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Concordia in the news
Posted on April 21, 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:
- A brief in the Montreal Gazette announces that president Alan Shepard will be among eight speakers at an event in Ottawa this evening, titled "How the World We Live in Today Will Become the World We Live in Tomorrow".
- L'Écho de Trois-Rivières writes about a promotional trip to Brazil by representatives of a number of Quebec universities. It notes that the trip, paid for by each participating university, comes amid UQTR student union criticism of university spending in the province and states that Concordia decided last week not to join the trip to Brazil.
- The Parliament of Canada Hansard for Wednesday, April 20, includes a reference to Concordia by NDP MP Pierre Nantel, who lists Concordia among the universities jointly offering a master's program in aerospace engineering.
- An article appears in The McGill Reporter about a program of studies combining surgery, engineering and business, designed to favour high tech business startups in the medical field. The piece mentions that the program results form a collaboration between Concordia, McGill and École de technologie supérieure
- University Affairs links to an earlier article from Metro News (Ottawa) previewing next week's vote by the University of Ottawa Board of Governors on whether to divest of fossil fuels. The article states that Concordia is the only school in Canada committed to divestment.