Mergers and acquisitions. New human rights commissioner. Shirley cards. Irish folk music tradition.

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:

• Michel Magnan, professor of accountancy and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance in the John Molson School of Business, is quoted in a piece in Les affaires about what the publication says promises to be a record year for corporate mergers and acquisitions in Canada.
• A CNW/Telbec release announces that Charmaine Lyn, senior director of Concordia's Office of Community Engagement and a special advisor to the provost on Indigenous Directions, has been sworn in as a new member of Quebec's Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse.
• Lorna Roth, communication studies professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in an article in Fortune, where she describes "Shirley cards" — color reference cards used in photography —  and how, for decades, color photography fed into a racial bias that favoured white people over darker-skinned people. The online piece includes a link to a Vox video about the Shirley cards, where Roth is heard off-camera.
• Boston College announces that Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, Concordia Johnson Chair in Quebec/Canadian Irish Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, will give a lecture and performance at the College this evening to mark the start of a series of Boston College events exploring Irish, Scottish, American and related folk music traditions.

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