w uz ::s 0 <( ~ <( 0 a::::: 0 uz 0 u •• =Ill "'z -co (/) I­ RISING TO THE I 0 CHALLENGE __J I Like other Quebec universities, Concordia is fighting to maintain 0 both academic quality and ready access to higher education in the I face of severe budget cuts. • This battle is crucial to the well-being of our future society...... To compete successfully in an increasingly globalized technology­ I based economy, more people must be able to make use of the --0 (/) information that is accumulating explosively year by year. 1- We need engineers, computer scientists and molecular biologists z to create new knowledge in the natural and applied sciences. We w ~ al o need administrator , ocial scientists, humanists and artists w to help us under tand our variou communities, and help us >w control technology and give it a human context. I Not only do our international competitiveness and our stan­ u dard of living depend upon higher education, but so do the very <( intellectual and moral underpinnings of our civil society. 1- How i Concordia University dealing with this chall enge? Last year, the number of full-time-equivalent students z This Report touches on many of our activities in 1996-97, the actually increased slightly and we managed to balance our w 0 second year of a massive five-year, 25-per-cent reduction of our budget, two accomplishments that contrast with the experience :::) operating budget. The accomplishments of our students, faculty of most Quebec universities. 1- (/) and staff which you will discover in this report are a big part of We have provided an excellent education to more than the story. 24,000 students without adding to our long-term debt, • You will al o read about the international validation of the an thanks to successful retirement incentive plans, more efficient I quality of our Faculty of Commerce and Administration; an deployment of our reso urces, and the co-operation of our ~ exciting new program in computer animation; domination, once loyal faculty and staff. (/) 1- again, of the top ranks in the national examinations for chartered However, we face at least two more years of substantial cuts z accountants; and the continuing succe of our women's hockey in government funding - while income from tuition fees w program. remains frozen. To meet this challenge, we will plan more ~ focused academic programs, find ways to function effectively w with reduced personnel, consolidate our use of space, and >w seek new sources of income. I We do plan to operate more efficiently, but we do not u intend to stand still. We have acquired two large downtown <( I buildings to enable us to move departments out of dispersed u and often inefficient, rented quarters. a::::: Exciting new interdisciplinary programs have been developed, <( such as the Centre for the Arts in Human Development, and w (/) the Centre on Citizenship and Social Transformation. w Planning for the innovative Digital Multimedia Laboratory is a::::: in its final stage. • The preliminary "quiet phase" of our three-year capital C'? I campaign has been especially gratifying. Fresh Ideas - The N Campaign for a New Millennium will be publicly launched in (/) October. 1-z At this time of both trial and opportunity, Concordia w University is fortunate to have the support of an outstanding ~ Board of Governors, loyal alumni/ae, and an internal com­ w munity that is truly rising to the challenge. >w I u <( u 1~~:o~ lo; ~ Rector and Vice-Chancellor w 0 <( u <(

Ill•• Q "'-z re a I • - education for the real WO r Id 1997 FOCUS: We have a mission that is socially valued; we have a tradition of II openness, accessibility and diversity that other universities are now II struggling to create; and we are again demonstrating that we are prepared to innovate before others dare to. - Frederick Lowy With a mandate from the University Academic Initiatives Senate, Provost and Vice-Rector Research Concordia is responding to a spate of ea rl y Jack Lightstone has led the academic retirements and reduced government funding in planning process and helped maintain crea ti ve ways. Some departments have refocused the highest academic standards through on their disciplinary areas; some programs have a period of unprecedented budget cuts. been consolidated; departments with common ground have merged. A ge neral educati on cur­ riculum is being discussed, as are clusters of courses Berengere Gaudet has served as the on particul ar skills. Despite fin ancial diffi culties, University's Secretary-General since the University has maintained its commitment to February, 1988.The Office of the Secre­ students by fo rging new lin ks and continuing to tary General oversees the operations of bring professional expertise in to the cl assroom. UJ the offices of the Board of Governors and O ur 750 part-time fa cul ty members excel in their Senate, the University Legal Counsel, th e fi elds; they are film-makers, publishers, artists, Advisor on Rights and Responsibilities, engineers, civil serva nts, chartered accountants, lawyers and journali sts. Equity Programs,Translation Services, The world is becomi.ng less compartmentali zed the Code Administrator and University and Concordia has taken note. Thirteen interdis­ Archives. ciplinary "clusters;' groups of courses that cut across departments, are now available to students New Administrators on such diverse topi cs as Legal Studies, Native Si nce he took up his post in July, the Hon . Studies and Survival in the Workplace. Marcel Danis, Vice-Rector, Institutional The Centre for Tea ching and Learning Services Relations, has succeeded in creating an has expanded its role, launching a two-yea r pro­ gram of pedagogical development and mentoring unprecedented level of commu nicatio n fo r new professors. Workshops are being given on between the administration and the such subjects as The Large Class, Teaching and University's unions. Danis, a political Technology and Computer-Based Tutorials. Issues scientist, served as Canada's labour in teaching and teaching technology were fro nt and minister and minister of state for youth centre during Concordia's fi rst Teaching Fa ir, held and fitness. in the atrium of the J.W. McConnell Building. Fa ire Le Grand Sa ut !, a lively two-week orientation for French-speaking business students, Brigadier-General Charles Emond left was launched in time fo r the start of cl asses. Dean Mohsen Anvari joined the "Team his post as Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Canada" trade miss ion to Asia led by Prime the Royal Military College in Kingston, Minister Jean Chretien last January. where he led the consolidation of three military colleges into a sing le bilingual ENGINEERING institution. He is now Concordia's Vice­ AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Rector, Services. Thanks to the support of the Faculty's external advisory board of engineering and computer Larry English C.A., our fi rst Chi ef Financial sci ence professionals, th e co-op educa tion format has been extended to aJJ programs. This will all ow Officer, received his Bachelor of Commerce students to complement their university educa tion from Concordia in 1978 and graduate with real experience in industry. diploma of accountancy from McGill in The Faculty of Fine Arts and the Department 1981 . He returned to Concordia in 1996 of Computer Science have collaborated to develop as CFO after serving as Director of Finance a joint Major in Computer Animation. The pro­ at St. Mary's Hospital. gram will combine expertise in computer pro­ gramming with crea tive and aesthetic elements, preparing students fo r the rapidly growing fi eld New Deans of multi-media. It is the onl y unive rsity program The Schoo l of Graduate Studies has a of its kind in Canada. new dean. Claude Bedard served most The Centre fo r Building Studies and the recently as Associate Dean, Student Affairs ARTS AND SCIENCE Department of Civil Engineering have been m and Curriculum, at the School. He has been A new course fo r first-year students in difficulty, restructured to fo rm the School fo r Building, the official Concordia representative to CLASS I is a summer session developed with the reinfo rcing an importan t niche in engineering the Ordre des ingenieurs since 1991. help of Continuing Education to teach basic study research and education. skill s. Letters of re-admission were sent out to 368 More than 1,600 students, a record, applied fo r students who successfully completed CLASS I last enrolment in 1996-97, res ul ting in a 4-per-cent Dean of Students Donald Boisvert was summer, and another group took the course in increase in registrati on. previously Associate Vice-Rector, Student the fall . Life. As Dean of Students, he administers Six professors across several disciplines have all student services, including health, teamed up to create the Centre fo r Research on financial aid, and advocacy and support. Citizenship and Social Transformation. Their aim is m to develop a social and critical analysis of citizen­ Nabil Esmail, a Fellow with the Chem ical ship and the poli tics of governance in Canada and Q uebec. Institute of Canada and former Chair of The Mathemati cs and Statisti cs Department was the Department of Chemical Engineering completely overhaul ed. The number of programs at the University of Saskatchewan, is has been reduced and a core curriculum introduced. Concordia's new Dean of Engineering Courses now emphasize rea l-li fe applica tions, such and Computer Science. as understanding the phenomenal sound qual ity delivered by com pact discs. Martin Singer, new Dean of Arts and COMMERCE Science, was most recently Chair of the AND ADMINISTRATION Department of History, where he special­ m Concordia joined a select group of business schools FINE ARTS ized in East Asia. He began hi s teaching when the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools Concordia's graduates have long been sought fo r career at Sir George Williams University of Business (AACS B) accredited all degree programs computer animation jobs. A Digital Multimedi a in 1972. in the Facul ty of Commerce and Administration. Lab being installed this year will comprise 21 O ur business school is the first to be accredited Sili con Graphics workstati ons, providing the Concordia owes a deep debt of gratitude to outgoing in Montreal and only the fo urth in Canada. The latest tools fo r 3-D modelling and graphics. The Vice-Rectors Charles Bertrand (Services) and Harald accreditati on fo ll owed a two-year evaluation of program includes two new courses, one in multi­ each degree program. media authoring, and another in critical and Proppe (Institutional Relations and Finance) and Deans The Centre fo r Instructi onal Technology kept theoretical issues in digital image and sound. Gail Valaskakis (Arts and Science), Donat Taddeo pace with its mandate to serve fa culty, students The Centre for the Arts in Human -I (Engineering and Computer Science) and Martin Kusy and staff by instituting a Web site, starting an Development is a joint effort by Theatre, (School of Graduate Studies) . electronic bulletin board, and helping faculty and Education and Art Therapy Departments to pro­ students produce professional-looking presenta­ vide creative therapy for people referred by social tions. It is al so developing computer-aided teach­ service agencies. The participants stage a major (/) ing and research for the classroom. production and mount an art exhibit every spring.

