Memorial to journalists. Fighting ISIS. Life with autism. Regal birth. Aboriginal land. Say on pay. Van Sant night.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 4, 2015
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 Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece by Linda Kay, associate professor in the Department of Journalism, who writes about the International Memorial to Journalists, in Bayeux, France. The names of more than 2,000 journalists killed while covering the news of the world since 1944 are carved into the memorial's stone pillars. The piece is reprised by The Vancouver Sun and The Windsor Star.
- Le Huffington Post Québec publishes an opinion piece by Marie Lamensch, a collaborator who works in Concordia’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, about fighting ISIS.
- Troy Media reprises an opinion piece by Simone de Beauvoir Institute research associate Kathleen O'Grady in which she recounts her experiences trying to organize a birthday party for her autistic son. The piece originally appeared in The Chicago Tribune, last December.
Information and Documentation Analyst Estelle Bouthillier, a noted specialist on the British monarchy, was interviewed in studio on Nouvelles LCN , Saturday morning at 6:30 and 8:30, about the birth of a second baby to Prince William and Kate Middleton. Bouthillier appears at the 50-second mark. She was also interviewed for the TVA program Salut Bonjour Weekend (no link available). - A release from Northern Ontario Business about an aboriginal land management symposium, opening today at Algoma University, mentions that keynote speakers will include Karle Hele, associate professor and director of the First Peoples Studies Program.
- Radio-Canada.ca reprises an earlier article quoting accountancy professor Michel Magnan about recent shareholder votes against certain executive compensation packages.
- Indie Wire mentions the participation of Film Studies professor emeritus Mario Falsetto in a recent evening of conversation with film director Gus Van Sant at the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon.