Next City Vanguard. Clash of civilizations. Bill C-16. Consitutional conundrum. School balancing act.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 2, 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:
- Paul Simard, principal director of development in the Faculty of Arts and Science, talks to Journal Métro for a story about the ongoing 2017 Next City Vanguard Conference, being hosted by Concordia. The event, bringing together leaders involved in improving cities in the areas as urban planning, community development and transportation, wraps up tomorrow. Janis Timm-Botos, associate professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, is also quoted in the article.
- André Gagné, interviewed for Radio Canada International one week after the Manchester terror attack, talks about what has been termed a "jihadist doctrine of the clash of civilizations".
- Troy Media picks up an opinion piece, first published in The Toronto Star, 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 Julie Temple Newhook, a gender studies instructor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Manning and Newhook advocate for transgender rights in Canada and passage of the transgender rights legislation, Bill C-16.
- GlobalNews.ca quotes Daniel Salée, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in an article that examines Premier Philip Couillard's call for a new attempt to bring Quebec into the Canadian constitution.
- Laura Mitchell, director of the Student Success Centre at Concordia, shares her insight in a Globe and Mail article about balancing school and work.
