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Balcony collapse. The truth about autism. Revolution of the Eye.

Concordia in the news
Posted on August 6, 2015

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

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:

  • Adel Hanna, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted in a text story on CBC.ca about the collapse of a condominium balcony in the Eastern Townships community of Brome Lake. The article is reprised by Yahoo! News.
  • The Waterloo Region Record picks up an opinion piece by Kathleen O'Grady, a research associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and mother of a boy with autism. O'Grady ponders misconceptions about autism and government handling of matters related to autism. The piece first appeared in the Montreal Gazette last week.
  • A piece in the online version of the Toronto Star mentions that Haidee Wasson, an associate professor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, is a consultant on Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, an ongoing exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York.