WELCOME TO OUR 2019 Honorary Degree Recipients

concordia.ca 1 Message from our president

It’s truly an exciting time to be part of the Concordia community. Ranked as ’s top university under 50 years old and one of the international universities in the world, we recently climbed 144 spots in the World University Rankings, the biggest surge of any Canadian university. These encouraging results reflect our efforts to differentiate Concordia as a next-generation university. We’re positioning Concordia as a flagship for exciting research in breakthrough fields, and as a destination of choice for students seeking transformational learning opportunities in one of the world’s most dynamic, cosmopolitan cities. Concordians are achieving incredible things. In the past year alone, members of our community have: changed public policy through research on contaminants in local drinking water; been nominated for best short film at the Oscars; competed in national championships for men’s rugby, and men’s and women’s basketball. The university’s foundation became the first in Canada to commit to a portfolio of 100 per cent sustainable investments by 2025, and one of our graduates — Lino A. Saputo Jr. — was named the country’s top CEO of the year. We’re ambitious to expand our impact as innovation leaders in higher education and are eager to keep you engaged and supportive of the progress we’re making. As a recipient of a Concordia honorary doctorate, you represent the values, talent and contributions to society we celebrate as a next-generation university. With this booklet, I’m thrilled to present our 14 newest honorary doctorates who have joined your distinguished group. I hope you take growing pride in the recognition the university has bestowed on you, and invite you to stay in touch with me throughout my mandate as Concordia’s President and Vice-Chancellor. Enjoy! Sincerely,

Graham Carr Concordia President [email protected]

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Message from our president

It’s truly an exciting time to be part of the Concordia community. Ranked as Canada’s top university under 50 years old and one of the most international universities in the world, we recently climbed 144 spots in the World University Rankings, the biggest surge of any Canadian university. These encouraging results reflect our efforts to differentiate Concordia as a next-generation university. We’re positioning Concordia as a flagship for exciting research in breakthrough fields, and as a destination of choice for students seeking transformational learning opportunities in one of the world’s most dynamic, cosmopolitan cities. Concordians are achieving incredible things. In the past year alone, members of our community have: changed public policy through research on contaminants in local drinking water; been nominated for best short film at the Oscars; competed in national championships for men’s rugby, and men’s and women’s basketball. The university’s foundation became the first in Canada to commit to a portfolio of 100 per cent sustainable investments by 2025, and one of our graduates — Lino A. Saputo Jr. — was named the country’s top CEO of the year. We’re ambitious to expand our impact as innovation leaders in higher education and are eager to keep you engaged and supportive of the progress we’re making. As a recipient of a Concordia honorary doctorate, you represent the values, talent and contributions to society we celebrate as a next-generation university. With this booklet, I’m thrilled to present our 14 newest honorary doctorates who have joined your distinguished group. I hope you take growing pride in the recognition the university has bestowed on you, and invite you to stay in touch with me throughout my mandate as Concordia’s President and Vice-Chancellor. Enjoy! Sincerely,

Graham Carr Concordia President [email protected]

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4 Kent Nagano, LLD 19 Aimee Mullins, LLD 19 Music director, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Athlete, actor, model and speaker

As music director of the Orchestre symphonique de The first double amputee in history to compete in Montréal (OSM) since 2006, Kent Nagano is in his last Division 1 NCAA track and field, Aimee Mullins went season with the orchestra. Under his leadership, the on to compete for Team USA in the 1996 Paralympic OSM conceived, built and opened the new Maison Games. She has set world records in the 100 metres, symphonique de Montréal, built and inaugurated the 200 metres and long jump events. In 2012, Mullins was Pierre Béique organ, and saw a revival of critically named chef de mission for the at the acclaimed recordings and touring activities. Among Paralympic Games in and appointed by then Nagano’s many honours is the Governor General of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Council to Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division), Empower Women and Girls Through Sports. In 2018, which he received in 2018. she became one of the youngest inductees into the U.S. National Women’s Hall of Fame.

Welcome! Learn about the fourteen new leaders who now join our university’s community of 220,000 alumni around the world.

