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Logos was an underground magazine covering arts, culture and politics that was published in Montreal between 1967 and 1972. Paul Kirby was the founding editor of Logos. The cover art of the early issues was by John Wagner. Other early contributors included Adriana Kelder, Robert Kelder, Alan Shapiro, and Chandra Prakash.

Television Sir George (TVSG) came into existence in October 1966, with the ratification by the Students’ Association of Sir George Williams University (later the Day Students’ Association) and made its home in the then newly erected Henry F. Hall Building. The first organization staff was composed of James Joyce as executive producer, Rob Joyce as creative director, and Barry Barnes as technical advisor. Membership was open to all undergraduate students. TV Sir George’s first show appeared on Channel 9 on November 21st 1966. TVSG became CUTV in January 1975.

Le Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) est une organisation montréalaise créée en 1992 qui offre un soutien professionnel aux organisations publiques anglophones, aux familles et aux individus au sein des communautés noires. Le BCRC est membre du Forum de la communauté noire qui vise à développer, planifier et soutenir des partenariats efficaces au sein de la communauté noire. Dr. Clarence Bayne occupe le poste de président du BCRC, et Jamar Scott celui de vice-président et de président du comité des finances. Le BCRC est situé au 6767 chemin de la Côte des Neiges, et offre des services d'information et d'orientation, des soutien aux écoles, des ateliers ainsi qu’un centre de documentation. Le Black Community Resource Centre est associé à plusieurs organisations telles que le Quebec Community Groups Network, la Commission scolaire English-Montréal, Centre d’action bénévole, Centraide du Grand Montréal et les Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, entre autres, pour animer des ateliers, des formations et des programmes sur la santé, les services sociaux, l'éducation, la lutte contre le racisme, l'estime de soi, le renforcement de la communauté, la résolution des conflits, développement socioculturel et communautaire en vue de l'intégration et de l'autonomisation des groupes minoritaires montréalais, notamment les jeunes Noirs. Dédié à l'autonomisation de la communauté noire et anglophone de Montréal, le centre a développé plusieurs projets tel que le Book Project, un récit historique de l'évolution de la communauté noire anglophone, et Black in Québec, une étude approfondie sur la communauté noire anglophone du Québec qui vise à fournir aux organisations de la communauté noire des informations, des données et des sources précises sur leurs communautés.

December 20, 2022: Darren Dumoulin steps into his new role as Director and Security becomes Campus Safety and Prevention Services.

La Société du 5 avril est fondée le 5 avril 1990 lorsque sept centres d'artistes, locataires au 4060 boul. Saint-Laurent à Montréal, se trouvent menacés d'expulsion par les propriétaires décidés de vendre leurs espaces en unités de copropriétés. Ce regroupement hâtif qui se compose d'Articule, de DARE-dare, de Dazibao, de La Centrale, de Main Film, de Skol et de Vox Populi est incorporé le 6 juin 1990, sous le nom de la Société du 5 avril pour l'aménagement d'un centre destiné aux organismes sans but lucratif. La Société se donne comme mandat l'acquisition, l'aménagement et la gestion d'un centre pour des organismes autogérés du domaine des arts visuels et des arts médiatiques. Elle espère fournir à ses membres une plus grande visibilité, des locaux adéquats permanents ainsi que la possibilité d'acheter des équipements dispendieux grâce à la mise en commun de ressources financières.

Devant quitter le 4060 boul. Saint-Laurent avant le 1er mai 1991, la Société commande dès que possible une étude de pré-faisabilité qui conseille finalement une re-localisation temporaire. DARE-dare, Dazibao, La Centrale et Skol aménagent donc comme locataires au 279 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, tandis que les trois autres centres s'installent ailleurs. Peu après, la Société entreprend une étude de faisabilité pour l'acquisition et l'aménagement d'un édifice permanent. La première phase de l'étude, soit une présentation des enjeux du projet, est terminée en octobre 1993. La deuxième phase est amorcée avec une étude des aspects techniques du projet. Entre-temps, la Société du 5 avril choisit le bâtiment qui convient le mieux à ses besoins : une ancienne fonderie située au 735-745 rue Ottawa, dans le secteur très prometteur du Faubourg de Récollets. Une étude de l'édifice par un architecte vient alors clore la deuxième phase de l'étude de faisabilité et les trois cahiers de cette dernière sont finalement déposés au printemps de 1995.

