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Concordia University Concordia celebrates 50 years!

Alumni & friends

Alumni & friends

Great Concordians

Fifty standout alumni are being distinguished as part of our university’s 50th anniversary. Each has made a significant impact on their field and on society. One Great Concordian will be revealed weekly, until September 2025.

This week’s Great Concordian

Joyce Napier, BA 81

Ambassador of Canada to the Holy See

‘Concordia opened a world to me that I thought was out of reach’


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Pan Bouyoucas

BFA 77

Author and playwright

Rabia Khan

GrCert 10, MBA 13

Founder and CEO of Serna Bio

Darren Entwistle

BA 86, LLD 12

CEO of Telus

Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo

BFA 91

Award-winning dancer, choreographer and artistic director

James Tupper

BFA 92

Acclaimed actor

Madeleine Féquière

BA 85

Consul General of Canada

Marc Séguin

BFA 85

Acclaimed artist

Kahente Horn-Miller

BA 99, MA 03, PhD 09

Scholar, researcher and advocate for Indigenous knowledge

Julien BriseBois

EMBA 07

Stanley Cup-winning NHL executive

Lady Mireille Gillings

DSc 22

Biotech trailblazer and global health philanthropist

Thanh My Nguyen

BSc 86, MSc 88, LLD 24

Scientist, inventor and entrepreneur

Natalie Voland

PhD candidate

Real-estate developer and social entrepreneur

Dawit L. Petros

BFA 03

Visual artist, researcher and educator

Jin-me Yoon

MFA 93

Award-winning visual artist

Yves Bélanger

BFA 84

Award-winning cinematographer

Debra Arbec

BA 89

Award-winning news anchor

Vincent Leclerc

BCompSc 03

Founder and CEO of PixMob 

Na’kuset

BA 00

Community organizer and executive director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal

Jean-François Bélisle

BFA 04, MA 07

Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada

Myrna Lashley

BA 84

Distinguished academic and advocate

Ajay Gupta

BComm 95

Wealth management veteran

Annie Murphy

BFA 10

Emmy Award-winning actress

Tony Loffreda

BComm 85

Canadian Senator

Mandy Gull-Masty

BA 06, BA 08

Former Grand Chief of Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee

Sabaa Quao

BComm 89

President of PlusCo Venture Studio

Christine Jones

BFA 90

Tony Award-winning scenographer

René Paredes

BA 12

All-star placekicker

Zoe Salzman

BA 03

Experienced trial attorney

Inder Bedi

BComm 96

Sustainable fashion and design innovator

Christine Lengvari

BSc 72

Dedicated alumna, volunteer and donor

Duncan Cree

BEng 99, MEng 03, PhD 09

Trailblazing engineer

Jacqueline Beckles

BA 93

General counsel with the Department of Justice Canada

Jacques Goulet

BSc 87

Executive chair of Sun Life Canada

Rana Ghorayeb

BA 97, MEng 01

Engineer and institutional executive

Bogdan Lytvynenko

BA 23

Driven Rhodes Scholarship recipient

Karen Hogan

BComm 93, GrDip 95

Auditor General of Canada

Hardy Grewal

BComm 83

Philanthropist and restaurant-management mogul

Stacey Jackson

BA 91

Multifaceted entertainer

Jennison Asuncion

BA 97, MA 01

Digital accessibility guru

Mariloup Wolfe

BFA 03

Filmmaker and actor

Naveed Irshad

BSc 93

President and CEO of Manulife Canada

Lillian Vineberg-Goodman

BFA 83

Artist, community organizer and pre-eminent builder of Concordia

Mohan Munasinghe

MA 75

Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate

Sue Molloy

BEng 98

Pioneering entrepreneur and ocean engineer

Robert Bradley

BSc 79

Concordia’s first Rhodes Scholar

Cuckoo Kochar

MASc 78

Socially conscious property developer

Michael Meaney

BA 75, MA 77, PhD 82

Groundbreaking neuroscientist 

Our new cohort of honourees builds on our original 40 Great Concordians.

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