New aerospace lab. Economic myth. Fredy. Outremont referendum. Canada China film fest. Identity, nationalism and memory.

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:

• Amir Asif, dean of and professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, is pictured in Le Journal de Montréal among the participants at a recent media event to inaugurate the 'Laboratoire d'enseignement des systèmes intégrés en aérospatiale du Québec' (LESIAQ). The new Quebec laboratory for integrated aerospace systems, which includes a test platform for the Bombardier Challenger 300, is open to Concordia and Polytechnique students.
• Media Awareness Project reprises an earlier opinion piece from the Montreal Gazette, written by Ian Irvine, professor of economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Irvine challenges what he deems the 'economic myth' of a tax revenue bonanza from an eventual legalization of marijuana in Canada.
• Ted Rutland, assistant professor of geography and urban studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette concerning the controversial stage presentation, 'Fredy', about the killing by Montreal police of 18-year old Fredy Villanueva in Montreal North in 2008. Rutland sides with the Villanueva family, which continues to oppose the presentation of  'Fredy'.
• Jessica Roda, research associate at the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies and postdoctoral fellow in Concordia's Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence (CEREV), writes an opinion piece in La Presse + about the intolerance toward the Hassidim she sees in the recent  referendum in the Montreal borough of Outremont. The referendum was in support of a zoning by-law to bar the establishment of any new houses of worship in the borough. 
• Miao Song, alumna (BCompSc, MCompSc, PhD computer Graphics and documentary film) and affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computer Science is featured in an article in Women of Chinaabout the Canada China International Film Festival, held in Montreal in September. Miao, founder and executive chair of the festival, talks about blending the arts with scientific technology.
• Chicago Events announces that Max Bergholz, associate professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science, will give a talk in Chicago, on February 17, 2017, titled 'Violence As A Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community'.

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