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teaches at Concord ia, had a retrospecti ve exhibit SOME OUTSTANDING FACULTY at Montreal's Museum of Modern Art last yea r, Ap plied Socia l Science Professor Bluma Litner won the 3M whi ch then travelled across Canada. Teach ing Fell owship, one of Ca nada's most prestigious SCHOOL OF awards for teaching exce ll ence. She is the University's GRADUATE STUDIES fourth 3M Fe ll ow. One yea r ago, the Office of Resea rch Services and School of Graduate Studies were integrated and placed under the auspi ces of the Dean of Graduate Studies. Collaboration between the Office of Research Services and the School of Graduate Studies will continue to promote research acti vities in the coming yea r. UJ To establish standards for all graduate programs, the School of Graduate Studies tracked students' academic standing. This helped to in crease graduati on rates for PhD students and shorten completion time for graduate degrees. Thi s year's Concordia Council on Student Life Awards fo r teaching excellence went to: Ted Stathopoulos, Bui lding SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Studies; Pierre Pare, Etudes fran~aises; Wolfgang Krol, Concordia's colleges, schools and institutes provide a personalized enviro nment fo r lea rning. Studio Arts; and Arpi Hamalian, Education. Al so this year, The Liberal Arts College's new Min or program Mac/eon 's Magazine Gui de to Universities named as out­ all ows more students to obtain a solid grounding standing teachers: Rosema ry Hale, Re ligion; Nancie in Western philosophy, literature, art and music. Wight, Communication Studies; Catherine Mavrikakis, Lonergan College celeb rated Canada's centenary in fibn. The year culminated in a national conference Etudes fra n~aises; and Rosali nd Knitter, Management. that drew experts and film-makers from around the country. The School of Community and Public Affairs Three departmen ts and an independent pro­ is developing a Graduate Diploma in Community gram were consolidated to become the and Economic Development jointly with our Department of Studio Arts, bringin g together Institute fo r Community Management and courses in pain tin g, draw in g, photography, print Development. med ia, scul pture, ceramics and fibres, and a The Science College drew 700 people to "Life minor in Women and the Art , as weU as provid­ is One;' a public lecture by renowned biologist ing a home fo r lnterdi ciplinary Studies. Julius Adler. The Facul ty's advisory board orga ni zed a Alo ng with dozens of other events, the Simone Laurie Radford won top ho nours at the Du Ma urier meet-the-arti t event at the studio of renowned de Beauvoir Institute celebrated Black History New Music Festival Composers Competition, a $9,000 prize pain ter Guido Molinari that raised $7,000 for Month, and organized a Native Women Writers plus $6,000 commission to write a piece for the Winnipeg undergraduate scholarships. Molinari, who Series featuring writers from across Canada. Sym phony Orchestra.

CO\CORDI .\ l '\'IVFR~ITY • F;\(TITY OF FI\F -\RT~ Fine Arts Multimedia Animation Facilities

Le laboratoire multimedia Lawrence Kryzanowski was the first winner of the d'animation en beaux-arts Pri x ACFAS/Caisse de depot et de placement du Quebec for exceptional contributions to research in finance and institutional portfolio management. He went on to wi n m fou r more major awa rds. m

Rajagopa lan the Ralph R.Teetor Educational Award for his contribution to engineering education.

