Bill 101, 40 years on. Independent gaming. Lachine Canal and Gentrification. Art robots. École d'Été Politique.

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:

• Lorraine O'Donnell, affiliate associate professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Science and researcher in the Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), is prominently quoted in a La Presse + article that examines Bill 101 — the Charter of the French Language — forty years after its passage into law.
• Mia Consalvo, professor and Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design in the Department of Communication Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Science, is heard at the twelve-minute mark of a .Future podcast that examines the world of gaming, with particular attention to independent game development.
• This quotes Steven High, history professor and  founding member of Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in a piece about urban densification and gentrification in old industrial sectors such as the Lachine Canal.
• Lucca in Diretta writes (in Italian) that Bill Vorn, intermedia professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts,  will participate in the first International Robotics Festival, September 7 to 13, in Pisa, Italy.
• Tekiano notes the participation of faculty from Concordia in the École d'Été Politique, in Tunis, September 11 to 23, co-organized by the Concordia-based International Political Science Association.

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