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“You represent the generation that has the power and tools to make the changes that will assure our planet’s future. You have the opportunity to restore and repair our entire planet.” — Kamaljit Bawa, DSc 19

concordia.ca 5 Kamaljit Bawa, DSc 19 Sylvia Schmelkes, LLD 19 Trailblazing conservation researcher; founder, Education reformer; academic vice-president, Ashoka Trust Universidad Iberoamericana, City

A global leader in biodiversity conservation, and climate Sylvia Schmelkes is a pioneering researcher and change and sustainability sciences, Kamaljit Bawa is a advocate for reform in Mexico’s education system distinguished professor of biology at the University of and one of ’s leading proponents Massachusetts Boston. He is a former Bullard Fellow of intercultural education. She currently serves as at , as well as a Guggenheim Fellow. academic vice-president of Universidad Iberoamericana Beyond his groundbreaking research, Bawa has promoted in . Her leadership has contributed to the the engagement of civil society in conservation efforts founding of nine intercultural universities that aim to by founding the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology support the linguistic and cultural autonomy of Mexico’s and the Environment. Among his honours, the most diverse Indigenous populations. Among other honours, recent include the Linnean Medal in Botany and the José in 2008 Schmelkes received the Comenius Medal from Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany. UNESCO for her career as a researcher.

“We count on universities to learn how to be eternally dissatisfied with the status quo. We learn to have intolerance of limitations. We learn that it is important “Take back your free time for daydreaming. Daydreaming to go beyond just the subjective in order to achieve nurtures natural curiosity and a capacity for reinvention. If you freedom for our curiosity.” can’t hear yourself, you can’t know yourself.” — Kent Nagano, LLD 19 — Aimee Mullins, LLD 19

6 Caroline Ouellette, LLD 19 Peter Simons, LLD 19 International hockey star; founder, Girls Hockey President and CEO, La Maison Simons Celebration Peter Simons is president and CEO of La Maison One of women’s hockey’s most accomplished players, Simons. Founded in 1840, the -based retailer Caroline Ouellette has won four consecutive Olympic gold is Canada’s oldest privately owned family business. medals, 12 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s Simons’s leadership helped the chain expand from World Championship medals and 12 Four Nations Cup to 15 stores across Canada. Simons is medals for Team Canada. She was also team captain at a vocal advocate for fair fiscal and social practices. the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Ouellette is In 2008, Simons was named Chevalier of the Ordre the founder of Girls Hockey Celebration, a tournament national du Québec, and in 2018 was appointed as that brings young women together to play and meet role Member of the . models from Canada’s Olympic team. She has also been an athlete ambassador with Right To Play since 2004, and an ambassador and active fundraiser for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. She joined the coaching staff of the Concordia Stingers women’s hockey team in 2012.

“Seek the truth. Cultivating the ability to admit your errors will be a key to changing in the future.” — Peter Simons, LLD 19

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8 Gilles Mihalcean, DFA 19 Annette Verschuren, LLD 19 Sculptor and contemporary artist Chair and CEO, NRStor Inc.

Gilles Mihalcean is a major figure in Quebec Canadian business icon Annette Verschuren began contemporary art. A self-taught sculptor, he has her career working as a development officer with the exhibited his work internationally since the mid-1970s Cape Breton Development Corporation. From there, while raising the reputation of Quebec artists abroad. Verschuren was named president of Michael’s of Canada Mihalcean has been an active figure in the art Inc., and then president of The Home Depot Canada. scene through colloquia, public speaking and mentoring In 2012, Verschuren founded her own company, NRStor the next generation of artists, including students in Inc., a leader in the commercialization of energy storage Concordia’s Studio Art program. Among his honours technologies. Her book, Bet On Me: Leading and Succeeding are the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas in 2011 and the CALQ in Business and in Life, was a finalist for the National Bourse de carrière Jean-Paul Riopelle. Business Book Award. Verschuren was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 and was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2019.

