Accolades for the week of October 22
Marguerite Mendell received the Prix Pierre-Dansereau from the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) at a gala on October 2.
The prize recognizes a researcher for social engagement. Radio-Canada, sponsor of the awards, featured Mendell's research on the Decouverte show.
Department of Political Science Professor Peter Stoett has won a prestigious Erasmus Mundus visiting scholarship. Beginning in April 2013, he will contribute to the Global Governance and Development course at the International Institute of Social Sciences, and he will teach, give public lectures and engage in the research community in his field: international relations and law, global environmental politics and human rights.
Quartier Concordia and Norman Bethune Square were both shortlisted for a Facteur D award. The awards, granted in seven categories, aim to show companies and public organizations the economic and social benefits of investing in quality architecture, design and planning. The Norman Bethune Square was a finalist in the Landscape Architecture category and was entered by Groupe IBI-CHBA and the City of Montreal, but lost out to the Raymond-Lévesque Library in Longueuil. Quartier Concordia was entered by the university and Groupe IBI-CHBA in the Planning/Urban Design category and lost out to Quartier des spectacles | Secteur Place des Arts.
The 10th annual Concordia Volunteer and Leadership Fair was a great success. More than 700 students, faculty and staff visited the fair, connecting with the 45 community organizations that participated in the October 10 event. Many Concordians indicated they planned to volunteer with one of the organizations, proving once again that ours is a community that cares and is engaged.
Organizer Marlene Gross, manager of Services for New Students and Student Success Programs within Counselling and Development, sends "a giant thank you to Ann McLaughlin, my colleague in Counselling and Development who, with support from Nancy Curran in Conference Services, ensured that everything was well planned and well executed. Thank you as well to Lynda Guy and Valerie Millette for their contributions to the success of the event, and to University Communications Services for their assistance in promoting the event."
Vient de paraître le Dictionnaire Tolkien, la première encyclopédie en français créée autour de l’auteur J.R.R. Tolkien et de son œuvre.
Les entrées Mythopoéia, Anneaux du pouvoir et Aigles sont signées par Mirella Vadean, professeure adjointe (LTA) au Département d’études françaises.
Vadean a réalisé sa thèse de doctorat (Special Individualized Program) à partir de l’œuvre The Lord of the Rings de Tolkien, traçant un pont entre deux pensées critiques : celui anglophone et celui francophone.
Pour plus de détails sur le profil de Mirella Vadean voir : Research@Concordia
Stephen Campanelli, a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, was featured in the Montreal Gazette for his work with Clint Eastwood. Campanelli has filmed 18 movies with Eastwood and the filmmaker is currently filming a movie in Westmount.
Alumnus Tamas Dobozy has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award as well as the Rogers Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize for his collection of short stories, Siege 13.
Jessica Grossman, a student in the Department of History, has been awarded a bursary by La Fondation Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec for her project “The Sounds of a Strike: Workers Broadcast Stories of Labour Conflicts at Price Paper Mill at Kénogami, 1977-1981,” according to Le Lézard.
Anthropology student Gabrielle Lamoureux won second place in the 2012 Power of Wind Blog Contest, run by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The contest required students entering post-secondary education to submit a 300-word blog about the importance of wind energy.
Two students were awarded prizes at the YoungCuts film festival for their films: Audrey Meubus (animation) for Sweet Tooth and Francesca Abbondanza-Bergeron (film studies) for Mugged-tassé.