Zone Éducation-Culture. Financing startups. Célébrons le Partenariat.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 20, 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:
- Several media report yesterday's unveiling of Zone Éducation-Culture — a new educational partnership between Concordia, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and the City of Montreal. Zone Éducation-Culture is a new public space on Bishop Street, where Quartier Concordia and Quartier du Musée intersect. The plan includes new urban design, public art and community programming, with an open space to link Concordia's Hall building to the MMFA's future new Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace: the Montreal Gazette, the Gazette's e-edition,My Web Memo, 24News.ca, Public Now and News One Place. Additionally, Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs, was interviewed for Breakfast Television Montreal (no link available). Les affaires posted a brief, earlier, announcing the media event, yesterday morning at eleven.
- The work of Concordia's District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is highlighted in a piece in theMontreal Gazette about financing business startups in Montreal. District 3 director of finance and administration Jan Arp is quoted and District 3 startups Heddoko and Revols are referenced.
- A CNW/Telbec release lists Concordia's partnership with Bombardier Aéronautique and Bell Helicopter Textron Canada among Quebec's top university/industry partnerships at yesterday's "Célébrons le Partenariat" gala, in Trois-Rivières. The annual event is organized by the Association pour le développement de la recherche et de l'innovation du Québec (ADRIQ). The university is partnered with the aeronautics companies through the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design & Innovation (CIADI).