Genocide studies. Saudi arms deal. Water wars. Mulcair ouster. Battle for New York. Greenhouse remedies. Manufacturing technology show. The case for Hillary.

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:

• Heidi Berger, an instructor at Concordia's Centre for Continuing Education, is featured in a piece in Le Devoir that looks at Berger's efforts to have the Quebec government introduce the study of genocide to the province's high school curriculum. The article quotes Kyle Matthews , who says he is struck by the lack of information young Quebecers and Canadians are receiving about crimes against humanity. Coverage also appears in the National Post, Times Colonist, L’actualité and The Daily Courier.
• Last Friday, Matthews also discussed Canada’s recently reported arms deal with Saudi Arabia on CTV Montreal's noon news. The Matthews segment begins at the 28:25 mark.
• Peter Stoett, professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, is quoted in an article in an opinion piece in the Shoreline Beacon (Port Elgin, Ontario) about military and paramilitary commanders, notably in Syria and Somalia, targeting civilian water supplies.
• Steelers Lounge reproduces an excerpt from an earlier Reuters article about the ouster of NDP party leader Thomas Mulcair paraphrasing political science professor Guy Lachapelle.
• LaPresse.ca reprises an earlier article from La Presse + quoting Lachapelle about the battle in the New York primary between Democratic party presidential nomination hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
• CBC Daybreak Montreal tweeted that staff at Concordia's greenhouse were on the show this morning with allergy-fighting tips (no link available).
• Prototype Today reprises an earlier release listing Concordia among the participants at next month's Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show. Concordia is scheduled to make a presentation on technical education. 
• The Irish Times runs a new opinion piece countering an earlier op-ed by Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, who had stated her case in favour of Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Democratic primaries. 

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