Welcoming Syrian refugees. Stingers football and rugby. Les Aveugles.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 7, 2016
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:
- Concordia PhD candidate Nadia Naffi (educational technology) is interviewed for Prestige Magazine about her research on the integration of Syrian refugees and how it is impacted by social media (PDF, attached).
- Numerous media describe Saturday's defeat of the Concordia Stingers football team by the Université Laval Rouge et Or, in Quebec City, by the score of 39 to 14. The Rouge et Or moves on to the final for the Dunsmore Cup, next Saturday, November 12, against the Université de Montréal Carabins: RDS (video and text), LaPresse.ca, Le Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, La Métropole. The Concordia/Laval game is mentioned in coverage of other football action: LaPresse.ca, Le Journal de Montréal, Radio-Canada.ca, Journal Métro, 985FM.ca, FM93.com Québec Hebdo, Quartier Libre.
- Media reports are circulating about the Concordia Stingers women's rugby team loss to St. Francis Xavier, 24-17, in quarterfinal play at the U Sports national rugby championship in Victoria, last Thursday: the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Inside Halton, CHEKnews.ca, Waterloo Chronicle, Local Xpress.
- Université de Montréal student paper Quartier Libre, writing about an upcoming stage presentation of Les Aveugles by the Posthume theatre collective, mentions Concordia cinema undergrad Sara Sue Vallée among the actors.