Global Climate Wake-Up Call

Students in Silvy Panet-Raymond’s Creative Process in Dance class integrated the trees outside of the EV building into their performance instead of just hugging them to draw attention to the threat of climate change. Their flash mob performance on Sept. 21 was one of over 2 600 events held in... - Read more

JMSB finally has a new home

Building sets green standard and has multi-use facilities

By Karen Herland

The JMSB finally has a home for its nearly 8 000 students, 332 faculty and 90 staff. Sept. 22 marked the grand opening after nine years of careful planning and consideration. The wheels for the project were set in motion in 2000 when the Molson Foundation and Molson Inc. each offered $5 million and the name of their ancestor... - Read more

Molsons build on Concordia pride

By Anna Sarkissian

At the opening of the MB Building.

Quebec’s Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports could barely contain her enthusiasm at the grand opening of the new John Molson School of Business building on Sept. 22. “I’m so moved to be here with you,” said an impassioned... - Read more

The quiet madman making noise

Libraries to honour the legacy of poet Irving Layton

By Russ Cooper

Annie Murray

Fifty archival boxes sit on the shelves of a fluorescently lit, climate-controlled storeroom in the Vanier Library. It’s a humble, eerily sterile home for the complete collected works of poet Irving Layton, a man remembered equally for his pride... - Read more

Maathai helps conservation take root

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai addresses the crowd as David Suzuki looks on at a cocktail reception at the Maison Jeanne Sauvé. Earlier, the world-renowned environmentalist shared her vision of change with an audience in H-110. She inspired... - Read more