11 great Concordia moments in 2019

As we come to the end of the millennium's second decade, we can’t help but look back at 2019 with pride. It was a transformative year for Concordia.

From rankings success and major gifts towards the Campaign for Concordia: Next-Gen. Now to the appointment of our new president Graham Carr, 2019 was filled with historic firsts and ground-breaking innovation.

Here are 11 Concordia highlights, handpicked by University Alumni — in no particular order, because they are all great...

On December 12, Graham Carr started his five-year term as Concordia's president and vice-chancellor. 

An anonymous donor made a $30-million planned gift to Concordia, the largest donation ever to the university in support of students.

A first-of-its-kind mashup of living lab, research centre, design showroom, museum exhibition and performance space, 4TH SPACE engages citizens, industry, community partners, students, faculty and alumni in co-creation.

This landmark gift from the Peter N. Thomson Family Trust was the largest donation in the Faculty of Fine Arts’ history and the largest in Quebec history towards a university-based fine arts program.

The funds support three key areas across the Faculty’s nine departments: graduate student scholarships, field school awards and an arts innovation fund.

Recently ranked the top MBA in Canada for return on investment and the fourth overall in the country, Concordia's MBA program had a lot to celebrate.

This year’s inductees included an Olympic wrestler, the 1968-69 Loyola Warriors men’s basketball team — and a former team physician.

Best known for his role in the HBO series Big Little Lies, James Tupper, BFA 92, had a memorable homecoming with Concordia’s Wild Talks lecture series.

The Concordia University Hong Kong Foundation (CUHKF) celebrated its 20th anniversary with an event that raised $370,000 in support of student bursaries and scholarships.

Since its founding, CUHKF has raised more than $1 million, benefitting 135 students from mainland China and Hong Kong.

One of Canada’s great humanitarians, Samantha Nutt, was awarded Concordia’s Loyola Medal — the university’s highest non-academic honour.

Nutt is the founder of War Child Canada and War Child USA and the author of the national bestseller, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid.

The Canadian Irish Studies Foundation helped Concordia’s School of Irish Studies celebrate its 10th birthday in a big way with a $4-million pledge to support research and student scholarships.

Thanks to the Amelia & Lino Saputo Jr. Foundation and the Mirella & Lino Saputo Foundation, Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation is powering ahead.

The Centre combines the resources and knowledge of the university and its external partners with the passion and understanding of community stakeholders to fuel community-driven social innovation.

What fills you with #CUpride? We’d love to hear about it.