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Next- Generation University President’S Report 2019 NEXT- GENERATION UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2019 CREATIVE. URBAN. BOLD. ENGAGED. BOLDLY ADVANCING 2 NEXT-GEN EDUCATION This 2019 President’s Report tries to capture some of the incredible progress our community has made over the past year. You will read about successes that signal our place as one of Quebec and Canada’s major universities. As I near the end of my mandate as Concordia’s president, I am proud of our achievements and excited about the university’s future. We have really come into our own. 3 Enjoy the read! Alan Shepard MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM MESSAGE President ABOUT CONCORDIA oncordia University, located in the vibrant and multicultural city of Montreal, is among the top-ranked C universities worldwide founded within the last 50 years and among the largest urban universities in Canada. Concordia prepares more than 50,000 students for a world of challenges and opportunities. As a next-generation university, Concordia strives to be forward-looking, agile and responsive, while remaining deeply rooted in the community and globally networked. Our nine strategic directions exemplify a bold, daring, innovative and transformative approach to university education and research. Our more than 2,300 faculty and researchers collaborate with other thinkers, Montreal-based companies and international organizations. concordia.ca/about CONCORDIA AT A GLANCE* 11th largest university in Canada, 83% of final-year undergraduate students fourth largest in Quebec satisfied or very satisfied with the overall quality of their Concordia education 8,400+ international students from more than 150 countries 88% of final-year undergraduates satisfied or very satisfied with their decision to About 400 undergraduate and attend Concordia 4 200 graduate programs – Canadian University Survey Consortium 80% of final-year undergraduate students 89% of graduate students rated the quality rated their “entire educational experience” of their Concordia academic experience as as excellent or good good, very good or excellent – National Survey of Student Engagement 85% of graduate students rated the quality Second highest proportion, 54.9%, of their overall Concordia experience as good, of graduate students from outside Canada very good or excellent among Canadian medical doctoral and – Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey comprehensive universities – Maclean’s 2019 University Rankings OUR STRATEGIC A NEXT-GENERATION DIRECTIONS UNIVERSITY Concordia’s nine strategic directions Concordia prides itself as Canada’s next-generation set out our vision for the future: university. We set our sights further and more DOUBLE OUR RESEARCH | TEACH FOR broadly than other Canadian universities. We TOMORROW | GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY | align the quality of learning opportunities to MIX IT UP | EXPERIMENT BOLDLY | GROW larger trends and grand challenges facing society. SMARTLY | EMBRACE THE CITY, EMBRACE concordia.ca/nextgen THE WORLD | GO BEYOND | TAKE PRIDE concordia.ca/directions CONCORDIA RANKINGS* Concordia and its programs place among the top universities in Canada and the world in international rankings. #1 in Canada University under 50 years – QSTop 50 Under 50 Rankings One of Montreal’s top employers – Canada’s Top 100 employers #1 in Canada, Comprehensive Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants, average size and number #6 in Canada, Comprehensive Reputation 5 #8 in Canada, Comprehensive Student Satisfaction – Maclean’s University Rankings #4 in Canada MBA * as of March 2019 – Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best B-Schools, in Canada #5 in Canada Online course registrations – Canadian Digital Learning Research Association #3 in Canada/Top 150 in world Art & Design #6 in Canada/Top 150 in world Architecture/Built Environment #6 in Canada/Top 150 in world Communication & Media Studies – QS World University Rankings by Subject * REVENUES OPERATING FUND OPERATING SPONSORED RESEARCH INCOME 119 CHAIRS CONCORDIA RESEARCH CONFERRED: $53,099,000 2,136 $485,833,000 GRADUATE DEGREES 5,338 18% UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 50,3STUDENTS 15 4,222 CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS 9,040 GRADUATE STUDENTS ALUMNI CHAPTERS IN CITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, 37,053 EUROPE, AFRICA, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA E W O R L D D T H U N R O A N I M U L 215,000A UNIVERSITY- RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL 2,349 RESEARCH UNITS/ STUDENTS ***FACULTY MEMBERS INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMS 6,450 **TOTAL EMPLOYEES 8 *** INCLUDES FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME FACULTY (INCLUDING CONTINUING EDUCATION) AND LIBRARIANS (INCLUDING CONTINUING EDUCATION) FACULTY 8 *** INCLUDES FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME 1 7 **AS OF JUNE 20 1 6- 21 1 8 DATA *20 8 DATA 1 7- 1 20 LEADING BY EXAMPLE Cody hopes her example will encourage fellow alumni. “I want this donation to inspire other proud Concordia graduates to come forward,” she says. “The goal is that in 10 