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Gagnon, Pnina Cohen
PG1 · Person · 1940-

Pnina Cohen Gagnon was born in Haifa, Israël where she attended the Leo Beck School. She studied physiotherapy at Asaf Harofè Hospital near Tel-Aviv and art in Montreal, Canada at École des Beaux-arts de Montréal, where she graduated in 1966. Her first solo exhibition was in 1967 at Galerie Le Gobelet in Montreal. In 1972 Gagnon published her first artist book 'Jukim and various other insects' in conjunction with her solo exhibition at the Rothchild House in Haifa, Israel. The same year she participated in the group exhibition 'On the human body/Du corps humain' at the Sir George Williams Gallery. In 1973 she designed the stage for the play 'Trois prétendants, un mari' by Guillaume Oyono M’Bia at the Université de Montréal auditorium. Gagnon’s work has been collected by several Canadian and Israeli public institutions. As of 2022, she has produced over 30 solo exhibitions and participated in as many group exhibitions. Her mediums include painting, drawing, sculpture, video, installation, and writing on themes related to the natural world and natural phenomena.

  • Pnina Gagnon was awarded the Shtrook Award in 1995
  • Gagnon has been a member of the Royal Canadian Society since 2003
Malone, Patrick G.
PGM1 · Person · June 28, 1918-February 26, 2001

Father Patrick G. Malone, S. J. was born June 28, 1918 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and died in Pickering, Ontario, on February 26, 2001. Although born in Belfast, he grew up in Toronto where he received his early education. He entered the Jesuits at Guelph, Ontario in 1936 and followed their program of studies. He also studied politics and economics at the University of Toronto (M.A. 1945). In July 1946, he was assigned to the Jesuit Seminary in Toronto, to begin theological studies and was ordained to priesthood on June 27, 1949. After a further year of studies in theology there, he went for a year of spiritual theology at the Institut Saint-Robert-Bellarmin in Belgium. On his return to Canada in 1951, Father Malone’s first assignment was at Saint Mary’s University and High School in Halifax as professor and Dean of Studies. In 1956, he was appointed President of Saint Mary’s University. On August 15, 1959, Father Malone became the 13th Rector and first President of Loyola College in Montreal and held the position until the end of the academic year 1973-1974. In the context of the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, he had also been appointed Vice-Rector and Principal of Loyola Campus on August 10, 1973, by the Board of Governors of the coming new institution which officially became Concordia University in August 1974. Only a few months before, on March 20, 1974, Father Malone announced his resignation from both positions. Father Malone received an Honorary degree from Concordia University at its Inaugural Convocation (Loyola Faculty of Arts and Science) in June 1975.

Johnston, Peter K.
PJ2 · Person · 1929-[2005?]

Peter K. Johnston was born in 1929. He lived as a farmer in Hudson, Quebec. He was a known collector of jazz, including an extensive collection on Harry James. He was member of the Montreal Vintage Music Society. He was co-author of the discography Harry James and his orchestra, published by the Joyce Record Club, and stood in contact with Peter Levinson, who wrote a biography on Harry James in 1999.

Kruyt, Peter
PK1 · Person · [19-]-

Peter Kruyt graduated from Concordia University in 1978. As President of Power Technology Investment Corporation, Kruyt served on the Concordia Board of Governors since 2000 as representative of the community-at-large before being elected Vice-Chair in 2003 and appointed Chair on June 8 2005 for a one-year term ending June 30, 2006. Kruyt was subsequently reappointed Chair until he stepped down in 2012.

  • At the June 12, 2012 Board of Governors meeting Kruyt was presented with a memory book of photographs documenting his 7-years as Chair.
  • Along with other Concordia representatives, Kruyt was part of the Team Canada Mission, a Canadian delegation that traveled to China in February 2001 to create new partnerships opportunities.
  • Kruyt chaired the 1999-2000 Annual Giving program that raised $1.26 million for Concordia. He had previously been a special gifts canvasser for the 1998-1999 Campaign for a New Millennium.
Morley, Patricia
PM1 · Person · 1929-

Born in 1929, Patricia Morley joined Concordia University founding institutions Sir George Williams University in 1973 as assistant professor of English. In 1975, she was named assistant professor of English and Canadian Studies at Concordia University. In 1976 she was promoted to associate professor and, in 1982, to professor of English and Canadian Studies. In 1987 she was named professor of English, a position she held until her retirement in 1990. Patricia Morley was involved with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Concordia University for some 10 years.

Madden, Peter
PM2 · Person · 1939-2006

Peter Madden was born October 14, 1939 in the Toronto area. Between his 12th and 31st birthday, he spent many years first in reformatories and later in prison. He wrote his first play, Criminal Record (1971), while incarcerated at Collins Bay Penitentiary. The production of this play was invited to the Dominion Drama Festival in 1971. Later, it was adapted into a film, Cell 16, produced by the National Film Board (NFB), and Peter Madden was paroled from Collins Bay Penitentiary as a writer for the NFB. Since his release in 1971, Peter Madden committed himself to writing. In 1974, he wrote the script for the NFB-film One Man and the play The Night No One Yelled, which was produced by Beggars’ Workshop in Montreal. Peter Madden’s script Leave my Kids Alone was released by the NFB in 1990 under the title The Ticket Back. Peter Madden worked as a writer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet for the remainder of his life. He predominantly wrote about prisons, crime, and incarceration. Some of his plays were produced as radio dramas for the CBC. From 1972 to 1977, Peter Madden was Artistic director at the Beggars’ Workshop Theatre in Montreal. In 1977, he was awarded for the screenplay of the NFB-film One Man. Peter Madden lived in Montreal from 1971 until his death on September 9, 2006. He had two sons.

Morier, Pauline
PM6 · Person · 1942-

Pauline Morier, Canadian visual artist, was born on July 3, 1942 in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, as the daughter of Guy Morier and Béatrice Painchaud. In 1960, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. She briefly lived in France before moving to Montreal, Quebec, in 1965. From 1979 to 1994, Pauline Morier was member of the Conseil de la peinture du Québec. She was also member of La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse in Montreal during the 1980s and 1990s. Morier participated in various exhibitions at La Centrale, Véhicule Art and many other galleries. She also contributed to art magazines and radio broadcasts.

Monty, Paul
PM7 · Person · [19--] -

Paul Monty is a graduate of Communication Arts at Sir George Williams University (1966-1970). From 1971 to 1988, Monty worked as a Programming Analyst and Policy Office for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). From 1988 to 2004, he was the Senior Regulatory Affairs Officer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). During his career in broadcasting policy, Monty collected all major regulatory policies and decisions made by the CRTC.

Monat, Pierre
PM8 · Person · 1947-

Pierre Monat, born in 1947, is a retired graphic designer and artistic director based in Montreal. Politically engaged, Monat was involved in the 1968 occupation of the École des beaux-arts in Montreal, where he was a student. While he attended the École des beaux-arts, he was not formally trained as in graphic design. He describes his work in this area as “counterintuitive design.”

Monat was involved with the Jazz libre du Québec during the 1970s, creating posters and other materials for the group. He also had a studio, Atelier Pathographique, on the top floor of l’Amorce, an experimental venue that served as the headquarters for the Jazz Libre du Québec in the early 1970s. Around that time, Monat met Robert Forget, one of the founders of Vidéographe, while working at the National Film Board (NFB). (Forget and Monat were both working on Médium Média, a magazine published at the NFB.) It was then that he discovered video. At Vidéographe, Monat produced two experimental documentaries: Vive les animaux (1973) and Y'a du dehors dedans (1973). Y’a du dehors dedans is an experimental documentary, produced using a Portapak, about the Jazz libre du Québec. Vive les animaux shows a meeting between Edgar Morin and a number of Quebec intellectuals.

Monat also worked as a graphic designer for a number of publications, including Quartier latin, the student newspaper published at the Université de Montréal; Québec underground; Sexus; Allez chier; Le nouvel obsédé; La claque; Inter; Propos d’art; and Médium Média; among others. Monat is an honorary member of Vidéographe.

McDonald, Peter
PM9 · Person · 1919-1995

Peter McDonald was born in Scotland, in 1919. He moved to Canada in 1929 and attended the Vancouver Provincial Normal School. From 1940 to 1941, McDonald worked as a teacher, and between 1942 and 1945, he worked in several radio stations as a freelance actor, writer, announcer, and soundman. Notably, he wrote several scripts for the show The Carsons, Canada’s longest-running radio serial. He joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Vancouver, as an announcer in 1945, and worked as a producer of documentaries, variety programs, and dramas between 1946 and 1950. In 1950, McDonald moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he continued to work as a producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio. Between 1952 and 1953, he worked as a TV drama producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto. In 1953, McDonald returned to Vancouver as Director of Television for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at CBUT, the first television station in Western Canada. In 1956, he returned to Toronto as Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Assistant Director of Program Planning and Production, and in 1957, McDonald was appointed National Director of Television Network Programming. Notably, he introduced the shows Close-Up and Front Page Challenge during this period and was responsible for liaison with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s French network and the National Film Board (NFB).
Between 1959 and 1969, Peter McDonald was the vice president of Music Corporation of America (MCA). Then, from 1969 to 1971, he was the President of Universal Education and Visual Arts, a division of Music Corporation of America. In 1971, Peter McDonald was appointed Director of the Broadcast Programmes Branch of the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) in Ottawa.

Peter McDonald died on October 15, 1995.

Participation Quebec
PQ1 · Corporate body · 1976-1982

Participation Quebec was founded in November 1976. It was a non-profit public interest organization dedicated to bringing together the anglophone and francophone communities in Quebec. Participation Quebec was non-partisan and was not affiliated with any other organizations until its eventual merger with Alliance Quebec. The organization was incorporated under the laws of Quebec and was registered as a charity for tax purposes. In 1978, the members of its executive were Michael Prupas (President), David Steward (Treasurer) and François Goulet (Executive Director). At that time, the organization had approximately 200 members.

According to Participation Quebec, it's goals were: "to have a positive influence on the policies of education and governmental institutions which promote the isolation of cultural groups within Quebec, or which are prejudicial to the building of a Quebec for all Quebecers" and "to improve the relations between the French and non-French speaking communities in Montreal." Throughout its years of Operation, Participation Quebec hosted symposiums, formed committees, sponsored meetings with government officials, prepared and tabled briefs, held press conferences, and organized speaker series, among other activities.

In May 1982, Participation Quebec and other anglophone rights organizations, including the Positive Action Committee, merged with Alliance Québec.

Panet-Raymond, Silvy
PRS1 · Person · 19XX-

Silvy Panet-Raymond started her career at Concordia as a part-time lecturer in the dance department in the early 1980s and was promoted to tenure-track Assistant Professor in 1986, teaching choreography and the creative process. She was Chair of the Contemporary Dance department from 1989 to 2001 and again from 2015 to 2022. She obtained her Professor rank in 2008. Her research activities have received external funding and she has conducted masterclass and workshops all over the world. She retired from Concordia in 2022 but remains active especially with the Creative Approaches to Public Space (CAPS) program of the Université Rennes 2 where she is an International Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences.

  • In 1985, Panet-Raymond was co-winner (with René Richard Cyr) of a Best Direction of a Show ADISQ award for ‘Solide Salad’ by Michel Lemieux.
  • She coordinated the Zone of Silence project in 1987, an exchange program between Quebec and Mexican artists from the University of Juarez in Durango started in 1984 by sculptor Domingo Cisneros.
  • In 1988, she led a group of six students to the Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary, a five-nights program of modern dance taking place in conjunction with Danscene, a post-secondary dance festival and educator’s conference.
  • Panet-Raymond was commissioned by the Agora de la danse to give a public lecture on the international influence of Montreal dancers and choreographers at the Joint Conference of the Society of Dance History Scholars and the Association for Dance in Universities and Colleges in Canada in May 1995.
  • She led Concordia’s Thinking Out Loud: Robert Lepage and Silvy Panet-Raymond Are Being Instrumental candid conversation panel on March 30, 2016.
Szporer, Philip
PS1 · Person

Philip Szporer is a filmmaker, journalist and part-time instructor at the Department of Contemporary Dance and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability. He was a contributor to the Concordia's Thursday Report in 1983-1984.

  • In 1999, Szporer was awarded the Pew Fellowship (National Dance/Media Project) at the University of California.
  • He served as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2016.
  • Szporer co-founded the Montreal-based award-winning media arts production company Mouvement Perpétuel in 2001.
  • In 2010, Szporer won the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts, for his 30-year involvement in the dance community.
  • In 2018, he co-founded Dance + Words, a project aiming to facilitate conversations surrounding cultural discourse.