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14 unusual facts about Concordia University


Ahu Tuğba

Born into a wealthy family of Istanbul, she graduated from Istanbul's American High School for Girls, high school section for girls of Robert College, and attended, but not finished, English language studies at Concordia University in Canada.

Alan B. Gold

He served as Chair of the Board of Governors of McGill University, Chancellor of Concordia University and Associate Governor at the Université de Montréal.

André Desmarais

He is one of two sons of Paul Desmarais, Sr. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended Lakefield College School in Ontario for two years, then Selwyn House School and later obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, both of which are located in Montreal.

Arsinée Khanjian

She has a bachelor's degree in French and Spanish from Concordia University and a master's degree in political science from the University of Toronto.

Baron Byng High School

Frederick Lowy, medical educator and president & vice-chancellor of Concordia University

Daniel Fischlin

Fischlin has a BFA in Music Performance, an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Musicology/English Literature; Concordia University), and a PhD in English Literature (York University), with a dissertation on the English lute song directed by Richard Hillman.

Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba

According to some sources, he was admitted to Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, graduating in 1984 with a degree in Geology.

Jean-François Pouliot

He was born in Montreal and studied at Concordia University.

Julian Kytasty

Julian Kytasty holds a Masters degree in music (Composition, Theory and Voice) from Concordia University in Montreal (his undergraduate studies were in military history).

Lui Che Woo

Lui was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa by the University of Victoria in 2001; the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002; an Honorary University Fellowship by the University of Hong Kong in 2002; the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws by Concordia University in 2004, and the degree of Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Pig and Bear

Created while at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, the film is being distributed across the United States and Canada as part of North Country Cinema's TELEGRAMS from the New Canadian Cinema.

St. Patrick's Society of Montreal

Members of the Society, most notably Michael Kenneally, Brian Gallery, Peter O’Brien and others, played leading roles in the effort to raise funds to provide courses in Canadian Irish studies at Concordia University, which itself is the successor institution of Loyola College which had long been associated with the Irish in Montreal.

The Woman of Ahhs: A Self-Portrait by Victoria Fleming

Paquette and Hunter met more than a decade ago at film school at Concordia University.

Torill Kove

She moved to Montreal to continue academic studies in urban planning at Concordia University and she got a master degree(MUP 89') in McGill University and later changed her major to animation.


Christine Atallah

Christine did her musical studies at Concordia University in Montreal and then went to Milan, where she trained and sang alongside some of Italy's great bel canto singers.

Don Ritter

Ritter has held tenured professorships in art and design at Concordia University in Montreal and at Pratt Institute New York City.

Gerald B. Kieschnick

He is a 1970 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois (now located in Fort Wayne, Indiana), obtained his Master of Divinity in 1977 at Concordia in Fort Wayne, and received an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1996 from Concordia University in Austin, Texas.

Guy Street

Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as is the John Molson School of Business building.

Hana Gartner

Gartner grew up in Chomedey, Laval, and was educated at Loyola College (now Concordia University), in Montreal Quebec.

Henry Habib

He is of Lebanese Christian descent and is currently in semi-retirement, teaching courses in World History, Middle Eastern politics and international law at Concordia University, McGill University, University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Hudson River bomb plot

He had studied finance and economics at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec from 1995 to 2002, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, before returning to Beirut where he became a professor of economics or computer science at the Lebanese International University.

J. A. O. Preus II

His son, J. A. O. Preus III, was a professor at Concordia Seminary and is the past president of Concordia University in Irvine, California.

Jaggi Singh

On September 9, 2002, he participated in a protest against a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which was to be presented by the pro-Israel Hillel club at Concordia University, with support from the Asper Foundation.

L. Ian MacDonald

He has been a columnist for the Montreal Gazette and the defunct Montreal Daily News, and has been a sessional lecturer at Concordia University.

Larry Tittley

He has the unique distinction of having played football not only for his alma mater Concordia University, but for both its founding institutions, Loyola College and Sir George Williams University.

Nelofer Pazira

Nelofer holds a degree in Journalism and English Literature from Carleton University (Ottawa), and an master's degree in Anthropology/Sociology and Religion from Concordia University (Montreal).

Peter Trent

From 1982-1983, he taught Marketing at Concordia University's Faculty of Commerce and Administration.

Pierre Yergeau

Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Université de Montréal.

Plain Ticket

Plain Ticket has been deployed in many institutions and companies in the educational field in Montreal (Canada) among others, Dawson College - Commission scolaire de Montréal - Éditions du Renouveau pédagogique - Concordia University.

Richard Merlini

Merlini holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Concordia University and a certificate from Toastmasters International in Saint-Laurent.

William Farina

It won the 2007 Award for Scholarly Excellence presented by the Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference of Concordia University-Portland, and recently earned praise in Washington State University’s Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature.