Quebec flood preparedness. Climate change and the watershed. Bombardier governance. Gender neutrality. Complaint Department. Rage cage.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 12, 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:
- There is wide distribution of a Canadian Press story quoting Pascale Biron, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & the Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, about flood preparedness in Quebec. Biron tells CP that Quebec lacks a centralized, government body to track data on flood risk areas: CTVNews.ca, Halifax Herald News, Cape Breton Post, City News, Sudbury.com, The Brandon Sun, Winnipeg Free Press (behind a paywall), Medicine Hat News, Lethbridge Herald, The Daily Courier, Bay Today, Journal Pioneer, The Chronicle Journal, Metro News, 660News.com, 570News.com, News1130.com, Red Deer News Now, CFJC Kamloops Today, Nanaimo News Now, NewsCaf.
- Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & the Environment, warns World Socialist Web Site that such heavy flooding as is being seen in parts of Quebec will become more commonplace as climate change becomes more extreme.
- Isabelle Dostaler, management professor in the John Molson School of Business, appears on the Radio-Canada news magazine, 24/60, where she talks about changes to the governance of Bombardier. The Dostaler segment begins at the 26:45 mark.
- Gabrielle Bouchard, action coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia, is interviewed on the Radio-Canada Première Chaîne program, 'L'heure de pointe', about gender neutrality.
- Concordia ombudsperson Amy Fish tells Droit-Inc how lawyers can manage difficult clients. The article references Fish's book, The Art of Complaining Effectively, and her blog, Complaint Department.
- Owen Moran, Health Promotion Specialist at Concordia's Health Services, is quoted in an article about a storefront business in Montreal that allows customers to get rid of their stress by participating in violent activities, such as smashing objects with baseball bats. Moran tells the reporter that violent activity is not a viable stress-reliever: Le Journal de Montréal, TVAnouvelles.ca.