World Oceans Day. Transgender rights. Pricey prescriptions. Marketing fails. Restorying Canada.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 8, 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:
- Peter Stoett, professor of political science and director of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in the Faculty of Arts and Science, writes an opinion piece in today's Montreal Gazette (reprised by ReportCA.net) , where he reflects on World Oceans Day and how we can "help save the oceans from their slow death march". Stoett announces events at Concordia in connection with humans' impact on oceans (see "Our events", below).
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece 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 write about bullying of transgender youth in schools and urge the Senate to pass Bill C-16 on transgender identity and rights.
- Kaiser Health News reprises an opinion piece from the New York Times (June 6) quoting Lea Prevel Katsanis, marketing professor in the John Molson School of Business. The author of the op-ed urges physicians to press for reductions in prescription drug prices and cites Katsanis about the role of health insurers in the ongoing discussion of cost-efficient medicine.
- Harold Simpkins, senior lecturer in marketing and academic director of the Marketing Co-op Program at the John Molson School of Business, guested on the Hip Mojo podcast to discuss corporate marketing failures and successes.
- CBC Radio's 'Tapestry' showpage lists Concordia's Hillary Kaell, assistant professor of religions and cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Science, among the organizers of last month's Restorying Canada conference at the University of Ottawa. Conference keynote speaker, author Margaret Atwood, was interviewed for the CBC program.