Growing old at home. Clinton/Trump faceoff. Resisting positivity. Climate change talk. Saks Québécois. Mises en récit.

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:

• Patrick Marier, professor in the Department of Political Science and Concordia Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy, participates in a discussion on Radio Canada's Desautels le Dimanche of the decision to grow old at home. He is heard throughout the program, in parts one, two and three. Marier is quoted in an accompanying Radio-Canada.ca article (reprised by Huffington Post Québec).
• Graham Dodds, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was on Breakfast Television Montreal this morning to preview the first of three presidential election debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, this evening. Please note: Dodds will return to Breakfast Television tomorrow morning to analyze the debate. 
• Andrew Ryder, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, is quoted in a piece in The Globe and Mail that delves into the social phenomenon of "positivity" in dealing with serious illness and why some patients reject the notion of adopting a cheerful and positive attitude toward life-threatening disease.
• The Montreal Gazette's weekly Tip Sheet of coming events includes an announcement of a talk by Damon Matthews, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, at a meeting, tomorrow at 7 p.m., of the St. James Literary Society (1439 Ste-Catherine St. W). Matthews will speak on climate change and the post-Paris Agreement.
• Centre for Continuing Education instructor Robert Soroka is quoted in an article on CJAD.com about plans by Hudson’s Bay to open a first Saks Fifth Avenue Quebec location in Montreal.
• Fabula announces that Jean-Philippe Warren, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will participate in the  symposium, Mises en récit et mises en commun. Les revues québécoises depuis 1976, October 13 and 14, at Université de Montréal, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, C-3061.

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