Toutefois, le projet de la rue Ottawa n'est pas mené à terme. Après certaines réorientations, des membres de la Société finissent par s'installer individuellement au 460 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. La Société du 5 avril cesse officiellement ses opérations le 28 février 1997.

January 1, 1978: At the University Senate meeting of December 16, 1977, Vice-Rector, Academic (Arts and Science) Russell Breen announced that as of January 1, 1978, there would be only one Chairman, C. Stephen Casey for the merged department of Classics. Since the signing of the merger of 1974 (and the first Concordia University Undergraduate Calendar published in 1975), the department had appeared with distinct Chairmen for Loyola and Sir George Williams campuses.

December 18, 1996: Merger of the Department of Classics and the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and therefore the establishment of the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics.

The Society of Jesus was founded in 1537 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions. Dissatisfied with the school system in the 16th Century, they established their own standardized form of education. Jesuits have since become known primarily as educators and missionaries. In 1599 a blueprint for Jesuit education was formalized in a document called the Ratio Studiorum or "Plan of Study".

The first Jesuit school in Quebec was the "College of Our Lady of the Angels," an elementary school for boys opened in 1635. Students were taught in the three main languages of that time: Huron, Montagnais and French. Like all Jesuit colleges at the time, the College used the Ratio Studiorum as a basis for its curriculum and methodology.

The College closed after the English conquest of Quebec in 1760. There was worldwide suppression of the Society of Jesus in the late 1700s, and the Jesuits were not to return to Canada for over 80 years.

In 1842, the Bishop of Montreal, Ignace Bourget, invited the Jesuits to open a college in Montreal. They founded Collège Sainte-Marie in 1848. Loyola College grew out of the English programme of Collège Sainte-Marie, and was established as a separate entity in 1896. On March 10, 1899, Loyola College was incorporated by an act of the Quebec Legislature.

Loyola College could not grant degrees under its own name because it did not have a university charter. Graduates of Collège Sainte-Marie and of Loyola College received their Bachelor's degrees from Université Laval and, from 1920 onward, from the newly- established Université de Montréal. The Jesuit colleges, however, maintained autonomy over curriculum, methodology and graduation requirements. The quest for a charter was long sought-after, but a university charter continued to elude Loyola.

Growing enrollment at the college forced Loyola to move several times. From the corner of Bleury and Ste. Catherine streets, it moved in 1898 to Drummond Street, before settling once and for all in Notre Dame de Grace in 1916.

The college offered preparatory studies for young men, opening its doors to women students only in 1959. Students included high school and undergraduate students until 1921, when Loyola High School became a separate entity.

The curriculum at Loyola College grew from being classically-based to liberal arts-oriented, but theology and philosophy remained part of every student's degree until 1971-72.

In August 1974 Loyola College merged with Sir George Williams University to form Concordia University.

The International and Ethnic Associations Council of Concordia is an umbrella organization representing (as of 2015) 9 international/ethnic associations at Concordia University. It was founded in 1981 and recognized by the Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) in October 1982. The IEAC has since established itself as the governing body of its member associations, representing them before the university’s administration, faculty, student population, other university bodies and student organizations, as well as the community at large.
The IEAC consists of one representative from each member association and an elected executive. As such, it oversees and coordinates the activities of its member associations, as it seeks to promote an alliance and improved relations between international/ethnic student associations and other student organizations. Its main objectives are to unite Concordia’s various ethnic communities, and provide a place for social and cultural integration for its member’s association.
Among the activities to promote cultural diversity, the IEAC has hosted over the years a Cultural Week event where each group gives the Concordia community the opportunity to experience firsthand foreign cultures with music, dance and food. Other cultural events include concerts, exhibits, workshops and lectures.

The Cathespian Guild was organized in Montreal in 1939, with the primary object of fostering an interest in Catholic theater. Its aim of encouraging and developing a higher standard of dramatic work among English-speaking Catholics prompted the Guild to inaugurate the Catholic Drama Festival in 1940.

La St. Patrick's Society of Montreal a été fondée le 17 mars 1834 afin d’apporter un support aux immigrants irlandais et pour défendre les intérêts de la communauté irlando-canadienne. Le premier président fut John Donellan. La création de cette Société à Montréal fut suivie par celles de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste (juin 1834), de la St. Andrew’s Society (février 1835), de la St. George’s Society (avril 1835) et de la Société allemande de Montréal (avril 1835). La Société fut non confessionnelle jusqu'en 1856, lorsqu’une nouvelle constitution fut adoptée et qu’elle est devenue entièrement catholique alors que les membres protestants formèrent la Irish Protestant Benevolent Society. La Société fut incorporée en 1863. La constitution fut changée en 1973 afin d’accepter les femmes en tant que membres. La St. Patrick's Society est un organisme caritatif, social et éducatif. Elle a les buts suivants: promouvoir et favoriser les traditions irlandaises; aider, lorsque possible, les personnes de naissance et d’origine irlandaise et particulièrement, les immigrants irlandais; et de parler, lorsque nécessaire, au nom de la communauté irlando-canadienne.

