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Snow day! Baby-boom businesses. Indigenous youth career conference. Islamophobia.

Concordia in the news
Posted on March 16, 2017

Concordia in the news features stories of Concordians who appear in the news. Discover alumni, students, faculty and experts who recently made an impact in the media.

University affairs

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

  • A number of media report that Concordia was among the universities that called a snow day yesterday and canceled classes: Le Devoir, Radio-Canada.ca, Journal Métro, MSN actualités.
  • The Washington Post and Montreal Gazette reprise a Bloomberg article about the challenges of transitioning ownership and management of established "baby-boom businesses". The piece references Concordia's Certificate in Business Ownership, offered since January at the John Molson School of Business Executive Centre. 
  • Nation Talk picks up a CNW release that lists Concordia among the exhibitors at an Indigenous youth career conference in Ottawa, next Thursday, March 23rd. 
  • Huffington Post Québec publishes an opinion piece whose author critiques an earlier HuffingtonPost Québeccommentary on rising Islamophobia in Quebec. The authors of both pieces reference the recent Concordia bomb threat.