Trudeau-Trump meeting. Scientist boycott. Solidarity with refugees. Love hurts. Valentine's Day observance.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 14, 2017
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:
- Graham Dodds, associate professor in the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was on City Montreal’s Breakfast Television this morning to discuss yesterday's meeting between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau. Dodds also appears in a CTV Montreal news story about Trudeau's Washington visit (video, at the 14-second and 1:13 marks, and text, where Dodds is quoted). Finally, Dodds is quoted in Le Journal de Montréal.
- Guy Lachapelle, political science professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Secretary General of the International Political Science Association, is a guest on the Radio Canada Alberta radio program, Le café show. He discusses the potential impact of a growing boycott by scientists of scientific events in the United States, in reaction to the US travel ban.
- Stéphane Martelly, research associate at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia, writes in Le Devoir about the need to resist the perceived rise of intolerance in North America and to stand in solidarity with refugees, migrants, Muslims and all marginalized peoples.
- Andreas Bergdahl, associate professor of exercise science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on City Montreal's Breakfast Television this morning for a discussion of romantic breakups and why they physically hurt.
- The Arizona Daily Sun talks to marketing professor Gad Saad about many people's need to observe Valentine's Day.