La Société eut ses quartiers à différents endroits jusqu’en 1867 lorsqu'elle emménagea dans le nouveau St. Patrick's Hall au Square Victoria. En septembre1872, l'édifice fut détruit par un incendie. La Société est maintenant située au Square St. Patrick au 6767 chemin Côte-Saint-Luc.

La Société a tenu un rôle de premier plan lors de la construction de l'église Saint-Patrick qui a ouvert ses portes en 1847, et dans la création du cimetière Côte-des-Neiges, ouvert en 1885. La Société a aussi encouragé la création de l'hôpital St. Mary's, l'orphelinat Saint-Patrick, les organismes de charités anglo-catholiques et l'hospice Father Dowd pour les personnes âgées. Pour la Société, le bal et le dîner annuels, qui se tiennent en mars, sont les événements sociaux et les collectes de fonds les plus importants de l'année. Les fonds recueillis sont remis à des organismes de charité irlandais de Montréal et sont utilisés comme bourses ou subventions. La Société a aussi organisé la parade de la Saint-Patrick de 1834 à 1916. Le groupe United Irish Societies of Montreal a été formé en 1928 et s'occupe de la parade depuis ce temps.

Depuis 1988, la Société publie NUACHT (nouvelles), un bulletin trimestriel qui renseigne les lecteurs sur la communauté irlandaise de Montréal et donne les plus récentes nouvelles sur l’Irlande.

The Department of Contemporary Dance has its origins in the hiring of Professor Elizabeth Langley as a Lecturer to teach a dance course in the Division of Performing Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1978.

1979-1980: Dance appears for the first time in the Division of Performing Arts in the Undergraduate Calendar.

May 29, 1979: The University Senate approves a B.F.A. Major in Modern Dance programme for 1980-1981. This was the first Canadian university dance programme geared to training choreographers.

April 1981: The Fine Arts Faculty Council approves that more funds should be made towards the appearance of the Major in Modern Dance in media publications since ‘the Dance area had no visibility within the proposed Faculty structure’.

March 25, 1988: Due to the growth in popularity of the program, the University Senate establishes Contemporary Dance as an Academic department within the Faculty of Fine Arts.

September 2009: The Contemporary Dance as well as Theatre department are moved from the Loyola Campus to their new facilities in the GM and MB buildings.

The Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies was created in 1963, simultaneously with the Department of Applied Social Science of Sir George Williams University under the vision and guidance of Principal Robert C. Rae and Dr. Hedley G. Dimock, who became the first Director of the Centre and Chairman of the department. He was later joined by Richard D. McDonald in 1965 who became the Centre Director after Dr. Dimock’s retirement in 1980.

Both the Centre and Applied Social Science grew directly out of Sir George Williams University’s roots in the community, specifically through the YMCA of Montreal. As the YMCA developed, Sir George Williams adapted to meet the needs for professional development and its workers and community members. In the 1940’s, courses were offered in counselling, group work, organization development, and supervision as part of a B.A. in Association Science which fulfilled the academic requirements for becoming a certified YMCA secretary. In 1963, these courses were used as the basis for creating a program and department of Applied Social Science.

Since its inception, the Centre has provided consultation and training services to hundreds of organizations, community groups and agencies, delivered hundreds or workshops open to the public, developed Canada’s most established Human Relations Training Development Program, and created learning opportunities to students through internships and student placements. The Centre has also been instrumental in developing curriculum and academic programs such as the Family Life Education and Community Service certificates, as well as the MA program in Human Systems Intervention.

In 1994, the R.D. McDonald endowment fund was established to insure the financial viability of the Centre.

The Canadian Corporate-Higher Education Forum (C-HEF) was established to bring the leadership of major Canadian private and public corporations into contact with the presidents, principals, and rectors of the country's universities. (C-HEF is a sister organization of the Business-Higher Education Forum of the USA.) Consultations with potential members began in 1981. The first Corporate-Higher Education Forum was held at Concordia University on May 20, 1983. The Forum was an initiative of Concordia University, which agreed to house its secretariat. In [199?] the secretariat moved to Calgary, Alberta.