Psychology Professor Jane Stewart was elected to the Aca demy of Science, Life Sciences Division, of the Royal Society of Canada. m Irene Whittome had a hig hly successful solo exhibit Academic planning on the agenda of her work at the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal Adiscussion paper aimed at redefining core educational goals within the current financial situation was released in October. from May until October. Following a Course Forward was prepared by Provost and Vice-Rector Research Jack Lightstone under a mandate from the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities (SCAPP) . Undergraduates need a broader knowledge of society's cultural, social, historical and scientific underpinnings, the paper said. It advocated a balance of specialized studies, breadth of knowledge, and skills for the global workplace, such as intellectual versatility, communication skills, and the ability to work well with others. The paper recommended more graduate programs with real-world and cross-disciplinary components, such as environmental studies, educational technology, and the teaching of languages. Anumber of programs and colleges were identified as req uiring significant overhaul in light of five Senate-approved principles aimed -I at enhancing teaching and research standards, being cost-effective, co-operating with other universities, attracting students, and being fa ithful to our institutional identity.As a result, Our Immediate Future, Lightstone's follow-up document to Following aCourse Forward, was a hot topic throughout the year in Faculty Councils and University Senate. Discussions with the Faculties will result in a final planning document in the fall. (./)

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY• RECT O R' S REPORT 1996 - 97 PAGE3 FOCUS: I see maior opportunities for us to contribute in a more targeted way II to understanding society's most pressing problems. These are in the II economic, social, ecological and socio-political domains.

FACULTY RESEARCH In another study, Education Professor Ell en Rajnikant Patel is revolutionizing robotics Each year, Concordia makes available $1.28 million Jacobs is leading a coast-to-coast analysis of how technology by improving robots' dexterity, to its faculty researchers, who, in turn, help further children are cared for when they are not in the mahlng them useful for a wider variety of tasks, graduate research. The Faculty Research Develop­ classroom and their parents are at work. Jacobs is in a project funded by the Canadian Space Agency ment Program 'and Con<;ordia Aid to Scholarly working with Psychology Professor Donna White and Bombardier. Patel and a McGill researcher Activity are the two programs that channel the and a professor from Universite Laval. The have received a government matching grant to University's own research funds. Quality Assurance and School-Age Child Care build a robot arm at Concordia. An initiative was taken this year to group the Study has received federal funding by Human University's Senate-approved research centres Resources Development. The Centre for Composites, under the direction of under one committee to promote their interests. Professor S.V. Hoa, has been awarded Concorilia's One of its goals is to provide continuing financial first Technology Partnership Program Grant by support. the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Concordia has established two new Un iversity Council (NSERC), worth nearly $700,000. With Research Awards for young faculty members who this grant, and in collaboration with CPF Dualam embody research excellence. Each will receive a Inc., the Centre for Composites is developing a $5,000 research grant, give a public lecture, and cost-effective, anti-corrosive road tanker capable of hold the title "Concordia University Research transporting highly toxic and corrosive materials. Fellow" for one academic year. When applying for research grants, faculty In response to complaints by technicians, w members are assisted by the Office of Research physicians and ambulance drivers, Professor Services. The ORS staff give workshops to raise Subhash Rakheja, of the Concordia Computer­ applicants' success rate, advise in grant preparation Aided Veh icle Engineering Centre (CONCAVE) (/) and review applications to ensure all requirements is assessing the level of vibration in the vehicles. are met. Concordia is part of a $4.6-milli on, five-year The work is funded by the lnstitut de recherche national education study to evaluate the use of en sante et securite du travail (I RSST ) and the technology in educating and training Canadians research division of the Commission de la sante RESEARCH from pre-school all the way to university. et de la securite du travail (CSST). Rakheja has FOR THE REAL WORLD Education Professors Philip Abrami and Richard worked closely with the IRSST since 1988. w Schmjd will lead a team of eight researchers at Bringing our expertise to market Concordia, which is one of five Strategic Univenture is a private company, incorporated Research Networks in Education. 0:::: in June I 996 with the encouragement of the University, to help inventors at Concordia bring Higher, faster, safer their inventions to market. It will evaluate if a Mechanical Engineering's Wagdi Habashi won product or process is commerciall y viable, seek out two contracts worth a combined $255,000 to a partner, and, with the inventor's collaboration, study the flow of water around ships for CAE negotiate a licensing agreement. Univenture can Electronics and the flow of fluid inside a gas tur­ also choose to pursue a patent on its own, or bine engine for Pratt & Whitney. Habashi's team create a spin-off company to develop the product has also been awarded a $61 2,880 installation or process. One such company has alrea dy been grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering fo rmed. Research Council (NSERC) that wi ll significan tly The fo ur Montreal universities have reached an boost Concordia's ability to co llaborate with agreement in principle to set up a joint centre to industrial partners in achieving better and safer help resea rchers develop and marketthe innova­ design. The grant will buy state-of-the-art equip­ tive technology that they develop. The centre will ment in Habashi's Computational Fluid concentrate on three main areas of development: Dynamics (CFO) Lab. Habashl's research is also Beating the downsizing blues biosciences, new information technology and applied to solving de-icing problems of aircraft Management's Steven Appelbaum spent 10 years materials technology. and improving flight performance in helicopters developing a model for companies. He urges cor­ and aircraft through computerized simulation. porations and institutions to spell out exactly Helping the children why downsizing is required, let remaining staff The Concordia Longitudinal Study of Children know what their peers' severance packages will at Psycho-Social Risk, led by Alex Schwartzman be, communicate future goals, and provide and Lisa Serbin, is an enormous project with opportunities for survivors to ask questions. ever-widening scope. It has involved $4 million Furthermore, he warns senior managers not to in funds over two decades, produced more than 50 dodge the flak by blaming others or hiding away m academic papers, and involved five investigators in their offices. and about 30 graduate students. In the 1970s, they began studying l,770 inner-city Montreal boys and girls who are now adults with children of their own. Their aim is to learn how to predict and prevent social and psychological problems. Researchers are working toward an index to identify children at risk so that preventive mea­ m sures can be taken as early as possible.

In an unrelated study, world authority and Management Professor Gary Johns has shown that workplace absenteeism costs Canadian com­ panies billions of dollars yearly. The study also shows that many workers underestimate their own absences and overestimate those of their coll eagues.

Job prospects after downsizing aren't always bleak. A study of 600 companies by the Centre for SmaB Business and Entrepreneurial Studies shows that many people whose jobs were el imi­ nated due to downsizing have transformed sever­ ance packages into new businesses. The Centre helps blind users with text-to-speech software and Internet reso urce links, and has developed a -I site that accepts queries from small -business (/) owners.