to 15 years there will be so many examples like me that I am forgotten. I hope oncordia made history on September there will be so many women in science, engineering 24, 2018. It became the first Canadian and technology that it’s no longer an issue — C university with an engineering faculty that it becomes the norm.” named after a woman: the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. Cody’s donation will provide for graduate and undergraduate scholarships — to attract “I believe society will be a better place for everyone top students and researchers, and encourage when higher education is a fundamental right,” says inclusiveness — and bolster next-gen research Gina Parvaneh Cody, MEng 81, PhD 89. “In many on smart cities. It will also support three new countries, education is the only way for women chairs: in data analytics and artificial intelligence; or the underprivileged to succeed. It is a natural in the internet of things; and in Industry 4.0 evolution to a better and more inclusive world.” and advanced manufacturing. Cody speaks from experience. After arriving “The impact of Gina Cody’s gift is huge,” says Amir from Iran in 1979, she became the first woman to Asif, dean of the Gina Cody School of Engineering graduate with a PhD in building engineering from and Computer Science. “We aspire to be the next- Concordia. She then worked for three decades to generation university — developing technological become a highly successful engineering executive. advances for the benefit of society. A significant portion of the gift will be used to provide greater Cody’s conviction about the power of education opportunities for visible minorities and women.” and the gratitude she has toward her alma mater led her to make a historic, $15-million donation to Concordia and the Faculty of Engineering and “I HOPE THERE WILL BE 8 Computer Science. Cody’s gift is the largest to date in support of the Campaign for Concordia: SO MANY WOMEN IN Next-Gen. Now, which kicked off in 2017. SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND “This is a watershed moment for engineering and computer science in Canada,” says Concordia TECHNOLOGY THAT IT’S NO President Alan Shepard. “Gina Cody’s gift will have a profound impact on our institution. It allows us LONGER AN ISSUE — THAT to fund three research chairs, new scholarships for students and major inclusivity and equity initiatives. IT BECOMES THE NORM.” Gina is a role model for all of us. Her generosity will greatly benefit the next generation — and ultimately our society.” HISTORIC $15-MILLION GIFT FOR THE GINA CODY 9 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ON THE WAY TO A 10 NEW SCIENCE HUB he university’s new state-of-the-art Science T Hub on the Loyola Campus is scheduled to open its doors in fall 2019. “This project reflects Concordia’s drive to provide top researchers with the most innovative and appropriate environments to support their research, take their projects to the next level and train students for the jobs of tomorrow,” says Christophe Guy, vice president of Research and Graduate Studies. The facility’s design accommodates many of the transdisciplinary activities set to take place “IT EMPOWERS US TO NAVIGATE in the new space. The team of researchers in “the Hub” will include those studying aquatic UNCHARTED WATERS ALONGSIDE biology, microscopy, cellular imaging, nanoscience, bioprocessing and chemical and materials OUR INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUES, engineering. The expansion will also host science and engineering teams working with Concordia’s AND TO INCUBATE THE FUTURE District 3 Innovation Center that require wet lab space. LEADERS OF OUR FIELD.” CANADA’S FIRST GENOME FOUNDRY Currently, much of the lab work done by synthetic One of the jewels in the Hub’s crown is the newly biologists involves moving and combining small opened Genome Foundry, the first Canadian amounts of liquids and cells. The Genome laboratory of its kind and among only a handful at Foundry’s robotics allow for speed and absolute leading institutions around the world. precision, greatly increasing the variety and number of experiments that can be completed, and the The foundry not only is home to research in a next- accuracy with which they can be reproduced. generation scientific field — it houses robots that will bring massive increases in the speed and scale “This is a monumental addition to Canada’s synthetic 11 of synthetic biology research. biology ecosystem. It empowers us to navigate uncharted waters alongside our international By automating notoriously labour-intensive lab colleagues, and to incubate the future leaders work, the foundry will eliminate bottlenecks in a of our field,” says Vincent Martin, co-director of rapidly evolving field, where the design principles of Concordia’s synthetic biology hub along with the engineering fuse with the tools of biology to create Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology. meaningful synthetic biological systems. The centre aims to develop high-value applications “The Genome Foundry solidifies Concordia’s in human health, agriculture, chemicals and position as the Canadian leader in synthetic biology environmental technologies.
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