100 portraits. Sex Garage raid. Max Caron injury. Greenwood return. Vreeswijk bio. Blaikie nomination. Chameleon Man. Wedding notice.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 3, 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:
- Artist Betty-Ann Lampman (BFA, 1989) is featured in the Victoria Times Colonist after painting 100 portraits in 100 days.
- Fugues writes about a show by photographer Linda Dawn Hammond (BFA, 1990) focusing on the violent police raid on an LGBT community "Sex Garage" party, in July, 1990.
- The Calgary Sun and the e-edition of the Ottawa Sun (behind a paywall) write about a training camp injury to former Concordia Stingers football player and current Calgary Stampeders linebacker Max Caron.
- The Globe and Mail and Yahoo! Sports pick up a Canadian Press article about the return to Canadian professional football of former Concordia Stingers Football player Cory Greenwood after a stint in the NFL. Greenwood, named Canadian university football's top defensive player in 2009, currently plays for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts.
- The Prime Minister's office posts biographical notes for Wilma Vreeswijk (BSc), currently Federal Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
- The Winnipeg Free Press writes about the nomination of Daniel Blaikie (MA, philosophy, '10) as NDP candidate in the federal riding of Elmwood-Transcona, in Manitoba.
- An article in La Presse about weekend screenings at the Fantasia International Film Festival mentions the animated film Chameleon Man by Concordia alumna Tia Joseph.
- The New York Times publishes a wedding notice for Rabbi Adir Nathaniel Glick and Rachel Beth Newman. It mentions that Glick received a graduate diploma in journalism from Concordia.