Social media and politics. Montreal effluents. Parliamentary diversity. Education against radicalization. Census. Energiewende. Self-pleasure.

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:

• Fenwick McKelvey, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, talks to the Vancouver Sun about the strong social media presence of federal political parties during the recent election campaign.
• Paul Goubko, cocurricular record assistant in the Dean of Students office, is cited in an article in The Globe and Mail pertaining to the challenges facing students who find they must expand their skill sets beyond the specific curriculum they have chosen in university. Mai-Gee Hum, director of career management services at the John Molson School of Business, is also quoted. The article states that Concordia is among the universities that help students evaluate and record the skills they develop separate from academics. 
• The Canadian Press posts its original story on 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. Biology professor James Grant is cited. 
• Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and a professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, talks to The Guardian about ethnic diversity in Canada's newly elected Parliament.
• Québec Sciences writes about André Gagné, associate professor in the departments of Religion and Theological Studies, and his insight into the value of education as a tool to help prevent the radicalization of young people, notably by Islamic extremists. (See the article titled "Le prévention passe par l'éducation," on page four of the PDF that can be downloaded here.)
• Danielle Gauvreau, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is listed among the signatories to an open letter in the Montreal Gazette and the Journal de Montréal calling on prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau to quickly reverse an order-in-council of the Harper government abolishing the mandatory nature of the Canadian census. The letter condemns the 2010 decision as "anti-science."
• Damon Matthews, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, talks to Huffington Post blogger Loukia Papadopoulos about Energiewende, Germany's energy transition program, and its emission targets.
• Psychology professor Jim Pfaus is cited in an article in Your Tango about the scientific benefits of not masturbating. 

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