Homa Hoodfar. Art therapy.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 20, 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:
- Coverage continues of the Homa Hoodfar arrest and detention in Iran: the National Post publishes an editorial calling on Ottawa to stand firm against Iran in the case and to refuse any eventual demands for diplomatic recognition in exchange for her release; Bijan Ahmadi, president of the Iranian Canadian Congress tells Radio Canada International, in a text story and an on-air interview, that Canada must re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran if it is to help dual citizens, like Hoodfar, who are detained in Iranian prisons; A Reuters article on the possibly politically-motivated arrests of Hoodfar and other dual nationals in Iran is reprised by Zawya/Reuters, Haaretz, Egypt Independent, Yahoo! News UK and The Wire (India); Hoodfar's detention is mentioned in a piece in The Tower about the arrest and continued detention in Iran of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; Hoodfar is mentioned also in a Canadian Press story about the return to Canada of Iranian-born artist Parviz Tanavoli, who had previously been barred from leaving Iran. The article is picked up by CBC.ca, Times Colonist, The Prince George Citizen and North Bay Nipissing News; The Canadian Press reposts a news brief about a call by author Maziar Bahari for Canadians to speak out against Hoodfar's detention
- An article in L'Express de Drummondville about art therapy mentions that Concordia was among the first universities in Canada to offer an art therapy program.
