Duceppe debate challenge. Biohackers. Hero vs. bystander. Robots on the hustings. Human papillomavirus vaccine.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 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:
- Mireille Paquet, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted by the Canadian Press in an article about the challenges that faced Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe as he headed into last Friday's TVA debate. The article was picked up by The Globe and Mail and Huffington Post.
- CBC.ca talks to biology professor Vincent Martin about a home science kit marketed by a company called Synbiota that could help people become "biohackers" who could make their own genetically modified organisms. Martin says he doubts that anyone could do any real harm with Synbiota's kit. The article is reprised by Yahoo! News.
- Theresa Bianco, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, offers tips on how to be an everyday hero. The article relates to a recent episode of the CBC Radio program DNTO. Bianco appears on the program to talk about what differentiates a hero from a bystander. Listen to Bianco, heard at the 9-minute mark. Bianco is quoted also in a separate CBC.ca article about Montreal costumed crusader and hero "Lightstep", a product of the Lightstep volunteer outreach program.
- Le Devoir reprises an earlier story quoting Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, about the use of telemarketing robots by political parties in the current election campaign.
- Le Devoir publishes an open letter from Geneviève Rail, principal at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute (SdBI), Luisa Molino, research associate at the SdBI and McGill professor emeritus Abby Lippman in which they call for a moratorium on the human papillomavirus vaccine. The authors express several concerns about the vaccine, notably regarding its reported harmful side effects.
- Marc Lafrance, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is quoted in an article inLa Presse about the apparent increase in male preoccupation with body image.