Concordia University's 40th Anniversary
On August 24, 1974, Loyola College and Sir George Williams University merged to create Concordia. Presented here are 40 memorable historical events chosen by Records Management and Archives to mark the 40th anniversary of the merger.
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Opening of the PERFORM preventive health research centre, the Solar Simulator-Environmental Chamber laboratory, and of the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics.
Solar Buildings Research Network created.
Sustainable Concordia project explores university's social, ecological, sconomic practices.
Concordia wins gold at inaugural Canadian Inter-University Women's Hockey Championship.
Concordia implements CARL, its first automated registration telephone line.
Policy approved offering gender-neutral degree nomenclature.
First Concordia Shuffle walkathon raises $19,444 for student scholarships and bursaries.
Guy metro station renamed Guy-Concordia.
First employment equity policy approved by Board of Governors.
Rector's Committee on the Status of Women established.
First students enroll in the Institute for Co-Operative Education.
Students vote to create Concordia University Student Association.
Inter-campus shuttle service begins with a 13-passenger van making seven trips a day.
Launch of Spectrum repository provides open access to Concordia research.
Concordia engineering students unveil first solar house.
Student-run Art Matters festival launches.
92-year-old Dagobert Broh successfully defends his PhD thesis in history.
Concordia declared a smoke-free environment.
Inaugural Homecoming weekend kicks off annual traditions.
Concordia launches recycling program.
Concordia becomes Canada's fourth university to implement formal policy on HIV/AIDS.
Title of professor emeritus established. First awarded to Father John (Jack) E. O'Brien in 1987.
Concordia University Alumni Association created.
Services for Disabled Students - now the Access Centre for Students with Disabilities - established.
Centre for Mature Students, Liberal Arts College, Lonergan University College, and Simone de Beauvoir Institute established.
Centre for Continuing Education established.
Creation of Johnson Chair in Canadian Irish Studies.
Concordia Stingers beat McGill Redmen at Shrine Bowl football for the first time.
Students found People's Potato collectively run soup kitchen.
Opening of Le Frigo Vert, a non-profit business making healthy food affordable.
Concordia Libraries launch CLUES, its online public access catalogue.
Quebec's first work-study program launches at Concordia, with 215 students hired in inaugural year.
Football stadium officially opens on Loyola Campus.
1,000-member Concordia delegation protests government underfunding during Quebec City Day of Action.
First annual bridge-building contest organized.
First MBA case competition held in Canada at Concordia.
The Link begins publication, replacing The Loyola News and The Georgian.
Faculty of Arts and Science established.
Faculty of Fine Arts established.
