Editing Concordia University

{{Short description|University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada}}
{{About|the university in Montreal, Quebec|other uses|Concordia University (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Concordia University
 | other_name             = Université Concordia [[French language|(FR)]] 
 | image                  = Concordia coa.png
 | caption                = Coat of arms
 | latin_name             = Universitas Concordia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Universitas+Concordia%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = 
 | mottoeng               = 
 | established            = {{start date|1974|08|24}}; 50 years ago <br />'''As constituents''':<br />[[Loyola College (Montreal)|Loyola College]] (1896)<br />[[Sir George Williams University]] (1926)<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/about/history.html/|title=History|work=Who we are|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>
 | free_label             = Newspapers
 | free                   = ''[[The Link (newspaper)|The Link]]'' <br/> ''[[The Concordian (Montreal)|The Concordian]]''
 | type                   = [[Public university]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dalbey |first1=Marcia A. |title=What Is a Comprehensive University, and Do I Want to Work There? |journal=ADE Bulletin |date=1995 |pages=14–16 |doi=10.1632/ade.111.14 |url=https://www.maps.mla.org/content/download/7371/file/ade.111.14.pdf |access-date=6 December 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180158/https://www.maps.mla.org/content/download/7371/file/ade.111.14.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | endowment              = [[Canadian dollar|C$]]344.004&nbsp;million (2022)<ref name=AnnualReport>{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/aar/docs/foundation/2021-22-Concordia-University-Foundation-Annual-Report.pdf |title= Concordia University Foundation Annual Report 2021-2022|publisher= Concordia University Foundation}}</ref>
 | budget                 = [[Canadian dollar|C$]]653.708&nbsp;million (2023-24)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cossette |first1=Denis |title=2023-24 Budget Summary Presentation |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/services/financial/docs/BudgetSummaryPresentation-2023-24.pdf |publisher=Concordia University |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = Graham Carr<ref name="President">{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/about/administration-governance.html|title=Administration & governance|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>
 | president              = Graham Carr<ref name="President"/>
 | provost                = Anne Whitelaw<ref name="President"/>
 | principal              = 
 | dean                   = 
 | head_label             = 
 | head                   = 
 | students               = 49,898 (as of 2022–23)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/about/fast-facts.html |title= Concordia University Fast Facts|publisher= Concordia University}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 35,404 (as of 2022–23)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/>
 | postgrad               = 10,084 (as of 2022–23)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/>
 | doctoral               = 
 | location               = [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
 | coordinates            = {{nowrap|{{Coord|45|29|49|N|73|34|41|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}}}
 | campus                 = [[#Sir George Williams University|Sir George Williams Campus]]: Urban<br />[[Loyola College (Montreal)|Loyola Campus]]: Suburban, {{convert|40|acre|ha}}
 | other_students         = [[Continuing education]], 4,410 (as of 2022–23)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/>
 | athletics_affiliations = [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] – [[Quebec Student Sport Federation|RSEQ]]
 | colours                = {{color box|#B03060}} Maroon <br> {{color box|#FFD700}} Gold <br> {{color box|#000000}} Black <br> {{color box|##FFFFFF}} White
 | sports_nickname        = [[Concordia Stingers|Stingers]]
 | mascot                 = Buzz
 | language               = [[English language|English]]
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries|CARL]], [[Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate|CUSID]], [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[Universities Canada]]
 | website                = {{URL|concordia.ca/}}
 | logo                   = Concordia University logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 160px
 | footnotes              = 
 | faculty                = 4,439 (as of 2020–21)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 2,283 (as of 2020–21)<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/>
 | profess                = 
}}

'''Concordia University''' ({{langx|fr|Université Concordia}}) is a [[Public university|public]] English-language [[research university]] located in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Concordia University|url = https://www.concordia.ca|website = concordia.ca|access-date = January 25, 2016}}</ref> Founded in 1974 following the merger of [[Loyola College (Montreal)|Loyola College]] and [[Sir George Williams University]], Concordia is one of the three universities in Quebec where English is the primary language of instruction (the others being [[McGill University|McGill]] and [[Bishop's University|Bishop's]]). As of the 2022–23 academic year, there were 49,898 students enrolled in credit and non-credit courses at Concordia, making the university among the largest in Canada by enrollment.<ref name="Fast facts"/> The university has two campuses, set approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} apart: Sir George Williams Campus is the main campus, located in the [[Quartier Concordia]] neighbourhood of [[Downtown Montreal]] in the borough of [[Ville-Marie, Montreal|Ville Marie]]; and Loyola Campus in the residential district of [[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]].<ref name="tour-our-campuses">{{cite web|url = https://www.concordia.ca/admissions/campus-tours.html|title = Campus tours|access-date = February 18, 2016}}</ref> With four faculties, a school of [[graduate studies]] and numerous colleges, centres and institutes, Concordia offers over 400 undergraduate and over 120 graduate programs and courses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=http://www.concordia.ca/about.html|access-date=February 18, 2016|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

Concordia is a [[non-sectarian]] and [[coeducational]] institution, with more than 254,000 alumni.<ref name="CUAA Meeting">{{cite web |title=Concordia University Alumni Association |url=https://www.concordia.ca/alumni-friends/alumni-network/alumni-association.html |access-date=March 29, 2014 |publisher=Concordia University Alumni Association}}</ref>
The university is a member of the [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada]], [[International Association of Universities]], [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]], [[Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate]], Canadian Bureau for International Education and [[Canadian University Press]]. The university's varsity teams, known as the [[Concordia Stingers|Stingers]], compete in the [[Quebec Student Sport Federation]] of [[U Sports]].

==History==
The roots of Concordia University’s founding institutions go back more than 120 years with the establishment of Loyola College in 1896 and Sir George Williams University in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/merger.html|title=Merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/loyola.html|title=Loyola College History|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/about/history.html|title=Sir George Williams University History|access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref>

===Loyola College===
{{Main|Loyola College (Montreal)}}
[[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.

