Coderre challenger. SOMEONE initiative. Tasteless, but legal. Turtle Island Reads.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 7, 2016
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:
- Harold Chorney, professor in the Department of Political Science, is quoted in a piece in The Globe and Mail about municipal party Projet Montréal's chances against Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre in next year's elections.
- Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor in the Department of Education, talks to the Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre about the SOMEONE (SOcial Media EducatiON Every day) initiative, created to sensitize people to problems associated with online hostility. The initiative is led by Venkatesh.
- Department of Journalism lecturer Alan Conter, commenting on a recent meme that appeared to suggest that the lives of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne are expendable, tells Now Toronto that the meme, while it can be considered tasteless and offensive, is not criminal.
- Storyteller Elma Moses, a faculty member who teaches in the First Peoples Studies program, is listed in aCBC.ca release among the participants at the Turtle Island Reads public event, taking place on Wednesday, September 21, in Kahnawake. Mosesa and others will discuss different books by First Nations authors.