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Kate Bush flash-mob. Sex trafficking. Top-flight rugby. Black Lives Matter.

Concordia in the news
Posted on July 15, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

Students

Current students at Concordia do outstanding academic work and get involved in community projects that improve our quality of life. See what they've been up to:  

  • The graduate student organizers of the Kate Bush/Wuthering Heights flash-mob dance event, scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Jeanne Mance Park, spoke about the project with CKUT Radio's Upstage last night and CBC Radio's Daybreak this morning. 
  • Melanie Proulx, a graduate student in the Department of English, writes an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette urging that Quebec's sex education curriculum include a warning against sex trafficking.
  • Concordia student and international-level women's rugby player Frederique Rajotte is featured in YorkRegion.com.
  • Forget the Box announces a public rally near the Atwater Metro station tomorrow afternoon, to reject of police brutality and racial prejudice. The article notes that the event is organized by the group Twese, which it says was created by women who have played active roles in black student associations at Concordia, McGill and Université de Montréal.