Student housing project. University funding woes. Best student short. Media Co-op board. Stingers soccer.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 8, 2017
Students
Current students at Concordia do outstanding academic work and get involved in community projects that improve our quality of life. See what they've been up to:
- Agence QMI reports that construction will begin this summer on an 80-unit student housing project across from Parc Lafontaine, destined for occupation by Concordia students. The project, managed through the Unité de travail pour l'implantation de logement étudiant (UTILE), was promoted by the CSU, which is putting up $1.85-million for construction: Le Journal de Montréal, TVAnouvelles.ca. The story is also reported in Le Devoir and Journal Métro. The City of Montreal's contribution of $500,000 to the student housing project is announced in a CNW/Telbecrelease.
- Life in Québec republishes a piece from its December 2016 issue that looks at the current state of university funding in the province and how universities and students are impacted by budget rollbacks. Three Concordians are quoted: CSU general coordinator Lucinda Marshall-Kiparissis, anthropology student Christina Jamgotchian and Concordia bookstore operations manager Steven Zulkarnain.
- FilmFestivals.com announces that Concordia student Étienne Lacelle has won in the Best Live Action Student Short category at the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival for his documentary, Les Beiges.
- Before It’s News announces that Concordia student Jon Milton, opinion editor at The Link, has been elected to the board of directors of the independent news medium, The Media Co-op.
- Actualités UQAM reports that the Stingers men's soccer team played to a scoreless tie against the UQAM Citadins while the women won against the Citadins, 2-1. The games were played back-to-back at the Stinger Dome, last Sunday.