Trudeau: Year One. Clinton/Trump #3. Countering violent extremism. Varsity sport rebranding. The business of meetings.

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:

• Mireille Paquet, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is interviewed on Radio Canada's Point du jour, where she looks at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first year in power. Listen to the interview. Paquet was also interviewed this morning on nine Radio Canada stations along the network (no links available).
• Last night's third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is analyzed by Graham Dodds, associate professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, on the set of Montreal Breakfast Television. Dodds also participates in a Breakfast Television panel discussion of the debate, alongside Concordia political science student Katie Masters. Finally, Dodds appeared on the CTV News Channel with host Todd van der Heyden yesterday afternoon to preview the evening debate (no link available).
• The Suburban re-posts a story (from October 12) featuring Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, who tells the paper about the professional training program on Countering Violent Extremism being hosted by MIGS at the SGW campus, November 16 and 17. The training is aimed at police and others who work to prevent online radicalization and violent extremism. 
• TVA Sports announces a news conference set for today in Montreal to unveil a new name and logo for Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). It notes the participation of Concordia athletic director Patrick Boivin on a panel of experts tasked with rebranding the CIS to increase the visibility of elite university sport. 
• Meetings Canada lists Marie-France Watson, event coordinator at Concordia's Conference Services, among the members of a panel of experts assembled to analyze the state of the corporate and institutional meetings industry and posts the panel's conclusions. Watson is quoted throughout.

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