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Green Montreal. Max Stern Project.

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Posted on April 27, 2015

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  • The Montreal Gazette runs the last in a series of stories on The Great Montreal Rebuild, produced in partnership with the newspaper. The article deals with the benefits of diversifying and connecting green spaces in a city and also looks at how green spaces can help mitigate the effects of winds in urban environments. It highlights the research of Melanie McCavour, a PhD candidate and lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment as well as Jochen Jaeger, a professor in the same department and Ted Stathopoulos, a professor in the Department of Building, Environmental and Civil Engineering.
  • A xity release (in German) announces that Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs and head of Concordia's Max Stern Art Restitution Project, will give a talk, tomorrow in Dusseldorf, about research to track down Nazi-looted art.