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Presidential power. New tech for Old English. Canadian Art editor-at-large.

Concordia in the news
Posted on October 28, 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:

  • Centre Daily Times reprises an analytical piece from The Conversation (October 17, 2016) on Barack Obama’s use of unilateral executive powers. It references the book Take Up Your Pen (University of Pennsylvania Press), by Graham Dodds, associate professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Dodds is paraphrased.
  • Stephen Yeager, associate professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in a piece inMaclean's about the rise of education technology in Canadian classrooms. It mentions Yeager's use of new technology in his class, English 3016—Tolkien’s Old English. 
  • The Canadian Art Foundation announces that Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor in the Department of Art History, has been named to an advisory committee tasked with recruiting an Indigenous editor-at-large for the foundation's publication, Canadian Art.