Bissan's homecoming. North America on foot. Student of politics. Glucose monitor.
Concordia in the news
Posted on July 3, 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:
- The Montreal Gazette reports the return to Canada of Concordia engineering student Bissan Eid and her infant daughter, Sarah. Eid had been stranded in Gaza, where she tried for months to obtain an exit visa from Israel. TheGazette story mentions plans by the CSU and Eid's family to hold a news conference this week. The article is reprised by Mogaznews.
- Art History doctoral candidate John Toohey writes about the tale of what is said to be the first crossing of North America, on foot, by three English sailors in 1569: Real Estate Tourism.
- Courrier Laval announces that civil engineering student Zitta McHake will run for city council in Laval in this November's elections, under the Avenir Laval banner.
- Radio Canada International quotes Concordia student athlete Zachary Kader in a piece about a new device that allows people like Kader who live with Type 1 diabetes to monitor their glucose levels without having to use a needle to draw blood from a finger. Kader is quoted also in a CNW/Telbec release announcing the technology. The release is picked up by Le Lézard.