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Bugs as food. Citizenship issues. Drone races. Julia Woldmo profile. Dunsmore Cup round.Stingers advance.

Concordia in the news
Posted on October 31, 2016

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

Students

Current students at Concordia do outstanding academic work and get involved in community projects that improve our quality of life. See what they've been up to:  

  • An article in Maclean's features the work of Concordia PhD student Laura Shine, who is studying North Americans' reticence to include insects in their diets (pdf attached: "Of Cheese, bugs and catering").
  • A piece in the Edmonton Sun about a reported RCMP investigation of Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef for possible citizenship fraud mentions the case of a Concordia student, also suspected of citizenship fraud. The Concordia student, who remains unidentified, stands to lose her Canadian citizenship because of alleged misrepresentations by her mother on her own citizenship application a decade ago.
  • Ŀe Journal de Montréal writes about last Saturday's interuniversity drone race at ÉTS, co-organized by UAV Concordia. In a related story, CBC.ca features Concordia mechanical engineering student Sohaib Ourraiss, a drone pilot who recently discovered the sport of drone racing. Ourraiss is pictured with fellow drone enthusiast and Concordia student, Pierre-Lucas Aubin-Fournier.
  • Concordia drawing and painting student Julia Woldmo is featured in Her Campus at Concordia.
  • Numerous media report that the Concordia Stingers football team will play the Université Laval Rouge et Or in the preliminary elimination round for the Dunsmore Cup, next Saturday: Radio-Canada.ca, Le Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, Le Soleil, TVAsports.ca RDS.ca and Québec Hebdo.  
  • TVAsports.ca describes the Stingers' 39-6 win over the Gaiters, over the weekend, to earn the team its Dunsmore Cup playoff berth.
  • TVAsports.ca favours Stingers receiver Vincent Alessandrini to win this year's Réseau du sport universitaire québécois (RSEQ) award for top offensive recruit.
  • TB Newswatch reports on the Concordia Stingers men's hockey win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves, 4-0, on Saturday.