Back at the National Assembly... Trump goes to the U.N. Persecution of the Rohingya. Climate science.

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:

• The Canadian Press gets insight from Guy Lachapelle, professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, about the resumption of work today at the Quebec National Assembly and the challenges facing the main political parties between now and the 2018 election: Montreal Gazette, National Post, Global News, CJAD, Humboldt Journal, Red Deer News Now, Guelph Today.
• Guy Lachapelle, who is also secretary general of the Concordia-based International Political Science Association (IPSA), was interviewed on radio stations across the Radio-Canada network yesterday about the opening of the 72nd session of the United Nations and U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to the U.N. General Assembly:Sherbrooke ("Nations unies : Trump réclame une réforme des structures de l'ONU"), Trois-Rivières, Edmonton("Réforme en vue à l'ONU", at the 9:45 mark), Sept-Îles, Winnipeg ("Un vent de changement à l'ONU"), Sudbury, Moncton, Vancouver and Toronto ("L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU").
• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, was interviewed by Mutsumi Takahashi on CTV Montreal's 'News at Noon' about the persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority of Myanmar.
• Damon Matthews, professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, co-authors a piece in The Conversation with Victoria University of Wellington professor Dave Frame about the Paris climate agreement and the goal of limiting global warming 1.5 degrees. Matthews was also a guest onGlobal’s Focus Montreal' this past weekend. He discussed climate change and his own climate science research.

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