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The Campaign for a New Millennium Regular voting members In January 1997, Concordia launched the internal phase of The Campaign Frederick Lowy for a New Millennium, the largest fundraising initiative in the University's Jack Lightstone Gail Valaskakis history. The Campaign is a celebration of the creativity, innovation and Mohsen Anvari fresh ideas of Concordia's students and faculty. It is expected to raise a Donat Taddeo minimum of $55 million to increase student financial support, build on Christopher Jackson Concordia's areas of strength, improve research and teaching excellence, Martin Ku sy and provide for the components of a landmark, high technology building Faculty of Arts and Science in downtown Montreal. William Byers The University Community's response to the Campaign has been over­ Jun e Chaikelso n whelming. Students, staff, faculty, and members of the Board of Governors Judith Kalm an have pledged over $13 million to the Campaign. Through this enthusiastic William Knitter (replaced by W Gilsdo rf ) endorsement of Concordia- and its vital presence within Montreal-the Lorna Roth Harvey Shulman Campaign is off to a great start. Alumni, business leaders, and external Annette Teffeteller (replaced by R. Hale) friends of the University will be invited to participate in the Campaign's David Sheps success during a public launch in the fall of 1997. Martin Singer

Concordia at a glance Board of Governors Faculty of Commerce and Administration With some 25,000 students,3,000 faculty and staff.and 100,000 Officers of the Board Abolh assen Jalil va nd Reg in ald K. Groome, O.C. (Chairman) Vishwa nath Baba alumni worldwide, Montreal's Concordia University is one of Sister Eileen Mcilwaine, C.N .D. (Vice-Chairwoman) Ahmet Sa tir Canada's largest and most dynamic centres of higher learning. L. Jacqu es Menard, C. M. (Vi ce-Chairman) Students ca n choose undergraduate and graduate programs Eri c H. Molso n (Chancell or) Faculty of Engineering u in four Faculties (Arts and Science, Commerce and Administration, Dr. Frederi ck Lowy (Rector & Vice-Chancellor) and Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science &Fine Arts) and the School Clement Lam Representing the Community-at-Large Hu gh McQuee n (replaced by Charles Giguere) of Graduate Studies. Integrated within the Faculties are five Brian Aun e Raj nikant Patel (replaced by H. Poorooshasb) colleges and more than a dozen research centres. Alain Benedetti From its two founding institutions - Loyola College (1896) Ronald Corey, C.M. Faculty of Fine Arts and Sir George Williams University (1873} - Concordia has Ma rianne Do naldso n Mark Co rwin Dr. Leo nard Ellen Lise-H elene La rin inherited a tradition of superior teaching su pported by the best Leo Gold farb Leopold Pl otek possible scholarship, creative activity, research and service to Regin ald K. Groome, O.C. society. Each year the University awards about 4,200 degrees and Peter Howlett Undergraduate students diplomas. Paul lvanier, C. M. Carole Blaqu iere Although the majority of its students are recent CEGEP grad­ Ronald E. Lawless Daniel Gagn on Me Geo rge F. Lengvari Jr., Q.C. Tina Geha uates, Concordia maintains an openness to part-time studies, Hazel Mah David Janssen flexible class schedules and an interdisciplinary approach to Sister Eileen Mcllwaine, C.N.D. Jeff Nea ring learning for women and men of all ages and badtgrounds. Donald-Wm. MeNaughton Tomas o Rossi The University has two campuses:S ir George Wi lli ams, located L. Jacques Menard, C.M. Vero nique Serruya u Er ic H. Molson Ian Sullivan downtown, and Loyola, about 7 kmaway in a residential setting Ri chard J. Renaud Kathy Tsolakos on 46 acres in west-end Montreal. Miriam Roland Ann Wasajja Concordia's hallmark has always been community involve­ Humberto Sa ntos ment. Many of our part-time faculty are professionals drawn Brian J. Steck Graduate students from the artistic community and the bu si ness world. The full ­ Lillian Vineberg Judith Grad Jonathan Wener Rick Duleanceau time faculty are engaged in a wide range of social, cultural and Susan Woods economic endeavours that help to enrich the lives of people Regular non-voting members in Montreal, across Canada and abroad. Representing the Alumni Marcel Danis Research grants allocated to Concordia have increased signif­ Brian I. Neysmith Charles Emond icantly during the 22 years si nce the Un ive rsity was established, Benoit A. Pelland Berengere Gaudet Robert Simioni John O'Brien from $1.3 million in 1974 to more than $16 million in 1995-96. Ever-responsive to Montreal's bilingual and multicultural Representing the Teaching Staff Permanent observers: environment, Concordia offers a wide range of community Dr. Tannis Arbuckle-Maag Kenneth Roy Bon in I services, from business and professional seminars to cultural and Dr. Michael Brian John Woodrow recreational activities. For example: Dr. Henry Habib Lynne Prendergast Dr. Terrill Fancott Donald Boisvert Dr. Lawrence Kryzanowski Larry English Attendance at the UniversityJ music concerts, film screenings, Dr. Elizabeth Sacca drama productions, lectures, art exhibitions and sports events Secretary of Senate: numbers in the hundreds of thousands annually. Representing Graduate Students John Noonan Jean-Fran <;:ois Plamondon Senior administrators Tel:848- Concordia operates a 600-seat concert hall that is also Representing Undergraduate Students Frederick Lowy available to community groups. Daniel Gagnon Rector and Vice-Chancellor 4849/4850 Sanyu Kiruluta Jack Lightstone Concordia faculty and students provide research and Jeff Nearing Provost and Vice-Rector, Research 4891/4898 Kathy Tsolakos Marcel Danis consulting services to private clients. Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations 4806 Representing the Charles Emond ConcordiaJ Loyola and Sir George Williams Campuses are Administrative and Support Staff Vice-Rector, Services 4819 available as conference sites. Susan O'Connell Berengere Gaudet Secretary-General 4813 Officers of the University Larry English Whenever possible, sports and physical fitness facilities are Marcel Danis Chief Financial Officer 4310 made available to outside groups and individuals. Charles Emond Martin Singer Larry English Dean, Arts and Science 2081 Unique as a public museum affiliated with a university, the Dr. Jack Lightstone Mohsen Anvari Dean, Commerce and Administration 2703 Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery is committed to the research, () Secretary of the Board Nabil Esmail collection and interpretation of Canadian art. Berengere Gaudet Dean, Engineering and Computer Science 3060 Christopher Jackson Senate Dean, Fine Arts 4602 John O'Brien (Chair) Claude Bedard m Dean, School of Graduate Studies 3803 1997 1996

