Who is an Indian? Orlando ISIS connection? Irish abortion convention.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 20, 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:
- Karl Hele, associate professor in and director of the First Peoples Studies program in the School of Community and Public Affairs, writes an analytical piece in the Sault Star on the recent Supreme Court ruling that Métis and non-status Indians fall under Section 91(24) of the Canadian Constitution, and therefore, must be considered Indian.
- OpenCanada.org publishes a piece by André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies, who examines the Orlando nightblub massacre and considers the extent to which the gunman may have been inspired by ISIS.
- Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies writes, a piece in The Irish Times critical of a citizen's convention on abortion, being planned by Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, or prime minister of Ireland, and Ireland's Minister for Defence.