Effluent flap. Doomsday! Muslim strife. Hard times for community papers.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 16, 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:
- News media outlets continue to pick up a Canadian Press story citing biology professor James Grant about the federal government's decision to suspend the plan by the City of Montreal to dump eight billion litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence: National Post, Nation Talk, 24news.ca, 660 News, Inside Belleville, The Prince Rupert Northern View, Canadian Manufacturing, Plant,
- Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor in the Department of Religion, is quoted in a story in the Express (UK) about doomsday predictions and what motivates people to make them.
- Henry Habib, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science, was interviewed on theRadio Canada program 'Les samedis du monde', October 3, about strife among Muslims throughout the Middle East.
- Wayne Larsen, a part-time lecturer in the Department of Journalism, offers his perspective in an article in theMontreal Gazette about news that two English-language weeklies, The West Island Chronicle and theWestmount Examiner, are ceasing publication.