1996-97 Budget Some other areas of research For More Information $10.3 million was cut from Concordia's 1996-97 budget, as Children in poverty General (514) 848-2424 Tel:848- follows: Fi nancial markets Advancement 4856 • $6.8 million from the four Faculties Telecommunicati o ns Alumni Affairs (SGW) 3818 • $3.2 million from a'dministrative and support services Alternative-fuel vehicles (Loyola) 3823 • $300,000 from the academic sector outside the four Faculties. Genocide and wa r crimes Athletics 3850 Technology in educati o n Bookstores (SGW) 3615 These budget cuts were necessary, in part, because of Evolutio nary biology (Loyola) 3620 Concordia's $8.8-million share in a reduction of operating Corporate downsizing Centre for Mature Students 3890/3895 grants from the Quebec government, plus a $0.8-million loss Physical exercise Concert Hall 7928 due to lower enrolment. Concordia's debt, accumulated before Behavio ural ecology Concordia Student Union (CSU ) 7474 1990, now stands close to $3 7 million. Musical performance Continuing Education 3600 Child care Industrial Liaison 4873 Revenues Gene-detectio n technology Institute for Co-operative Education 3950 Operating Senior citizens Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery 4750 Quebec grants: $ 119,238,000 Computati onal fluid dynamics Library (Vanier) 7771 Tuition fee s: $ 30,215,309 (Webster) 7706 Miscellaneousfees and other income: $ 5,465,472 Two new centres Office of the Regi strar 2668 Centre on Citizenship and Social Transformation Public Relations 4880 Research Centre fo r the Arts in Human Development Research Services 4888 Research grants and donations: $ 13,094,762 Women's Centre 7431 Student Profile Designated Accounts Student enrolment Faculty ofArts & Science Tel:848- Donations, grants and other income: $ 6,491,104 Undergraduate 20,907 Applied Social Science 2260 Graduate 3,503 Biology 3400 Expenses Full-time undergraduate 10,791 Chemistry and Biochemistry 3366 u Operating Part-time undergraduate 10,116 Classics/Modern Languages and Linguistics 2310 Academic: $ 95,118,262 Full-time graduate 2,366 Communication Studies 2555 Administrative: $ 17,883,183 Part-time graduate 1,137 Economics 3900 Operational se rvices: 12,820,533 $ Full-time Part-time Education 2004 Library: $ 10,077,172 undergraduate 10,791 undergraduate 10, 116• English 2320/2340 Computing Services: $ 5,145,619 Etudes fran ~aises 7513ll500 Audio-visual : $ 1,748,402 Exercise Science 3327 Interest: $ 1,560,449 Geography 2050 Rents: $ 5,973,739 Geology 3300 Unusual expenditures: $ 1,526,835 History 2430/2435 Student services: $ 5,420,616 Journalism 2465 Ancillary services: $ 17,164,244 Leisure Studies 3330 Research expenditures: $ 1,793,565 Library Studies 2526 Mathematics and Statistics 3232/3223 Part-time Full-time Research graduate 1,111 graduate2,J66 Philosophy 2510/2500 Research : $ 12,702,109 Physics 3270 Enrolment, by Faculty Political Science 2106/2105 Designated Funds Arts and Science 12,629 Psychology 2222/2225 u Tru st and other funds: $ 2,676,640 Commerce and Administration 4,715 Religion 2065 Engineering and Computer Science 2,770 Sociology and Anthropology 2155n140 Research Fine Arts 2,210 Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL) 2450 Research grants and contracts ( 1996-97) Independent 2,086 Theological Studies 2475 Arts and Science $ 7,043,492 Total 24,410 Engineering and Computer Science $ 6,498,704 Commerce and Faculty of Commerce and Administration Tel:848- Commerce and Admini stration $ 674,239 Administration 19.3% Accountancy 2775 Fine Arts $ 494,897 Aviation MBA 2930 Other $ 86,484 Decision Sciences and Overhead funding * $ 1,728,999 Management Information Systems 2980 Total: $ 16,526,815 Diploma in Accountancy 2764 * Quebec funding formula Executive MBA 3622 Finance 2789 Sources of research funding Institutional &Sport s Diploma 2718 Overhead funding * $ 1,728,999 International Bu siness 7598 Independent 8.6% Federal government $ 8,582,561 Engineering and Management 2924 FineArts9.1'6 Computer Science 11.3% Quebec government $ 4,175,930 ~~~ lli2 I Concordia internal $ 1,343,073 Profile MBA 2717 Canadian private $ 1,141,689 English 15,471 PhD/MSc 4149 Non-Canadian sources $ 522,475 French 3,519 Foundations/associations $ 505,604 Other 5,420 Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Tel: 848- Other Canadian sources $ 255,483 Female 12,701 Centre for Building Studies/School for Building 3200 Male 11,709 Civil Engineering 7800 University recognized research centres International students 1,036 Computer Science 3000 Centre for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology (CSBN) Undergraduate 741 Electrical and Computer Engineering 3100 Centre for Research in Human Development (CRHD) Graduate 295 Mechanical Engineering 3131 Centre for Building Studies (CBS) Total 24,410 Centre for the Study of Classroom Processes Faculty of Fine Arts Tel:848- Centre for Computer-Aided Vehicle Engineering (CONCAVE) Faculty Profile Art Education and Art Therapy 4646 Centre for Pattern Recognition Full-time 719 Art History 4700 and Machine Intelligence (CENPARMI) Part-time 979 Contemporary Dance 4740 Centre for Industrial Control (CIC) Professional librarians 28 Cinema 4666 Concordia Centre for Composites (CONOM) Total 1,726 Design Art 4626 lnteruniversity Centre in Computer Architecture Music 4705 and Very Large Scale Integration (GRIAO) Staff Profile Studio Arts 4262/4263 Centre for Algebra, Number Theory Full-time 1,097 Theatre 4747 and Computation (CICMA) Part-time (permanent) 52 Centre for Research in Computation Total 1,149 Colleges and Schools of the Faculty of Arts and Science and its Applications (CERCA) Tel:848- Centre for Signal Processing Scholarships and Liberal Arts College 2565 and Communication (CENSIPOM) Fellowships available Lonergan University College 2280 () Undergraduate $542,097 School of Community and Public Affairs 2575 Graduate $825,000 Science College 2595 Simone de Beauvoir Institute 2373

School of Graduate Studies 3800 m Please retain for handy reference. 1997 FOCUS:

UJ U) UJ Building better Vacationers got a long look at the University's expertise while crossing the Northumberland Strait to P.E.I. Mamdouh El-Badry, a Civil ~ Engineering professor, was involved in a coll abo­ rative, NSERC-funded research program that helped design and analyze the Island's new bridge. El-Badry has al o bee n named project leader within the anadian Network of Centres of Excellence, of Intelligent Sen ing for Innovative tructures (ISIS Canada). El -Badry's research foc uses on using adva nced, non-corrosive com­ posites such as glas fib re and ca rbon fi bre in the structure's reinforcin g bars and ca bles.