The Forum aims to advance mutual understanding through an exchange of ideas; to develop policy statements on issues and questions of mutual interest and concern; to provide a vehicle for corporate and university leadership to reflect upon issues of national significance, and to support and sponsor cooperative activities. The Forum operates mainly through working groups called Task Forces composed of corporate and university leaders who administer surveys, conduct research, and produce reports and action plans in specific areas of mutual concern.

Loyola College of Montreal opened in 1896, as an English-language branch of the francophone Jesuit classical college Collège Ste-Marie. Loyola College was officially incorporated by an Act of the Quebec Legislature on February 2, 1899.

The highest administrative officer, the President or Rector was responsible for the operations of Loyola College. He served as Chairman of the Senate and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors, and implemented their policies. He was a member ex-officio of all Board committees. The appointment of the President was made by the Provincial Superior of the Upper Canadian (English-Canadian) Province of the Jesuits, following consultation with the College community. The term was normally three years.

The Presidents and Rectors of Loyola College were:

Gregory O'Bryan, S.J., President, August 15, 1896 to July 4, 1899
William Doherty, S.J., President, July 4, 1899 to October 27, 1899
Gregory O'Bryan, S.J., President, October 27, 1899 to June 23, 1901
Arthur E. Jones, S.J., President, June 23, 1901 to August 3, 1904
Adrian D. Turgeon, S.J., Rector, August 3, 1904 to August 7, 1905
Gregory O'Bryan,S.J., Rector, August 7, 1905 to June 6, 1907
Alexander A. Gagnieur, S.J., Rector, August 10, 1907 to May 4, 1913
Thomas McMahon, S.J., Rector, May 4, 1913 to August 5, 1917
Alexander A.Gagnieur, S.J., Rector, August 5, 1917 to March 1, 1918
John Milway Filion, S.J., Rector, March 1, 1918 to July 1, 1918
William H. Hingston, S.J. , Rector, July 1, 1918 to July 31, 1925
Erle Gladstone Bartlett, S.J.. Rector, July 31, 1925 to August 9, 1930
Thomas J. MacMahon, S.J., Rector, August 9, 1930 to July 15, 1935
Hugh C. McCarthy, S.J., Rector, July 15, 1935 to July 11, 1940
Edward M. Brown, S.J., Rector, July 11, 1940 to July 4, 1948
John F. McCaffrey, S.J., Rector, July 4, 1948 to June 17, 1954
Gerald F. Lahey, S.J., Rector, June 17, 1954 to August 15, 1959
Patrick G. Malone, S.J., President, August 15, 1959 to August 16, 1974.

Patrick G. Malone, S.J., was Rector and President of Loyola College, Montreal, during its greatest period of growth and innovation. In August 1959 he was appointed 13th Rector of Loyola College. The college was all-male, with an enrolment of under 800. Two years later the doors of the institution opened to women, and during the next 13 years Malone was the driving force behind an ambitious program of development. Funds were raised for new buildings, additional qualified teaching staff, more sophisticated teaching tools, and greatly expanded curricula. Although Malone was unable to win Loyola an independent university charter, at the time of his resignation in July 1974 the college had an enrolment of 13,000. Following the 1974 merger of Loyola College with Sir George Williams University to form Concordia University, the Office of the President evolved into the Office of the Principal / Rector of Concordia University.

Sources: T. P. Slattery, Loyola and Montreal: A History. Montreal, Palm Publishers, 1962 and Loyola News, 1968,vol. 45, No. 1, p. 19.

The Sir George Williams Part-Time Students' Association of Concordia University (PTSA) was originally named the Evening Faculty Student Society. The date of its creation is unknown. In 1950, it changed its name to Evening Undergraduate Society (EUS), and with the presentation of a new constitution in 1955, the association again changed its name to Evening Students' Association (ESA). In 1968, the ESA started publishing a newspaper called The Paper, which became The Concordian in May 1973.

In March 1974, because of mismanagement of the ESA, the Sir George Williams University Board of Governors suspended the constitution of the Association. After a short legal battle, the Board of Governors won the right to audit the Association and created a Board of Trustees which managed the Association while it prepared a report on its future. (Sir George Williams University officially merged with Loyola College to form Concordia University in August 1974.) In March 1975 the Board of Trustees published part of its report in The Concordian. They proposed a new constitution and a new name: the Sir George Williams Part-Time Students' Association of Concordia University (PTSA). In April 1975, these were approved by the Board of Governors.

