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Presidential debate. Bed bugs bite. Gender-exclusive schools.

Concordia in the news
Posted on September 27, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

Expert commentators

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:

  • Graham Dodds, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was back on Breakfast Television Montreal this morning to analyze last night's first of three presidential election debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (no link available). 
  • The Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre picks up coverage of the city's bed bug problem, noted in some apartments rented by students, and quotes Leanne Ashworth, coordinator of the Off Campus Housing & Job Bank at Concordia.
  • La Presse + writes about the gradual disappearance of girls-only and boys-only private schools and quotes Psychology professor William Bukowski, who tells the paper that the defence of the pedagogical value of gender-exclusive schooling is "cuckoo."