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DeCoutere, Desnoyers, Weissman

Concordia in the news
Posted on October 30, 2014

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.

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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: 

  • An article in The Huffington Post about actress Lucy DeCoutere’s allegations that she was assaulted by former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi mentions she began working on the television show Trailer Park Boys while she was pursuing graduate studies in the Department of Communication Studies.

  • The Pictou Advocate and The New Glasgow News write about an exhibition by Jason Desnoyers and his fellow Artist-in-Residence at NSCAD-New Glasgow.

  • Eric Weissman, who received his PhD from Concordia, was presented with the 2014 Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies in recognition of his multimedia project comparing government housing with shantytowns and other communities set up by homeless people. Further coverage is found on Yahoo! News, VOCM, Squamish Chief, 660 News Journal du Canada, CBC News Toronto, The Telegram, Guelph Mercury, Times Colonist, Bay Today, CBC News Network (no link available), CBC Radio’s Homerun and As it Happens (segments begins at 0:59 on October 29 edition, part 2).