Many Tastes of Concordia

Shagufta Islam grabs a bit of everything at the Many Tastes of Concordia Festival, Sept. 14 on the Hall Building terrasse. Part of CSU orientation festivities, the two-day event (including Sept. 15 at Loyola) welcomed over 30 student cultural groups to share bites of traditional dishes, as well as bites of information about their organization with hundreds of students.

Held Sept. 14 at SGW and Sept. 15 at Loyola, the CSU's Many Tastes of Concordia Festival was a chance for over 30 student groups representing different countries to share bites of traditional dishes, as well as bites of information about their organization. "Concordia is such a diverse university,... - Read more

Finding the Will to Intervene

MIGS report to urge government action to prevent genocide

By Russ Cooper

Two years in the making, the Will To Intervene (W2I) report from Concordia's Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) is ready to challenge U.S. and Canadian governments to take direct action to prevent future genocides. On Sept. 21, the MIGS research team, led by Kyle Matthews, will release the first recommendations of its 160-page report aimed at... - Read more

Biofuel to reduce oil dependency

By Karen Herland

Le Van Mao

Raymond Le Van Mao was eager to share his latest research discovery after the Sept. 8 luncheon acknowledging his career among those of 55 other retirees. Le Van Mao, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Chemistry and Director of the Industrial... - Read more

Navigating the world of research grants

Workshop offers tips and tricks from successful applicants

By Anna Sarkissian

Michel Magnan

After three years on the SSHRC adjudication committee, new scholar Harriet Petrakos from the education department says she now has a great respect for the process. Petrakos and other successful applicants shared their insights at a research grant workshop... - Read more

Retreat fuels strategic action

By Laurie Zack

Concordia’s Reaching Up Reaching Out strategic framework, adopted by the Board last June, includes over thirty proposed actions to fuel concrete change. The framework also outlines implementation plans for the academic, financial, human resources and infrastructure goals. More is on... - Read more