Homa Hoodfar. Handling emergencies.

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 imprisonment of Homa Hoodfar and of worldwide calls for her release: La Presse +publishes an appeal by Geneviève Rail, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, for all concerned about academic freedom and human rights to make themselves heard and join the growing international call for Hoodfar's freedom from Iran's Evin prison; the story of a call by former U.N. human rights investigators for Hoodfar's release is picked up by Iran News Update, Iran Focus, the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the #FreeHomagroup. Foreign Affairs (New Zealand) issues an appeal for the public's help to pressure Iran for Hoodfar's release;Jadaliyya posts a letter issued by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association calling on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to drop all charges against Hoodfar and release her unconditionally; The Peterborough Examiner reports that a local Amnesty International group has added its voice to the call for Hoodfar's release; Huffington Post and Iranian Canadian News carry earlier news stories about Hoodfar's detention and a call from the Iranian Canadian Congress for a resumption of diplomatic relations with Iran; CTV News.ca, reporting on the release in China of Kevin Garratt, who had been arrested in 2014 on espionage allegations, writes also about the Homa Hoodfar case. The CTV News text is reprised by 24News.ca and NewsCaf. University Affairs publishes an article about what universities can do to protect scholars who are detained abroad. The article uses Homa Hoodfar’s arrest as an example.
• The Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre writes about a recently released McGill University video offering instruction on how to react in an active shooter situation on campus. The article references the 1992 shooting at Concordia and mentions a similar video posted on Concordia’s website.

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