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Concordia in the news
Posted on February 9, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

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:

  • The Suburban lists Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, among the participants in the upcoming conference Canada on the Global Stage: Exploring Canada's Image and Role in the World. The event, this Thursday and Friday, February 11 and 12, is hosted by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
  • Mireille Paquet, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was interviewed this morning on CBC Radio One's The Current, with Anna Maria Tremonti. Paquet spoke about the growing stir around recent remarks by feminists Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright, who have been critical of women who support Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination. Listen to the segment. 
  • The Province reprises an earlier piece from Postmedia quoting Daniel Salée, a professor of political science in the School of Community and Public Affairs, about a land claim settlement between the Quebec government and three Innu nations. The claim covers an 8,000-square-kilometre area in the Saguenay and Côte Nord regions. 
  • Bruno Delorme, a marketing professor at the John Molson School of Business, appeared on Radio Canada's 'L'heure du monde', Friday evening. He was heard at the 2:21 mark of a segment about economic spinoffs from the annual Super Bowl broadcast. Listen to the segment, titled 'Les avantages économiques d'accueillir le Super Bowl : Les explications'.