Anti-radicalization. Delinquency prevention. Helping sex assault survivors.

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, is heard in a telephone interview on yesterday's 6 pm news on CTV Montreal. He talks about current anti-radicalization efforts and the need for schools to help young people develop critical thinking about religion. Gagné is first heard at the 1:45 mark of the report. The CTV link includes a Canadian Press text version of the story, quoting Gagné.
• Marie Lamensch, researcher and assistant to the director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, tells CBCNews.ca that the money just announced by the Quebec government to prevent delinquency among at-risk youth in Saint-Léonard is of no help to middle-class kids in the area. Lamensch says middle class youths looking for a sense of belonging and identity often will turn to the internet, where they may be attracted to ISIS, among other agents of radicalization. 
• The National Post reprises a story from the Montreal Gazette quoting Jennifer Drummond, coordinator of the Sexual Assault Resource Centre at Concordia, about the work of a former Concordia student to help sexual assault victims. The former student, who is not identified but is also quoted in the article, has alleged that she was raped by three McGill Redmen football players in 2011. 

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