Richler honored. Women in business. Tax attack.

Our alumni are featured in the media locally and around the world. Vist the Alumni News section to access an archive of stories or read the latest list of stories: 

• An article in the Montreal Gazette about plans by the City of Montreal to honour the memory of novelist, screenwriter and essayist Mordecai Richler mentions the inauguration, in 2013, of the Mordecai Richler Reading Room on to the sixth floor of the J.W. McConnell Library Building. According to the paper, the city will announce next week that the Mile-End Library on Parc Avenue will be renamed for Richler. Still according to the article, Richler will also be named a “Montreal citizen of honour”. Richler was a student at Sir George Williams University and later served as its writer in residence.
• A CNW/Telbec release from the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ) and the Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec (RJCCQ) mentions that FCCQ president Françoise Bertrand is a member of the Concordia Board of Governors and a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Concordia (2013). The release, relating to International Women's Day, March 8, is picked up by Le Lézard.
• Recent MA graduate in media studies Jill Piebiak is quoted in an article in Flare about the No Tax on Tampons campaign. Piebiak is one of the instigators and the chief spokesperson of the campaign to pressure the federal government to pass Bill C-282, a Private Members' bill to amend the Excise Tax Act and remove all menstrual hygiene products from the list of goods subject to the GST. The campaign includes an online petition, which has so far garnered more than 50-thousand signatures.

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