Syrian students, bake sale, Homa Hoodfar and more
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 12, 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:
- The Montreal Gazette (reprised by Canada.com) publishes a front-page story about Dunia Al Mehlm, one of two Syrian students who was offered a scholarship to Concordia, offered by the university in collaboration with the Syrian Kids Foundation.
- The Montreal Gazette and its e-edition publish a piece about the weekly Friday bake sale at Concordia to benefit Al Salam school, in Reyhanli, Turkey.
- La Presse + publishes a piece about the use of quiet diplomacy to obtain the recent release of Homa Hoodfar from Iran and of Kevin Garrett from China.
- Blogger Lise Ravary, writing for Le Journal de Montréal, finds fault with Montreal mayor Denis Coderre for signing a cooperation agreement between Iran and Metropolis, the international municipal organization he presides. Ravary takes issue with the timing of the signing ceremony, which took place on the very day that Homa Hoodfar returned to Canada from nearly four months of captivity in Iran's Evin prison.
- Journal Métro writes that Concordia comes in second in an Academos top-ten ranking of Quebec's most influential universities on social media.
- CBC News Montreal covers Monday's Concordia emergency response training exercise on the Loyola campus, starting at the 9:45-mark. University spokesperson Chris Mota appears on camera.
- MTLinTECH writes about Temps Libre — a co-working facility that provides space for community-based projects and activities. It names Concordia among the financial partners in the initiative and mentions that the university rents a number of desks in the co-working space.
- Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre writes about the 'Hypothèses' series of interuniversity conferences on art history, which it notes is organized collaboratively by Concordia, Université de Montréal, UQAM and McGill.
- The Voice of Vietnam and Vietnam Net list Concordia among the participants in the 2016 Canada Education Fairs in Vietnam next week. The event is hosted by the Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City.