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Bedeviled Bombardier. Teenage distress. Deductible meds. Hockey humanitarian award.

Concordia in the news
Posted on March 22, 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.

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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:

  • Isabelle Dostaler, management professor at the John Molson School of Business, is interviewed on Radio Canada cet après-midi, in Quebec City, about Bombardier's difficulty in attracting clients for its C-Series aircraft. The link to the Dostaler interview is found by clicking on "C- Series : qu'est-ce qui ne fonctionne pas?", toward the bottom of the show page.
  • Patti Ranahan, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, appeared on CBC Radio Montreal's Homerun yesterday (no link available) to discuss the suicide warning signs to observe among teenagers.
  • Net News Ledger reprises a recent piece in The Globe and Mail written by Kathleen O'Grady, research associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, in which she compiles a list of ten medical expenses that qualify for tax deductions.
  • En Beauce reports that Concordia Strength and Conditioning coach and former Stinger women's hockey player Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux has received the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) humanitarian action award. Breton-Lebreux is noted as a co-founder of the CWHL.