===Sir George Williams University===
{{Main|Sir George Williams University}}
[[File:Sir george william 1970.jpg|thumb|right|Sir George Williams University's [[Henry F. Hall Building]] in 1970]]
In 1851, the first [[YMCA]] in North America was established on Ste. Helene Street in Old Montreal.<ref>[http://www.ymcaquebec.org/en/centre/overview/downtown-y-centre/1/ YMCA History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202051006/http://www.ymcaquebec.org/en/centre/overview/downtown-y-centre/1/ |date=February 2, 2013}} YMCA International.</ref> Beginning in 1873, the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the [[English-speaking Quebecer|English-speaking community]] to pursue their education while working during the day. Sixty years later, the Montreal YMCA relocated to its current location on [[Stanley Street (Montreal)|Stanley Street]] in [[Downtown Montreal]]. In 1926, the education program at the YMCA was reorganized as Sir George Williams College, named after [[George Williams (YMCA)|George Williams]], founder of the original YMCA in London, England, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada.

Sir George Williams College received its university charter from the provincial government in 1948, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. Sir George Williams expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. In 1959, the college requested that the Quebec legislature amend its university charter, changing its name to Sir George Williams University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/sgw.html|title=Sir George Williams University History|website=concordia.ca|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. Sir George Williams continued to hold classes in the YMCA building until the construction of the [[Henry F. Hall Building]] in 1966.

The university gained international attention in 1969 for what is known as the "Computer Centre Incident." Notably in spring 1968, six black West Indian students at Sir George Williams University accused a biology lecturer (later assistant professor) of racism. The complaint was lodged to the dean of students, Magnus Flynn. Dissatisfied with how the administration was handling their complaint, the students decided to make it a public issue in fall 1968. The students occupied and destroyed the Hall Building's ninth floor computer lab after threatening to do so should the riot squad be called.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer Centre Incident |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/computer-centre-incident.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref> The events forced the university to re-evaluate its policies, leading to the creation of the Ombuds Office and establishment of the University Regulations on Rights and Responsibilities in April 1971. (See [[Sir George Williams Affair]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/computer-centre-incident.html|title=Computer Centre Incident|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>

Following several years of discussions and planning, Sir George Williams University merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974. Concordia provided students with representative student organizations and greater power over administrative decisions at the university.

===Merger===
In 1968, in the wake of the [[Parent Commission]] Report, which recommended the [[secularism|secularization]] of Quebec's educational system, the [[Government of Quebec]] asked Loyola College and Sir George Williams University to consider some form of union. The proposed merger was discussed by the Loyola-Sir George Williams Joint Steering Committee, a committee created to analyze all forms of possible mergers of the two institutions.<ref name="CUmerger">{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/offices/archives/stories/merger.html|title=Merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> It was proposed, in 1969, to create a university federation that allowed students to take courses at both campuses without paying additional fees. There was also mention of a [[shuttle bus service]] linking the remote facilities {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} apart.<ref name="CUmerger"/>

Criticized for the difficulties encountered by the cohesion of the various departments and faculties, this option was set aside, but not totally rejected by the Joint Steering Committee. The Joint Committee of Representatives of the Board of Trustees of Loyola College and the Board of Governors of Sir George Williams University was formed in December 1971 and in fall 1972 produced a document outlining the basis of a university with two campuses.<ref name="CUmerger"/> While the committee considered a number of possible models, including that of a loose federation, the solution finally adopted was that of an integrated institution, Concordia University, operating under the existing charter of Sir George Williams University. Following several revisions in November 1972, the document became the main plan of the proposed merger. It was accepted by both institutions, which began the process of consolidating their operations.<ref name="CUmerger"/>

In early 1973, the two institutions announced the merger would take place that fall. However, legal and administrative procedures delayed the merger for another year.<ref name="CUmerger"/> On August 24, 1974, the Government of Quebec recognized the merger, thus creating Concordia University. The name was taken from the motto of the city of Montreal, ''Concordia salus'' (meaning "well-being through harmony").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/about/history.html|title=Concordia University History|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|"When you join together two lively institutions, each with its own philosophies and ways of doing things, each firmly dedicated to freedom of thought and speech, you must expect a measure of friction. We look forward now to a new period of creative friction."|Concordia Rector and Vice-Chancellor John O'Brien, on the finalization of the merger, August 16, 1974<ref name="CUmerger"/>}}

===Post-merger===
The legal existence of Concordia dates from August 24, 1974. The integration of the various faculties of the two institutions into a coherent whole took several years. The five faculties of the new university were a combination of existing faculties and departments prior to the merger. There was a Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Arts at Sir George Williams University. Additionally, there was a Faculty of Arts and Science at Loyola College. The Faculty of Engineering of both institutions had previously been combined.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/concordia-university|title=Concordia University|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>

The Faculty of Fine Arts was created in 1976.

The first phase of the combination of the Faculties of Arts and Science began in 1977 and ended in 1985.

In the late 1980s, the Georges P. Vanier Library on the Loyola Campus was enlarged, while in 1992, the library on the Sir George Williams Campus moved to the new [[J.W. McConnell Building]]. The Norris Building was closed the same year.

On August 24, 1992, [[Valery Fabrikant]], a mechanical engineering professor, [[Concordia University massacre|shot five colleagues]], killing four, on the ninth floor of the Hall Building. Fabrikant was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment. The university erected a memorial to the slain professors (four granite tables) in the Hall Building lobby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/stories/memorial.html|title=Memorial in Hall Building Lobby|website=concordia.ca|access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref>

Starting in 1998, the university entered a major phase of expansion to meet its growing student enrolment. In August 2003, Concordia inaugurated the Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on the Loyola Campus.

In 2005, the university launched a major urban redevelopment project in the neighbourhood surrounding the Sir George Williams Campus, known as the [[Quartier Concordia]]. That same year, the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex opened its doors on [[Saint Catherine Street|Saint Catherine Street West]] between [[Guy Street]] and [[Mackay Street]].

In September 2009, the university marked the opening of the new building for the [[John Molson School of Business]].

In September 2015, the university held a ribbon cutting for the [[District 3 Innovation Centre|District 3 Innovation Center]]'s new space on the sixth floor of Concordia's Faubourg Building.<ref name="District 3 receives $1M">{{cite web
|url = https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2015/09/28/district-3-receives-1million-startup-gift.html|title = District 3 receives $1M startup gift, christens new collaborative space|publisher = Concordia University|access-date = September 28, 2015}}</ref>

The university opened its interdisciplinary Applied Science Hub in 2020.

==Campuses==
[[File:Loyola concordia.jpg|thumb|Concordia's Loyola Campus in the fall]]
[[Image:Concordia University.jpg|thumb|The Henry F. Hall Building (left) and the J.W. McConnell Library Building (right) on the Sir George Williams Campus]]

The university has two campuses, set approximately 7&nbsp;km (4 miles) apart: Sir George Williams Campus in the downtown core of Montreal, in an area known as [[Quartier Concordia]] (around the [[Guy–Concordia station|Guy–Concordia]] [[Montreal Metro|Metro]] station), and Loyola Campus in the residential west-end district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. They are connected by free shuttle-bus service for students, faculty and staff.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;border:1px;line-height:120%; width:40em;"
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|'''Sir George Williams Campus'''
|-
! width="3" | Bldg.
!Address
!Functions
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''EV'''</big>
|1515 [[Saint Catherine Street|Saint Catherine Street West]]
|Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''GM'''</big>
|1550 [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard|De Maisonneuve Boulevard West]]
| [[Guy-Concordia (Montreal Metro)|Guy Metro]] Building (administration)
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''GN'''</big>
|1185 Saint Mathieu Street
|[[Grey Nuns Building]] (student residence)
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''H'''</big>
|1455 [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard|De Maisonneuve Boulevard West]]
|[[Henry F. Hall Building]] (social sciences, humanities and engineering)
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''LB'''</big>
|1400 [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard|De Maisonneuve Boulevard West]]
|[[J.W. McConnell Building]] (professor offices and library)
|-
| style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''MB'''</big>
|1450 [[Guy Street]]
|[[John Molson School of Business]] (commerce and administration)
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|<small>[http://www.concordia.ca/maps/buildings.html Complete list of buildings] • [https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/maps/sgw-campus.html SGW Campus Map] </small>}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;border:1px;line-height:120%; width:40em;"
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:maroon; color:#fff;" | '''Loyola Campus'''
|-
|'''Bldg.'''
|'''Address'''
|'''Functions'''
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''AD'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|Administration Building
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''CJ'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[[Communication Studies Department (Concordia University)|Communication Studies]] and Journalism Building
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''GE'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[https://www.concordia.ca/research/genomics.html Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics]
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''HU'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[https://www.concordia.ca/next-gen/applied-science-hub.html Applied Science Hub]
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''SP'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[https://www.concordia.ca/maps/buildings/sp.html Richard J. Renaud Science Complex]
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''VL'''</big>
|7141 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[[Georges P. Vanier]] Library Building
|-
|style="text-align:Center; background:maroon; color:#fff;"|<big>'''PC'''</big>
|7200 [[Sherbrooke Street West]]
|[https://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html PERFORM Centre (Prevention, Evaluation, Rehabilitation and FORMation/training)]
|-
! colspan="3" |<small>[http://www.concordia.ca/maps/buildings.html Complete list of buildings] • [https://www.concordia.ca/maps/loyola-campus.html Loyola Campus Map] </small>
|}

===Libraries, archives and galleries===
{{Main|Concordia University Library}}
Concordia University has three main library locations. The R. Howard Webster Library is located in the J.W. McConnell Building on the Sir George Williams Campus and the Georges P. Vanier Library is located on the Loyola Campus. On September 2, 2014, the Library opened the Grey Nuns Reading Room, a silent study space for Concordia students located in the former Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross. The Concordia Library houses several special and unique collections including the Azrieli Holocaust Collection and the Irving Layton Collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/|title=Special Collections · Concordia University Library|website=library.concordia.ca}}</ref> Most special collections are located in the Vanier Library. The Library also maintains the university's institutional repository, Spectrum.<ref>{{cite web |author=Canada |url=http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/ |title=Welcome to Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository&nbsp;— Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository |publisher=Spectrum.library.concordia.ca |access-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref> The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/about-carl/carl-members.html|title = Membership |publisher = Carl-abrc.ca|date = January 25, 2016|access-date = January 25, 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141208005827/http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/about-carl/carl-members.html|archive-date = December 8, 2014|df = mdy-all}}</ref> The Library also has partnerships with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and the Data Liberation Initiative.<ref name="partnerships">{{cite web|title=Memberships and collaborations|url=https://library.concordia.ca/about/memberships/|work=Concordia University Library}}</ref>

Concordia's Henry F. Hall Building houses the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Samuel Schecter, an art enthusiast and businessman, set up two funds in 1962 to be used for the purchase of Canadian art at [[Sir George Williams University]] and at [[Loyola College (Montreal)]]. When Sir George Williams University and Loyola College merged to form Concordia in 1974, their respective art collections were also combined. The collection of the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery consists of 1,800 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and videos, many of the works by 20th-century Canadian artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/?lang=en|title=Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>

Concordia's Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex houses the FOFA Gallery, a primary venue for exhibiting works by faculty, students and alumni of the Faculty of Fine Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/finearts/facilities/fofa-gallery/about.html|title=About FOFA|website=concordia.ca|access-date=December 5, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Concordia's Visual Arts Building on [[René Lévesque Boulevard]] houses the VAV Gallery, a student-run exhibition space seeking to highlight the work of undergraduate students in the Fine Arts department.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guide to Concordia’s Art Galleries {{!}} Fringe Arts |url=https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/guide-to-concordias-art-galleries |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=thelinknewspaper.ca |language=en}}</ref>

Concordia's Records Management and Archives stores official records of, or relating to, or people/activities connected with Concordia University and its two founding institutions. The collection consists of manuscripts, texts, photographs, audio-visual material and artifacts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives.html|title=Records Management and Archives|website=concordia.ca|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>

===New buildings===
In 2001, Concordia embarked on a mission to develop and expand the quality of the downtown campus, and to revive the west end in Montreal.

