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===Loyola College===
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[[File:Loyola college 1937.jpg|thumb|left|Loyola College in 1937]]
Loyola College traces its history to an English-language program at the [[Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal]] (today part of the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]]) at the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] Sacred Heart Convent. In 1896, Loyola College was established at the corner of [[Bleury Street]] and [[Saint Catherine Street]], and it was named in honour of [[Ignatius of Loyola]], founder of the [[Society of Jesus]]. On March 10, 1898, the institution was incorporated by the [[Government of Quebec]] and became a full-fledged college. The same year, following a fire, the college was relocated further west on [[Drummond Street, Montreal|Drummond Street]], south of Saint Catherine Street. Although founded as a ''collège classique'' (the forerunners of Quebec's [[College education in Quebec|college system]]), Loyola began granting university degrees through [[Université Laval]] in 1903.

The college moved into the present west-end campus on [[Sherbrooke Street|Sherbrooke Street West]] in [[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]] in 1916. The School of Sociology opened in 1918. Since Loyola College never became a chartered university, it did not have the ability to grant its own university degrees. In 1920, the institution became affiliated with [[Université de Montréal]], which began granting its degrees instead of Université Laval.

Memorial bronze honour roll plaques in the entrance hall near the administrative offices are dedicated to those from Loyola College who fought in the First World War, Second World War and Korean War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6619|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021152216/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6619|url-status=dead|title=Memorial bronze honour roll plaques|archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>

The inter-war period was marked by the shift of education in the institution, the ''collège classique'' education was replaced by [[humanistic education]] ([[Liberal Arts College]]) in 1940, and Loyola became a four-year institution. Theology and philosophy were taught to all students until 1972.

In 1940, the Faculty of Science and the Department of Engineering were created. In addition to providing the same undergraduate programs as other colleges, the institution also offered innovative fields of study at the time, such as [[exercise science]] and [[communication studies]]. Students could enrol in [[academic majors]] starting in 1953 and [[Honours degree|honours programs]] in 1958. Students graduating from Loyola could afterwards pursue [[Graduate school|graduate-level]] education in other universities, with a few earning [[Rhodes Scholarship]]s.

Starting in 1958, Loyola also began offering its first evening courses for students who were not able to go to school full-time. New courses were given in [[library science]] and [[faith community nursing]]. Since its creation, Loyola College had welcomed almost exclusively young English-speaking Catholic men as students. It became [[co-ed]] in 1959 and became less homogeneous with the ever-increasing number of foreign students.

Obtaining a university charter was an important issue in the 1960s. Although many wanted Loyola College to become Loyola University, the Government of Quebec preferred to annex it to Sir George Williams University. Negotiations began in 1968 and ended with the creation of Concordia University on August 24, 1974.