Centre fo r Building Studies graduate Mohamed Al Hussein is also helping out at Re-presenting women major construction sites by developing computer Research by three Fine Arts professors - Lynn software to simulate real conditions to enhance Hughes, Kathryn Lipke and Cathy Mullen - led safety when cranes are used. to a group exhibit called "Re-Presenting Women." Lipke shows how Mayan women respond to Helping our neighbours change through the textiles they make, Hughes Concordia Urban Studies profes ors are helping works with women involved in mathematics, and ease traffic congestion in China by developing a Mullen documents Canadian immigrant model to help planner achieve a better mix of wo men's ideas of citizenship. pedestrians, bikes and cars. They are developing plans for the city of Suzhou, which is expected to Biomedical research m grow by 50 per cent in the next 13 years, and Affymetrix, a world leader in biomedical research, Tianjin, China's third-largest city, with a popula­ acquired a li cense to technology developed by tion of 4.2 million. Physical Chemistry Professor Marcus Lawrence, Bio-Analytical Chemistry Professor Susan Studying consumers Mikkelsen and two professors from France. The In a study on calculating consumer surplus to be technology makes the joining of DNA strands published in the American Econom ic Review, easier, faster and more direct. economists Ian Irvine and William Sims discov­ ered a simple, yet accurate, solution to the old problem of determining how to measure the m benefits that occur by enacting a particular public policy or program. Irvine and Sims have also released a study showing that the money people save on cigarettes will be spent on other products and services. The researchers say the government measure will cut into its own revenue, because cigarettes are taxed at a higher rate than other products.

The Internet Computer Science Professors Bipin Desai and m Stanley Swiercz have created a system called Webjournal that permits Internet users to keep track of their searches.

A multi-media resea rch tea m is adding images and sound to long- distance learning. Professors Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Hon Fung Li, Tao Li, Thiruvengadam Professor James Pfaus and McGill Clinical Biology Radhakrishnan and Manas Saksena take note of student James Cantor may have discovered a users' responses in order to improve Internet ser­ way to eliminate a troubling side-effect of anti­ vice. depressants such as Prozac. By injecting rats with the stimulant oxytocin, the resea rchers may have --i found an antidote to the dulling of the ex drive induced by drugs like Prozac. After a series of successful trials with rats, they are now seeking permission to move on to clinical trials. (/)

I CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY• RECTOR ' S REPOR T 1996 - 97 PAGES FOCUS: This is not a country-club college. This is a hard-working university. ,.r. II Our students are dedicated and purposeful, and they are grateful for I I- the chance at a higher education. STUDENT ACHIEVERS Journalism graduate diploma student Murphy Cobbing Artists won the $1 ,500 Al Cauley Award for broadcast journalism, Creative Writing student Diana Atkinson's novel Highways as well as a $2,000 prize from Th eGazette and the $5,000 and Dancehalls and J\t lie Keith's TheJaguar Temple were Mix 96 Award. She is now freelancing stories to BBC radio. both short li sted for the Governor-General's Award. The Pratt & Whitney Canada Award to promote excellence Reaghan Tarbell, a Journalism student, collected stories and research in engineering went to Stephen Neemeh from 57 elders of different ethnic origins to produce a and Diana Crisante, who also won the SCIEX Award. LI.J Our Nation's Elders Speak, 28-minute video, which had its premiere at Kahnawake in February.The video will be part Major scholarships of training material offered to 250 community health Political Science student Ruslan Dimitrov won a workers across Canada. scholarship to Cambridge valued at $35,000.

Eric Tremblay won top honours and $5,000 in the Electroacoustic division of CBC Radio's National Competition for Young Composers. I­

Environmentalists V) Honours Lingu istics student Lisa Quesnel wi ll spend a The Concordia Student Union linked up year at Cornell on a Linguistics Society of America grant with Eco-Quarter N.D.G. and the N.D.G. before beginning doctoral studies, thanks to a $39,000 Entrepreneur Centre to orga ni ze a day-long music festival called Harmony '96. scholarshi p to Harvard. Greenfest '97, a week of events to promote The Best of the Workshops is a compilation of environmental awareness, was organized by the top stories by creative writing students in North America. Concordia Recycling Composting Collective. The coll ective is responsible fo r a pilot project Two sto ri es from Concordia were submitted and both were • I that turns part of the fo ur tons of cafeteria food accepted, making it the only university so honoured. They ' waste produced an nually in to lush compost. were written by Camie Kim and Connie Barnes Rose. iL_l_lli1·: ~A·. '. . - ' ·. t- Year-round orientation program • i ,~... To give in coming students the bes t possible start, Prize-winners 111- .· .../~·. ... ·... -# the Dean of Students Office began a year-round The Montreal Chamber of Commerce bestowed its $5,000 • Orientation Program. A Welcome Centre was Prix d'excellence on Psychology student Lorrie Sippola ~ ,. established; it ha a documentation centre and for her contribution to the field, as evidenced by her provides tours of the campus. Early in the fall Li sa Qu es nel and Lin gu,·s t,·cs Profess or Ma rk Hale doctoral thesis, "Care and Justice: The Moral Dimensions term, each of the 3,000 new students was invited to discuss any problems they might have encoun­ of Adolescents' Relations with Peers and Friends."Sippola The first Canadian selected for a management fellowship tered. In addition, workshops were offered on also won the University's Governor-General 's Gold Medal such topics as Time Management, Managing for outstanding graduate student. from the American Symphony Orchest ra is Marie-Helene First-Yea r Stress and Choosing or Changing Your Bernard, who earned her Diploma in Institutional Major. Administration.The fel lowship entai led working with the m New York Ph il harmonic, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra.

Aphrodite Sahlas won a spot on the Ship for World Youth, a Japanese project to promote international understanding that will take 284 young people from 12 countries on a voyage from Tokyo to Honolulu. Sahlas is pursuing her Master's of Public Policy and Public Administration.

m Liberal Arts student Catherine Chatterley was accepted Doctoral candidate Ian Rakita won two awards for into the PhD program at University of Chicago with full financial research: best paper at the Administrative tuition scholarship. Sciences Association of Ca nada Annual Conference, and a gold medal and $2,000 in the MSFA-August Hagedorm contest, sponsored by the Montreal Society of Financial Analysts. Arts and Science Top student Maria Turner had a near-perfect grade-point Dozens of Chemistry and Bi ochemistry under­ graduate students polished their bea kers and average (4.22 out of a possible 4.3) when she graduated m dusted their spectrometers in preparation for a from the University's Science College. She has won bur­ day- long event called LABFEST '96. After giving saries, scholarships, grants and the Science College Medal. tours of the labs, the student hosts presented their research projects to representatives from Atul Khanduri placed first in the Canadian Society of local CEGEPs and chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Civil Engineers' 1996 Graduate Student Research-i n­ An elated group of First Nations students Staff scholar Progress Paper Competition for "Modelling Wind-Induced came to Montreal from communities across Interference Effects." Interlibrary loans employee, former library union president Quebec and eastern Ontario to receive their and part-time Liberal Arts student Brenda Fewster was Certificates in Community Service. awarded a $22,000 Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs The Undergraduate Fieldwork Association -I et I' Aide ala Recherche (FCAR) grant to continue her studies helped place students in their dream summer research jobs: taking part in an archaeological dig on genocide at the graduate level at Concordia. in En gland, studying neighbourhood pedestrian lanes in Paris, and interviewing and filming an u, indigenous group in Panama.

