Summer learning loss. Pokémon Go craze. Inclusion of autistic children.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 4, 2014
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:
- Helena Osana, associate professor in the Department of Education, provides tips to help parents prevent summer learning loss in children on CBC Montreal News. Osana’s work focuses on mathematical cognition and instruction. The item is reprised by Canada Standard.
- Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, discussed the Pokémon Go phenomenon on CTV Montreal. The piece aired on the 6 o’clock newscast on Sunday, July 24.
- The Afro News reprises a The Toronto Star piece by Kathleen O'Grady, research associate in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, which discusses teaching to and inclusion of autistic children in the community at school and beyond.