Accolades for week of May 22
Three Concordians won B.C. Book Prizes for their literary works. The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize was awarded to former creative writing professor Gary Geddes for Drink the Bitter Root (Douglas & McIntyre Publishers Inc.) and to alumnus JJ Lee for The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.). Alumna Sara O'Leary was awarded the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize for When I Was Small (Simply Read Books).
Michael Kenneally, Principal of Concordia’s School of Canadian Irish Studies and holder of a Research Chair in Canadian Irish Studies, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Innsbruck (Austria), where he has been a Visiting Scholar in Irish Literature several times and serves as co-director of its Centre for the International Study of Literatures in English.
Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs in the Office of the President Clarence Epstein is among the key international experts speaking at the first Symposium on Criminality in the Art and Cultural Property World on June 14 in Toronto. The purpose of the symposium is to raise awareness concerning the illicit trafficking of cultural property, inform the judiciary of recent developments in the law and examine successful prosecutions in cultural heritage cases.
Peter Stoett, currently on sabbatical from the Department of Political Science, published the book titled Global Ecopolitics: Crisis, Governance, and Justice (University of Toronto Press, 2012). He finished the book while sitting as the Canada Fulbright Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
“Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather, international conventions on climate change, or special UN days of celebration, rarely do we participate in a sustained presentation and analysis of environmental policy making. To remedy this shortcoming and to propel the discussion forward, Global Ecopolitics provides an introduction to environmental governance and the major environmental issues international governance has attempted to address.”
Related link: Global Ecopolitics: Crisis, Governance, and Justice
Dale Stack, professor in the Department of Psychology and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development, was elected to the status of Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). CPA Fellows are "members of the association who have made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of the science or profession of psychology, or who have given exceptional service to their national or provincial associations.” The award will be presented on June 14 at the association's annual meeting.
Chair of the Department of Journalism Linda Kay launched her new book The Sweet Sixteen at the Ottawa City Archives on May 12. The book documents the struggles of a group of tenacious and talented women who, in 1904, did not have the right to vote, were not regarded as persons under the law, and were credentialed as journalists at a time when marriage and motherhood were considered a woman's one true calling. Their legacy — the founding of the Canadian Women's Press Club — is a testament to their daring.
Ten students from the Department of Photography were among a group who donated 80 pieces of artwork to the Art for Healing Foundation, which installs the works in health facilities across the province. Other donors include seven established artists, a collector, a bank and seven Gazette staff photographers and freelancers. The Montreal Gazette article ("A sight for sore eyes") also reports that, thanks to the work of this not-for profit organization, art work by Geneviève Cadieux, a professor in the Department of Studio Arts, is displayed at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
A team of Concordia students placed second in the fourth University Poker Omnium. The annual tournament pits students from 15 Quebec universities against each other. Each of the players had to make it through 10 online qualifying tournaments. During the finals, the Concordia team, composed of Yifan Dong, Sam Tsai, Dominik Hebert, Shuo Lang, Guillaume Fortier and Francois-Olivier Lanctot, was knocked out of the tournament by the team from Bishop's University.