CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

SPRING 2024

NOTHING BUT NET

A family of basketball stars passes on life lessons to a new generation

GUARDIANS OF OUR HISTORY

How Records Management and Archives has helped Concordia remember its past — and preserve a better future — for five decades

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Cover story:

MIND MATTERS

As dementia cases rise, new brain research offers hope through early detection

Students studying and using laptops in a former chapel, now converted into a modern study area with historical religious artworks in the background.

LENS ON CONCORDIA

Charting 50 years of growth across two evolving campuses

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NEWS BITES

First person, last word

A lasting impression

How the ‘generous mind’ of the late Father Marc Gervais helped shape one grad’s path

Alumni Spotlight

Adler Aristilde, Canadian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, credits Concordia for success

‘There are not many countries where my story is possible’

In good company

Making magic happen

Meet the four alumni behind Moment Factory's innovative multimedia experiences

Alumni Spotlight

Oscar winner and recent grad Patrice Vermette basks in the success of Dune 2

‘It’s a tremendous feeling,’ says the long-time Denis Villeneuve collaborator

Student Work

Emergency Orchestra

Bridget Huh was the 2022-23 winner of the Gabriel Safdie Award in Creative Writing for Poetry

Alumni Spotlight

New alumni association president wants graduates to get engaged

‘There are plenty of people who want to stay involved with Concordia.’

Campaign for Concordia

CIBC champions equity, diversity and inclusion

Gift of $500,000 establishes scholarships for business, engineering and computer science students

Campaign for Concordia

Dean of John Molson School empowers women students

Anne-Marie Croteau supports future Business Technology Management leaders

Campaign for Concordia

$4 million for Volt-Age

Major gift from Power Corporation of Canada will provide significant support to the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) program

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Father’s legacy honoured with scholarship fund

Kathryn Xistris established the Dr. George D. Xistris Scholarship Endowment in Mechanical Engineering

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$250,000 ignites innovation at Gina Cody School

New gift from the Embark Student Foundation supports student-led projects with potential for commercialization at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Kudos

Alumni & friends

Alumni & friends

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

NOTHING BUT NET

GUARDIANS OF OUR HISTORY

Cover story:

MIND MATTERS

LENS ON CONCORDIA