Concerned about cuts. Molson philanthropy. Doctors of dance. Teacher of the year.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 30, 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:
- President Alan Shepard is included among the signatories to an open letter in which senior administrators of universities across Quebec express their disapproval of measures in the recent Quebec budget announcing further cuts to government funding of universities. The new cuts of $70-million bring to $270-million the total of university funding cuts announced since 2012. The letter is posted by Le Lézard and AMEQ en ligne.
- An article in Le Journal de Québec about the Molson family's philanthropic activities in the health and education sectors mentions that the family is a financial supporter of the John Molson School of Business. A separate article in La Pressementions Concordia in the same context.
- An article in La Presse about the École de danse de Québec mentions that Concordia offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in dance. The article is reprised by Le Soleil.
- Steam Feed picks up a release announcing this week's international convention of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), in Toronto. It repeats an earlier announcement that Sherry Blok, an English-second-language lecturer at the Centre for Continuing Education, will receive TESOL's Teacher of the Year Award.