VDP, Big Data and therapeutic dancing

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• The Montreal Gazette writes about Concordia's voluntary departure program. The article quotes from a letter written by Concordia President Alan Shepard, and sent out yesterday to the university community.
• An article in The Eye Opener mentions that Concordia is a member of the Big Data Consortium of academic institutions, industry and government, which is working to identify shortages of people with deep data-analysis skills.
• 24h Montréal posts a story about the Je Vois Montreal initiative it which it describes a project involving Concordia that could see the establishment of a master's program in dance therapy — a first in Canada. 

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