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Concordia in the news
Posted on November 27, 2014
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- The Concordia University Foundation announces the creation of a sustainable investment fund, with an initial injection of five-million dollars. The new sustainable endowment management philosophy, a first for a Canadian university, is explained in a Concordia press release, which is picked up by CBC's The National (at the 18:30 mark), CNW, Digital Journal, Shaw Connect, torontotv.org, Today's News, Stage of Life, Resources Quarterly, Resource Nation, Porssihuone, Plunkett Research, One News Page, Mr Bay Street, Morning Star, Micro Exec, North Star News, eMarkets, Wealth and Asset Management, Jen's Blog, GYL, Global Newsweek, myriss.com, Cultus, Canadian Business, Assignment Editor, business.com, Amiweb, Life's a Blog, WFMZ, Web Lens, Zee News India, Le Lézard, Protostar, Prestige, fm95.ca, AMEQ en ligne.
- CNW publishes a release, in English and in French on student union reaction (CSU and GSA) to the Concordia University Foundation's sustainable investment announcement. The release is picked up by iStock Analyst, Shaw Connect, Le Lézard
- Post Online Media picks up an earlier announcement that Françoise Bertrand, an external member of the university's Board of Governors, has been named to the Board of Directors of Orisko Gold Royalties Ltd.
- The Simone de Beauvoir Institute is mentioned prominently in an overview in Quartier Libre of the study of feminism in Quebec universities. The article quotes Institute principal and professor Geneviève Rail.
- A CNW release mentions that the Simone de Beauvoir Institute is among the participants of a day of rememberance at Université de Montréal, planned for tomorrow, to mark the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre. The release is picked up by Le Lézard.