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Online radicalization. Truth about autism. Tonga conference.

Concordia in the news
Posted on March 31, 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:

  • André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theology, was interviewed in-studio on CTV Montreal's 6pm newscast yesterday about Islamist radicalization of youths. The interview was part of CTV's local coverage of the arrest and arraignment of a Pierrefonds man for allegedly making terrorist threats. The Gagné segment begins at the 12:25 mark. Gagné is also quoted in the text version of the CTV story.
  • Montreal Families reprises an earlier piece by Kathleen O'Grady in which the Simone de Beauvoir Institute research associate explains why she writes in the mainstream media about parenting a child with autism. 
  • Matangi Tonga Online lists Robert Valdmanis, lecturer in the School of Community and Public Affairs, among the participants at a conference titled "Negotiations and Public affairs", on now in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.