The university also acquired the historic [[Grey Nuns]] [[motherhouse|Mother House]] near its Sir George Williams Campus,<ref>{{cite news|first=Ingrid |last=Peretz |title=Montreal nuns moving — with saint's remains |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wnuns23/BNStory/National/home |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=December 24, 2008 |access-date=December 24, 2008 |location=Toronto |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225231506/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wnuns23/BNStory/National/home |archive-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref> for $18&nbsp;million. Built in 1871, it would alone double the size of the current downtown campus. From 2007 to 2022, the university moved into the building in four separate phases. The large property will house the Faculty of Fine Arts and possibly the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, and other departments. Concordia Residence Life currently houses nearly 250 students each year in the Grey Nuns Building. The dorm rooms are among the largest in the country, as many of the rooms have been transformed from when the section of the Grey Nuns Building was occupied by the Grey Nuns. The site was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 2011.<ref>{{DFHD|13051|Mother House of the Grey Nuns of Montreal|May 2, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Concordia EV Building.jpg|thumb|The Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex on the corner of [[Saint Catherine Street]] and [[Guy Street]]]]
The Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV Building) at [[Saint Catherine Street]] and [[Guy Street]] was opened in September 2005. The building is directly connected to the Guy–Concordia Metro station and also houses Le Gym, a facility of Concordia's Department of Recreation and Athletics. Across the street, the 100-year-old [[TD Canada Trust]] building was donated to Concordia in 2005 by the [[Toronto-Dominion Bank]].

Construction of the new John Molson Building (MB), the home of the John Molson School of Business located on the corner of Guy Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, began in February 2007. At a ceremony at Concordia on October 30, 2006, the [[Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports (Quebec)|Quebec Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports]], [[Jean-Marc Fournier]], announced an investment of $60 million towards the construction of the new building. The government's $60 million represented about half of the total construction costs. Construction started on January 22, 2006, and the building was completed and opened in September 2009. The 15-story building now houses the John Molson School's about 9,100 full- and part-time students<ref name="ConcordiaUniversityFastFacts"/> under the same roof for the first time. The departments of contemporary dance, theatre and music also moved into the new MB Building. It is connected to the EV Building by a tunnel under Guy Street.

In April 2010, a 120-metre tunnel completed the underground connections of the Guy-Concordia Metro station with the Henry F. Hall Building and the J.W. McConnell Building.<ref>{{cite news|title=Concordia's new tunnel is about ready|url=http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/04/07/concordia-tunnel/|publisher=Fagstein|date=April 7, 2010}}</ref>

Concordia opened the Applied Science Hub<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/next-gen/applied-science-hub.html|title=Applied Science Hub|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> on the Loyola Campus in December 2020. The $63.1-million state-of-the-art facility — built thanks to $36.7 million in support from the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec — was strategically designed to enable interdisciplinary collaboration and research between faculty and students in the Faculty of Arts and Science, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science as well as the District 3 Innovation Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Concordia University|date=December 1, 2020|title='A major nexus of transdisciplinary collaboration': $63-million Applied Science Hub opens for research on Concordia's Loyola Campus|url=https://www.concordia.ca/next-gen/applied-science-hub.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125023154/https://www.concordia.ca/next-gen/applied-science-hub.html |archive-date=January 25, 2021 }}</ref>

===Quartier Concordia===
[[Quartier Concordia]] is a neighbourhood redevelopment project centred around Concordia University's Sir George Williams Campus in downtown Montreal. Bordered by [[Sherbrooke Street]] to the north, Saint Mathieu Street to the west, [[René Lévesque Boulevard]] to the south and [[Bishop Street]] to the east,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buildings.concordia.ca/sgw/quartier.php |title=Quartier Concordia&nbsp;— Concordia University |access-date=September 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916094900/http://buildings.concordia.ca/sgw/quartier.php |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the district is designed to be a green urban campus that will improve the use and quality of public places and spaces, student life on campus and transportation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2006/05/20/109488.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127161543/http://www.ledevoir.com/2006/05/20/109488.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=Urbanisme — Un quartier Concordia au centre-ville |date=May 21, 2006 |newspaper=[[Le Devoir]] |author=Harvey, Réginald }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/about/quartier-concordia.html|title=Quartier Concordia|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

As part of the redesign, the small [[Norman Bethune Square]] was redesigned and enlarged. Sidewalks in the area were also widened, with additional trees.<ref name="Bethune">{{cite news |url=http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/02/19/city-unveils-new-plans-for-norman-bethune-square/ |title=Norman Bethune Square's makeover confirmed |last=DeWolf |first=Christopher |date=February 19, 2008 |work=Spacing Montreal |access-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505035936/http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/02/19/city-unveils-new-plans-for-norman-bethune-square |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 2010, a tunnel links the university's Henry F. Hall and J.W. McConnell buildings with the Guy-Concordia Metro station.<ref>{{Citation |title=Concordia's new Hall building to metro tunnel |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI60iBMBTw |access-date=2023-12-21 |language=en}}</ref> However, a project to create a green space on [[Mackay Street]] was put on hold.<ref name="Mackay">{{cite web |url=http://news.concordia.ca/notices/014675.shtml |title=University puts greening of Mackay on hold |work=News and Events |publisher=Concordia University |access-date=May 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517012602/http://news.concordia.ca/notices/014675.shtml |archive-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref>

