Donald Trump, six months in. Muslim cemetery. Flood preparedness. Queer, en français.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 20, 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:
- Guy Lachapelle, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science and Secretary General of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), appeared on numerous Radio-Canada radio stations yesterday afternoon to provide analysis of the first six months in power of U.S. President Donald Trump: Radio-Canada Sudbury (scroll down the show page to the link, "Bilan des 6 premiers mois de la présidence Trump"); Radio-Canada Moncton ("Les six premiers mois de la présidence de Donald Trump"); Radio-Canada Sherbrooke ("Les six premiers mois de Trump à la Maison-Blanche"); Radio-Canada Winnipeg (no link available); Radio-Canada Edmonton (no link available); Radio-Canada Toronto ("Les six premiers mois de Trump la Maison-Blanche"); Radio-Canada Vancouver (no link available).
- Chedly Belkhodja, principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs appeared yesterday on the Radio-Canada television show L’heure du monde (no link available) to discuss the referendum in Saint-Apollinaire that defeated the plan for a Muslim cemetery.
- Pascale Biron, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, offers her perspective in a Montreal Gazette story about the spring flooding in Quebec and the Quebec government's handling of the aftermath. Biron is critical of the decision to allow exemptions to a ban on reconstruction in flood zones.
- Gabrielle Bouchard, action coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia, tells Le Devoir that she doesn't believe French-speakers see the need to translate the word "queer" to designate different sexual minorities.