Barnum and Bailey bowing out. NATO in Poland. Toronto gentrification. Foreign affairs appointment. Fake news. Sexist ad? Friday the 13th. Sexual violence on campuses.

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:

• Patrick Leroux, associate professor in the Department of English and founding director of The Montreal Working Group on Circus, offers analysis and comment following the announcement of plans by the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus to shut down after 146 years: CBC's The National (Leroux seen from the 26-second mark) and CBC Television 11 pm news in Montreal (Leroux at the seven-minute mark).
• Antoine Rayroux, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is interviewed on Radio Canada International, where he offers analysis of the deployment of US troops in Poland in response to  Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014.
• Norma Rantisi, professor of geography, planning and environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, talks to The Globe and Mail (reprised by Newscaf) about the perceived threat of gentrification in Toronto's fashion district.
• Guy Lachapelle, political science professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and secretary general of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), is quoted by TV5Monde.com in a report on the recent appointment of Chrystia Freeland as Canadian foreign affairs minister and what it may mean for Canada-U.S. relations in the Donald Trump era.
• Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor in communication studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was a guest on CJAD's Natasha Hall, last Friday afternoon, to talk about fake news and whether consumers of news can tell the difference between fake and real.
• La Presse + talks to Marc Lafrance, associate professor of sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, about an ad for California almonds that appeared recently in a Quebec magazine. Lafrance and Université de Montréal marketing professor Sylvain Desrochers analyze the ad, which the newspaper report says may be construed as sexist toward men.
• Adam Radomsky, psychology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on CBC Montreal radio's Daybreak, last Friday, for a discussion of Friday the 13th and the superstitions that surround the calendar date. (no link available).
• Jennifer Drummond, coordinator of Concordia's Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) was interviewed on CJAD this morning about sexual violence on university campuses. Please note: Drummond will also speak with CBC today for Radio and Television reports on the just-released "Violences sexuelles en milieu universitaire au Quebec" report.

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