The Board of Trustees stayed in office as the PTSA executive. In October 1975 an attempt to elect a student executive failed. An extension was granted by the Concordia University Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees attempted another election in March 1976; that election was cancelled. In May 1976 the Board of Governors created an advisory committee to administer the PTSA until a student executive could be elected for the 1977-1978 academic year, but after a few attempts at stimulating part-time student interest, the advisory committee decided not to proceed with the election. The PTSA continued to publish the student newspaper The Concordian until February 1976. The advisory committee remained in place until the creation of the Concordia University Students' Association (CUSA) in 1979.

Fondée en 1988, la Jazz Association of Montreal Inc. était un organisme sans but lucratif pour soutenir et promouvoir le jazz à Montréal. Ces objectifs principaux étaient de

(1) développer une plus grande appréciation du jazz en tant que forme d'art en donnant de la publicité aux activités dans la région de Montréal et en produisant des programmes culturels et éducatifs;
(2) d'encourager les jeunes musiciens de jazz et l'éducation dans le domaine du jazz;
(3) de promouvoir la conscience de l'esthétique du jazz et de sa place unique dans notre culture.

Aussi connue sous le nom Jazz Montréal, l'Association est inactive depuis 1997.

In the 1941-1942 calendar, Sir George Williams College is offering for the first time, a Student Health Programme, which is described as an active programme of student athletics and health education. In the 1950s, the Athletic Council of Sir George Williams College was established. Under the authority of the Board of Governors and Faculty Council, its purpose was to act as the governing body for all intercollegiate and intramural sports and athletics. In the 1957-1958 calendar, the programme is extended to Sports and Athletics with varsity and intramural components. In the 1970s, the unit was referred to as the Department of Physical Education. The programme included intercollegiate sports, intramural and recreational activities, a cheerleading team, a booster club, etc.

Throughout the years, the teams wearing the colors of SGW were named The Georgians. Over the years, the Department produced different publications: the Athletic Handbook and The Georgians in the 1950s and 1960s, and the Georgian Athletics and Georgian Sports Review in the 1970s.

Sir George Williams did not have sports facilities and had to use other institutions’. Sir George Williams College stemmed from the YMCA educational program and kept its tie to the Y until the early 1970s. Because of this, the facilities, including the gym and swimming pool, of the Downtown YMCA, were used until the 1970s.

Sir George Williams University merged with Loyola College in 1974 to create Concordia University. Following the recommendations of a committee to evaluate the Student Services area, the Board of Governors, at its meeting of June 12, 1975, merged the Sir George Williams Department of Physical Education and the Loyola College Department of Athletics into a single unit. The director of the Sir George Williams Department of Physical Education, George Short, became assistant athletic director.

Until the mid-1960s, the accounting and financial aspects of the Sir George Williams University affairs were mainly handled by the YMCA of Montreal. Because of the increasing size and complexity of the University’s finances, and the requirements of the Quebec Ministère de l’Éducation for more detailed data, steps were taken in 1966 by the University to establish an Office of the Treasurer to take over these functions. In January 1967, William McIntosh Reay became the first University Treasurer, thus relieving Henry G. Worrell, Controller of the University, from some of the many heavy responsibilities that had gradually accrued to his office (the function of Controller was actually abolished in 1971). The University set up its own accounting system from June 1, 1967 and the fiscal year 1967-1968, was the first for which complete separate University financial statements were prepared. During that period the University substantially used the services of the Computer Centre in the areas of payroll, accounts payable and financial statements.

The Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA) was created in 1983. In the words of its constitution, the association exists to "encourage the fellowship of graduates from Loyola, Sir George Williams, and Concordia University through social, educational and cultural activities" and to "preserve and promote the interests of Concordia University through alumni involvement in its future and governance." All graduates of the University are automatically lifetime members of CUAA, as are graduates of Concordia's two founding institutions: Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, which merged in 1974 to form Concordia University. CUAA worked with Concordia's Office of Alumni Affairs to provide alumni with a variety of programs and services. It organizes a series of career and personal development seminars and workshops, and a travel program; all are outlined in the calendar of events mailed to Montreal-area graduates. All graduates receive the quarterly Concordia University Magazine. CUAA is committed to the development and support of a worldwide network of alumni chapters.

