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Concordia in the news
Posted on August 17, 2015

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

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: 

  • Banking executive Wayne Griffith (BComm) is profiled in an article in Nation News (Barbados).
  • The Peace & Conflict Monitor publishes an analytical piece by Melissa Judith Weizman (BA) on the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
  • Yahoo! Finance picks up an earlier release announcing the appointment of Douglas P. Quesnel (BComm) as chief accounting officer of Tricon Capital Group Inc.
  • The Montreal Gazette writes about "Beyond the Bagel", a Jewish food history walking tour of Montreal curated by food historian Kat Romanow who, the article states, has a master’s degree in food studies from Concordia. The online article includes video of Romanow highlighting the walking tour.
  • Radio Canada International posts a brief, online, about its recent interview with 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. Listen to the interview, which aired last week. 
  • In his latest piece in the Hungarian Free Press, Christopher Adam (BA, history) writes about a recent incident where a 16-year old Afghan refugee intervened to save the life of a homeless Budapest man who lay bleeding on a sidewalk outside a soup kitchen.