Future Earth. French proficiency. Sustainable investment.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 16, 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/Telbec release from Concordia and releases from UNESCO and the Government of Québec announce that the recently-created Future Earth research secretariat into global sustainability will be based in Montreal and that its first Executive Director is Paul Shrivastava, management professor and director of the JMSB's David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise. The CNW release is picked up by Money, Money News, TD Waterhouse, Construction Links and Le Lézard. News of the appointment is reported by the Montreal Gazette, which also posts a news brief online, by Radio-Canada.ca, whose text story is reprised by Huffington Post Quebec and Yahoo, and by Canadian Press, whose story is picked up by 985fm.ca. The story is also reported by Radio Canada, whose video is picked up by Yahoo, and by Le Devoir,La Presse, Le Journal de Montréal, Journal de Québec and Canoe, Additionally, Shrivastava is interviewed by CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec, with links to the interview provided by Canada Standard, Canada Times, Nigeria News and Montreal Dot Newz. Future Earth, mandated to oversee climate change research hubs in Montreal, Boulder, Paris, Stockholm and Tokyo, was launched in June 2012 at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
- The Canadian Press repeats a story it ran last week about Quebec's immigration rules on French-language proficiency and the resulting difficulties English-language universities have reported in recruiting talent from abroad. The article quotes assistant professor of journalism Stanton Paddock and assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies Emer O'Toole. Concordians' concerns about the French proficiency rules are mentioned in an editorial in Le Soleil about pressures on the French language in Quebec.
- Concordia's sustainable investment fund is mentioned in an article in the Watershed Sentinel about a group of environmental activists disrupting the Toronto Stock Exchange at the opening bell last Thursday.