Homa Hoodfar. Massive Open Online Course.

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

• Nobel Women's Initiative, reprised by # Make Me Feed, urges all concerned about human rights to support calls for the release of Homa Hoodfar, who has been held in Iran's Evin prison since June 6. 
• Hoodfar's detention is mentioned in an opinion piece in the National Post whose authors are critical of the Trudeau government's move to re-establish Canadian diplomatic relations with Iran.
• The e-edition of 24 Hours Toronto reprises an Academica brief announcing Concordia's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Wicked problems, dynamic solutions and a new global classroom. The interdisciplinary course, which is open to all, is being offered this fall in partnership with the United Nations. 

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