Concordia’s Loyola Campus is getting a lot greener.
Thanks to the efforts of staff, students and faculty, some 185 new trees are being planted on the university grounds this week.
“The initiative got underway November 5 with the first planting of dozens of trees at the foot of the Loyola athletics field,” says Graham Carr, Concordia’s interim president.
“I am incredibly proud to be part what is literally a ground-breaking project. It’s timely that the project comes on the heels of a series of news stories about the environmental importance of trees in urban contexts, featuring the work of Carly Ziter, from our Department of Biology,” he added.
“What we are doing at Loyola demonstrates not only Concordia’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and smart, resilient cities, but our desire to practice what we preach by applying the discoveries of our fundamental research in our own backyard.
“I also want to applaud our students and faculty for their initiative in making this project happen, and thank the TD Bank and Soverdi for their vital support and collaboration.”
He was joined at the planting by more than 30 staff, student and faculty volunteers, members of the Stingers football team and female hockey team, and Sue Montgomery, mayor of Montreal borough Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.