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German elections. Quebec's invitation to anglos. This week in the Trump White House. Repeal the 8th. Media's next moves. Maps of fiction.

Concordia in the news
Posted on September 28, 2017

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

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:

  • Antoine Rayroux, assistant professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, spoke with Mutsumi Takahashi on CTV Montreal's 'News at Noon' yesterday about last weekend's German election results and the implications for Europe.
  • Lorraine O'Donnell, affiliate assistant professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs (SCPA) and coordinator-researcher at the Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN), appears in the first part of a two-part report on Global News Montreal about Premier Couillard's recent invitation to exiled anglophone Quebecers to come back to Quebec. O'Donnell first appears at the 2:40 mark.
  • Graham Dodds, associate professor in and associate chair of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on City TV Montreal's Breakfast Television this morning for a discussion of current political affairs in the Donald Trump White House. 
  • Emer O'Toole writes an opinion piece in The Guardian and The Irish Times updating the push by feminists and the pro-choice movement in Ireland to repeal the country's anti-abortion legislation.
  • La Presse +  publishes transcript excerpts from 'State of Flux: Media's Next Moves' — a roundtable discussion of the future of journalism, held yesterday at the D.B. Clarke Theatre. Scroll down to the bottom-third of the page to read the piece.
  • Sébastien Caquard, associate professor in the department of Geography, Planning and Environment in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is paraphrased in an analytical piece in Libération about geographers' interest in maps that are created for books, movies and video games.