuis.(2014-12-30)
• Journalism associate professor Lisa Lynch is quoted in an article in Aljazeera America about breaches in online security. (2014-12-27)
• Brian Slack, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, appears on a radio program on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about the history of maritime container shipping. The ABC provides a link to audio and a transcription of the report. (2014-12-29)
• Brice Jones, doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Religion Department, is quoted in a Daily Mail Online article on concerns about the handling of ancient Egyptian and Roman manuscripts. The article is picked up by This Is Money, The Hornet, theSaudi Gazette and Al Arabiya's English edition, Jones is quoted also in a separate story on the manuscripts, posted by The Telegraph. (2014-12-29)
• First Peoples Studies program director and associate professor Karl Hele writes about New Year’s celebrations among Ontario’s Anishinaabeg. The article appears in the opinion column of the Sault Star. (2014-12-29)
• Robert Soroka, instructor at the Centre for Continuing Education, appears in a television news segment about Boxing Day shopping on CBC’s Montreal at 6. (2014-12-29)
• Erica Lehrer, assistant professor in the History Department and the Sociology and Anthropology department is quoted at length in an article in The Times of Israel about the phenomenon of "Lucky Jew" figurines in Poland. (2014-12-30)
• Suresh K. Goyal, professor at the JMSB, appears in a list of favourite quotes in a Montreal Gazette retrospective of the year in business. (2014-12-30)
• Political Science professor Harold Chorney is quoted in a Canadian Press article about the resignation of Bloc Québécois vice-president Annie Lessard. The article is picked up by Maclean's, Huffington Post, the Ottawa Star, Medicine Hat News,Soo Today and the Brandon Sun. (2015-01-01)
• Yakub Halabi, research associate at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, writes an opinion piece in i24 news about the state of democracy in Tunisia. (2015-01-01)
• Religion professor Richard Foltz writes an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette in which he advocates an independent Iraqi Kurdistan. The piece is reprised by The Province and The Windsor Star. (2015-01-01)

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