Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Fallen. Tricon appointment. Beaver Tails. Refugees in Hungary.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 14, 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:
- Alumnus Gonzo Nieto, a co-chairman of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, a drug reform lobby that recently announced the establishment of a chapter at Concordia, is interviewed on Radio Canada International. Nieto comments on national drug policy in the context of the ongoing federal election campaign. Listen to the interview.
- Coast Reporter publishes a review of the book Fallen: A Trauma, A Marriage, and the Transformative Power of Music, by Kara Stanley, who tells the story of her husband Simon Paradis' slow rehabilitation from a severe spinal injury. It mentions that Paradis is a graduate of Concordia’s Music Arts program.
- A release announcing the appointment of Douglas P. Quesnel (BComm) as chief accounting officer of Tricon Capital Group Inc. is picked up by Stockwatch, Stockhouse and Shaw Connect.
- An article in Ottawa Business Journal profiling the Canadian pastry store chain BeaverTails includes a mention that Tina Serrao, a BeaverTails co-owner, graduated from Concordia.
- Christopher Adam (BA, history) writes in the Hungarian Free Press about recent Hungarian government meetings with leaders of the country's Jewish community to discuss the possible impact of the arrival of large numbers of Muslim refugees from Syria and Afghanistan.
