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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 29, 2016
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:
- Frank Chalk, professor in the Department of History and director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, is quoted in a piece in LaPresse.ca about the sentencing of Radovan Karadzic, former leader of the breakaway republic of Serbia, convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the MIGS, is quoted in an article in Le Devoir about pressure on Canada to follow the lead of the EU parliament and the U.S. House of Representatives and declare that ISIL attacks on Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Muslims in Syria and Iraq constitute a genocide. Matthews was also featured on Global TV’s Focus Montreal discussing last week’s terrorist attacks on Brussels.
- André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies, was interviewed on Radio-Canada’s Désautels le dimanche about the role of religion in attacks such as the ones in Brussels.
- LaPresse.ca quotes Michel Magnan, management professor and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance, throughout an article that examines the decision by David Baazov to stay on as CEO of gaming and online gambling company Amaya Inc., despite having been charged with insider trading.
- Jordan LeBel, associate professor of marketing and director of the John Molson Executive MBA Program, is quoted in a Postmedia Network piece about chocolate: its reported health benefits and what chocolate preferences say about an individual's personality. The article is picked up by the Ottawa Sun, Toronto Sun and Edmonton Sun.
- Jim Pfaus, a professor in the Department of Psychology, talks about the benefits of occasional masturbation as a stress-reducer. The quote appears in an article in Area H (in Portugese) about what happens to people who masturbate frequently and suddenly stop.