Teenaged pot use. v r 3 project. YMX exhibition. Quotable Emer O'Toole.

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• Media coverage continues of a new study led by James McIntosh, professor of economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, on the dangers inherent, for adolescents, of early marijuana use. The findings, published in the journal, Health, show that teenaged users, particularly those 15 and younger, report the most impact to their physical and mental health: Men's Health, True Viral News, Classic105.com,   McIntosh guested on CJAD Radio yesterday morning to talk about his research (no link available).
• Anait Games (in Spanish) writes about v r 3 — a new project created by Pippin Barr, assistant professor of design and computation arts in the Faculty of Fine Arts and video game creator. The v r 3 project involves the creation of gallery space for virtual exhibits. The publication notes that the inaugural v r 3 exhibition will be of water, as it appears in digital representations. 
• The Montreal Gazette writes about YMX: Migration, Land and Loss After Mirabel — a new multimedia exhibition about the defunct Mirabel Airport. Matt Soar, associate professor of Communication Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science and director of the Montreal Signs Project, is co-curator of the exhibition, running through April 17 at Galerie POPOP. The Gazette article includes a picture, courtesy of Concordia, of two Solari arrival and departure display panels, rescued from Mirabel airport. 
• The Irish Times, writing about a podcast that brought together 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland, includes a quote from Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Irish Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Science: “Our society is unequal, and bodily difference is used to justify that inequality”, drawn from O'Toole's book, Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently (Orion).

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