Racial profiling. Rookie of the year. Out of the medals. Defeat on the Pitch. Irish on parade.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 20, 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:
- Concordia student Helena Backa (Psychology) is quoted in a Montreal Gazette story, reprised by the Ottawa Citizen, about a complaint by her boyfriend, who is black, that he was racially profiled by Montreal police who handed him a $48 ticket for a minor highway code infraction.
- L'Avantage de Rimouski reports that Stingers men's hockey forward Anthony De Luca has been named U Sports hockey rookie of the year.
- Several media report the Stingers women's hockey loss to the UBC Thunderbirds at the U Sports women's hockey championship this past weekend, in Napanee, Ontario. The Stingers dropped the third and final game of their series, 2-0, to finish fourth in the championship: The Globe and Mail, GlobalNewsMontreal.ca (reprised by My Informs), Medicine Hat News, The Prince Rupert Northern View, The Western Star, Independent Sports News(Stingers head coacxh Julie Chu, quoted), TB NewsWatch, WordPress Magazine. On Saturday, the Montreal Gazette (reprised by Canada.com), Sports Net, Medicine Hat News, The Prince Rupert Northern View andNorthBayNipissing.com reported on the previous day's Stingers loss to the Alberta Pandas.
- Le Nouvelliste reports that the Stinger's men's soccer team lost to the UQTR Patriotes, 3-0 over the weekend.
- CJAD.com mentions the participation of a group of Concordia Irish Studies students in Sunday's St. Patrick's Parade in Montreal.