Populists and democracy. Les présidentielles. Land rights on the border. The Armenian genocide.

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:

• Le Devoir publishes a piece by Jean-Philippe Warren, professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, who ponders the rise of populist politicians and what it signifies for democracy.
• Antoine Rayroux, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, provides analysis of the first round of the French Presidential election on yesterday's CBC 'Homerun' program and on CJAD's Aaron Rand Show (no links available).
  
• Karl Hele, associate professor and director of First Peoples Studies in the School of Community and Public Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes an opinion piece in the Sault Star, where he examines the historic land rights of Indigenous Peoples living along the Canada-U.S. border.
• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), is interviewed on Radio Canada International about the 1915 Armenian genocide and its commemoration in Canada.

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