Cellphones in class. Bilingualism in infants. Quebec/Mexico cooperation. Loneliness and sickness.

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• La Presse + publishes an opinion piece by Martin Lalonde, doctoral candidate in the Department of Art Education, about the use of cellphones in the classroom to help students learn. He references research on the subject led by Juan Carlos Castro, associate professor of art education. Lalonde was also interviewed yesterday, still on the same subject, on numerous Radio-Canada stations, in Sudbury, Quebec City (through the link, "Le cellulaire peut-il devenir un outil pédagogique?"), Rouyn-Noranda (through the link, "Les téléphones intelligents comme source d'apprentissage"), Ottawa (through the link "Devrait-on autoriser les téléphones intelligents dans les salles de classe?", Sherbrooke, Matane, Moncton and Saguenay. Please note: FM1047 will air an interview with Lalonde, this afternoon at 1:05 p.m.
• Krista Byers-Heinlein, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on Radio-Canada stations across the country yesterday to talk about her latest research into bilingualism in infants: Radio-Canada Première Chaîne in Toronto, Halifax, Windsor, Saguenay, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Charlottetown and Vancouver.
• A CNW/Telbec release announces a Quebec government grant program in support of 15 cooperation and exchange projects between Quebec and Mexico, including a an artistic exchange project led by Ricardo Dal Farra, associate professor of music in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and Jorge Rodrigo Sigal Sefchovich, director of the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras.
• Healthcare News (in Dutch) reports on a 2015 Concordia study led by Meaghan Barlow, a psychology PhD candidate in Concordia's Personality, Aging and Health Lab, who described a link between chronic disease and social isolation among the elderly.

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