CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

SPRING 2022

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IN DEFENCE OF BIODIVERSITY

Concordia researchers are focused on the future resilience of our planet’s species

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FROM NICHE TECHNOLOGY TO MAINSTREAM MARKET

How blockchain-based technologies are reshaping the global financial industry

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OUT OF THE SHADOWS

How Concordians are exposing online extremism

GOING PLACES

Women and Leadership: Meet 4 Concordians at the top of the travel and tourism industry

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In Good Company: Concordians are thriving in the world of streaming media

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Setting an example

‘He lived each day trying to make the world a better place’

Sisters Sherin and Aya Al-Safadi establish a bursary in memory of their father, Ruchdi Al-Safadi

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Memorial fund honours Jean-Marc Vallée

Canadian filmmaker inspired film students and alumni weeks before his death

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$1M for social justice

Calgary-based Flanagan Foundation advances Social Justice Centre at Faculty of Arts and Science

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Tools to support society and address climate change

Montreal family funds new Indigenous Land-Based Education Program

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$1M for Stingers basketball

George Lengvari, a noted champion of university sports, supports basketball programs at two Montreal institutions

First person, last word

‘I, too, was in great shape, until COVID-19’

Rhonda Mullins, MA 96, reckons with the ‘otherworldliness’ of the pandemic

Student Work

Extraction
by Tanea Hynes

Roloff Beny Foundation Fellowship in Photography

Alumni Spotlight

‘I have hope for future generations’

Award-winning artist Janice Toulouse shows how Indigenous traditions can offer guidance

Alumni Spotlight

‘One of the best cricket players in the country’

Meet software engineer and wicket-keeper Shreyas V. Movva, MEng 19

Alumni Spotlight

Physiotherapy without borders

From acrobats and athletes to grateful patients in Guangzhou, Concordia grad Jun Zou heals the pain

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Alumni & friends

Alumni & friends

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

IN DEFENCE OF BIODIVERSITY

FROM NICHE TECHNOLOGY TO MAINSTREAM MARKET

Cover story:

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

GOING PLACES

Lights, cameras and plenty of action

NEWS BITES