Travel ban. Sonya Bacon.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 7, 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 Huffington Post, MSN actualités and Quebec Online News pick up a Radio-Canada.ca piece according to which numerous researchers and students who have been prevented from entering the Trump administration's immigrant travel ban are turning to Concordia and McGill. It quotes Concordia engineering researcher Mohammed Rouhi, who has been forced by the ban to delay a planned move to the U.S.
- CTV News Montreal, also reporting on the possible impact of a U.S. travel ban, states that Concordia (first mentioned at the 1:45 mark) has extended its undergraduate application deadline to March 1 and has seen an increase in applications from countries on the travel ban list, both from students and researchers. The reporter says Concordia currently has 1,600 students who could potentially be impacted by the ban.
- Concordia spokesperson Chris Mota is quoted in an article in LaPresse.ca about the possible impact of the travel ban on academics from the seven countries listed. Mota remarks that such a ban affects doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and professors who are often called upon to travel abroad to present academic papers.
- Grenier aux nouvelles posts a release announcing that communication studies lecturer Sonya Bacon has joined Agence KBS Montréal as director of health sector accounts.