Concordia University, Montréal, QC

Concordia University has been in existence since 1974, but its two founding institutions — Loyola College and Sir George Williams University — have a considerably longer history.
The name of the university comes from the motto of the City of Montreal, “Concordia Salus,” which means “well-being through harmony.”
In 1968, in the wake of the Parent Commission Report, the Quebec government asked Loyola and Sir George Williams to consider some form of union. Negotiations began in 1969 and continued on and off over the next four years.
While a number of possible models were considered, including that of a loose federation, the solution finally adopted was that of an integrated institution, Concordia University, operating under the existing Sir George Williams charter. The legal existence of Concordia dates from August 24, 1974.
It was understood that the Arts and Science operations would eventually be brought together. The first phase of the centralization of Arts and Science took place in 1977, and the present Faculty of Arts and Science, under a single dean, was formed in 1985. The Faculty of Fine Arts was created in 1976.
By 1998, the university was ready to move on from this incident and to expand. The groundwork was laid for the development of new university buildings to accommodate growing enrolment. Among other developments, the Richard J. Renaud Science Complex opened at Loyola in August 2003, the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex opened on the Sir George Williams campus in September 2005, and the new John Molson School of Business building is scheduled to open in September 2009.