50 years: Forever Forward marks Concordia University’s gold and garnet anniversary. From June 2024 to June 2025, our milestone will rally our community of more than 45,000 students, 7,000 staff and faculty as well as 260,000 alumni. We take pride in Concordia’s history and imagine our future as we culminate our university’s historic fundraising effort, the Campaign for Concordia: Next-Gen Now.
Lens on Concordia
Charting 50 years of growth across two evolving campuses
As the Concordia community gears up to celebrate 50 years since the merger of its founding institutions — Sir George Williams University and Loyola College — learn more about the evolution of the university’s two campuses throughout the decades.
Humble beginnings laid the groundwork for the next-generation buildings and innovative spaces that fill Concordia’s downtown Montreal and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce campuses today. Take a journey into our storied past while celebrating the transformation and progress as we lead into the future.














