Brice Jones. Fabienne Lasserre. Quinn Smith. Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphael.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 23, 2015
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:
- Brice Jones is quoted in a story picked up by Yahoo! News (U.K.) about an ancient Greek papyrus containing a fragment of the Gospel of John. The story revolves around the discovery of the papyrus in an attic by a person who tried to sell the artefact on eBay. In the article, picked up from The Telegraph, Jones warns against the sale of rare artefacts to private collectors who may restrict scholarly access to the finds.
Jones is also featured in The New York Times where Concordia is mentioned in his biographical details - Fabienne Lasserre (BFA, 1996) is featured in an article in Le Devoir about a show of her work at the Parisian Laundry art gallery in Montreal.
- Numerous media pick up a Canadian Press story about former Stinger's football star Quinn Smith, now playing in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders, and Smith's play with both the Stampeders' defense and offense, this season: The Toronto Star, Lethbridge Herald, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, MuskokaRegion.com, Cape Breton Post, Sportsnet, TSN.ca, Prince Rupert Northern View,Nanaimo News Bulletin.
- Brisbane Times reprises a recent article from The New York Times about the race to fill the demand for virtual reality media technology and content. Alumni Félix Lajeunesse (Cinematography and Film/Video Production) and Paul Raphael, co-founders of Félix & Paul Studios, are profiled.