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Illness and isolation. Game space. The works of Cha.

Concordia in the news
Posted on February 17, 2015

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  • Canarias 7  and Valencia Plaza write in Spanish about new research conducted by MA candidate Meaghan Barlow, PhD candidate Sarah Liu, and psychology professor Carsten Wrosch, into the effects of illness on a person's sense of social isolation. Health Day, @Hon and Drugs.com also report on the research. The study is published in Health Psychology. 
  • Articles posted by GamesIndustry.biz and PocketGamer.biz mention that Concordia is a partner in GamePlay Space: a place where independent video game developers can meet and work. An article Le Journal de Québec mentions that Concordia is involved through the TAG Research Centre.
  • PatWhite writes about the research of Monika Kin Gagnon, associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies, into the collected works of the late Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. The article announces an exhibition of Cha's work, opening March 4 at the DHC/ART Fondation pour l’art contemporain.