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October 30, 2013

Concordia in the news
Posted on October 30, 2013

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.

Alumni in the news

Our alumni are featured in the media locally and around the world. Vist the Alumni News section to access an archive of stories or read the latest list of stories: 

  • The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) and the RBC Foundation announced the five finalists for the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award for Quebec artists. Among the five finalists are two Fine Arts graduates, Emmanuelle Léonard and Thérèse Mastroiacovo. Mastroiacovo also teaches in the Department of painting and drawing: Money, TD Waterhouse and Le Lézard.

  • Éric Chouan of CHOQ FM interviews Félix Dufour-Laperrière, who studied film and animation at Concordia, about screening his animated film Le jour nous écoute during the 42 edition of the Festival du Nouveau cinéma.

  • La Presse interviews filmmaker Éric Morin who studied at Concordia about his first full-length film, Chasse au Godard d’Abbittibbi.

  • Conseillier interviews Ashley Dere, who holds a bachelor of commerce degree with a specialization in marketing, about opening her own dance school, 90 degree, in September 2012.

  • April L. Ford, a graduate of the Department of English, was awarded the grand prize in the Santa Fe Writers Project 2013 Literary Awards Program for fiction: The Daily Star.