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Concordia in the news
Posted on June 5, 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:
- Concordia alumnus, human space flight expert and physicist James Kass was interviewed yesterday morning on CJAD's Andrew Carter Breakfast Show. Kass talked about human space flight generally, and planned Mars missions specifically. The interview was done ahead of Kass' Concordia talk, at the JMSB earlier this week: he shared his vision of human activity in space and of his own passion for all things related to space flight. The talk was part of Concordia's Summer Research Institute 2015.
- Northern Life publishes an article profiling mining industry notable and philanthropist Peter Crossgrove (BComm), who died June 2.
- Info-Culture writes about the vernissage, June 12th, of a show of Arianne Garcia-Fialdini's art at the Espace contemporain art gallery in Montreal and mentions that the artist obtained her BFA in painting and drawing at Concordia in 2005.
- Jill Piebak (MA, media studies and communications) is featured in an article in the Toronto Star about the federal government's decision to exclude tampons from the GST. Piebak spearheaded the successful campaign against the tampon tax.
- A brief in L'Avantage announces the appointment of Amy Barrette (BSc, exercise science) as team physiotherapist for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
- Logistics Viewpoints publishes an article by Marketing strategist Chuck Fuerst (BComm, marketing management) about changing conditions in supply chain operations in Canada.