“You have to invite everybody at the table to help you “Greater professional choice may be the only make decisions. An inclusive environment with diverse advantage you have over past generations. opinions results in much better decisions than one Make sure you use that advantage.” group of homogeneous people.” — Louis Vachon, LLD 19 — Annette Verschuren, LLD 19

concordia.ca 9 Natalie Panek, DSc 19 Éric Martel, DSc 19 Senior engineer, Mission Systems, MDA President and CEO, Hydro-Québec

As senior engineer in Mission Systems at MDA, Natalie Éric Martel has served as president and CEO of Hydro- Panek works on Canadian space robotics and space Québec since 2015. He chairs the World Economic exploration programs, including the European Space Forum’s Electricity Industry community and is among Agency’s ExoMars 2020 rover. She completed an the stewards leading the organization’s initiative to internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and shape the future of energy. He also sits on the board attended a Space Studies Program at NASA’s Ames of the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership. After Research Center. Panek works to change the ratio of 20 years of involvement with Centraide of Greater women in the science, technology, engineering and Montreal, Martel co-chaired its 2019 campaign. mathematics (STEM) fields. Among her many awards and accolades, she was named to the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

“Be yourself. Don’t try to be something you’re “If you want your dream job to come true, find a way not. Every day you need to say, ‘This is my to make yourself instrumental to others.” dream, this is what I want.’” — Caroline Ouellette, LLD 19 — Éric Martel, DSc 19

10 Louis Vachon, LLD 19 Barbara Davidson, BFA 90, LLD 19 President and CEO, National Bank of Canada Photojournalist and filmmaker

With more than three decades of experience in the Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning press photographer, banking sector, Louis Vachon spent many of those years Barbara Davidson, BFA 90, began her career after rising through the ranks at the National Bank of Canada. graduating from Concordia as a staff photographer at As president and CEO since 2007, he has helped make it The Record in Waterloo, , then the Washington Canada’s sixth-largest commercial bank. Vachon has served Times, the Dallas Morning News and finally, the on many corporate boards, including Molson Coors and Times. She is currently pursuing a career as a freelance Groupe CH Inc. For his professional and community work, photojournalist and is working on a Guggenheim he received the 2016 Global Citizen Award from the Fellowship. Her successful career spans more than United Nations Association in Canada, and was appointed 20 years and has brought her to conflict zones and as Member of the Order of Canada that same year. humanitarian crises in more than 55 countries.

“Education equals freedom. I was the first person in my family to get a university degree and I am keenly aware that education lifted me out of poverty and gave me the freedom to achieve so many of my dreams.” — Barbara Davidson, BFA 90, LLD 19

concordia.ca 11 Rebecca Brent, LLD 19 Richard Felder, LLD 19 President, Educator Designs Inc. Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering Rebecca Brent began her career as a primary school teacher, though eventually realized her passion Beginning his career researching various topics related to for teacher education. She is now president of chemical process engineering, Richard Felder eventually Education Designs Inc., a consulting firm in Chapel discovered his passion for teaching. In 1978, he co- Hill, North Carolina. Brent has more than 35 years authored the textbook Elementary Principles of Chemical of experience in education and specializes in science, Processes, which has been adopted by more than 90 per technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) staff cent of chemical engineering departments in the United development, teacher preparation, and evaluation of States. He is currently the Hoechst Celanese Professor educational programs at both precollege and college Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina levels. Along with her spouse, Richard Felder, Brent State University in Raleigh. Along with his spouse, has helped lead a generation of STEM educators to Rebecca Brent, Felder has presented more than 600 teach more effectively. faculty development workshops and seminars.

