Spring 2013 - Concordia University Magazine
Beauty or blight?
Concordia experts analyze graffiti and street art
In this issue
![Aiming to succeed](/content/concordia/en/alumni-friends/magazine/2013-spring/_jcr_content/content-main/box_0/box-parsys/image.img.jpg/1449609129207.jpg)
By Lucas Wisenthal
Concordia graduate students get a head start on their after-school career paths thanks to GradProSkills
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By Barbara Black
With a newly launched major, Concordia’s School of Canadian Irish Studies offers students a sprawling range of courses on the Emerald Isle and its Canadian diaspora.
![Designed to be different](/content/concordia/en/alumni-friends/magazine/2013-spring/_jcr_content/content-main/box_1/box-parsys/image.img.jpg/1449609194073.jpg)
By Jake Brennan
From the classroom to online forums, Concordia’s Department of Education brings its own slant to teaching teachers.
![Making things perfectly queer](/content/concordia/en/alumni-friends/magazine/2013-spring/_jcr_content/content-main/box_2/box-parsys/image.img.jpg/1449609201309.jpg)
By David King
The multi-volume Queer Film Classics series, edited by Concordia’s Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays, examines a diverse catalogue of gay- and lesbian themed movies.
By Liz Crompton
The faculty celebrates the many recent accolades of its studio arts faculty, students and alumni.