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Concordia in the news
Posted on January 17, 2017
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Le Journal de Montréal publishes an article about a group of students who say they have experienced sexual assault and who want the government to force universities to do more to secure their campuses. Concordia is mentioned among universities that have run sexual assault awareness campaigns.
- Ming Pao Canada (in Chinese) picks up news of the 2017 QS Global 250 Business Schools Report, which ranks the John Molson School of Business in the mid-tier of Canadian business schools.
- The McGill Tribune references Concordia's sponsorship of two Syrian refugees who have begun tuition-free studies at the SGW campus.
- A Quebec university news roundup in Courrier Expat includes references to a provincial infrastructure program involving Concordia, McGill and Université de Montréal and also mentions Concordia's new Certificate in Business Ownership program, launched this semester at the John Molson School of Business. Finally, the same news brief mentions the initiative by Rebecca Duclos, dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, to bridge the academic gap between liberal arts and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
- Concordia is featured in a photo album in KK News (in Chinese).
- Academic Keys publishes separate notices inviting expressions of interest in two faculty positions at Concordia: the first, a tenure-track position in the area of Industrial engineering, and the second, a tenure-track position in Emergent Networking Technologies, at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE).