Iran relations. O'Toole, the feminist. Presidential wagers. Market downturn.
Concordia in the news
Posted on January 25, 2016
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:
- Richard Foltz, founding director of and professor in the Centre for Iranian Studies at Concordia, writes an opinion piece in La Presse +. He calls on the new Liberal government in Ottawa to follow up on its election promise to renew diplomatic relations with Iran, severed in 2012 by the previous Conservative government.
- Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, is interviewed in Ireland's The Journal about her work as a feminist and about reaction to her first book, Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently (Orion).
- Graham Dodds, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Sylvia Kairouz, an associate professor in the department of Sociology and Anthropology, are quoted in a piece in Le Devoir about Loto Quebec's first foray into the realm of political wagering, with bets opening today on the race to replace U.S. president Barak Obama.
- Arvind Jain, finance professor at the John Molson School of Business, was a guest, last Thursday morning, on CBC's Daybreak. Jain discussed the current downturn in the stock market. (no link available)