Real-world education. L'Air Adulte. Academics Without Borders. University of the Streets.

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• President Alan Shepard is cited in  The Globe and Mail's 2016 Canadian University Report. The article touches on Concordia's efforts to help students gain real-world experience during their studies. The quote is from Shepard's address to the Canadian Club of Montreal. last February. The Globe and Mail University Report also includes a list of Quebec Universities, with a brief profile of each institution, including Concordia. Please note: the information on Concordia includes errors which the university's Communications Services will be addressing with the publication's editor.
• La Presse Plus and Le Droit write about L'Air Adulte, the French translation of the novel Adult Onset by Concordia's Richler writer-in-residence Ann-Marie MacDonald, being launched on Thursday. 
• Canada Standard reprises an earlier Radio Canada International article on the establishment at Concordia of Academics Without Borders (AWB) and Academica links to the RCI piece. The AWB office will work to further encourage the participation of the university's researchers, faculty, students and staff in the NGO's projects around the world. 
• The Suburban writes about University of the Streets — a series of public conversations held at different venues around the city. It notes that the conversations were initiated by Concordia’s Office of Community Engagement.

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