Worrisome deportation. Tweeter-in-Chief.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 22, 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:
- Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia is quoted in a CBC.ca report (reprised by Yahoo! News and linked by My Informs) updating the story of Roghayeh Azizi Mirmahaleh, who is set to be deported to her native Iran, where she believes she will be imprisoned and possibly executed. Matthews tells CBC that there is every reason to believe the woman's and her family's concerns. Mirmahaleh's daughter, Concordia alumna and research assistant Sahar Bahrami (PhD, physics), is also quoted and is referenced in a TVAnouvelles.ca report on the deportation case.
- Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor of communication studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appears onCBC Television's 'Power & Politics' to discuss Donald Trump's use of social media to advance his populist agenda. The McKelvey segment begins at the 1:46:45 mark.