Pot taxes. Telltale cellphones. Pilgrimage, art and creativity. Educational sharing. Let it Play. Culture wars. Illicit downloads. One-act judge.

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:

• The Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece by Ian Irvine, professor of economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, who writes about what he says is the economic myth of a tax revenue bonanza from an eventual legalization of marijuana in Canada. 
• Yves Gélinas, professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was a guest of Franco Nuovo on the Radio-Canada Première Chaîne program 'Dessine-moi un Dimanche', yesterday morning. Gélinas talked about the microbial and molecular markers we leave on our cellphones. Listen to the interview through the link, La microbiologie de votre cellulaire : Entrevue avec le professeur Yves Gélinas, approximately halfway down the show page.
• Matthew Anderson, lecturer in the Department of Theological Studies and pilgrimage expert, was the featured guest on the CBC Radio 1 program 'Cinq à Six', Saturday afternoon (no link available). Anderson talked about art, pilgrimage and creativity.
• Suzanne Reisler Litwin, a communication instructor in the Centre for Continuing Education and Concordia alumna (MA, educational technology) writes in The Suburban about getting her students to share their thoughts, feelings and aspirations.
• Elma Moses, a faculty member who teaches in the First Peoples Studies program, is quoted in an article on CBC.ca about the decision by Crown prosecutors not to charge any of the Sûreté du Québec police officers accused of abusing Indigenous women in Val-D'Or. The article is reprised by Yahoo! News.
• The Kingston Whig-Standard writes about singer and author David Usher's new recording, Let It Play. It states that Usher founded the Human Impact Lab at Concordia to study various aspects of the human experience.
• The Rebel runs a clip from an on-camera interview with marketing professor Gad Saad conducted for a recent "Culture Wars" podcast about anti-Trump protests in the wake of the Republican's presidential election win. Saad tells the interviewer that college students, in particular, were psychologically ill-prepared for the unexpected turn. The complete podcast episode is available only to subscribers. 
• Maclean's posts a story online that appeared earlier in its hardcopy edition, in which it considers the risks associated with illegal downloading, particularly by students on university campuses. Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor of communication studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted. 
• Oregon's Coast Weekend lists Carole Zucker, professor emerita of film studies at Concordia, among the judges at a one-act play competition hosted by the Hoffman Center for the Arts, in Manzanita, Oregon.

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