With their seasons cancelled due to the pandemic, varsity athletes at Concordia University haven't been able to celebrate any wins on the field or in the arena this past year. Without sports to play, Concordia's varsity athletes took aim at academics during pandemic. Women's hockey earns 11 Academic All-Canadian honoursUnlike the football team, Concordia's women's hockey team has had a long-running reputation for leading the way academically. Keeping standards up when sports restartNow the challenge for the varsity programs will be to keep the marks up once athletics programs reopen in earnest. Concordia's athletic departments says the average GPA was up among all eight of its varsity-one team programs in 2020.

Source: CBC News February 21, 2021 09:00 UTC