Assistive technologies. Transit mapping app. Presenteeism.

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• The graduate research of Ageing Communication Technology (ACT) Project research assistant and communications Master’s student Michelle Macklem is featured in an audio documentary Macklem produced for CBC radio’s ‘Spark’ program, heard Sunday afternoons on CBC Radio One at 1:05 and rebroadcast Wednesday at 2:05. Macklem talks about her work on assistive technologies, like eye glasses. Listen to Macklem’s  segment, where she investigates how human ability interacts with technology.
• The Municipal Information Network joins the media picking up a report on the latest work of Zachary Patterson, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment. The report describes Zachary's use of smart phones and the DataMobile app he developed at Concordia to map the public transit system in Ghana's capital, Accra.
• The Seattle Times joins the coverage of a study of the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism, conducted by management professor Gary Johns and University of East Anglia academic Mariella Miraglia.

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