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Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• The Canadian Press re-posts an item reporting Amnesty International's call for the immediate and unconditional release of former Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar, arrested June 6 in Iran and held at Evin prison, in Tehran. The call for her release is reported also by Otras Voces en Educacion, reprised by Blogoosfero.cc (both in Spanish). The Edmonton Sun reports that the union representing staff at the University of Alberta has joined the call for Iran to release Hoodfar. Finally, Daily Pakistan writes that the South Asian Free Media Association will lead a walk to the Iranian Cultural Center in Lahore, Pakistan, tomorrow, in protest against Hoodfar's imprisonment. 
• A CNW release lists District 3 among the organizations and projects presented at the annual Intelligent Community Forum, last week in Columbus, Ohio, where the Greater Montreal Region received the Intelligent Community of the Year Award for 2016. Montreal was honoured for its climate of engagement and collaboration in innovation among the region's major stakeholders.
• Nation Talk reprises an earlier CNW release from Telefilm Canada announcing the 18 finalists for the 2016-2017 Micro-Budget Production Program, in support of emerging filmmakers seeking to produce their first feature-length films. It reports that the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema is partnered with filmmakers on two of the shortlisted projects: Les Faux Tatouages (Pascal Plante, director/writer and Katerine Lefrançois, producer) and Geek Girls (alumni Gina Haraszti (MFA), director/writer and Michael Massicotte (BFA), producer). 
• The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) previews a paper to be presented at an IFLA conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan in August, by Concordia associate librarian Geoffrey Little. He will explain why the university created Concordia University Press and how it will function. 
• Gas & Electricity, reporting the rejection by the University of Toronto of recommendations to sell off its fossil fuel investments, writes that Concordia is believed to be the first Canadian university to adopt a divestment policy.

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