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Hardeep Grewal. Pierre Colas. Ezra Winton and Svetla Turnin. Nadia Louhichi.

Concordia in the news
Posted on April 27, 2016

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  • Media coverage continues of the story of Concordia alumnus Hardeep Grewal (BComm, '83) who credits his Concordia education for his success as a Subway restaurant franchise owner and manager. Grewal, who immigrated to Canada in the 1970's with about $7 in his pocket, has donated $1-million to Concordia to endow MBA scholarships at the John Molson School of Business: Monday's 6 pm newscast on CTV Montreal, CBC's Homerun (no link available), Le Journal de Montréal(édition-e), Canada Standard, University Affairs (linking to an earlier Montreal Gazette article), Montreal Eater,       I Ask (in Chinese), Info 51(in Chinese). Additionally, a PR Newswire release about the gift is picked up by Cleveland 19 News and Academica posts a brief, along with links to earlier articles about the Grewal gift in the Montreal Gazette, Journal de Montréal, CBC and the Concordia news service.
  • A Market Wired release announcing an agreement in principle to merge Orletto Capital Inc. and Devonian Health Group Inc. lists Pierre Colas (BComm, 1981) among the proposed appointments to the board of directors of the merged company. The release is picked up by Le Lézard, Stockhouse and Stockwatch.
  • Canada Standard links to an earlier CBC.ca article that reports the launch by Concordia Cinema Politica of video on demand. It names Cinema Politica co-founders Ezra Winton (BA, communication studies/political science, '05 and MA, media studies, '07) and Svetla Turnin (MA, media studies, 2009).
  • The Elko Daily Free Press (Nevada) publishes a profile of translator Nadia Louhichi, who it says received a degree in translation from Concordia. Louhichi has opted for a career change and is currently studying radiology at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada.