Sheila Carey. Manuela de Paoli, Georges Platanitis and Yasmina Jimenez. Sima Youssef. Peter Kirby. Matthew Boudreau. Taylor Lambke.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 14, 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:
- A release from the United Nations reporting the appointment of Sheila Carey as the new Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the U.N. states that Carey holds a degree in international relations from Concordia. The release is picked up by 4-Traders.
- Journal Métro, reporting on borough elections on the island of Montreal, in November, notes the participation of Concordia alumni in three different borough council races: Manuela de Paoli (BComm) is running for a council seat in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro; Georges Platanitis (BComm) is seeking election to a council seat in the borough of Saint-Laurent; Yasmina Jimenez (BA 11, human relations, applied human sciences) is running for council in the borough of LaSalle.
- Recent Concordia political science graduate Sima Youssef talks to Montreall.com about her recent experience as a Math tutor in the Cree village of Chisasibi, in Northern Quebec.
- L'initiative reviews the book, Vague d'effroi (ePub), the French translation of The Dead of Winter, by Montreal lawyer and crime-writer Peter Kirby (BA 81 Hons Economics).
- Le Quotidien writes that former Stingers hockey player Matthew Boudreau (undergraduate certificate in interdisciplinary studies) has been invited to participate in the training camp for the Marquis de Jonquière of the North American Hockey League.
- The Cape Breton Post reports that another former Stingers hockey player, Taylor Lambke, is the new head coach of the Strait Pirates of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.