Happy Chinese New Year

Concordia marked relations between Montreal and China at an event in honour of Norman Bethune. Present were (from left) Zhai Jianjun, First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Canada; Benoit Labonté, Ville-Marie Borough Mayor; Pierrette Wong, President, Montreal Chinese Community Cultural Centre; Marcel Tremblay, City of Montreal Executive Committee member; and President Michael Di Grappa.

The Year of the Rat starts off the Chinese zodiac and is considered lucky for those born under the sign of leadership, victory, charm and hard work. Pierrette Wong described the auspicious sign at a Feb. 7 New Year’s celebration, part of a series of events marking the 70th anniversary... - Read more

Judith Woodsworth presidential candidate

Judith Woodsworth

It will be like welcoming an old friend back home. Judith Woodsworth, a former teacher and academic administrator, will be presented to the Concordia community on Feb. 25 in a new role, as the candidate chosen by the advisory search committee from among several strong applicants for the next president of the university. “The committee approached the process with diligence,... - Read more

Technology stretches definition of ‘human’

By Barbara Black

Ollivier Dyens

Not many Concordia professors have been interviewed by the august Paris daily Le Monde, but Ollivier Dyens was in January on the publication of his latest book, La Condition inhumaine : Essai sur l’effroi technologique (Flammarion). ... - Read more

Theatre students with designs on New York

By Barbara Black

Theatre design students in Manhattan

Raymond Marius Boucher knows that theatre is international, so you have to go where the action is. He just returned from New York, where he took five theatre design students to be interviewed for plum seasonal jobs and sought-after places... - Read more

Settling in just fine

By Barbara Black

Meet the international student bloggers

International students are on the rise at Concordia. Currently, there are more than 4,443, a 36 per cent increase in the past four years. Students from the United States, France, China and many other countries around the world now represent... - Read more