Trudeau goes to Washington. Indian Act. Parenting an autistic child. Stolen art. Paid sick leave.

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:

• Guy Lachapelle, professor in the Department of Political Science and Secretary General of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), was interviewed on Radio-Canada stations across the country this morning (no links yet available) to discuss Justin Trudeau's official visit to Washington.  Please note:Lachapelle is being interviewed about the Trudeau visit also on RDI, today at 10:45 am. 
• Turtle Island News reprises an earlier article by Karl Hele, associate professor in and director of the First Peoples Studies program. Hele cautions Native band leaders against an outright elimination of the Indian Act without first providing for new, representative Native governance structures.
• Net News Ledger picks up a piece by Kathleen O'Grady, a research associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, who shares readers' responses to articles she has written about her experiences parenting a child with autism.
• The Westmount Independent writes about "An Evening in Tribute to the Max Stern Art Restitution Project", held last November. Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs at Concordia and director of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, who attended the event at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, is referenced and pictured. Guests at the event were shown a preview of Stolen, a documentary about Max Stern.
• Foreign Affairs (New Zealand) and Health.com quote Gary Johns, professor emeritus of management, in an article about a recent study in the U.S. according to which workers without paid sick leave are likelier to go without medical care for themselves or their family when they're ill. 

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