Homa Hoodfar. Women and MBAs. Management leadership.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 9, 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 appeal, made by a group of Concordia professors at a news conference in the EV Building, Wednesday, for the release by Iran of Homa Hoodfar: Radio Canada International, CP24and Pressreader; EnManchette.ca, France News, Fr Jour and WN.com link to Le Devoir coverage of the news conference; the Montreal Gazette and the paper's e-edition publish an editorial in which reference is made to the professors' appeal and which condemns Iran's imprisonment of Hoodfar as 'outrageous'. It adds the editorial board's voice to the call for her immediate release. The editorial is reprised by ReportCA and is linked throughCanada News and Scoopnest.
- In related coverage: RTÉ 'Drivetime' radio produces an extended report on the Homa Hoodfar case and various calls, notably among academics in Canada and Ireland, for her release. Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, is heard at the 5:30-mark.
- MSN Finances reprises an article from L'actualité about attracting more women to MBA programs. It states that 47% of business students at Concordia are women.
- Journal Métro publishes a release from the Institute of Leadership in Management announcing a certification program in management leadership and skills, offered jointly by the Institute and the John Molson School of Business.