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Hydro resignation. Corporate gifts. Super Bowl ads. Israel vs. Syria. Art looters.

Concordia in the news
Posted on February 2, 2015

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.

Expert commentators

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

  • Michel Nadeau, director of the joint JMSB/HEC Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations, is quoted in an article in the Montreal Gazette about the announced resignation of Thierry Vandal as President and CEO of Hydro Quebec.
  • Accountancy professor Michel Magnan is quoted in an article in La Presse about the ethics of corporate gift-giving.
  • Robert Soroka, instructor at the Centre for Continuing Education, was interviewed this morning on CJAD's Andrew Carter Show about this year's Super Bowl ads. (No link available.)
  • Yakub Halabi, research associate at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, writes an opinion piece in i24News about Israel's policies with respect to Syria.
  • Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs and head of Concordia's Max Stern Art Restitution Project, is interviewed on CBC Radio program Q about tracking down Nazi-looted art. Epstein's segment can be heard here, beginning at the 10-minute mark.