Emer O'Toole on blasphemy. Spring flooding in Quebec. Bombardier governance. Président élu Macron.

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:

• The New York Times (reprised by The Toronto Star) quotes Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Irish Studies, from an opinion piece in The Independent where she was critical of a recent decision by police in Ireland to investigate actor, comedian and writer Stephen Fry for blasphemy. Fry was briefly investigated, but not charged, following an appearance on an Irish television show where he said that God was selfish, capricious and "a total maniac". 
• Several media call on Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & the Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, for insight into the Spring flooding that has affected several regions of the province: CBC Montreal's 'Homerun' (no link available), CBC Quebec City Radio (no link available),Al Jazeera Canada Video (at the 1:25 mark). St-Jacques is paraphrased, though not named, in an article on the flooding, in Equilibrio Informativo.
• Isabelle Dostaler, management professor in the John Molson School of Business, is quoted in a piece in The Globe and Mail about the controversy surrounding the recent announcement of generous pay hikes for senior officers of Bombardier and calls for governance changes at the Quebec company. Dostaler also appeared on RDI economieto discuss Bombardier.
• Antoine Rayroux, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was interviewed by Mutsumi Takahashi yesterday on CTV Montreal's Noon News about French voters' rejection of far right populist politics and the election of the centrist, Emmanuel Macron as president.

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