Trump resistance. Support for refugees. Bug-food. Young and engaged. Hockey all-stars.
Concordia in the news
Posted on December 14, 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 students Nicole-Lisa Leblanc and Camille Thompson are interviewed for Radio-Canada's 'Gravel le matin'. The two, first heard at the 1:23:25 mark of the program, talk about the anti-Trump group, Résistons à Trump/Resist Trump.
- Magazine Forces writes about the work of SINGA-Québec, dedicated to the support of Syrian and other refugees in the Montreal region, and mentions the involvement in the organization's work of Amina Jalabi, who is currently working toward her master's degree in art education at Concordia.
- Concordia PhD student Laura Shine is interviewed for Maclean's about her work on North Americans' reticence to include insects in their diet. The online interview transcript includes a video clip of Shine at her bug-eating booth at the recent 'The Future of Education, The Future of Work' town hall, hosted by Concordia and Maclean's.
- Engineering undergraduate Benjamin St-Pierre is noted in an article in Média Sud among the recipients of prizes for student's of CEGEP Édouard Montpetit who distinguished themselves by their social and academic engagement.
- Independent Sports News reports that Canada’s National Junior Team prospects at this year's IIHF World Junior Championship beat the university hockey all-stars 3-0 in a pre-tournament game. It notes that university all-stars were captained by Stingers forward Olivier Hinse.