Media Relations team
Our team is a resource for local, national and international media, facilitating connections to our faculty, staff and students.
Our staff
Nadia Kherif
Advisor, Public Affairs
Nadia Kherif is a Media Advisor, her responsibility is to promote Concordia's news and propose topics of public interest to media outlets. She works closely with the French-language media. Before joining Media Relations in 2001, Nadia worked as a journalist and television newscaster in Algeria. After moving to Quebec in 1996, she studied the media’s portrayal of the Algerian crisis while pursuing her master’s in communications at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), which she achieved with great distinction in 2002.
Patrick Lejtenyi
Advisor, Public Affairs
Patrick Lejtenyi is responsible for promoting new research from Concordia’s faculty and students and sharing their latest findings with the public.
He graduated from Concordia’s Journalism Diploma program in 1999 and worked as a writer, editor and reporter before joining Concordia’s media relations team in 2018.
Colin Danby
Director, Strategic Communications
