Jagmeet Singh and Quebec voters. Catalonia referendum. Jean Coutu acquired by Metro. Edmonton terror attacks. Somatization. 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:

• CTV News Montreal spoke with André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, about the election of Jagmeet Singh to lead the New Democratic Party. Gagné says Quebec voters may have difficulty looking past the religious symbol — the turban — worn by the politician.
• Guy Lachapelle, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science and secretary general of the Concordia-based International Political Science Association (IPSA), appeared on CJAD Radio's Aaron Rand Show yesterday evening (no link available) for a conversation about the weekend's independence referendum in Catalonia and the violent repression by Spanish police. 
• Michel Magnan, professor of accountancy and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance in the John Molson School of Business, is quoted in a piece in Le Devoir that examines the acquisition of the Jean Coutu drugstores by the Metro grocery retail chain.
• Huffington Post, National Observer and MingShengbao.com (in Chinese) pick up a Canadian Press (CP) story quoting Ryan Scrivens, a postdoctoral fellow at Concordia currently working with the SOMEONE (SOcial Media EducatiONEvery day) Project against hate speech. Scrivens tells the Canadian Press  that he worries right-wing extremists will seize upon the weekend terror attacks in Edmonton as an opportunity to grow anti-Islamic sentiment in Canada.  
• Undark quotes Andrew Ryder, associate professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and director of the Centre for Clinical Research in Health (CCRH), in an article about Chinese Somatization and the physical manifestation of psychological distress. 
• Campus Watch reprises a piece from the University of Toronto student paper, The Medium about a recent talk at the university by anthropology professor emerita Homa Hoodfar, who spoke about transnational academic freedom and her imprisonment in Iran.

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