Life with Irving Layton. Thoroughly thoroughbred. Van der Heyden. Ukraine lull.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 4, 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:
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an excerpt from the Anna Pottier book, Good as Gone: My Life with Irving Layton. It includes a passage where Pottier recalls her and her husband, Canadian poet, the late Irving Layton, dining at the home of the American author Elizabeth Spencer while she was a teacher at Concordia. Layton himself taught English part-time at Sir George Williams University from 1950 to 1964. The excerpt is reprised by The Windsor Star and 24news.ca.
- The Montreal Gazette publishes an article profiling thoroughbred horse racing expert Donato Lanni and mentions that Lanni graduated from Concordia with a commerce degree. The article is reprised by the Ottawa Citizen.
- CTVNews.ca posts an article profiling CTV News Channel anchor Todd van der Heyden and mentions that van der Heyden has a graduate degree in Communication Studies from Concordia.
- An article in the Hungarian Free Press about the current lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine includes a footnote that its author, Christopher Adam, has a BA in history from Concordia.