Alan Shepard at the CORIM. Spring 2017 honorands. Emergency shelter from Spring floods.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 10, 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:
- Les affaires announces a speech by president Alan Shepard before the Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montréal (CORIM), this afternoon at one. The address is titled 'Transcender les frontières dans un monde en repli'.
- Public Now (linked by WorldNews.com) posts biographical notes for nine new recipients of honorary degrees from Concordia. The Spring, 2017 honorands include paralympic athlete, senator Chantal Petitclerc, entrepreneur Lise Watier and alumnus J. Sebastian van Berkom, the philanthropist who made a $1-million donation in 2015 to establish the Van Berkom Small-Cap Investment Management Program at the John Molson School of Business.
- iAsk.ca (in Chinese) picks up an earlier news brief announcing that Concordia had opened a number of rooms at the Grey Nun's Residence as emergency accommodations for faculty, staff, students and graduates who are affected by Spring flooding.