Montreal: world's best student city. Fossil fuel divestment. Sustainable STARS.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 16, 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:
- President Alan Shepard writes an opinion piece in the La Presse+ in which he references a new QS survey that ranks Montreal as the number one student city in the world. Shepard reflects on recent political changes in the US and Europe and on the importance for Canada generally, and Montreal specifically, to seize every opportunity to grow what he calls "Brand Canada," as Canadian universities work to attract and retain scholars.
- President Shepard was also interviewed by CJAD Radio's Leslie Roberts yesterday morning about Montreal's QS ranking as the number one student city in the world. Shepard also appears in a CTV Montreal news report (at the 1:03 mark), on the CBC Montreal evening newscast (at the 9:38 mark) and on the Global Montreal 5:30 newscast, where Shepard appears at the 6:32 mark, preceded by a Concordia student at the 6:19 mark. MSN News picks up the Montreal Gazette's coverage of the best student city ranking and Noticias.ca (in Spanish) and The Municipal Information Network note that Concordia was one of three Montreal universities that appeared in the QS World University Rankings last year. Radio Canada International quotes Alan Shepard from an opinion piece that appeared in Tuesday's Montreal Gazette in which he references the student-city survey and reflects on the work of Canadian universities to attract and retain scholars. Finally, CSU coordinator Lucinda Marshall-Kiparissis is interviewed on the CTV News Channel (linked by The Loop). She tells the interviewer that affordability remains a critical factor in Montreal's showing in the QS ranking.
- JWN Energy, Inside Halton, Darpan Magazine and Castanet pick up a Canadian Press article about the decision by the University of British Columbia to exclude fossil fuel companies from its low-carbon investment fund. The report references Concordia's partial fossil fuel divestment. The Concordia divestment is mentioned also in Le Devoir, which reports that Université Laval has announced its intention to completely divest of fossil fuel holdings.
- Le Journal de Québec and TVAnouvelles.ca, writing about the STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System) ranking of university performance in the area of sustainable development., report that Université Laval ranked second in the world and ahead of Canadian universities, including Concordia.