Classroom to boardroom. Accepted music therapy. Film studies research. Trade mission to Jerusalem. Arcade Fire honorand. JMSB tour of India.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 18, 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 publishes sponsored content about students making the successful transition from school to career. The piece focuses on the experiences of two recent graduates from the John Molson School of Business: Jesse Carmichael (BComm, finance and marketing, '16), currently employed by Boston Consulting Group, and Jason Azzoparde (B.Sc., actuarial mathematics/finance, Great Distinction, '16), now working with McKinsey & Company in New York. The article includes a graph from Concordia's Student Success Centre illustrating employers' preferred employee-candidate attributes. Finally, it announces a town hall on The Future of Education, The Future of Work, being hosted by Concordia and Maclean’s on November 24 at 6:30 p.m in the Hall Building (H110). Latest Canada posts a link to the Gazette piece.
- Maclean's, reporting on the growing acceptance by the medical community of music therapy, notes that Concordia is one of five universities in Canada offering degrees in music therapy, with both a master's and a graduate certificate.
- Alpha Galileo writes about the establishment of a new Research Training Group (RTG) at Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on film studies. It mentions that the RTG cooperates with the film studies programs at Concordia and Yale.
- The Canadian Jewish News runs an interview with Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, who previewed the Montreal-Toronto trade mission to Israel and the West Bank. Concordia is listed among the institutions and companies participating in the mission, which was ending today.
- Le Nouvelliste joins media coverage of the recent awarding by Concordia of an honorary doctorate to Arcade Fire founding member Régine Chassagne — a Concordia alumna (communication studies, 1998).
- Yes Punjab lists the John Molson School of Business among ten Canadian business schools participating in a week-long MBA showcase tour of India, beginning tomorrow in Delhi.