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Folding the big tent. Campus sex assaults.

Concordia in the news
Posted on January 17, 2017

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:

  • Patrick Leroux, associate professor in the Department of English and founding director of The Montreal Working Group on Circus, continues to speak with news media about last weekend's announcement of plans by the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus to shut down in the Spring: CTV News Channel, Radio-Canada's 'Des matins en or' in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (no link available).
  • CBC.ca quotes Jennifer Drummond, coordinator of Concordia's Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) in its report on the results of an online survey by researchers at UQAM of alleged sexual assault incidents at six of the province's French-speaking universities. Drummond references the adoption by Concordia of a new sex assault reporting policy.