Focus on Manchester. Flood risk management. Precolonial Montreal. Student wellness.

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:

• André Gagné, associate professor of theological studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was a guest on the Global weekend news show, Focus Montreal. Gagné, appearing at the 1:07 mark, reflected on the recent terror attack in Manchester.
• Pascale Biron, Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, co-authors an opinion piece with Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, professor at Université du Québec à Rimouski, on the need to improve flood risk management in Quebec: Huffington Post Québec.
• MSN News reprises a Montreal Gazette article quoting Gavin Taylor, senior lecturer in and associate chair of the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science, as the paper examines some of Montreal's precolonial history.
• Gaya Arasaratnam, director of health at the Campus Wellness and Support Services at Concordia, is quoted in an article in the Montreal Gazette (reprised by the Vancouver Sun and ReportCA.net) about growing pressure on university resources that offer help to students in distress. Arasaratnam tells the paper of a spike in the number of students seeking help for increasingly complex mental health issues.

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