Homa Hoodfar. Non-credit seminars. Horizon postdoc.

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

• Amnesty International reports on the case of Homa Hoodfar in an article about the repression of women's rights activists and academics in Iran and repeats its call for Hoodfar's immediate and unconditional release. The report is picked up by Tuck Magazine, Rudaw, and Ekklesia, and in Italian by ADN Kronos and Libero Gossip. Hoodfar's detention is mentioned also in a PJ Media report about  U.S. government payment of an alleged ransom to Iran for the release of American prisoners. 
• LaPresse.ca writes about the introduction by Concordia of a series of new non-credit seminars, most running one or two days, on a variety of topics, including mediation, climate change, and stress management. It notes that the seminars will be offered starting this fall, in both English and French, on the SGW and Loyola campuses.
• The Canadian Journal of Communication posts an invitation for applications for a Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Communication Studies.

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