Criminal code on consent. ISIS motivation. Genocide studies. Self-discovery. Final (fashionable) Fantasy. Accused slavers. ACT on Wikipedia. VLB symposium.

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:

• Global Television in Montreal complements its reporting on the Jian Gomeshi sex assault trial with an on-camera interview of Jennifer Drummond,  coordinator of Concordia's Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), who talked about how the Criminal Code defines sexual consent and assault. Watch an excerpt of the interview. Please note: the interview with Drummond will be aired in its entirety on Global's 'Focus Montreal' this Saturday at 5:30 pm and again on Sunday, 7:30 am and 11:30 am.
• CBC.ca turns to André Gagné, an associate professor in the Department of Religion and the Department of Theological Studies, for his perspective on ISIS, its motivation and the shifting political rhetoric around the Islamist organization. Gagné insists on the religious extremist current in the ISIS ideology.
• The Canadian Jewish News writes about the campaign by Heidi Berger, an instructor at Concordia's Centre for Continuing Education, to make the study of genocide compulsory in all Quebec high schools.
• Jim Pfaus, a professor in the Department of Psychology, is quoted in a piece in attn.com about masturbation and what happens when people who masturbate frequently suddenly stop. The quote of Pfaus is from an earlier article (Vice, May, 2015) in which Pfaus talks about the benefits of occasional masturbation as a stress-reducer and as a means of self-discovery.
• Lifestyle reprises an earlier article (Bloomberg) quoting Mia Consalvo, a professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design. Consalvo offers insight into the emphasis on fashion for the characters in the popular video game franchise, 'Final Fantasy'. 
• Jean-François Mayer, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, is quoted in an article inLaPresse.ca about the trial, in Guatemala, of two former Guatemalan soldiers accused of murder, sexual violence and other crimes in a noted case of sexual slavery that occurred some thirty years ago.
• ACT Project announces that Shannon Hebblethwaite, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, will co-host 'Ageing & Intervention in Wikipedia: A Virtual Summit', February 8th and 26th. The purpose of the webinar is to help Ageing, Communication, Technologies(ACT) researchers edit Wikipedia pages. 
• Fabula posts a call for papers for 'Les formes populaires de l’oralité chez Victor-Lévy Beaulieu', a literary symposium set for April, 2017. Patrick Leroux, an associate professor in the Département d'Études Françaises and in the Department of English, is listed among the members of the organizing and scientific committees for the symposium.

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