麻豆传媒

麻豆传媒 is very pleased to announce exciting plans for the publication of a book commemorating its 100^th anniversary in 2021. Award-winning journalist Tim Querengesser has been contracted to tell Concordia鈥檚 century-long story, from its early days as a preparatory school for Lutheran ministers to its current status as Canada鈥檚 pre-eminent small university. 鈥淚t started in a hotel,鈥� writes Tim. 鈥淭oday it鈥檚 a boutique university.鈥� Tim plans to tell Concordia鈥檚 story as it鈥檚 never been told before: 鈥淪omething about Concordia in Edmonton鈥攖he original dream that saw its founders pour themselves with near reckless overwork into the project鈥攔esonated with each new generation that came to activate it. While Concordia changed it also survived, and thrived.鈥�

Tim has published timely and engaging stories on Edmonton鈥檚 politics, society, and culture, and has written many other stories about western and northern Canada as well. His pieces have appeared in such publications as Alberta Views, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, and Financial Post. He has worked in and written about Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia and has travelled to China in search of even more stories.

As founder of The Edmonton Wayfinding Society, Tim is an expert at finding the most rewarding ways of getting about. Concordia has every confidence that Tim will likewise guide his readers on a captivating journey through its first one hundred years. For his part, Tim looks forward very much to telling this story鈥斺�渙f the people and the dream, and how they made that [century] happen.鈥