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Concordia in the news
Posted on June 30, 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:
- Le Devoir publishes an opinion piece by Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, in which Belkhodja calls on Quebec sovereignists to adapt their nationalist views to better reflect social and cultural changes in Quebec.
- Eva Pomeroy, lecturer in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, writes an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette about juggling family and work. Pomeroy calls for a shift in parents' and employers' attitudes toward childcare.
- The multimedia news service DW posts a video clip of Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Mathews talks about blocking Islamic State from spreading hate propaganda on line.
- Media continue to pick up a Canadian Press article quoting William Reimer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, about certain Canadian towns giving away parcels of land to attract prospective home builders: CBC.ca, CJAD.com, Huffington Post, The Hamilton Spectator, Plant and Noticias Montreal (in Spanish)