Iceland pilgrimage. Brain-healthy bilingualism. Grimposium 2016.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 23, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- Matthew Anderson, lecturer in the Department of Theological Studies and pilgrimage expert, was interviewed, July 27, on CBC Radio's 'All in a Weekend' about his recent pilgrimage to Iceland.
- Krista Byers-Heinlein is quoted in an article in Deutsche Welle (in English and in German) about the positive impact on brain health of speaking more than one language. The piece references Byers-Heinlein's research on the subject of bilingualism.
- Montreal Rampage writes about the recent Grimposium 2016, the annual Concordia symposium created by Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor in the department of education, in support of research into the metal music genre.