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The Faculty took adva ntage of teleconferencing attained the highest marks in Canada in the exams equipment within the Aviation Master's of Business in financial accounting, finance, and auditing. Administration program to arrange a long-distance Concordia's pass rate was 72 per cent; the runner­ thesis defence involving a University of Manitoba up institution had a pass rate of 62 per cent. professor. Audio Visual Director Mark Schofield At the 1997 Commerce Games, the Concordia arranged a similar hook-up for a Master's of Science team won three medals, one go ld and two silver, oral exa mination in which the external examiner and the title "Best Commerce Faculty." Another was in Arizona, as well as another PhD session with team of Concordia students nabbed first prize an examiner in Wales. in a competition with Montreal's three other universities to depi ct the history of the American UJ Commerce and Administration Marketing Association. Students shone again in competitions and The Faculty launched two in itiatives for students Tomorrow event. The Faculty also sponsored the examinations this past year: in difficulty: a mentorship program and a mid­ annual Montreal Regional Science Fair; Faculty Concordia student Patrice Ouimet captured year assessment that helps id entify and resolve travel awards permitted local winners to participate first place among hundreds across Canada who problems before they escalate. in international competitions. wrote the gruelling Uniform Final Examinations In its five years, Engineering Explorations has (UFE) for prospective chartered accountants. He Engineering and Computer Science played host to more than 150 teenagers. The and five fellow students ea rned all but one of the A team placed second in the Gala Energia 1996 project, undertaken jointly by the Faculty and top seven places in Quebec. competition, which honours outstanding projects in the Ordre des ingenieurs du Quebec, is aimed at Concordia students achieved the highest pass energy efficiency. The award recognizes Concordia's increasing the number of aboriginal engin ee rs. rate in the city in the Certified General Accountants many automotive projects over the past three exam s held in December 1996. Four students years, and sent the tea m to a three-day workshop Fine Arts in Detroit given by the Chrysler Corporation. Student printmakers got together with their Concordia is Canada's sole entry in the Future peers from 10 other North Am eri ca n universities Car Competition, sponsored by General Motors, to create a travelling exhibit. The res ult was 66 Ford, Chrysler and the U.S. government. Twelve vivid, eclecti c prints that made their way from student teams have been working for two yea rs Montreal to such places as Massachussetts, I­ on their entries. Concordia's modified Intrepid Alberta, Nebraska and Hawaii. ea rned fifth place overall and first in consumer A graduatin g class of sculpture students met acceptance at the halfway mark, in June 1996, when their professors' challenge to find a space to (/) Chrysler scrutinized the prototypes. The team of exhibit their work. For $10, they rented a vacant undergraduates, led by Douglas Monahan, gave public batl1s from the city for a week and set the car its Canadian debut at tl1e AJternative their sculptures in and around the pool. Vehicle Fair, held i11 April at Mont Tremblant. Four students and Professor Kailierine Tweedie One hundred young women from area high were invited to show their art videos at a festival schools enjoyed demonstrations and lab tours in November at ilie Centre d'art Contemporain when they attended tl1e annual Engineers of de Basse-Normandie in France.

MAKING OUR MARK IN ATHLETICS Hall of Fame Women's Hockey Women's hoops Concordia resurrected a long-standing Loyola The Stingers women's hockey team was in vited The Stingers women's basketball team upset the tradition when it started naming key players to a to play a series -which took the Concordia women heavy favourites from McGill to take the Quebec I Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. overseas to Russia. championship, and cam e sixth an1ong nea rly 40 Jim Corsi earned all-Canadian honours in The Stingers won tile Theresa Humes team s in tile ClAU national championships in soccer and hockey and later played for tl1e Quebec Invitational Women's Tournament in February March. Nordiques, the Edmonton Oilers Minne ota Nortl1 for the fifth consecutive yea r, and won the Quebec I Stars and competed at the 1984 Olympi.cs. championship in March. Therese Brisson played on three champion hip Women's hockey player Cammi Granato scored hockey team and was twice named Female Athlete her 300th point in January. She was tl1 e first of tl1e Year whi le she was at Concordia. She helped Concordian at111ete to be featured in Sports Canada's national team win gold medals at the Illustrated Women/Sports and is train ing for the 1994 and 1997 World Championships. upcoming Olympics in Japan where American­ Harry Hus was named for establishing Loyola born Granato will represent tile Uni ted States. m and Concordia as men's soccer leaders in the 1970s. Granato was also featured in tile May issue of Theresa Humes was named for encouraging Saturday Night magazine. excell ence and equality in women's sports in the 1970s. The 1990 men's basketball Stingers won a national championship, and remain the only basketball team from Concordia to have done so.

Athletes of the Year Corinne Swirsky and Leigh Jason Quilliams were Fastest man m named Atl1letes of the Year at Concordia's Sports The fas test man in the Canadian lnteruniversity Awards Banquet in Apri l. Sw irsky, a hockey play­ At111 etic Union (C!AU) is Lenroy Henry, a second­ er, scored all seven goals to win the final ga me in year Political Science major. Witl1 a time of 6.86 tl1e Theresa Humes Tournament and was the in the 60-metre race in March, he brought home leading overall scorer, with 58 goals and 28 assists Concordia's firs t gold medal in track and field . during the season. Quilliams, a third-year student, won the uni­ Our men on the gridiron versi ty ski circuit from 1995 tl1rough 1997, and Stingers Quarterback Dominik Goulet led the was asked to represent Can ada at the World nation in passing. He rewrote the University's University Games in January. record books by completing 131 of 247 passes for 2,000 ya rds and 11 touchdowns last season. m Rugby The men's rugby team capped an undefeated season by winning the Quebec Students Sports Federation championship in November.

Recreation Can1 pus Recreation offered more tllan 30 programs to students and staff, ranging from ballroom dance and yoga to sport leagues, martial arts and aero­ bics. More than 2,000 students made regular use of facilities on both campuses. --I (/)

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY• RECTOR'S REPORT 1996-97 PAGE7 FOCUS: To borrow a phrase from an industrial ad, our product is education, II our strength is people. Concordia, and Loyola and Sir George before, ,, were 'people places' with strong ties to the Montreal community.

