MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Championing our impact on society
This year we launched two projects that will help define Concordia’s future. We secured the largest grant in our history, $123 million to help communities across Canada become carbon neutral. And we unveiled PLAN/NET ZERØ, an ambitious plan to decarbonize our 80 buildings by transforming our campuses into living labs where green technology can be tested at scale.
Concordia President Graham Carr.
We also began designing exciting new partnerships that reflect our commitment to diversity. We became the first university in Quebec to offer a new admissions pathway for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students, and launched the Concordia Africa Initiative to support youth entrepreneurship and employability.
Four of our outstanding faculty were inducted into the Royal Society of Canada; a fifth was named personality of the year by L’actualité, while one of the coaches of our Stingers women’s hockey team was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Our students have also had outstanding achievements. For the second time in three years Concordia students were selected as a Rhodes Scholar and a Schwarzman Scholar and, for the first time, a Concordia student received the Mackenzie King Open Scholarship, which is granted to only one person per year. Finally, the captain of our women’s ice hockey team was named Hockey Canada’s female player of the year.
I hope you’re beaming with pride and inspiration about these stories and the many highlights from our thriving community.
