Gage Diabo and Ellen Gabriel. Ian Howarth. Renée Kohlman. Mika Valeras. Olivier Hinse. Mike Cohen. Landon Mackenzie. Carole Dumont.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 18, 2017
Alumni in the news
Our alumni are featured in the media locally and around the world. Vist the Alumni News section to access an archive of stories or read the latest list of stories:
- Writer Gage Diabo (BA, English '16), currently doing graduate work at Concordia, and Mohawk artist and activist Ellen Gabriel (BFA '90) were interviewed on CBC Montreal radio's 'Daybreak' (no link available), where they shared Mohawk perspectives on the 375th anniversary of Montreal. Diabo and Gabriel are also featured on Radio Canada International, in French and in Spanish. Yahoo! News and Nation Talk reprise an earlier CBC.ca story featuring Diabo and Gabriel.
- Author Ian Howarth, whose book Rock ’n’ Radio: When DJs and Rock Music Ruled the Airwaves (Véhicule Press, 2017) is featured in the Montreal Gazette (reprised by the Regina Leader-Post), tells the paper that he tried his hand at radio DJ work at Loyola Radio, during his days as a Loyola College student (BA, sociology, 1972).
- The Edmonton Journal (reprised by the Windsor Star and Canada.com) publishes a review of All the Sweet Things(TouchWood Editions), the new cookbook by pastry chef Renée Kohlman (BFA 96).
- Allergen Control Group Inc. announces the appointment of Mika Valeras as a regional business development manager. It says Valeras holds an undergraduate diploma in commerce and international business from Concordia: PR Web.
- Le Nouvelliste mentions the signing of former Stingers men's hockey team captain Olivier Hinse by the Aalborg Pirates of the Denmark elite league.
- The Suburban's Mike Cohen, a Concordia alumnus, recalls his university days and his association with fellow-alumnus, news broadcaster Mark Kelley.
- Visual Arts News profiles painter Landon Mackenzie (MFA).
- Painter Carole Dumont (BFA, art history, '89) is featured in Le Reflet.