Richler writer-in-residence. Stingers United.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 25, 2015
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Novelist, playwright and Gemini Award-winning actor Ann-Marie MacDonald is named Concordia's first Richler writer-in-residence, thanks to a gift from the Richler estate in support of a three-year writer-in-residence program in the late author’s name. MacDonald will be mentoring students in the creative writing program and also composing digital dispatches for The Walrus magazine website. Numerous media provided coverage of yesterday's announcement: CBC.ca , The Montreal Gazette, Global Montreal, the Gazette e-edition, Yahoo! News, 24News.ca and Le Devoir. The online CBC, Montreal Gazette and Global Montreal articles include video of Macdonald, as she sits at the desk in the Mordechai Richler reading room on the sixth floor of the J. W. McConnell Building for yesterday's presentation.
- La Presse Plus and its paper edition publish an article about the Stingers United campaign to rebrand the varsity teams and about Concordia's sports facilities on the Loyola campus. Athletic director Patrick Boivin is quoted throughout. The article is prominently positioned on the front page of the sports section.