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Live and 360° interactive. Montreal goes Macron.

Concordia in the news
Posted on May 8, 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.

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:  

  • Radio-Canada.ca reports on a 360° interactive live video broadcasting application, which was being tested on Saturday's broadcast of La soirée est (encore) jeune, on Radio-Canada. The application was created by Concordia software engineering students Olivier Brochu-Dufour, Ihcène Cheriet, Joseph Atallah, Wing Long Chung, Rahul Malik and Roberto Ruffolo-Benavides. Brochu-Dufour is quoted.
  • Concordia student Marie Marquis, a French citizen who says she voted for Emmanuel Macron in yesterday's French presidential election, is quoted in an article in LaPresse.ca according to which the vast majority of French nationals who voted in Montreal cast a ballot for the winner, Macron.