On June 8, 2001, CUAA president Peter McAuslan and Rector Frederick Lowy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the CUAA and Concordia. The MOU was “for the purpose of delineating the responsibilities of the University and the CUAA to each other for their mutual benefit.” Among other details, the agreement spells out the support that Concordia is to provide the association in the form of funding, services and personnel, and the financial commitment that the CUAA pledges in return, as well as the continuing place of the alumni associations of Loyola and Sir George.

In 2014, the Concordia University Alumni Association, Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams University and Loyola Alumni Association have united. On May 28, at special general meetings, the associations unanimously approved amalgamating into one organization.

The first meeting of the alumni association was held on October 27, 1937. John P. Kidd was the first president. The Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams College was incorporated in the Province of Quebec on September 16, 1957. Sir George Williams College became Sir George Williams University (SGWU) in 1959, and the organization's name changed to the Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams University in 1961. Following the merger of SGWU with Loyola College to form Concordia University in 1974, the Association renewed its constitution.

The Association published a quarterly brochure which was titled "Quarterly News-Letter" from 1944 to 1950, and "The Postgrad", from 1951 until 1968. Then the "Postgrad Newsletter" was published from 1968 to 1971, which was a followed by "The Garnet", which appeared from 1972 to 1977.

The objectives of the Association are to encourage the fellowship of graduates from Sir George Williams Schools, College, and University, through social, educational, and cultural activities; to establish and maintain a link with all graduates; to promote the interests of the university through alumni involvement in its governance; to raise funds and recruit students; to develop an awareness by the students of the university in the association by the furthering of student welfare; to promote the establishment of chapters of the Association; to strengthen the relationship with the Loyola Alumni Association and the Concordia University Alumni Association, with the intent to coordinate the activities of the associations, and to participate in the solicitation of funds and to promote a common interest by all alumni/ae in the university.

In 2014, the Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA), Association of Alumni of Sir George Williams University and Loyola Alumni Association have united. On May 28, at special general meetings, the associations unanimously approved amalgamating into one organization.

The first Key society was formed in the United States in the 1920s. The movement eventually became international. Formed to welcome and assist visiting athletic teams, the Key societies developed into service bodies to act as general representatives of their respective universities. Their role is to provide a welcoming service for the university, to orientate students to university life, and to provide general assistance to the university.

The Garnet Key Society was begun at Sir George Williams College in 1956 by two fourth-year students, Vic Rogers and Dave Williams with assistance from the Faculty Council, as well as athletic director Mag Flynn and fourth-year student Stu McEvoy. The first official function was to assist in welcoming Hungarian refugee students en route to the University of British Columbia. Since then the Society has been increasingly active in all phases of university life. Membership is considered an honour, and members act as ambassadors, representing the student body at official university events.

The Journal of Canadian Art History, a scholarly publication, was founded in 1974 and appears twice yearly. It publishes studies in all aspects of the history of Canadian art, architecture, and the decorative arts, and Inuit and North American Native art - from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period. Contents include individual studies on artists, architects, art works, and buildings, as well as articles on art media, art theory and criticism, patronage, institutions, and education. Themes and issues in Canadian art such as problems of iconography, connoisseurship, attribution, and stylistic development are also covered. In addition, such features as Sources and Documents, Book Reviews, and Commentaries are regularly presented. The material is published in English or French and the articles are accompanied by a translated résumé.

The Journal of Canadian Art History is the only scholarly journal devoted entirely to the issues and events in Canadian art history.

The Coalition for the Integration of Lesbian Studies at Concordia was created in 1987. The name was changed to Lesbian Studies Coalition of Concordia (LSCC) in 1989.

The LSCC works toward integrating lesbian material and perspectives into all applicable disciplines, and eventually establishing a degree-granting program. The coalition acts as a support group for lesbians who need to discuss their experiences in a lesbophobic academic community and acts as a watchdog against heterosexism.

The Concordia Physics Students Association (CPSA) provides a voice for undergraduate students involved in physics or physics-related courses.

Source: Concordia Physics Student Association Web site.

The Montreal neighbourhood known as Overdale was bounded by the following streets: Overdale on the south, René Lévesque on the north, Mackay on the west, and Lucien L’Allier on the east. In 1987, 77 persons who rented living quarters in the area were threatened with eviction as a developer had bought the properties and wanted to build a 650-unit condominium. Estimated to cost $100 million, the development was to have twin 39-storey towers. The developer made a deal with the City of Montreal that would compensate him for relocating the residents. The developer would provide low-cost housing in a new building a few blocks away named Underdale. A press release from the City’s executive committee has the headline A Montreal Precedent: Developer Commits Himself to Rebuilding Low Rental Housing to Ensure Construction of an Important Real Estate Project.