“Forge ahead to whatever your next step is, and remember that you are ready.” — Rebecca Brent, LLD 19

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‘A dedicated champion of our university’: Concordia mourns the loss of L. Jacques Ménard Graduate and chancellor emeritus was a prominent figure in Quebec’s business and philanthropic communities

Businessman and Concordia chancellor emeritus Ménard embodied the Jesuit motto, “a man for others,” L. Jacques Ménard, BComm 67, LLD 06, passed away of his alma mater, Loyola College, one of Concordia’s on February 4, 2020, in Montreal. He was 74. founding institutions. His efforts and achievements have Ménard was president of BMO Financial Group, Quebec, been recognized by several private organizations and all from 2001 to 2018. He was also a director at many three levels of government. businesses and non-profit organizations across Montreal. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of “We are deeply saddened by the loss of a dedicated Canada, Companion, and received the Queen Elizabeth II champion of our university and an accomplished member Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was a Commander of of Quebec’s business and philanthropic communities,” the Ordre de Montréal and in 2017 was promoted to the said Concordia’s president, Graham Carr. rank of Grand Officer, the highest honour of the National Order of Quebec. Tireless advocate for education Concordia has been an important beneficiary of Ménard’s Concordia recognized his achievements with an Award long-time advocacy on behalf of education. He joined the of Distinction from the John Molson School of Business Board of Governors in 1994 and played a crucial role in in 1993, the Loyola Medal in 1999 and an honorary the university’s Campaign for a New Millennium, 1996-99. doctorate in 2006. He was appointed deputy chancellor in 2009 and served “Forge ahead to whatever your next step is, and remember that you are ready.” as chancellor from 2010 to 2014. — Rebecca Brent, LLD 19

concordia.ca 13 Our community of Concordia 977 983 Charles S. Carter* Roch Bolduc honorary degree recipients Guy Desbarats* Muriel H. Duckworth* Bernard Lonergan* James M. Ham* continues to grow Norman McLaren* Pierre Laurin Frances Perot Foster* Elvie L. Smith*

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14 987 99 995 999 Léon Bellefleur* Jean Coulthard* Myer Bloom* J. Edward Broadbent Robert J. Brodrick* Jean Coutu Gilles Carle* James W. Carey* Margaret Fulton* Donald Knuth Jacques G. Francoeur* Peter Munk* Eric Kierans* David Rome* Peter Godsoe Charles Albert Poissant* Hugh MacLennan* Rosalie Silberman Abella Linda Hutcheon Annie Proulx J. Gerard McDonough* Michel Tremblay Michèle S. Jean Charles Sirois Peter M. McEntyre* Lorne Webster* Eric McLean* Robert Wall* William B. Rice* * Michel Normandin* W. Earle McLaughlin* Peter A. Vamos Lise Thibault 992 988 Charles Bronfman 996 2000 Raymond T. AffIeck* Jeff W. Edington Lawrence S. Bloomberg Jean Sutherland Boggs* Stafford Beer* François-Marc Gagnon* James Borcoman* Barrie J. Frost* Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar* Carleen Maley Hutchins* Paul T. Kefalas Serge Godin Ronald J. Gillespie Judith Maxwell E. Leo Kolber* Ann Saddlemyer Jori Smith* Eigil Pedersen* Claudette MacKay-Lassonde* James M. Stanford Elizabeth Spencer* Maurice Podbrey David Matas John A. Roth Allan R. Taylor. Guy Saint-Pierre Wilfred Whyte McCutcheon* Giancarlo E. Valori Ashok K. Vijh Arthur Solomon* Donald C. Savage* Wei Yu Alan B. Gold* Anne Sylvestre 200 J.V. Raymond Cyr Louise Arbour Paul-Émile Léger* 993 997 Geoffrey E.H. Ballard* Sacvan Bercovitch* Morrel Bachynski* Lionel P. Hurtubise 989 Edgar Andrew Collard* Elisabeth Mann Borgese* Henry Mintzberg George Drummond Birks* William K. Everson* Wendy Cukier Robert Savoie* Claude Castonguay Mildred B. Lande* Roland Doré Shirley L. Thomson* Paterson Ewen* Alanis Obomsawin Pierre Jean Jeanniot Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Jean-Paul Gourdeau Jean-Louis Roux* Emmett Johns* Gordon Sparling* Martha Sloan Annette Michelson* 2002 Robert H. Tanner* Velma Weeks Barker* Jean A. Pouliot* Assia Djebar* William I. Turner* Mary Eberts Heidi Rathjen John W. Dobson* Susan Mann Trofimenkoff Victor C. Goldbloom* Jeanne Renaud Julio Garcia Espinosa* Dorothy A. Wills Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill Seamus Heaney* Margaret Catley-Carlson 994 Ned Goodman Julia Levy Gratien Gélinas* Thomas R. Berger Ahmed Zewail* Thérèse Gouin-Décarie 998 Gregory Baum* 990 Otto Joachim* André Bazergui Francesco Bellini Doris Anderson* John McCarthy* David Jay Bercuson Paul G. Desmarais* Jean Pigott* Douglas J. Cardinal * Deceased Jaime Escalante* Margaret Power* Dominic D’Alessandro Ursula Franklin* Mildred Helfand Ryerson* John Economides* Wally Gentleman* Huguette Tourangeau* Carol Shields* Mel Hurtig* Ben Weider* Mary Wright* Antonine Maillet Matthew W. Barrett William Shue Lam Yip John Polanyi Henryk Gorecki*

