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Fight against mass atrocities. Northern Stars project. Canada China International Film Festival.

Concordia in the news
Posted on December 12, 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.

Expert commentators

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

  • Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, and Roméo Dallaire, a senior fellow at MIGS, co-write an opinion piece in OpenCanada.org in which they urge Canada and Mexico to deepen their cooperation on issues of global importance, starting with the fight against mass atrocities.
  • The Winnipeg Free Press quotes Heather Igloliorte, assistant professor in the Department of Art History and Concordia Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement, in a piece about the Winnipeg Inuit Art Centre's Northern Stars art project. 
  • CRI Online notes the participation of Miao Song, affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computer Science and a Concordia alumna (BCompSc, MCompSc, PhD computer Graphics and documentary film) at a news conference in Macau, last week, about the Canada China International Film Festival, held in Montreal in September. Song is founder and executive chair of the festival.