Concordia University chronology – 1960s

1969

Loyola Students go on strike over the "Santhanam Affair," in which the contract of a Physics professor was not renewed on October 24

1968

TV Sir George (later CUTV) goes on air on October 25, the first student TV station in Canada

1967

Sir George Williams University students protest bookstore pricing policy with demonstrations and a sit-in/sleep-in in Hall Building lobby from October 24-26

1963

Sir George Williams University purchases its first computer, an IBM 1620, for $45,000, and installs it at 2015 Drummond

1967

Langley Hall opens as first women's residence at Loyola; official opening and dedication to Susan B. Langley is December 10

1965

First honorary degrees awarded by SGWU at Place des Arts Convocation on May 28

1964

Instructional Media Office established, later becoming Center for Instructional Technology and then the Audio-Visual Department, before it merged in 1998 with Computing Services to create IITS

1964

Official opening ceremony of Hingston Hall Residence on April 18, named for William H. Hingston, S.J., former Rector (1918-1925) of Loyola

1968-71

Tentative discussions are held between Loyola and SGWU on the possibility of a merger

1968

The Paper, a weekly newspaper of the SGW Evening Students' Association, begins publication in September

1967

Loyola Orchestra formed by Father William Brown, with 23 original members (students, faculty and community)

1966

General Manager of Simpson's Department Store donates to Loyola Students Association an exact replica of Michelangelo's statue of David which is installed in Vanier Library in October

1963-64

SGW introduces laminated plastic student ID cards