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concordia.ca 19 Concordia grad’s video game wins major prize at Indigenous media festival Set in the future, Terra Nova invites players to experience first contact between settlers and Indigenous people

My dad is Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River and my mother is French-Canadian from Montreal. I see myself represented in the game from both perspectives. I felt like I could speak to that strongly when developing the narrative. What did you discover through the process of making Terra Nova? I primarily wanted to explore an Indigenous experience. I thought that looking at first-contact scenarios could show the perspective of an Indigenous person in a game format. I took a lot of inspiration from history and first-contact scenarios in Montreal and (Tiohtià:ke) when Cartier came. What was it like to win the award for Best Emerging Maize Longboat, MA 19, had never made a video game before Digital or Interactive Work at the imagineNATIVE Film he came to Concordia. His first effort, Terra Nova, developed for + Media Arts Festival? his master’s thesis in Media Studies, won Best Emerging Digital That was a wonderful surprise. I was encouraged to submit the or Interactive Work at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts game to the festival because I had been to it the previous year Festival in October 2019. Terra Nova puts players in a first-contact and had seen amazing digital works, games and VR by other context that Longboat hopes will get them to consider the Indigenous producers. significance of those interactions. When Terra Nova was selected it was a huge honour. It’s the Can you tell us about the game? biggest Indigenous film and media festival in the world! To get that Maize Longboat: Terra Nova is set in the distant future on a post recognition from other Indigenous people is very meaningful. post-apocalyptic Earth. A climate-change disaster has forced a What influenced your decision to come to Concordia? subset of humanity to attempt to colonize another planet. I grew up in the area and did my undergrad at Another group of humans survived the apocalypse and the University of . A professor named adapted. The game begins when the spaceship that left David Gaertner, who taught a course on Indigenous digital returns with a crew that doesn’t know that Earth is their media, recommended I look into Concordia and the work original home. Jason Edward Lewis and Skawenatti were doing with The community that the character Terra belongs to, Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace, and the Initiative for indigenous to Earth, witnesses the spaceship crash and Terra Indigenous Futures. is sent to investigate. Meanwhile, Nova, a young colonizer, is Their research was the main pull to come to Concordia and separated from the survivors of the crash. deciding to do my master’s in Communication Studies was a That’s when they come together to try to find the crashed ship good way to get my foot in the door. I was a research assistant and Nova’s people. It ends with them looking over this vista with them and was recently hired as associate director for the of the smoking spaceship. I thought it was more interesting to Skins workshops on Aboriginal Storytelling and Digital Media. leave it open-ended and have players dictate what happens Any other plans now that you’ve graduated? next according to their values. My plan is to continue supporting Indigenous game What do you hope people take away from the game after development, a community I’ve felt welcomed into with playing it? open arms. It’s been inspiring to get to know people ML: I wanted to highlight the gray areas in which the through my studies, through the games that they have Indigenous and settler perspectives overlap — to demystify the made and through making my own game. I’m committed to us-versus-them binary and show that it’s more complicated. supporting that work.

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