Global Progress summit. Countering discrimination. United against AIDS. Bean-counting outside the box? Deindustrialization lecture.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 16, 2016
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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:
- Mireille Paquet, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, was interviewed by Martine Bordeleau on Radio-Canada Winnipeg’s Le 6 à 9. Paquet discussed the Global Progress summit that was held in Montreal September 14 and 15, which welcomed 200 delegates from over 20 countries.
- Daniel Salée, professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Community and Public Affairs, is listed among the signatories to an open letter, published in Le Devoir, pressing the Quebec government for a series of concrete and sustained measures to counter racial and other systemic discrimination.
- Huffington Post Québec publishes a letter urging decision makers and all other stakeholders to move beyond slogans and unite in concrete action against AIDS. It coincides with the start, today, of the 'Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria', being held in Montreal. Three Concordians are found among the dozens of signatories to the letter: Martin French, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Gilbert Émond, associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, and Karen Herland, part time faculty in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
- Michel Magnan, professor in the Department of Accountancy and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance, is quoted in an article in Le Devoir about concerns expressed by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) that a growing number of companies are using non-compliant reporting methods in their communications with investors.
- The Bulletin picks up an earlier release announcing that history professor Steven High will give a lecture as part of the Kilbourn lecture series in Toronto on Monday, October 17. High's talk will be titled 'The Deindustrialization of the Senses: a Multi-Sensory Approach to Intangible Heritage'.