Tobacco ruling. Black Canadian Studies. Non-proliferation. Caitlyn Jenner.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 5, 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:
- 24news.ca reprises a commentary by Ian Irvine, professor in the Department of Economics, that appeared in the Thursday edition of The Globe and Mail. Irvine examines this week's Quebec Superior Court ruling against tobacco companies and expresses serious doubt that plaintiffs in the case will ever collect the $15-billion award.
- The Dalhousie University news service mentions the participation of Ted Rutland, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, in a recent Black Canadian Studies Association conference, hosted at Dalhousie. Rutland sat on a panel that discussed the topic "geography of anti-blackness in policing in Montreal".
- Y Net News reprises an opinion piece from i24News in which Yakub Halabi, a fellow at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, calls for Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in return for a Mideast Nuclear Free Zone.
- Gabrielle Bouchard, peer support and trans-advocacy coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy, appeared on CBC Radio's Daybreak program to discuss trans issues raised by the Vanity Fair cover picture of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner. Bouchard first appears at the 4:20 mark.