Trump, Trump and more Trump. Eye of the beholder. Mandatory sick leave. Marketing goofs. Urban herbal garden.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 29, 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 of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on City Montreal's Breakfast Television this morning to discuss the latest developments in the Donald Trump Administration, focusing on the probe of reported Trump campaign ties to Russia and Trump's failed bid to repeal and replace Obamacare.
- Jim Pfaus, professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appears at the 55-second mark of a Global Montreal news item (video and text) about a painting on display at the Montreal Museum of /Contemporary Art that has excited public opinion. The painting shows a child, sitting, naked, atop a television set. Pfaus tells the reporter that the depiction of the child does not appear sexual to him. The text version of the story is reprised by NewsCaf.
- Gary Johns, professor emeritus of management at the John Molson School of Business, is quoted in the text story accompanying a video report about efforts by state lawmakers in Illinois to pass mandatory sick leave legislation. Johns is quoted as an expert on the cost of workplace 'presenteeism': IllinoisHomepage.net.
- Harold Simpkins, senior lecturer in marketing at the John Molson School of Business, guested on the Hip Mojo podcast to discuss corporate marketing failures and successes.
- Ottawa Citizen (reprised by Canada.com) publishes a piece on urban herbal gardens and writes about the City Farm School on the Loyola campus.