Trump and "the Russia thing". Qatar neighbours. The Viens commission. The Art Hives buzz. C-16. Indigenous broadcasting. 'Zero Patience'.

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• Graham Dodds, associate professor in the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was on CJAD this morning to talk about the investigation into Donald Trump and Russia. Please note: Dodds will also be on Breakfast Television this Friday (June 16) between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to discuss Trump.
• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, is interviewed by Mutsumi Takahashi on CTV Montreal's News at Noon about a splintering in the Arab world around the question of state-sponsored terrorism. He also discusses a recent increase in terror attacks in Europe.
• Le Journal de Montréal quotes Daniel Salée, professor in the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, from his appearance before the Viens Commision, struck in the wake of allegations of abuse of Indigenous women by Sûreté du Québec police officers in the Val-d'Or area. Salée told the Commission d’enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics au Québec that the provincial government must engage in introspection in regards to its relations with Indigenous communities. Salée is quoted also in the Radio-Canada.ca coverage of the hearings (reprised by Sympatico.ca) as well as in coverage byÉnergie102.7/ValD'Or (Salée pictured) and TVAAbitibi.ca (no video link available).
• Janis Timm-Bottos, associate professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, is referenced in a National Observer article about art hives. It notes that Timm-Bottos is credited with inventing the concept of art hives, which work to foster community inclusion through art.
• The New Hamburg Independent picks up an opinion piece from the Montreal Gazette of June 7, co-authored by Kimberley Manning, principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and associate professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Elizabeth J. Meyer, associate dean of teacher education at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Manning and Meyer urge the Canadian Senate to pass Bill C-16 on transgender identity and rights.
• Lorna Roth, professor of communication studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appears in the list of speakers for the conference, "The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence", being held at the University of Ottawa this Thursday through Saturday, June 15 to 17: CNW/Telbec.
• Culturopoing announces that Thomas Waugh will participate in a post-screening discussion of the 1993 comedy musical Zero Patience, next Monday, June 19, in Paris.

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