The Montreal Metro at 50. iNuit Blanche. The right way to be optimistic. Intangible heritage.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 13, 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:
- Craig Townsend, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in the final instalment of a four-part Montreal Gazette series about the Metro system as it turns 50. Townsend talks about the challenges of expanding the Metro in a context of urban sprawl.
- Nunatsiaq Online writes about last Saturday's iNuit blanche multimedia event in St. John's, Newfoundland. It reports that the event, a celebration of Inuit art and culture, was the brainchild of curator Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor in the Department of Art History.
- Shape quotes Carsten Wrosch, psychology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in a piece about the "right" way to be optimistic. Wrosch says he believes that optimistic people live longer, healthier lives because they deal with stress better.
- Now Toronto writes that Steven High, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, will give a talk 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.”