The PQ's PKP. Bombardier turbulence. Chocolate Chip Day. Queen Victoria's day. Soccer scouts. Power of abstention.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 19, 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:
- Department of Journalism lecturer Alan Conter is interviewed on CBC News Network about potential conflict of interest arising from the majority ownership of Québecor media assets by newly-elected Parti Québécois leader Pierre Karl Péladeau.
- Isabelle Dostaler, associate professor of marketing, is quoted in a Stockwatch news brief about the Quebec government's stated intention to support Bombardier and the 1,000 local employees affected by layoffs announced last Thursday. The quote is originally from an article in last Friday's Financial Post.
- Jordan LeBel, Marketing professor and director of the JMSB's EMBA program, was interviewed on CJAD's Tommy Schnurmacher Show, last Friday morning, about "national Chocolate Chip Day.”
- Estelle Bouthillier, Information and Documentation Analyst in the Office of the President and noted expert on the British monarchy, is quoted in a text story on cjob.com about Queen Victoria and Victoria Day. Bouthillier was also interviewed by Rebecca Salomon at ICI Radio Canada Windsor, Première chaîne, ‘Matins sans frontière’, on the same subject.
- Jonas Worth, assistant soccer coach and scout for Concordia is quoted in an article in The Mississauga Newsabout the 10th annual Umbro Top Rated Invitational Soccer College Showcase Tournament, a collegiate soccer scouting event held over the weekend in Mississauga.
- An article quoting psychology professor Jim Pfaus about the benefits of abstaining from masturbating is reprised by Trilha Mundos (in Portugese).