Alan Shepard at the Canadian Club. Teacher of the Year. Sustainable investment. Game incubator.
Concordia in the news
Posted on January 27, 2015
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- A CNW release announces that President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shepard will deliver a speech at a luncheon of the Canadian Club of Montreal next Monday at noon. The release is picked up by Globe Advisor, Money, Money News and Le Lézard.
- PR Web posts a release announcing that Sherry Blok, an English-second-language lecturer at the Centre for Continuing Education, will receive the Teacher of the Year Award of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association. The release is picked up by Language Magazine.
- The Canadian Press, writing about professors at the University of British Columbia voting on a proposal to divest from fossil fuel, mentions the establishment by Concordia of a sustainable investment fund, announced last fall. The story is picked up by The Vancouver Sun, The Prince George Citizen, the Lethbridge Herald, The Northern View, Newstalk980.com, Blackburn News, Energetic City, 1310news.com, VirginRadio.ca (Winnipeg), the Ottawa Star, Journal Métro, Radio-Canada.ca and 985fm.ca.
- Dork Shelf presents an interview with the creators of Mouffe, a video game that emerged from "Critical Hit: Wearable Games", a game incubator organized last summer by Concordia's Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) Research Center.