Concordia First Book Prize. Pop-Up Book Fair. New research funding. Affordable studies in Canada. Executive compensation.

Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• The Montreal Gazette (reprised by the Regina Leader-Post and 24 365 News) reports that the Concordia University First Book Prize at last night's Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) Literary Awards went to  Jocelyn Parr forUncertain Weights and Measures. The inaugural QWF Literary Prize for Young Writers went to Nicola Sibthorpe for her story Artemisifera Absinthium, published by Concordia University's graduate creative writing publication,Headlight Anthology.
• The Suburban announces that Jocelyn Parr, referenced in the preceding item, will be among the writers on hand to meet, greet and sign books at the Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair at the Monument National theatre in Montreal, this Saturday and Sunday.
• The Suburban picks up news of the announcement earlier this month of a $9.3-million federal funding package in support of research work by 97 Concordia faculty members and graduate students. The funding, being provided through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), was announced at Concordia by Minister of Science, Kirsty Duncan, as part of a more-than-$265-million funding program covering over 3,300 social sciences and humanities research projects across Canada. 
• African Seer reports that Concordia is one of the four most affordable universities in Canada for international students. 
• Financial Buzz picks up a MarketWired news release about a new policy paper on executive compensation put out by the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organisations (IGOPP). The release lists Concordia's John Molson School of Business among the founding partners in IGOPP. 

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