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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 9, 2015
Alumni in the news
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:
- Le Soleil de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield publishes an article profiling author Lili Chartrand (BFA, graphic design).
- An article in Le Journal de Montréal about Sarah Dagenais-Hakim joining the cast of the popular TVA television series Lance et compte mentions that she studied jazz at Concordia.
- The National Post reprises an earlier story about plans by the City of Montreal to honour the memory of novelist, screenwriter and essayist Mordecai Richler. The article 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, who was a student at Sir George Williams University and later served as its writer-in-residence.
- Open Democracy publishes an article by Nelly Bassily (BA, journalism) about building an intergenerational women's movement.
- An article in The Globe and Mail profiling cartoonist Walter Scott, creator of the Wendy cartoon character, mentions that he graduated from the Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts.
- Stagebuzz writes about Shannon Holmes' The Crook of Your Arm, currently being performed at the SoMo Theatre. It mentions that Holmes received her BFA in Theatre Performance with a Minor in Music from Concordia and is currently part-time faculty in the Department of Theatre.
- A footnote to an article by Susan Coolen in Ascent Magazine mentions that Coolen holds a degree from Concordia.
- Cloud Wedge awards its "Geek of the Week" prize to Jasper Technologies founder and CEO Jahangir Mohammed (MEng).
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an opinion piece in which Moses Gashirabake (BA, political science) calls for Canada to support youth education in Rwanda. (See pdf, "Canada Should Champion.")