Concordia University chronology – 1990s
1999
The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy comes into existence
1998
Loyola (CFLI) and Sir George Williams (CRSG) campus radio stations merge to form CJLO
1996
Dagobert Broh, 92 years old, successfully defends his PhD thesis in History in March
1992
Native Awareness Week includes ceremonial dancing, drumming, storytelling, and the inauguration of the Native Student Centre
1990
358 students, faculty and staff, 8 dogs and 1 giant Homecoming Bee participate in a 6.5 km walk between SGW and Loyola in first Concordia Shuffle, raising $19,443.85 for student scholarships and fellowships
1999
The People's Potato is founded to fight student poverty
1995
The Concordia Student Union (CSU) begins publication of The Voice, a bi-weekly student newspaper, on September 22
1994
First graduates of the world's first Aviation MBA degree on August 11, an innovative work/study program launched in September 1992
1992
CLUES, the library's online public access catalogue is launched in September
1990
Quebec's first work-study program launched at Concordia providing up to 50% subsidy for applicable projects employing students on campus; 215 students are hired in the first year
1998
Concordia Women's Hockey Team wins Gold Medal in the inaugural Canadian Inter-University Women's Hockey Championship on March 1
1993
Concordia University declared a smoke free environment on January 1
1992
"La Ville en Rose", a four-day conference on lesbian and gay studies, the first in Quebec, attracts 700 attendees to Concordia from across Canada and the USA
1992
Eat Your Peel (later le Frigo vert) is founded