Destination Universités Québec. Di-Octo. Sculpture garden.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 2, 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 Figaro announces that Concordia is among the thirteen universities participating in the 'Destination Universités Québec' series of student recruiting events, October 6 to 12 in Paris, Strasbourg and Lille.
- CTV Montreal's 'News at Six' covered last Thursday’s media event outside the Hall Building that saw the inauguration of Di-Octo — an eight-metre-high kinetic sculpture donated to the city and the university by Concordia Chancellor Jonathan Wener (BComm 71), founder and CEO of real estate firm Canderel, and his wife, Susan Wener. The gift marks Montreal’s 375th and Canada’s 150th anniversaries. The news segment begins at the 34:47 mark.
- The Suburban writes about the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts CGI and Max & Iris Stern sculpture garden and notes that the garden, containing 26 pieces of public art, was created in collaboration with Concordia University and the City of Montreal.