Concordia renews Association internationale des études québécoises membership

Concordia University has again become a member of the Association internationale des études québécoises (AIEQ). As a member, Concordia will be part of an international network that connects Québec studies specialists through exchanges and research collaborations. Concordia explained that it joined the network following a call for solidarity by the AIEQ after the Government of […]

Three institutions are celebrating the launch of new educational and support spaces. Concordia University has officially opened its Co-op, Experiential Learning and Career Centre. This centre supports students with job searches, career planning, and resume tailoring. Meanwhile, Dalhousie University celebrated the opening of an expansion at its Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research. The […]

Three institutions are celebrating the launch of new educational and support spaces. Concordia University has officially opened its Co-op, Experiential Learning and Career Centre. This centre supports students with job searches, career planning, and resume tailoring. Meanwhile, Dalhousie University celebrated the opening of an expansion at its Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research. The […]

The Autorité des marchés publics has found that Concordia University violated public contracting rules in relation to the reconstruction of its Loyola Campus sports dome. In its decision, the AMP noted that due to the value of the contract, the university should have proceeded by public tender rather than an invitation-only tendering process. The AMP […]

In a recent article for Le Devoir, Concordia University doctoral candidate Neslihan Sriram-Uzundal encourages Canada to build a more stable immigration system in order to better support international students. Sriram-Uzundal asserts that federal and provincial processes and policies make studying in Canada and staying after graduation difficult. The precarity introduced by these policies impacts international […]

Cégep de Shawinigan and Concordia University’s Volt-Age research program are among the founding partners of a new innovation hub in Shawinigan. Supported with a $20M investment from the Government of Québec, the MCS+ Space at the Centre d’entrepreneuriat Alphonse-Desjardins Shawinigan (CEADS) will serve as a location for partners to collaborate on electrification, battery, and advanced […]

Concordia University’s Volt-Age research program signed two memorandums of understanding during the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. The first MOU is an agreement with ADM Aéroports de Montréal for Volt-Age to join ADM’s YMX Innovation research hub to further expand the hub’s capabilities. Among the plans are collaborations on applied research, technology demonstration, and […]

Valery Fabrikant, the perpetrator of the Concordia University massacre in 1992 and a former associate professor at the institution, has reportedly died in prison of apparent natural causes. Fabrikant was an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia at the time of the shooting. La Presse reports that four other engineering professors—Aaron Jaan Saber, Matthew […]

Concordia University recently signed three agreements with institutions and organizations in France. A bilateral exchange program has been developed with L’École polytechnique de Paris for engineering faculty and students, adding to the university’s more than 50 academic exchanges in the country. Concordia also signed an agreement with the Institut national de la santé et de […]

Bishop’s University, Concordia University, and McGill University have each signed an eight-year agreement with the Government of Québec that will facilitate the development of French-language skills among students from outside of Québec. The universities will receive annual funding of up to $20M to support related initiatives; the institutions will be expected to achieve an objective […]