==Administration and governance==

===Governance===
Concordia is led by its president and vice-chancellor (referred to as the president), provost and vice-presidents. The Board of Governors and the Senate manage the university's affairs and academic integrity. The president and the senior leadership ensure transparency and accountability of the administration. The administration is supervised by the Board of Governors and Senate. Under the Charter of Concordia University,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/offices/vpdersg/docs/board-senate/CharterJun2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/offices/vpdersg/docs/board-senate/CharterJun2010.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=CHARTER OF CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHARTE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ CONCORDIA|website=concordia.ca|date=June 2010}}</ref> the university's highest governing body is the Board of Governors, which has final authority over the affairs of the university. The Senate derives its authority from the Board of Governors.<ref name="President"/>

===Academic units===

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|Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
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|[[John Molson School of Business]]
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|School of Graduate Studies
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The university has four faculties — Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science and John Molson School of Business — as well as the School of Graduate Studies. The respective faculties supervise the academic departments/institutes. For example, the Faculty of Art and Science oversees the Department of Applied Human Sciences and Simone de Beauvoir Institute.<ref name=Faculty>[https://www.concordia.ca/academics/units.html Academic units] ''Concordia.ca''</ref>

===Finances===
In the 2021&ndash;22 year, Concordia received $586.5 million in [[revenue]].<ref name=":0" /> Fifty-two per cent of the university's revenue comes from grants of the [[Government of Quebec]], which are given based on the student population.<ref name=":0">[https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/services/financial/docs/BudgetConversationsNov2022.pdf Financial Services, Concordia University]</ref> As of 2022, the university's foundation has $358.451 million in its endowment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Concordia University Foundation Annual Report |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/aar/docs/foundation/2021-22-Concordia-University-Foundation-Annual-Report.pdf}}</ref> In November 2017, Concordia launched the Campaign for Concordia.<ref name=Cam>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/shared/en/news/offices/vpaer/aar/2018/01/30/learn-about-the-campaign-for-concordia.html|title=The Campaign for Concordia: NEXT-GEN. NOW.|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> The campaign's original target was $250 million, since raised to $350 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concordia's Board of Governors renews Paul Chesser's mandate for five years - Concordia University |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/shared/en/news/main/stories/2023/06/20/concordias-board-of-governors-renews-paul-chessers-mandate-for-five-years.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref> Its goal is to support the university's nine strategic directions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/about/strategic-directions.html|title=Strategic directions|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> that will advance Concordia's position as "Canada's next-generation university."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/campaign.html|title=The Campaign for Concordia|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> In January 2018, Concordia President Alan Shepard reported that the university had already reached "more than halfway" of its goal.<ref name="Cam"/> As of 2023, the campaign is still ongoing.

==Academics==
[[File:Concordia campus map-2.png|thumb|The location of Concordia's two campuses in Montreal]]

Students begin their university studies in September or, in some cases, in January or May. An undergraduate degree normally requires three or four years of full-time study, a master's one to three years, and a PhD at least four years. Diplomas and certificates usually take no longer than a year and a half to complete.

Concordia has more than 400<ref>{{Cite web|title = Undergraduate programs|url = https://www.concordia.ca/academics/undergraduate.html|website = concordia.ca|access-date = January 25, 2016}}</ref> undergraduate programs under the Faculty of Arts and Science, the [[Gina Cody]] School of Engineering and Computer Science, the Faculty of Fine Arts and the John Molson School of Business.<ref name="Fast facts">{{Cite web|title=Concordia University Fast Facts|url=https://www.concordia.ca/about/fast-facts.html|url-status=live|website=Concordia.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808191525/http://www.concordia.ca/about/fast-facts.html |archive-date=2013-08-08 }}
</ref> Students are normally enrolled in one of these faculties but may take courses from any of the others as part of their studies. Class sizes vary from 30 to 400 students.

The School of Graduate Studies offers about 120 programs leading to master's and doctoral degrees, and graduate diplomas and certificates for professionals seeking to upgrade their knowledge and skills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/sgs.html|title=School of Graduate Studies|website=concordia.ca}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Concordia Continuing Education offers university-level studies and training to those from diverse backgrounds and stages of life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/cce.html|title=Concordia Continuing Education|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

The Institute for Co-operative Education<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/academics/co-op.html|title=Institute for Co-operative Education|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> administers more than 70 bachelor's and master's programs in an alternating co-op work-study format. Concordia's co-op programs enable students to enrich their learning by participating in career-relevant 12–17-week full-time, paid work terms. Depending on their faculty and major, co-op students will usually graduate with a minimum of 12 months of academically relevant work experience. There are also Industrial Experience and Professional Experience options in certain disciplines that enable students to participate in a summer-only work term. Concordia is a member of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cafce.ca/ |title=Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) |access-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025065358/http://www.cafce.ca/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the 2022–2023 academic year, there were 35,404 undergraduate students, 10,084 graduate students and 4,410 continuing education students enrolled at Concordia.<ref name="Fast facts"/>

===Faculty of Arts and Science===
Concordia's Faculty of Arts and Science consists of 21 departments and seven colleges, schools and institutes in the [[humanities]], sciences and [[social science]]s at the undergraduate and graduate levels. There are 257 programs, offering more than 2,400 courses. There are 869 full-time and part-time faculty members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Faculty - Concordia University |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/artsci/about.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref> During the 2022-23 academic year, there were 18,502 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the faculty.<ref name="Fast facts"/>

In addition to regular academic programs, the Faculty of Arts and Science also includes three colleges, two schools and two institutes. These are the Liberal Arts College, the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, the School of Community and Public Affairs, the School of [[Irish studies|Irish Studies]], the Science College, the [[Simone de Beauvoir]] Institute and the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies.<ref name="CollegesSchoolsInstitutes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/artsci/academics/departments.html|title=Departments|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

The Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability (formerly Loyola International College) is an interdisciplinary college on the Loyola Campus, the original site of Loyola College. It offers minor programs in Diversity and the Contemporary World and Sustainability Studies.