Only after the deal was made did the City inform the affected residents. Some, mostly roomers, accepted the deal of a small cash settlement and relocation to Underdale. The majority wanted their homes integrated into the developer’s plan rather than have them demolished. The majority of City councillors and the executive committee were in favour of demolishing several buildings. A minority of City Council members were on the side of residents who wished to stay in their homes. Various tenants’ rights and heritage and neighbourhood preservation groups were formed, including the Overdale Housing Cooperative, the Overdale Tenants’ Association, Friends of Overdale, Les Amis d’Overdale-Lafontaine, and Save Overdale.

Residents used what were termed guerilla tactics in an effort to force the promoter and the city to change their plans. On several occasions residents and sympathizers were arrested for trying to prevent their eviction and the demolition of their homes. In March and June of 1988 the police riot squad showed up to evict the tenants who had still not left their homes. The buildings were emptied. Some were demolished and others boarded up. One of the houses affected, though not demolished, was the residence of Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, prime minister of pre-confederation Canada 1848-1851, considered one of the fathers of responsible government in Canada and one of those who assured that French would be an official language of Canada.

As of 2003, the Lafontaine house still stands, boarded up, and a parking lot operates where the demolished buildings had been located.

Véhicule Art (Montréal) Inc. est devenue une entité légale en mars 1972 et la galerie a été inaugurée le 13 octobre de la même année. Située au 61 ouest de la rue Ste-Catherine, en plein coeur du centre-ville de Montréal, la galerie fut le premier espace d'exposition alternative de la ville. Elle fut créée par treize membres qui désiraient «un centre sans but lucratif, ni politique dirigé par les artistes pour les artistes». La galerie avait pour but «d'apporter à la collectivité un espace d'exposition qui lui permettrait de prendre contact avec l'art et la pensée artistique sous toutes les formes possibles empruntées par ceux-ci». «On souhaitait par ce moyen renouveler l'intérêt du public pour les arts visuels à Montréal, stimuler sa prise de conscience et faire croître cet intérêt».

Véhicule fut conçu à la fois comme espace d'exposition pour les arts visuels et lieu de présentation de performances, de vidéos, de films, de danse, de musique et de soirées de poésie. En outre, les fondateurs insistèrent sur son rôle fondamental en tant que centre de formation et d'information en organisant des groupes d'études, des conférences, une bibliothèque de ressources et de documentation et un programme de liaison avec les écoles publiques et les universités de la ville. Tous ces objectifs avaient pour but «de combler une lacune dans la vie artistique de la collectivité».

Grâce à des subventions fédérales, Véhicule a pu mettre en oeuvre un ambitieux programme d'expositions et d'information. La création et l'installation à l'arrière de la galerie des Presses Véhicule en 1973, a donné lieu à la production de livres d'artistes, de catalogues d'expositions, de bulletins, d'affiches et de recueils de poèmes. Les oeuvres publiées par les Presses Véhicule reflétaient l'atmosphère multi-disciplinaire de la galerie dans laquelle divers membres du groupe collaboraient à des projets spécifiques. De plus, une banque de diapositives et une collection de vidéos furent commencées afin d'enrichir les sources d'information.

La principale préoccupation de Véhicule fut, au cours des premières années, de porter à l'attention du public les oeuvres expérimentales des artistes locaux et en particulier, leurs rapports avec les tendances internationales. L'exposition inaugurale fut constituée de trente-deux oeuvres de vingt artistes montréalais. Le choix de ces oeuvres par neuf membres de Véhicule, révèle une préoccupation, non seulement pour la «nouveauté», mais aussi l'affirmation d'un esprit de collectivité par le recours à un jury de sélection. Même si seulement quatre femmes ont trouvé place dans cette première exposition, on présenta les oeuvres de 35 jeunes montréalaises deux mois plus tard.

Bien que Véhicule eut affirmé n'embrasser aucune idéologie en particulier, son orientation vers des attitudes expérimentales de l'esthétique explique son appui important à l'art anti-objet et son insistance particulière sur les installations, les performances et les projets multi-médias. Au cours de 1972 et 1973, on y présenta environ 60 événements et expositions regroupant quelques 300 participants, presque tous de Montréal. Un an plus tard, environ la moitié des artistes et des participants venaient de l'extérieur de Montréal. Ce changement se voulait le reflet de la préoccupation croissante de Véhicule d'être un élément vital dans un milieu artistique éclaté. Le nombre des expositions/événements est demeuré stable durant les années 1970 à cause d'une programmation énergique et ambitieuse.

