2021 Public Scholars blog
Representing Concordia’s four faculties, the 2021-22 cohort are exploring some of the most vital areas of research today. From the decolonization of higher education to the emergence of robotized sex industry, these ten PhD students will engage with the community and help shape the conversation around our most pressing societal concerns.
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Alexa Ruel, Public Scholar, and ambitious graduate student, shares her tips on using your e-calendar optimally. Read more -
Stuck on a problem? Go ahead and daydream. If you want to come up with the solution to a challenge you are working on or facilitate the incubation of an idea, do something that does not require much mental effort. Public Scholar Trish Osler explains why it’s actually good for you. Read more -
Social media are changing how public health messages are disseminated, as well as transforming public health research. In this article, Public Scholar Fanny Gravel-Patry explores how using a feminist social media research framework can benefit public health in doing research that is more focused on people and their needs. Read more -
The days of Masters and Johnson observing strangers having sex in laboratory settings are long gone—but their scientific legacy lives on! Learn more in this piece which demystifies what contemporary sex research is, who is doing it and how. Read more -
As an old-time international student in Montreal, Ezgi Ozyonum would like to provide some tips on how to thrive and survive here. Read more
