Homa Hoodfar in Ottawa. Centre for Teaching and Learning. Dance therapy master's.

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• CDN Poli posts video of Member of Parliament Omar Alghabra introducing Homa Hoodfar in the House of Commons, on Wednesday.  Hoodfar met Prime Minister Trudeau earlier in the week.
• University Affairs announces the appointment, in September, of Robert Cassidy as the new director of Concordia's Centre for Teaching and Learning. Cassidy has previously taught at Concordia.
• La Presse Affaires picks up news of last month's announcement of a $600,000 gift from TD Bank Group to Concordia. It reports that half the amount is being invested in 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. The other $300,000 is going to the John Molson School of Business for its Sustainable Internship Program for Concordia students working with small-sized, ecology-oriented companies. André Roy, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Stéphane Brutus, interim dean of and professor in the John Molson School of Business, are quoted. 
• The Globe and Mail writes about Canada's first master's degree in dance therapy, being developed by the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT) in conjunction with Concordia, McGill and UQAM.
• Press Republican announces the third lecture in the series “Jews in Urban Environments”, being held next Wednesday, November 9 in Plattsburgh. It notes that the lecture series is a collaborative project of the Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia, the Jewish Studies Program at State University of New York in Plattsburgh and the Microprogamme en études juives at Université de Montréal.

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