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.