Since the release of the Food Price Report [1] in December, media coverage on rising food prices has captured the attention of Canadians from coast to coast. In the past week, College of Business and Economics professors have been interviewed by national media outlets on this hot topic. Since January 14, professor Sylvain Charlebois has been interviewed by Canada AM [2], Global TV [3], New York Times [4], Business News Network [5], Toronto Star [6] and CTV National News [7]. Professor Mike von Massow was interviewed by CBC Radio [8] and CTV News Channel [9] on January 22 and 23, respectively. He was also featured on Global National [10] on January 20 and CTV News Channel [11] on January 12.

A commentary written by marketing professor Timothy Dewhirst is featured in today’s Globe and Mail. In the article, Dewhirst discusses the confusing and often inconsistent definition of Generation X. Read Dewhirst’s commentary, “Who is Generation X? If only marketers knew.” [12]