Crise d'identité. Smart sports bra. Syrian refugees and social media. About Julien Hébert. White roofs.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 20, 2016
Researchers in the news
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- Jean-Philippe Warren, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, appears in the Télé-Québec documentary, 'Crise d'identité', exploring the topic of the 'Québécois' identity. Warren is first seen at the 14:14-mark.
- CanTech Letter quotes Joanna Berzowska, associate professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts and member of the Milieux Textile and Materiality research cluster, in an article reporting that OMsignal, of which Berzowska is head of electronic textiles operations, has raised US $10-million to bring the company’s smart sports bra, the OMbra, to market. The article notes that Berzowska is founder and research director of Concordia's XS Labs, focusing on innovation in the fields of electronic textiles.
- Concordia PhD candidate Nadia Naffi was on Breakfast Television this morning to discuss her new research on integrating refugees and on the role played by social media in that process.
- Martin Racine, associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, is interviewed for Radio-Canada's 'Désautels le Dimanche' and Radio Canada International about his biographical book, Julien Hébert, fondateur du design moderne au Québec (Éditions du passage)
- Roofing Magazine, writing about the use of reflective roofs to improve building energy efficiency, references a 2012 Concordia study that described how white rooftops and light-colored pavements could help decrease atmospheric temperature in urban areas. The study was led by Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Damon Matthews, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment.