Edmonton terror attack. Right-wing extremism. Louis-Hébert by-election. Rape is Real. Climate cock ticking. Risky communication. Busy Micheline Lantôt. Academic freedom.

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:

• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, was interviewed for City Montreal's Breakfast Television about the terror attack in Edmonton and whether Canada is becoming a greater target for such attacks.
• Ryan Scrivens, a postdoctoral fellow at Concordia currently working with the SOMEONE (SOcial Media EducatiONEvery day) Project against hate speech, tells The Canadian Press that he worries right-wing extremists will seize upon the weekend terror attacks in Edmonton as an opportunity to grown anti-Islamic sentiment in Canada. The story is picked up by the National Post, La Presse, CTV News, Global News, Le Huffington Post Québec, The Toronto Star, The Chronicle Journal, Metro News, Yahoo! News, Life in Québec, Sudbury.com, CP 24, Philippine Canadian Inquirer, 680News.com and a dozen others.
• Radio-Canada stations across the network are broadcasting interviews today with Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and professor in Concordia’s School of Community and Public Affairs (SCPA). Belkhodja spoke on radio stations inTrois-Rivières ('Entrevue d'actualité : L'extrême droite au Canada'), Sept-Îles, Toronto, Sudbury, Winnipeg, Reginaand Edmonton about the extreme right fringe in Canada.
• The Canadian Press talks to Guy Lachapelle, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in a piece that looks ahead to today's provincial by-election in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hébert. The article was picked up by the Victoria Times Colonist, Red Deer News Now, Ottawa Community News.
• The National Post reprises a piece by Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Irish Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, originally appearing in The Conversation Canada, about the stand-up comedy show, 'Rape is Real and Everywhere', which was presented at Concordia last Friday evening.
• Damon Matthews, professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, spoke to Radio Canada International (no link available) about the latest indications of the effects of climate change and references Concordia's 2-degree Climate Clock.
• Tout DZ picks up an interview with Mourad Debbabi, Professor and Tier I Concordia University Research Chair in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering and NSERC/Hydro-Québec Thales Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Security. Debbabi talks about the risks involved in communicating personal information online through applications which he warns may contain malicious code.
• Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec feature Concordia cinema instructor and actor Micheline Lanctôt, who they say will return to teaching at Concordia in September, 2018, once she has wrapped up a number of film and television projects. 
• The University of Toronto student paper, The Medium reports on a recent talk at the university by anthropology professor emerita Homa Hoodfar, who recounted her imprisonment in Iran and spoke about transnational academic freedom.REPLACE THIS TEXT

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