Zone Éducation-Culture. Moving Waldo. Youth entrepreneurship.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 19, 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:
- Concordia issued a release on CNW, picked up by the Montreal Gazette, Money News and Shaw Connect, announcing today's media event unveiling the Zone Éducation-Culture — the fruit of a new educational partnership between the university and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Zone Éducation-Culture is a new public space on Bishop Street, where Quartier Concordia meets the Quartier du Musée. Plans include new urban design, public art and community programming.
- L'Hebdo du St-Maurice writes about MovingWaldo — a web application that manages changes of address. The article notes that the application was developed through Concordia's District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- The Hill Times, reporting on a recent Hill Times-sponsored panel discussion of youth entrepreneurship and innovation, quotes a panelist — Canada Foundation for Innovation vice president Guy Lévesque — who lists Concordia among Canadian universities that have adopted successful, student-centred approaches to entrepreneurship.