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Mental health across the ages

Mental illness affects people of all ages, cultures and educational and income levels. On Thursday, October 10, the World Health Organization will be heightening awareness and helping to end stigma of mental illness with World Mental Health Day. Concordia experts are available to discuss mental health in children, adolescents and adults.

Children
Diane Poulin-Dubois – Professor, Department of Psychology and a researcher in the Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH)
Diane.PoulinDubois@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2219
Interviews in English and French

Adolescents
William Bukowski – Professor, Department of Psychology and director of the CRDH
William.Bukowski@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2184
Interviews in English only

Adults
Adam Radomsky – Professor, Department of Psychology
Adam.Radomsky@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2202
Interviews in English only

U.S. Federal Government Shutdown

On Monday, September 30, for the first time in 17 years, the American Congress failed to agree on a new budget and refused to extend the current one. Now more than 800,000 American federal workers are off without pay as the government has shutdown.

Graham Dodds – Associate Professor, Department of Politcal Science
G.Dodds@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 5605
Interviews in English only

David Gilmour

Twitter erupted last week after award winning author and literature instructor at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, David Gilmour, told Random House that he does not want to include works by women, Canadian or Chinese authors in his course material. Are his comments suggestive of a larger misogyny problem in the Canadian literary world?

Jessica Langston – Assistant Professor, Department of English
Jessica.Langston@concordia.ca
Office: 514-848-2424, ext. 5618
Cell: 438-402-7785
Interviews in English only

Linda Kay – Associated Professor, Department of Journalism
Linda.Kay@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2469
Interviews in English only

Ubisoft puts millions into local gaming industry

On Tuesday, October 1, Ubisoft announced that it will concentrate its North American online gaming operations in Montreal, which will create 500 new jobs in Quebec and involve a total investment of $373 million. But beyond jobs, what does this mean for gaming in Montreal?

Bart Simon – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bart.Simon@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2164
Interviews in English only

Jennifer Whitson – Post-doctoral researcher, Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre
jenni.whitson@gmail.com
613-898-5366
Interviews in English only

Mia Consalvo – Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Mia.Consalvo@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2574
Interviews in English only