Alan Shepard on volunteerism. Christine Lengvari endownment. A top Montreal employer. A lost (and found) story.

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

• La Presse + publishes an opinion piece by Concordia president and vice-chancellor Alan Shepard, who reflects on volunteerism and how to match potential volunteers with worthy causes. Shepard tells the story of Lana, a Syrian refugee who is now studying art therapy at Concordia. He explains that Lana was brought to Concordia thanks in large part to the efforts of the Faculty of Fine Arts, which established a Syrian Refugee Fund last year. The op-ed first appeared in the Montreal Gazette, last Thursday.
• University Affairs links to Global Montreal's report on last week's announcement of a $1-million gift to Concordia from Montreal businesswoman Christine Lengvari (BSc 72), president and CEO of insurance firm Lengvari Financial Inc. The Christine Lengvari Endowment Fund will support scholarships for female students in the Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program at the John Molson School of Business and will also promote research at Concordia’s PERFORM Centre.
• Le Lézard and MorningStar pick up an earlier release announcing Montreal's 35 top employers, as determined in a competition managed by Mediacorp Canada. Concordia appears in the listing for the second year running. 
• The Globe and Mail reports on the work of University of Saskatchewan history professor Keith Carlson on the fate of indigenous children stolen from their Sto:lo community in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon by American miners during the mid-nineteenth century. Carlson, who says the Sto:lo boys were taken as labourers, is conducting the research as part of the 'Lost Stories' project, headed by Ronald Rudin, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.

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