Shepard on the new economy. Repurposed churches. Trade mission. Most Influential. Poppy drive.

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 writes an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette and La Presse + about the challenges and opportunities of an economy in transition. Shepard focuses on the incubator approach to business innovation, as exemplified by Concordia's District 3 Innovation Centre. He calls on all stakeholders, including government, business and academic institutions, to help pave the way to a new knowledge-based society by investing in the next generation.
• An article in The Globe and Mail about the repurposing of places of worship in Quebec as performance spaces and libraries mentions the reopening, in September, 2015, of the Grey Nuns chapel as a reading room for Concordia students and staff. The article is reprised by 24news.ca.
• LaPresse.ca reports that unnamed representatives of Concordia and UQAM have joined a Montreal delegation on  a trade mission to China. The report indicates that the universities mentioned are covering their own representatives' travel costs. 
• India West reports that Paul Shrivastava, a professor in the Department of Management, director of the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and executive director of Future Earth, has been named by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business to its inaugural list of “100 Influential Leaders.”
• Global News Montreal, reporting on the launch of this year's poppy drive by Canadian war veterans, speaks with Concordia student Eric Washburn, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who served abroad and is a co-founder of the Concordia Veterans Association. Washburn appears at the 1:30-mark of the news report, which mentions that there are an estimated 300 former and current military personnel attending Concordia.

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