Homa Hoodfar. Quartier de L'innovation.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 29, 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:
- Numerous media publish a Presse Canadienne report on a call by the Opposition in Quebec City for Premier Philippe Couillard to speak up in the Homa Hoodfar case. PQ MNAs have demanded that the Couillard government press Ottawa to take more direct action in pressing for the release of the retired Concordia professor from Iran's Evin prison, where she has been held since June 6: Radio-Canada.ca, Le Devoir, LaPresse.ca, L'actualité, Huffington Post Québec, Journal Métro, Blog Mtl.
- Campus Watch picks up the text version and links to the video of an earlier CTV News report that Hoodfar was arrested for feminist activity and unspecified security issues, while Democratic Underground reprises and links a Maclean's story about the reported reasons for Hoodfar's arrest. The story is picked up also by Le Journal de Montréal and TVAnouvelles.ca, as well as by The Feminism Project.
- A CNW release from Quartier de l'innovation announcing new projects for the city lists Concordia among the partners that have joined the QI since its creation in 2013.