Concordia University chronology – 1980s
1989
Official opening of the football stadium on the Loyola campus on September 9
1988
First annual Ronald Corey Cup hockey game featuring McGill Redmen vs Concordia Stingers on February 18
1985
First annual bridge building contest organized by Civil Engineering Department, looking for the strongest bridge using popsicle sticks. Testing is done with a hydraulic press called the "Crusher".
1988
Implementation of a formal policy on HIV/AIDS on December 1
1987
Day of Action
1980
The Link begins Publication, replacing The Loyola News and The Georgian on August 22
1988
Incorporation of the Concordia University Alumni Association on April 19
1985
Fine Arts Faculty offers a five-day course on "Health Hazards in the Arts" organized jointly with the Centre for Continuing Education, and the Occupational Health and Safety Office
1982
Commerce Graduate Students' Association hosts the first MBA Case Competition to be held in Canada in February
1981
First students enrol in the Institute for Co-Operative Education in September