Homa Hoodfar. SIGHTINGS: The Time of the Work. Pavilion for Peace. Accessibility audits.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 4, 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:
- Radio Canada International talks to Amanda Ghahremani, niece of retired anthropology professor Homa Hoodfar, who says the family and Hoodfar's lawyer still have had no contact with her since her arrest in Iran and detention at Evin prison, on June 6. Listen here. She is interviewed also for the Spanish-language service of Radio Canada International.
- The Canadian Press posts earlier copy, in English and in French, from its coverage of the Hoodfar imprisonment.
- A columnist for Le Nouvelliste de Trois-Rivières, editorializing about why he will not write an editorial on the Canadiens trade of P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators, says there are far more important news stories to ponder, including the arrest and imprisonment of Homa Hoodfar.
- LaPresse.ca writes about the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery's SIGHTINGS satellite exhibition program and today's opening in the SIGHTINGS space of The Time of the Work. Painting and drawing professor Nicolas Grenier, the project's designer, is quoted and Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery curator Katrie Chagnon is referenced. The Time of the Work is on through September 5.
- Canadian Architect writes about a recent 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 article mentions 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.
- The Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun write about plans by students at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) to protest over a number of grievances, including a perceived lack of accessibility to the campus for mobility-reduced students. They report that protest organizers would like to see accessibility audits conducted at ACAD similar to ones at Concordia.