Eleven distinguished individuals received Doctor of Laws degrees (LL.D), honoris causa, at Spring Convocation ceremonies, held at Place des Arts on June 12, 13 and 17: air transport administrator Pierre Jeanniot, telecommunications executive Jean Pouliot, humanitarian Father Emmett Johns, human rights educator Esmeralda Thornhill, .I gun control lobbyists Wendy Cukier and Heidi Rathjen, ocean environmentalist Elisabeth Mann Borgese, engineers Morre! Bachynski and Roland Dore, film theorist Annette Michelson, and choreographer Jeanne Renaud.

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Fresh Ideas: Rector opens home The Campaign for a Rector Frederick Lowy and his wife, Mary Kay New Millennium/ Lowy, opened their home for more than a dozen Nouveaux Horizons: receptions with students, union representatives, Governors Emeritus La Campagne du Ille honorary degree recipients, facu lty and staff mem­ Concordia University's Board of Governors awarded millenaire bers, alumni, the Board of Governors, Senators, the title of Governor Emeritus to outgoing Board Preparing Concordia for the otl1er Quebec rectors, and community leaders. Members A. Frank Knowles, C.A., P. Andre Gervais, largest fundraising initiative Q.C., Claude I. Taylor, O.C., Brian Aune and BJ in its history required con­ Memorial Professor Henry Habib. siderable time and planning. A lasting memorial to Professors Michael Hogben, The "qui et phase" of The Jaan Saber, Matthew Douglass and Phoivos Ziogas Awards of Distinction JRlSH Campaign fo r a New was installed in the lobby of tl1e Henry F. Hall Honoured at this yea r's Commerce and Admi n­ Millennium got underway Building. The art installation was designed by istration Awards of Distinction were Robert de in January, with an appeal three graduate students. Four long, elegant granite Fougerolles, a Montreal entrepreneur; Micheline to faculty, staff, students and tables are inscribed with mottoes chosen by the Charest, co-founder of Cinar Films Inc.; Francesco IDlAS the Board of Governors that fa mily of each professor to reflect their moral Bellini, co-founder and President of BioChem brought us $13 million courage and devotion to the pursuit of knowledge. Pharma; and Andre Desmarais of Power closer to our goal. Foll owing Corporation. a consultative process, student Homecoming '96 leaders agreed to support the Campaign on a fee ­ Hundreds of former students revisited Concordia Helping the challenged -per-credit basis for l O years. during its seventl1 annual Homecoming reunion Through collaboration with the provinciaJly funded The Ca mpaign, which will officially be launched in October. The three-day event was packed with fun organization L'lntegrale, eight intellectually handi­ this fall , wi ll raise $55 million for student fi nancial and thought-provoking activities. Ovide Mercredi, capped people are receiving on-the-job training at aid, l.ibrary collections, improved recreational facil­ the Former Chi ef of the Assembly of First Nations, oncordia as a step toward full integration into the ities, technological improvements throughout the gave the keynote speech, and host of CBC TV's work world. Employment Officer Anita Grant, University, and research and teaching endowments. National Magazine, Hana Gartner, gave a lecture. Biology Technical Officer Ron Harris and Biology Chair Bob Roy were instrumental in getting the Space Plan Shuffle scholarship fundraising program going and hope to expand it next year. A five-year plan submitted to the provincial gov­ By tl1e time almost 500 Concordia staff, faculty and ernment in April intends to give a clearer identity students had waJked the 6.5 kilometres between to each campus and correct the current shortfall campuses for the annual Concordia Shuffle in in space availability. October, they had blown away the goal of $57,000 The University intends to dramatically reduce by raising nearly $78,000 for student scholarships, rented space by buying and renovating bui.ldings and won a national award for the event. I and even constructing new ones. Continuous Quality Improvement Concordia has enthusiastically adopted the forward­ looking management process ca lled Continuous Quality Improvement, or CQ!. Twenty projects have been co mpleted and nine teams are at work on others, dealing with collective agreements, the sharing of information between Alumni active here and abroad unions, and the admini stration of the Cinema Concordia has some 100,000 alumni worldwide. Department. A Concordia delegation, including Rector Lowy, A large cross-functional team is preparing the Governor Hazel Mall and Adva ncement Director ground for its most extensive project to date: to Christopher Hyde enj oyed meeting with graduates improve the recruitment and retention of students. in Hong Kong this year. Annual Giving Al umni in Victori a, Vancouver, Calgary and Inter-university co-operation The overall result of Concordia University's Annual Edmonton helped with recruitment when they Concordia and McG ill are seeking ways to reduce Giving Program for 1996-97 was $1,432,234 - I 16 entertained the Rector, Alumni Affairs Director costs and increase efficiency by sharing reso urces. per cent of the $ I ,240,000 goal. Ann Vroom and a number of prospective students I Concordia has many collaborative projects with Of that total, a record $118,110 was given this spring. New York Canadian Consul General Montreal universities. Concordia and six other through volunteer phonathons. More than 33,000 George Haynal, BA '67 (L), hosted our Tri -State Quebec universities recently crea ted a joint Master's al umni were contacted by our student call ers, alumni at the Consul ate in December. Our Ottawa I in Software Engineering. raising $240,000 as part of the Annual Giving Chapter attracted 250 pan-Canadian alumni to Liaisons with other universities, as well as links Phone-Mai] Program. On February 17, $20,243 their fall networking lunch, while here in Montreal. to government, were enhanced this year when the was raised in pledges at the Toronto Al umni The 7996-97 Rector's Report was produced by the Concordia Vice-Rector Institutional Relati ons Marcel Danis Phonathon, and on March 9 and 10, alumni University Public Relations Department created the Office of Government and External caLlers in Montreal secured $ 101 ,624 in pledges. Initial research and writing: Alison Ramsey Relations. Design and production: Andrew Conde, Saguenay relief Marketing Communications Early retirement packages Loyola Alumni Association President John Freund Cover Photography: Marie-Louise Deruaz (ERIP '97 and FALRIP '97) began an appeal at Concordia in the dead of Capital Campaign Photos: Spyros Bourboulis The Un iversity introduced two new early retirement summer that nonetheless raised $32,400 for the Pour obtenir la version franfaise de ce Rapport, veuillez telephoner au 848-4880. packages in 1997. One hundred and eighty-three relief of victims of the 1996 Saguenay flood. Public Relations Department faculty members and 160 staff members are eligible. 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West With a projected acceptance rate of 15 to 20 per Honorary Doctorates Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 cent, the University stands to save about $6.5 Rector Emeritus John W. O'Brien gave the convo­ Tel: (514) 848-4880 Fax: (514) 848-2814 million annually. cation address at Fall Convocation on November E-mail: [email protected] Concordia University Website: www.concordia.ca 22 in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier.

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