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Mobile app transit map. 'Digital Natives'. Memory exercise.

Concordia in the news
Posted on January 27, 2016

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The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:   

  • Several media reprise a release about the latest work of Zachary Patterson, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment. The release focuses on Patterson's use of mobile technology, including the DataMobile app, which he developed at Concordia, to map the public transit system in Ghana's capital, Accra: Science Codex, Phys Org, Newswise, ECN Mag, Technobahn, AMEQ en ligne(behind a paywall).
  • Nation Talk posts an excerpt from a release about a new Concordia-led research partnership, funded through a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant, in support of the Initiative for Indigenous Futures (IIF) project. Read more in the Concordia story. 
  • France's Parents,  Europe 1 and Jamaica Observer join the continuing media coverage of a study led by Caroline Fitzpatrick, a researcher at Concordia's PERFORM Centre, and Linda Pagani of Université de Montréal, describing how putting toddlers through memory exercises can help them succeed later, in school.