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Concordia in the news
Posted on March 4, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- University of the Streets Café, a series of public conversations held at different venues around the city by Concordia’s Office of Community Engagement, is profiled in the February 29 edition of MAtv Vidéotron's Montreal Billboard. To view the episode, follow the second link under the Montreal Billboard | Full Episodes banner. The University of the Streets segment begins at the 22:43 mark. The Office of Community Engagement is referenced at the 24:05 mark. The program coordinator at Concordia, Alex Megelas, is paraphrased.
- The Montreal Gazette, writing about McGill University's new Vivre McGill en Français portal, mentions that both the McGill and Concordia websites are available in French. The piece is reprised in the Ottawa Citizen.
- Qui Fait Quoi picks up an earlier release announcing the next phase of Montreal municipal infrastructure work around the SGW campus and the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, on and along Sherbrooke and Bishop. Work is to begin next month and be completed by the Fall. President Alan Shepard is quoted on the importance of the project to the overall success of Quartier Concordia.