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Contemporary art chair. St-Mary's hospital.

Concordia in the news
Posted on January 13, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

University affairs

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

  • La Presse Affaires reports on the recent announcement of the creation by the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM) of a new chair on Quebec and Canadian contemporary art, funded by the Fondation Jarislowsky. The reporter notes that the foundation has created numerous chairs over the years and mentions its funding for the creation, in 1998, of Concordia's Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art.
  • The Montreal Gazette writes about fears that St-Mary's hospital is being dismantled and mentions the suspension, last year, of the hospital's psychology internship program, which involved PhD psychology students at four Quebec universities, including Concordia, who did unpaid internships at St-Mary's.