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Concordia in the news
Posted on October 19, 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:
- President Alan Shepard is quoted in a CNW release announcing a $600,000 gift from TD Bank Group to Concordia: half of the amount will go to support ABRACADABRA — the interactive, early literacy web-based tool created by the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) in support of beginning readers, and the other $300,000 to the John Molson School of Business for its Sustainable Internship Program for Concordia students working with small-sized, ecology-oriented companies. The release is picked up by the National Post, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, The Province, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Regina Leader-Post,Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Windsor Star, Troy Media, Globe Advisor, Money, Shaw Connect, Yahoo! Finance, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), Arnprior Today, The Canadian Business Journal, MorningStar, Canada.com, Le Carrefour de Québec, Urban Quebec, Penticton Business, Facility Calgary, New Tecumseth Free Press, Video Based Tutorials, WFMJ.com, WDRB.com and more than 250 others.
- President Alan Shepard is listed among the leaders of universities who have co-signed an open letter, published byLaPresse.ca, calling for stronger financial and other support for Quebec's institutions of higher learning.
- Several media reporting on criticism of the Quebec government's $94-million investment to build a new HEC satellite in downtown Montreal note the presence, in the downtown area, of three established business schools, at Concordia, McGill and UQAM: Le Devoir, Radio-Canada.ca, MSN finances, Journal Métro,
- Iran's detainment of Homa Hoodfar is mentioned in some of the early coverage of the sentencing by Iran of Iranian-American father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi to 10 years in prison on charges of collaborating with a foreign government: The Wall Street Journal, The Tower; Hoodfar's imprisonment is referenced also in a text story from Énergie 94.3 about criticism of Montreal mayor Denis Coderre for his recent official trip to Iran.
- The Globe and Mail offers thumbnail sketches of five Quebec universities, including Concordia.
- A post-conference report on last month's International Conference on Arts and Humanities (ICOAH) in Bali, Indonesia, organized by the International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), notes that Concordia was a hosting partner in the event. It states that Eldad Tsabary, assistant professor of electroacoustic music at Concordia, co-chaired the conference and was a keynote speaker.
- CBC.ca reports that Montreal poet Kelly Norah Drukker is short-listed for the Concordia University First Book Prize for her debut collection, Small Fires.