Religious un-orthodoxy. Art matters. Vimy shrine. Last snowboarding gasp. Dugrenier arrest.
Concordia in the news
Posted on April 4, 2016
Students
Current students at Concordia do outstanding academic work and get involved in community projects that improve our quality of life. See what they've been up to:
- La Presse + profiles Concordia psychology student Batsheva Tobin. The article tells how Tobin, who grew up in Montreal's Lubavitch community, eventually turned her back on religious orthodoxy.
- The McGill Tribune publishes an article about last month's Art Matters festival, run by undergraduate Concordia students who showcased their work at numerous Montreal venues throughout the month of March.
- The Vernon Morning Star writes about a project by Concordia marketing major Andy Wylie to build a shrine in his hometown of Vernon, B.C. to commemorate the participation of Canadian soldiers in the battle of Vimy Ridge, in 1917.
- TVAnouvelles.ca posts a brief, with pictures, of a friendly snowboarding competition on Mount Royal, last Friday afternoon, organized jointly by the Concordia Ski & Snowboard Club and the Student Society of McGill University.
- Le Devoir reports that charges have been dropped against Simon Dugrenier, the CEGEP student whose arrest by plainclothes Montreal police during a student protest was widely reported thanks to a reporter from The Link who photographed the arrest, last December.