At the undergraduate level, the Faculty of Arts and Science offers both Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) programs with majors ranging from economics, [[political science]] and sociology to actuarial mathematics, [[biology]] and ecology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/artsci.html|title=Faculty of Arts and Science|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

===Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science===
The Gina Cody School of Engineering and [[Computer Science]], formerly known as Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, is named after Concordia alumna [[Gina Cody]], who donated $15&nbsp;million to the university in 2018. In response, the university renamed its faculty of engineering and computer science in her honour, making it the first engineering school to be named after a woman in Canada and globally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/concordia-university-names-engineering-faculty-after-female-graduate-gina-cody-1.4107092|title=Concordia University names engineering faculty after female graduate Gina Cody|date=September 2, 2018|work=CTVNews|access-date=September 26, 2018|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-concordia-engineering-school-becomes-first-in-canada-named-after-a/|title=Concordia engineering school becomes first in Canada named after a woman as alumna donates $15-million|access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4481045/concordia-university-alumna-donates-15m-faculty-of-engineering-named-after-her/|title=Concordia University alumna donates $15M, faculty of engineering named after her|work=[[Global News]]|access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/24/concordia-universitys-engineering-school-is-first-in-canada-to-be-named-after-a-woman.html|title=Concordia University's engineering school is first in Canada to be named after a woman {{!}} The Star|work=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Maclean's]]'' ranked its programs as one of the best in Canada.<ref>[https://www.macleans.ca/education/canadas-best-university-engineering-programs-2020-rankings/ Best engineering universities in Canada: 2020 ranking] ''Maclean's''</ref> The faculty offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate-level programs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programs |url=https://www.concordia.ca/ginacody/about.html |website=concordia.ca}}</ref> in the following departments: Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Centre for Engineering in Society; [[Computer Science]] and [[Software engineering|Software Engineering]]; Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering; Chemical and Materials Engineering; [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical and Computer Engineering]], and [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical]], [[Industrial engineering|Industrial]] and [[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace Engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/ginacody/about/departments.html|title=Departments|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> The engineering programs are all accredited by the [[Canadian Council of Professional Engineers#Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board|Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board]] (CEAB).<ref name="ENCS">{{cite web |url=http://www.encs.concordia.ca/|title=Homepage |work=Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science |publisher=Concordia University |access-date=May 22, 2012}}</ref> During the 2022-23 academic year, there were 11,848 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the faculty.<ref name="Fast facts"/>

'''Troitsky Bridge Building Competition'''
The [[Troitsky Bridge Building Competition]] brings together engineering students from across Canada and parts of the United States. Teams of students representing their universities must build a 1-metre-long bridge using only regular popsicle sticks, [[toothpick]]s, [[dental floss]], and white [[Polyvinyl acetate|glue]]. A panel of judges grades the bridges based on originality and presentation while a hydraulic loading device is used to determine the maximum load and performance.<ref>[https://www.enbeauce.com/actualites/culturel/332056/lequipe-beauceronne-se-distingue-au-troitsky-bridge-building-competition-de-luniversite-concordia L’équipe beauceronne se distingue au Troitsky Bridge Building Competition de l’Université Concordia] ''EnBeauce.com''</ref><ref>[https://troitsky.ca Troitsky 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223418/https://troitsky.ca/ |date=January 23, 2019 }} troitsky.ca</ref>

===Faculty of Fine Arts===
The Faculty of [[Fine Arts]] offers 26 undergraduate programs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate programs - Concordia University |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/finearts/academics/undergraduate-programs.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref> and 17 graduate programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduate programs - Concordia University |url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/finearts/academics/graduate-programs/list.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref> It includes nine departments and four research institutes.<ref name="FoFA">{{cite web |title=Faculty overview |url=https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/about.html |access-date=June 21, 2016 |work=Faculty of Fine Arts |publisher=Concordia University}}</ref> During the 2022-23 academic year, there were 3,982 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the faculty.<ref name="Fast facts"/> Among the departments is [[The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinema.concordia.ca/index.php/about/#21 |title=About the School — Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema — Concordia University — Montreal, Quebec, Canada |publisher=Cinema.concordia.ca |access-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref> It is informally identified as MHSoC, and offers study in the fields of film animation, film production and film studies. It is the largest, university-based centre for the study of film animation, film production and film studies in Canada.

===John Molson School of Business===
{{Main|John Molson School of Business}}
The John Molson School of Business (formerly the Faculty of Commerce and Administration) offers 18 different programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels from five different departments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/jmsb/about.html|title=About JMSB|website=concordia.ca}}</ref> The departments are Accountancy, Finance, Marketing, Management and Supply Chain and Business Technology Management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/jmsb/about/departments.html|title=Departments|website=concordia.ca|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> During the 2022-23 academic year there were 9,097 undergraduate students and graduate students enrolled,<ref name="Fast facts"/> and John Molson School has 61,000 alumni.<ref name="at-a-glance">{{cite web|url=http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/about|title=About JMSB|year=2016|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=June 21, 2016|author=John Molson School of Business}}</ref> The John Molson School is accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB).<ref name="JMSBAACSB">{{cite web |url=http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/about/aacsb-accreditation |title=AACSB Accreditation |work=John Molson School of Business |publisher=Concordia University |access-date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114054508/http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/about/aacsb-accreditation |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The business school is located in a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] silver-certified building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/about/molson-building|title=About JMSB|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Canadian university rankings
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| ARWU_W = 601–700
| ARWU_CAN = 21–22
| QS_W = 415
| QS_N = 17
| THES_W = 501–600
| THES_N = 20–24
| USNWR_GU = 665
| USNWR_N = 21
| MAC_comp = 10
| MAC_rep = 18
}}

Concordia University has placed well in postsecondary school rankings. The 2024 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 387 in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024}}</ref> In the 2023 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' rankings, the university ranked 501–600 in the world.<ref name="USUnivRankings_ARWU_W" />  The 2024 ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' placed Concordia 501–600 in the world.<ref name="USUnivRankings_THES_W" /> In ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' 2022–23 global university rankings, the university placed 653rd in the world.<ref name="USNWR Best Global Universities" /> The university was also ranked by ''[[Maclean's]]'' Canadian university rankings. In October 2023, ''Maclean's'' ranked Concordia 9th in Canada under its comprehensive universities category.<ref name="Macdocc" />

