The real world of video games. Tekky teachers. Fighting cancer. The Oldest Game.Elles étaient seize.

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• Le Devoir (pdf) writes about the work on video game design of Jonathan Lessard, assistant professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts. The article includes an on-camera interview with Lessard, where we see a picture of the EV Building as a backdrop.
• An article in The Charlatan about technology in education mentions the research of professor and Chair in the Department of Education Richard Schmid into the use of technology in the classroom.
• Destination Santé writes about Concordia research, led by associate professor of biology Vladimir Titorenko, into the cancer-fighting potential of a naturally produced bile acid in the human liver. The study was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
• Courrier International and RTBF (Belgium) write about the work of a team led by Sandra Gabriele, professor and interim chair of Communication Studies, and Lisa Lynch, associate professor of journalism, on the web-based game The Oldest Game, which seeks to de-stigmatize sex work in the wake of the Supreme Court's Bedford decision and Bill C-36. The article includes a video of the game's official trailer and a link to an article that appeared last month  in The Globe and Mail.
• Journalists Judith Lussier and Anne Lagacé Dowson are interviewed on the Radio Canada (occurs at 9:39 and titled “Elles étaient seize, lu par Anne Legacé Dawson et Judith Lussier) program Médium Large about the book Elles étaient seize, by Linda Kay, associate professor of Journalism.

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