Vice-regal convocation address. Honorand Arlene Dickinson. Pavilion for Peace. Excellent university.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 8, 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:
- The Governor General's official website publishes the convocation address delivered to graduating students in the Faculty of Arts and Science, Monday evening at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier. Governor General David Johnston is one of nine new Concordia honorands being presented at the Spring convocation.
- Another new Concordia honorand, entreprepeur Arlene Dickinson, was on CBC's 'Homerun' yesterday (no link available) to talk about the honour and about the entrepreneurial movement and her work at Venture Communications.
- The Montreal Gazette and Le Devoir cover a media preview of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace — the new pavilion at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Bishop Street scheduled to open in the Fall. The reports note that the Pavilion for Peace, with an entrance on Bishop St., across from Concordia, includes an art therapy studio, developed in partnership with Concordia's Department of Creative Art Therapies.
- Opalesque includes Concordia among what it terms "excellent universities" it says help make Montreal a world-class city for investment.