The university's [[John Molson School of Business]] was ranked among the top 10 Canadian business schools and the top 100 worldwide by ''[[The Economist]]'' in 2022.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking Full time MBA ranking] ''The Economist''</ref> Moreover, Concordia was ranked seventh in Canada and 229th among world universities in the International Professional Classification of Higher Education Institutions, a worldwide ranking compiled by the [[École des Mines de Paris]] that uses as its sole criterion the number of graduates occupying the rank of chief executive officer at [[Fortune 500]] companies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Donnees/data03/334-10.-Classements.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Donnees/data03/334-10.-Classements.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=L'Ecole des Mines de Paris – MINES ParisTech: Classement international professionnel des établissements d'enseignment supérieure – Enquête 2011}}</ref><ref name="Aspen">{{cite web
| url = http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/index.cfm
| title = Beyond Grey Pinstripes&nbsp;— The Global 100
| publisher = Aspen Institute
| access-date = January 16, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012116/http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/index.cfm
| archive-date = May 17, 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name="BGP">{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/school.cfm?cid=78|title=Concordia University|date=2006–2007|publisher=Beyond Grey Pinstripes|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019074802/http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/school.cfm?cid=78|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CK2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/166-knight-schools-2008.html |title=Knight Schools 2008 |publisher=[[Corporate Knights]] |access-date=July 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929102444/http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/166-knight-schools-2008.html |archive-date=September 29, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="CK2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/419-knight-schools-2009.html |title=Knight Schools 2009 |publisher=[[Corporate Knights]] |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005004208/http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/419-knight-schools-2009.html |archive-date=October 5, 2009 }}</ref>

==Student life==
[[Image:J.W McConnell.jpg|thumb|right|The [[J.W. McConnell Building|J.W. McConnell]] Library Building on [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard]]]]

===Student housing===
Four residence buildings are available for students who wish to live on campus: Grey Nuns Residence, Jesuit Residence, Hingston Hall (HA) and Hingston Hall (HB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/students/housing/residences.html|title=Our residences|website=concordia.ca}}</ref>

For students who choose to live off campus, the [[Concordia Student Union]]'s Off-Campus Housing and Job Bank (HoJo) offers classified ads, legal advice and safety resources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/students/housing/off-campus.html|title=Off-campus housing|website=concordia.ca}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Sustainability===
Concordia's "sustainability hub" promotes sustainable development.<ref>[https://www.concordia.ca/about/sustainability.html Sustainability hub] ''Concordia.ca''</ref>
In February 2019, Concordia became the first university in Canada to issue a sustainable bond. According to the university webpage the bond will "generate environmental and social benefits as defined by the [[United Nations]]' Sustainable Development Goals".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://business.financialpost.com/investing/concordia-becomes-first-university-to-issue-sustainable-bonds-in-canada/amp |title= Concordia becomes first university to issue sustainable bonds in Canada |work= Financial Post}}</ref> According to Denis Cossette, the university's chief financial officer, "the $25-million senior unsecured bond offers investors a 3.626 per cent yield and has a duration of 20 years." Because of this bond, Concordia would be able to issue sustainable bonds instead of green bonds.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://montrealgazette.com/investing/concordia-becomes-first-university-to-issue-sustainable-bonds-in-canada/wcm/b5e029f5-0838-44e8-bf69-de33eee46c1b |title= Concordia becomes first university to issue sustainable bonds in Canada |newspaper= [[The Gazette (Montreal)]]}}</ref>

===Athletics===
{{Main|Concordia Stingers}}
Concordia University's athletic teams are called the Concordia Stingers. They compete with other schools in [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]], and more specifically, in the [[Quebec Student Sports Federation]] and the [[Quebec University Football League]]. The university has 10 varsity teams. In the fall, teams compete in [[Canadian football]], men's and women's soccer, men's and women's [[rugby union]] and [[sport wrestling]]. There are female and male wrestlers on the team from year to year, and they compete as one team. In the winter, teams compete in men's and women's [[ice hockey]] and men's and women's [[basketball]].

The [[Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey]] team won the Canadian national championships in 1998, 1999 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stingers.ca {{!}} Concordia Women's Hockey 2022 U SPORTS Champions |url=https://stingers.ca/whockey/usports_champions.php |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=stingers.ca}}</ref> The Stingers baseball club beat Cape Breton University Capers 12–2 to win the 2009 National Baseball Crown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.concordia.ca/sports/news/Newnews.php?f=detail&news_id=358&start=0&sportype=DEPT |title=Concordia Department of Recreation and Athletics &#124; News [Concordia wins national baseball crown&#93; |publisher=Athletics.concordia.ca |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref>

===Student organizations===
The [[Concordia Student Union]] (CSU) represents undergraduate students. Its membership totals more than 35,000 students. Concordia students voted in favour of accreditation of their student union in a referendum in December 2000. As a result, the CSU is now legally accountable only to its student constituents.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bokser |first=Howard |url=http://magazine.concordia.ca/2001-02/december/features/StudentUnion.shtml |title=Concordia University Magazine |publisher=Magazine.concordia.ca |access-date=November 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923133422/http://magazine.concordia.ca/2001-02/december/features/StudentUnion.shtml |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Concordia University is home to local and international fraternities and sororities.

