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Major achievements and milestones in the university’s history

2023

2020

  • The Applied Science Hub opens on the Loyola Campus to support research fields such as agriculture, health and sustainable development; it is connected to the SP Building to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and research.
  • The Concordia Library introduces the Sofia Discovery tool, which provides its users with access to more than 20 million items from the 18 partner institutions and replaces the CLUES catalogue.

2019

  • 4TH SPACE welcomes the public to the street-level vitrine that is at once a science centre, living lab, theatre, design showroom and public exhibition space.

2018

2017

  • Concordia introduces the Genome Foundry, the first of its kind in Canada, where synthetic biologists investigate the scientific challenges of tomorrow.

2014

2012

  • The District 3 Innovation Centre (District 3, now the District 3 Innovation Hub), Concordia’s entrepreneurship incubator, opens its doors.

2011

2009

  • JMSB moves to its new premises, the John Molson Building (MB Building), on the Sir George Williams Campus.
  • Concordia launches Spectrum, its open access research repository.

2006

  • Le Gym fitness centre, located in the EV Building, opens its doors to students, faculty, staff and the public

2005

2003

2000

1998

  • The Stingers women’s hockey team wins the inaugural Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (now U Sports) women’s hockey championship.
  • The Loyola (CFLI) and Sir George Williams (CRSG) campus radio stations merge to form CJLO.

1997

1992

1990

1989

1988

  • Montreal’s Guy metro station is renamed Guy-Concordia metro station.

1982

1981

1980

  • The Link student newspaper replaces the Georgian and the Loyola News.

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

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