André and France Desmarais District 3 Fund. Christopher Jackson remembered.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 29, 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:
- Media reports begin circulating about a $1 million gift from André Desmarais, BComm 78, LLD 07, and France Chrétien Desmarais to Concordia's District 3 Innovation Centre. The announcement of the André and France Desmarais District 3 Fund was made yesterday at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the centre's new space on the sixth floor of Concordia’s Faubourg Building. The fund will be dedicated to propelling business start-ups that have proven their market viability, with seed funding, investment in product development tools and the hiring of new District 3 staff. TD Waterhouse picked up the CNW release announcing yesterday's ribbon-cutting and fund announcement, with a subsequent news report carried by the Montreal Gazette.
- CBCMusic.ca and France Music post obituaries for Christopher Jackson, artistic director of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM) and long-time professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, where he was also served as dean from 1994 to 2005. Jackson died last Friday at the age of 67.