===Student media===
Concordia University has a [[campus radio]] station, [[CJLO]], and television station, [[Concordia University Television|CUTV]]. Concordia also has three student-run newspapers, ''[[The Link (newspaper)|The Link]]'', ''[[The Concordian (Montreal)|The Concordian]]'' and [[French language|French-language]] ''L'Organe''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lorgane.org/ |title=l'Organe magazine, Montréal |publisher=Lorgane.org |access-date=November 20, 2010 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919114947/http://www.lorgane.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Concordian'' and ''L'Organe'' are members of Canadian University Press (CUP); ''The Link'' left the CUP network in 2012. The university also assists in the publishing of the only student-run, bilingual literary/arts magazine, ''The Void'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevoidmagazine.tumblr.com|title=The Void magazine|website=thevoidmagazine.tumblr.com}}</ref> founded in 2002, as well as arts magazine ''Interfold''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cargocollective.com/Interfoldmagazine/|title=Cargo|website=cargocollective.com}}</ref>

==Student activism==
===Sir George Williams affair===
 {{main|Sir George Williams affair}}
The Sir George Williams affair (also referred to as "The Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident")<ref>{{cite book|last=Forsythe|first=Dennis|title=Let The Niggers Burn|publisher=Black Rose Books|year= 1971|pages=3}}</ref> was a 1969 event at [[Sir George Williams University]], now a part of Concordia University. It was the largest student [[occupation (protest)|occupation]] in [[Canadian history]], and resulted (in 1969 currency) in $2 million of property damage.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activitsm in 1960s Montreal|last=Mills|first=Sean|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=2010}}</ref> Among those arrested and convicted were [[Roosevelt Douglas]], who later became [[Prime Minister of Dominica]], and who was a son of one of the richest men in [[Dominica]]. Also arrested was [[Anne Cools]], who later became a [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]]. Deeply involved also was student [[Joey Jagan|Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr.]], who was of [[Indo-Guyanese]] and [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] descent, and the son of [[Cheddi Jagan]], an American-educated dentist and former [[Prime Minister of Guyana#Premiers of British Guiana|Premier]] and [[Prime Minister of Guyana#Chief minister of British Guiana|Chief Minister]] of [[British Guiana]] at the time, and his American wife [[Janet Jagan]].

===Strike of 1999===
As the 1990s progressed, student activism began growing, coming to a head in 1999 with the election of the first in a series of radical slates to the Concordia Student Union. Under the presidency of Rob Green, a referendum regarding a strike garnered 2,284 votes of support. This was an unusually strong show of support, as student governments at Concordia are often elected on the basis of less than 1,000 votes in their favour. The strike lasted from November 3 to 5 and targeted a range of issues, including student representation in the university senate, corporate presence and advertising on campus, and government. There were several demonstrations, where both protesters and police were reported to be injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ctr.concordia.ca/archives/is181199/art9.html|title=Concordia's Thursday Report November 18, 1999|website=ctr.concordia.ca}}</ref>

===Anti-Netanyahu riot===
{{Main|Concordia University Netanyahu riot}}
On September 9, 2002, a [[Anti-Netanyahu riot at Concordia University|scheduled speech]] from the former (and later subsequent) Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] was cancelled following violent pro-[[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] riots inside the Henry F. Hall Building.<ref name="CTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030115/concordia030115?s_name=&no_ads= |title=Concordia U. regrets anti-Netanyahu riot |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 15, 2003 |publisher=CTV.ca |access-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601103256/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030115/concordia030115?s_name=&no_ads= |archive-date=June 1, 2008 }}</ref> Protestors raised concerns about Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, namely in the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]]. Netanyahu accused protestors of being supporters of [[terrorism]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2248555.stm Canada protests stop Netanyahu speech] BBC</ref> The event is depicted in a documentary named ''[[Confrontation at Concordia]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7074/is_16/ai_n28249285/pg_2/?tag=content;col1|title=The debate on Canadian campuses: bringing back democracy and the spirit of scholarship|first=Howard|last=Stein|journal=Inroads: A Journal of Opinion|volume=Winter-Spring|year=2005}}</ref>

== Coat of Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide|image=File:Concordia_coa.png|name=Concordia University|escutcheon=Pean on a sun in splendour Or a triangle reversed Murrey surmounted by an open book Argent edged Or bound Azure;|crest=A sun in splendour Or charged with a triangle reversed Murrey surmounted by an open book Argent edged Or bound Azure;|motto=CONCORDIA|armiger=Concordia University|symbolism=Gold, white and shades of red were the colours of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, which merged to form Concordia University. The sun is taken from the emblem of the Jesuits, who operated Loyola College. The triangle is a symbol of the YMCA, which established Sir George Williams University. It appeared in the arms granted to that university and represents the YMCA’s philosophy of balancing mind, body and soul. The book represents education. This Latin motto meaning “Harmony” is the name of the University. It is taken from the motto of the city of Montréal, where it is located.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concordia University |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/3635 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=The Governor General of Canada |language=en}}</ref> |year_granted=December 23, 1976 (by the [[College of Arms]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coat of Arms & Armorial Bearings - Concordia University |url=https://www.concordia.ca/offices/archives/stories/coat-of-arms.html |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.concordia.ca |language=en}}</ref>|badge=A sun in splendour Or charged with a triangle reversed Murrey surmounted by an open book Argent edged Or bound Azure and charged with a letter C Murrey.}}

==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{Main|List of Concordia University alumni and faculty}}
==See also==
* [[Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Austin, Kevin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090804053350/http://cec.concordia.ca/econtact/11_2/concordia_austin.html "&#91;Institutions&#93; Concordia University (Montréal)."] ''eContact! 11.2 – Figures canadiennes (2) / Canadian Figures (2)'' (July 2009). Montréal: [[Canadian Electroacoustic Community|CEC]].
* {{cite thesis |last=Bissonette |first=L. A. |title=Loyola of Montreal: A Sociological Analysis of an Educational Institution in Transition between 1969 and 1974 |type=M.A. Thesis |publisher=Concordia University |year=1977 |oclc=74374291 |url=https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/5978/1/MK33110.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/5978/1/MK33110.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live }}
* Hall, Henry F. ''Georgian Spirit: The Story of George Williams University'' (Montréal) Peake 347.H.03.0

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.concordia.ca/}}
* [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=192331&lang=eng Concordia University fonds (R9641)] at [[Library and Archives Canada]]. Fonds consists of oral history interviews conducted by the Concordia University Oral History Program.

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