Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.This week, Contributor Aidan Raynor reports on the student protest behind Quebec’s government almost doubling tuition prices for international students. `News editor Emma Megelas attended a trans right protest in Montreal, which eventually went face to face with a counter-protest. Assistant News editor Matthew Daldalian then reports on how AI may change the information landscape in the media, especially in times of war.Hosted by Geneviève SylvestreEdited by Matthew DaldalianProduced by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.This week,Assistant news editor Matthew Daldalian dives into the protests behind Bill 31, a bill that would greatly impact the renting community in the province.Contributor Emily Pasquarelli reports on the veil Meta has put onto urgent news like the Moroccan earthquake, and how it prevented some to inform themselves about tragedies happening at home. Our news editor Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman spoke with a victim of stalking that decided to testify against the police that took care of her case, as she felt they were dismissive of her situation.Hosted by Cedric GallantProduced by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.The Update returns for Volume 41 of the ConcordianIn this special edition of the Update, contributor Sakib Hossain interviewed Concordia students recall their experience with forest fires during the summer. Evacuations, survival, extreme delays and firefighting, those are stories shared in this episode of the podcast.Hosted by Cedric GallantProduced by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.In this final episode for Volume 40, our assistant sports editor Alice Martin speaks to Social Worker Koby Corwell, who works with the unhoused community of the Plateau Mont-Royal. He provides insight on the relationship between the housed, and the unhoused in the Milton-Parc area. Our assistant news editor Elisabeth Ndeffo spoke with the Hive Free Lunch’s program director Alanna Silver about free breakfast on campus, coming in Fall 2023. Our podcast producer Cedric Gallant talks about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder with the managing director of the leading research body in Canada on the topic, Kathy Unsworth.Finally, Elisabeth Ndeffo attends a conference about inclusivity led by the Youth Stars foundation, at the Pierrefonds community high school in the West Island. Special thanks to our listener, who supported the inauguration of the Concordian’s first podcast series. The Update will take a hiatus during the summer, and return with full force in Fall 2023!Hosted by Lola GomezProduced by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. This is a special edition of the show, as our producer Cedric Gallant speaks to the Concordian's news editor Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman and the Link’s news editor Zachary Fortier. Both student newspaper worked on a joint investigation on Concordia University’s platform for sexual violence victims. They speak on their reporting, and how the University is not doing enough for victims on campus.Hosted by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone* In a previous iteration of this podcast, a quote mentioned a correlation between the way sexual violence and plagiarism are handled at Concordia. This quote was incorrect: sexual violence falls under the Code of Rights and Responsibilities and plagiarism falls under the Academic Code of Conduct.

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.In this episode, our assistant news editor Élisabeth Ndeffo speaks to students who were enrolled in Concordia’s Co-Op Institute. They provide insight on how the internship program impacted them.Our reporter Sakib Hossain attends the protest for the International Day Against Police Brutality that happened near the Vendome metro.Host Cedric Gallant speaks with Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Senior Director of Social Development Geraldine Trimble on their interactive map project named “Safe Passage”Finally, our assistant video editor Jacqueline Lisbona visits the Depot, a community food center in NDG that has seen quite a rise in demand since recent years.Hosted by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.In this episode, our reporter Simon Fournier interviews Concordia students at the Montreal rally for International Women’s Day.Our news editor Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman speaks to women in Concordia’s engineering program. She unveils the discrimination they live in a male dominated field of study.Our reporter Emily Pasquarelli visits Montreal’s Holocaust Museum to speak with Marguerite Élias Qubbus. Not in person, but digitally.Finally, our reporter Matthew Daldalian investigated the infamous Webster Library prankster, who was playing Andrew Tate videos on speakers around students. Hosted by Lola GomezProduced by Cedric GallantMusic by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Lone

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.In this episode, a vigil commemorating Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Montreal sees first ever official database made for cases in Quebec.The Montreal community took to the streets to condemn the unjust treatment and death of Nicous D’André Spring while he was illegally detained in Bordeaux Prison.The Government of Canada invest $497,000 into a team of Concordia engineers to create cheap and sustainable CO2 capturing and recycling technology.News editor Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman dives into the Montreal Ukrainian community’s well-being one year after the war began.Général Roméo Dallaire, who served the United-Nation during the Rwanda genocide, visited Concordia’s Journalism Department to discuss the role of media in conflicts. Reporter Tristan McKenna reports on toll the Turkey/Syria earthquake has on Concordia students. Produced by Cedric Gallant Music by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Loney

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Welcome to The Update. A bi-weekly news podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.Students stranded in Winter storms, the CSU is divided over their boycott, a first-of-its-kind Indigenous bridging program, and the Muslim community yet united even more.In this episode, Podcast Producer Cedric Gallant goes through all the most recent news stories covered by our news editors, Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman and Lucas Marsh. Music by Saro HartounianGraphic by Carleen Loney

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Welcome to The Concordian Podcast. A bi-weekly podcast researched, produced and created by The Concordian team.In this episode of Northern Perspectives, was produced by our Podcast Producer Cedric Gallant, he tells the story of the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement, the first modern treaty between a Canadian government, and Indigenous nations. It is an underdog story, where a few young indigenous men faced the Government of Quebec to save their land from being destroyed.Graphic by Carleen Loney

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