Lamprey eel project. In utero environment. Project SOMEONE. Imprimés interdits. Filmmaking gender split.

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• Several media outlets report on a research project involving Concordia's Grant Brown, professor of biology in the Faculty of Arts and Science,  who has developed a chemical barrier to migration of the sea lamprey — a harmful predator that continues to cause significant ecological damage in the Great Lakes. The study, conducted in collaboration with Istvan Imre of Algoma University and Nicholas Johnson of the United States Geological Survey, was published in Fisheries Management and Ecology: Science Daily, Net News Ledger, WireService.ca, NewsCaf
• Men Get Pregnant Too picks up news of research into early brain development that describes how the in utero environment can play a role in the development of brain processes in adolescents. The study was carried out by Linda Booij, associate professor of psychology in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science, and researchers from various Quebec institutions, including Sainte-Justine. It was published in Human Brain Mapping.
• University Affairs  and Academica both lead off their daily university news roundups with last Friday's Globe and Mail article featuring Concordia's SOMEONE (SOcial Media EducatiON Every Day) project against hate speech. Vivek Venkatesh, associate professor of education in the Faculty of Arts and Science and initiator of the SOMEONE project, is quoted throughout the Globe and Mail piece.
• Viviane Namaste, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute of the Faculty of Arts and Science, is interviewed for the Radio Canada program 'Dessine-moi un dimanche' about her new book, Imprimés Interdits: La censure des journaux jaunes au Québec, 1955-1975  (Septentrion, 2017). The audio link, "Le livre Imprimés interdits : Entrevue avec l'auteure Viviane Namaste", can be found halfway down the show page. Namaste discusses the book in a separate interview on Radio-Canada's 'Le 15-18'.
• A cultural scene reporter on CBC Radio's 'Daybreak' this morning talked about a longitudinal cohort study involving SODEC and cinema students at Concordia. Male and female students will be tracked as they graduate and break into the filmmaking industry. Researchers will examine how gender discrimination may manifest itself (no audio link available).

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