PKP resignation. O'Toole on CJAD. Paquet on Homerun. Mendell in Korea. Suitable exercise.

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:

• Several more media join the dozens that have picked up a Canadian Press article quoting Guy Lachapelle, professor in the Department of Political Science, about the resignation of Pierre Karl Péladeau as leader of the Parti Québécois: The Hamilton Spectator, The Mississauga News, The Prince Rupert Northern View, Canadian Manufacturing and National Newswatch.
• Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, co-hosted with Dave Kaufman on CJAD's "Exchange" program yesterday, discussing current events. 
• Mireille Paquet, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was a guest on CBC's Homerun (no link available), where she discussed the challenges for politicians of balancing family and public life. Yesterday's interview related to the Péladeau resignation.
• Several Korean media report on the recent  writes about the recent visit to Seoul, South Korea of Marguerite Mendell, professor and graduate program director in the School of Community and Public Affairs. Mendell was in Seoul for a conference on the social economy, hosted by the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF):  Mendell tells Hani (in Korean) about social insertion projects for Quebec youth, including Insertech, which reconditions and sells computers. The article references Concordia's Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, of which Mendell is director; Newsis (in Korean) reports on a lecture by Mendell on cooperative economic pactices, including urban agriculture in Montreal; Pn (in Korean) covered another lecture by Mendell where she discussed the history of Quebec's and Montreal's social and cooperative economy; Jewonmae (in Korean) posted a preview of a lecture on the social economy Mendell gave last Sunday.
• Malaysian Digest reprises an earlier Huffington Post article that explains how people can establish a workout to suit their personality. It quotes James Gavin, professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, from an earlierHuffington Post article on the same subject. 

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