Dès 1975, Véhicule s'était mérité une reconnaissance «officielle» grâce à la participation de ses membres à deux expositions organisées par le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Des galeries publiques de l'extérieur de Montréal ont aussi montré des oeuvres d'artistes de Véhicule. Les Presses Véhicule prirent de l'envergure et formèrent la Coopérative d'imprimerie Véhicule. Le nombre des membres doubla et la galerie participa à d'importants échanges avec d'autres centres d'art alternatif au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Son programme de visites scolaires, ses expositions d'oeuvres produites par les étudiants des écoles d'art et des universités, ainsi que des événements publics tels que l'exposition de cerfs-volants (1973) et des projets pour les Jeux olympiques de 1976 affirment la détermination de Véhicule à devenir une part intégrante de la communauté culturelle de Montréal.

La croissance des effectifs et la consolidation des différentes disciplines regroupées dans Véhicule donnèrent naissance à des cheminements distincts. Les Presses Véhicule mirent sur pied un programme de publication plus vaste et plus ambitieux et devinrent plus autonomes en emménageant dans le quartier chinois en 1977. La danse et les soirées de poésie devinrent de plus en plus un importantes dans la programmation de Véhicule. Les expositions et les événements à la galerie firent régulièrement l'objet de commentaires dans les journaux locaux et sa renommée s'en trouva agrandie. Vidéo Véhicule, lancé en 1976, mérita rapidement à la galerie la réputation d'être l'un des centres de vidéos les plus actifs au Canada. Au cours des dernières années de la décennie 1970, les présentations de vidéos dominèrent la programmation de la galerie et l'importante participation d'artistes internationaux témoigna de sa solide réputation.

Malgré ces hauts faits, des conflits internes se développèrent concernant l'orientation de la programmation et l'administration de Véhicule. Les différentes disciplines devinrent de plus en plus polarisées. La prémisse initiale d'un collectif cohésif d'artistes avait évolué de façon dramatique. A l'été de 1979, Véhicule emménagea dans des locaux plus vastes au 307 ouest de la rue Ste-Catherine et changea son nom pour Le Musée d'art vivant Véhicule.

Les dernières années furent marquées par des problèmes au niveau de l'administration et de la programmation, ce qui continua de pertuber la vie du groupe. Le nombre de membres chuta alors fortement, mais l'adhésion devint de plus en plus restreinte. La séparation de Vidéo Véhicule (devenu Prime Vidéo) du groupe n'est qu'un exemple de la brouille engendrée par les mésententes internes et les conflits idéologiques au sein de la coopérative. La communauté artistique, qui avait appuyé Véhicule depuis près d'une décennie, croyait maintenant que le centre alternatif n'était plus représentatif et ne répondait plus aux besoins des artistes de Montréal. Le fait que trois générations d'artistes ont évolué au sein de Véhicule en une seule décennie démontre bien comment des changements d'orientation et de mission purent survenir. Comme tant de fois auparavant dans l'histoire de la communauté artistique de Montréal, une coalition telle que celle de Véhicule ne répondait plus à son mandat et à ses objectifs de départ. De plus, la ville elle-même réagissait plus ouvertment à de nouvelles tendances dans l'art. Malgré diverses tentatives pour ranimer l'intérêt à l'égard de Véhicule, les derniers événements se déroulèrent en juin 1982 et la dissolution se fit sans bruit en 1983. C'est ainsi que se termina une époque dans la vie culturelle de Montréal.

Following the 1974 merger of Sir George Williams University and Loyola College to form Concordia University, the Loyola Faculty Association and Sir George Williams Association of University Teachers merged, in the summer of 1975, to form the Concordia University Faculty Association.

The first meeting of what would become the Sir George Williams University Faculty Club took place on September 24, 1960. A private non-profit cooperative organization, it offered dining and bar facilities and aimed to facilitate social exchange among members of the University. Club membership was open to faculty and senior administrative staff. First located in the Norris Building, the Faculty Club moved to the 7th floor of the Henry F. Hall Building after it opened in 1966. It continued to operate under the name Sir George Williams Faculty Club after S.G.W. Merged with Loyola College to form Concordia University in 1974.