Homa Hoodfar. Temps libre.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 5, 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 release of Homa Hoodfar from Iran's Evin prison: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (reprised by Press Release Point) and Google Trender relate Hoodfar's detention and report Iran's assertion that she was released strictly on humanitarian grounds related to her state of health; Times of Oman publishes a piece about the role Oman played in helping free Hoodfar and quotes Hoodfar thanking Omani leader, Sultan Qaboos bin Said; Times of Oman runs a second article about Hoodfar's release in which it recounts that prime minister Trudeau called Oman's deputy prime minister to express his gratitude for the efforts made to release Hoodfar; Hoodfar's release is mentioned in an article in the National Post, written by human rights activist and former Iranian prisoner Mostafa Naderi, about the 1988 purge of Iranian dissidents; Hoodfar's release is again mentioned in an article in the Victoria Times Colonist about the complaint by Iranian-born Vancouver resident Maryam Malekpour that the Trudeau government has done almost nothing to help secure the release of her brother from an Iranian prison.
- Les Affaires reports that Concordia has rented space from Temps libre, a real estate cooperative dedicated to providing working space for community-oriented projects. The article states that Concordia will use its share of the space to give unspecified classes open to Concordia students and members of the public.