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Solid foundations on which to build "\VThat best characterizes the University's work during the past academic year is the concept W of building on a sound foundation. We have ambitious plans for Concordia University

and these depend for their success on the extent to which we prepare the ground and the infra­structure that will permit them to rise to unprecedented heights.

No doubt the construction analogy was stimulated by the official groundbreaking for our new Loyola Science Complex at the end of the 2000-2001 academic year. By the time the Concordia University community and our friends read this, the foundations for the Science Complex will have been completed and the first of our new buildings will indeed have risen above the ground. And this will be followed by the erection of new buildings on the Sir George Williams Campus for the Faculties of Engineering and Computer Science, Fine Arts and the John Molson School of Business and the relocation of humanities and social science departments into renovated space in the Hall and McConnell Buildings. We expect all these buildings to have solid foundations.

However, I intend the 'foundation' analogy to mean much more. Although the badly needed new facilities being built and planned are indeed important, even more important are the activ­ities that will take place within them. During the next decade a larger and better focused university will have experienced a substantial renewal in terms of a revised curriculum, new professors, enhanced research programs and ever closer ties with the community. The steady growth in student enrolment experienced during the past four years will continue, underlining Concordia's longstanding commitment to facilitating access to higher education.

We will attract more out-of-province Canadian students and considerably more international

students while at the same time continuing to serve our traditional Quebec-based anglophone, allophone and francophone students. Our admission requirements will rise modestly while stu­

dent retention and graduation rates will rise sharply. Our new broader curriculum will provide a more comprehensive undergraduate experience. This will prepare students for the more spe­cialized advanced degrees, highly focused graduate certificates and diplomas, and specific non-degree courses designed to upgrade skills and knowledge for the rapidly changing 21st c~n­

tury world. As always, Concordia will lead in offering education to part-time working and mature students. These developments will bring the University into even closer contact with both public and private sector enterprises.

The foundations on which these developments will rest were strengthened during this

past year. Our work with alumni and alumnae, with our friends in the larger community and with all three levels of government has been expanded. Fundraising for our buildings has

begun well, hard on the heels of our very successful 1997-1999 Campaign for the New Millennium. We continue to operate within a balanced budget and are in the process of elimi­nating our long-term debt which stood at almost $36 million as recently as 1995. And our ongoing academic planning permits annual adaptation to changing needs while holding firm to what we regard as changeless : the broad principles embodied in the mission that was shaped

by our two parent institutions.

Our foundations are solid.

Frederick Lowy Rector and Vice-Chancellor

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Real education for the real world

Dr. Philip Abrami, Director, Centre for the Study of Leaming and

Performance (right] , adjunct professor Bette Chambers, and Robert Slavin from the Success For All Foundation.

r hallenges have been turning into exciting opportunities at Concordia. Rising emol­ment, increased competition among uni­versities for professors and research funds, continued underfunding of higher education, and an unparalleled techno­

logical revolution have provided the impetus for a new cul­ture at Concordia that focuses more on the development of research and the university's tradition of academic and learning excellence.

Concordia began the fall semester with a fine new crop of tenure-track faculty members, about 65 per cent of whom are recipients of research grants. Indeed, over three years, the university is hiring 150 new full-time professors, to keep up with growing enrolment and the current rate of retirement.

At the same time, Concordia is committed to sustaining the research activities of the many leading professors already here. All four Faculties are in the process of estab­lishing new research chairs, which will ensure that the best of Concordia's researchers receive recognition and research support.

Concordia also continues to deliver vital retraining and retooling of skills through post-graduate and diploma pro­grams; a number of new graduate certificates were intro­duced over the year.

The intensive academic planning at the university over the past several years reflects Concordia's belief in providing faculty and a curriculum that are responsive to the demand for university education that is relevant to modern society. Despite having to trim 25 per cent from its operating bud­get due to reductions in government funding over the past five years, Concordia is beginning to distinguish itself as an urban institution of cutting-edge research, which both attracts and produces critical thinkers of the future.

Applications to the university have risen by eight per cent overall, and international applications are up 28 per cent. Enrolment at Concordia has grown to its highest level ever-in Engineering and Computer Science alone, there are nearly 1,000 more full-time students than four years ago.

All Faculties have encouraged innovative programs and new teaching models that respond to the needs of infor­mation and digital technologies, while encompassing an understanding of the human and historical dimensions of our fast-changing, heterogeneous world.

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Concordia's Centre for the Study of Leaming and Performance will be part of a $9-million research project with the Baltimore-based Success for All Foundation. The project involves developing new technological tools to

Chemistry Professor Gilles Peslherbe,

co-founder, Centre for Research in Molecular Modelling, with the Beowolf supercomputer.

enhance a literacy program now used in some 2,000 schools, mostly in high-poverty areas in the United States. Concordia will receive one-third of the U.S. federal govern­ment research grant, about $3 million over five years.

A new state-of-the-art computer facility is saving researchers innumerable hours of trial and error. Launched in January, the Centre for Research in Molecular Modelling provides researchers in computational chem­istry and biochemistry with impressive computing power for modelling chemical reactions at the molecular level. The Centre is funded jointly by Concordia, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Quebec Ministry of Education.

The Department of Theological Studies introduced an inten­sive three-credit course called Religious Pluralism in a Secular Culture, designed to respond to legislation that is revamping the way religion is taught in Quebec's public schools. The course gives Quebec's elementary and high school educators a broad-based overview of religions, as the province adopts a more pluralistic and secular approach to religious education. Participants who took the course in the fall explored the meaning of religious identity in the 21st cen­tury, and visited sacred sites of various religions in Montreal.

Concordia has signed a partnership agreement with three Moroccan universities to foster academic cooperation in Women's Studies, particularly in the areas of women and the law, entrepreneurship, media and cultural studies, and North African literature.

Philip Abrami (Education), Shimon Amir (Psychology), William Bukowski (Psychology) , Lisa Serbin (Psychology) and Peter Shizgal (Psychology) were appointed senior research chairs.

JOHN MOLSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS The Global Aviation MBA program (GAMBA), launched last fall , is enabling 16 professionals from Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Ghana, India, Italy, Mauritius, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Trinidad to continue to earn while they learn. The program, co-sponsored by the Montreal-based International Aviation Transport Association (IATA), is modelled on Concordia's eight-year­old International Aviation MBA program. GAMBA is designed to meet the needs of professionals who want a graduate degree in aviation management without leaving their full-time jobs.

The School also launched a new minor and graduate cer­tificate in Electronic Business Systems, MBA and Master's programs in Investment Management, and a graduate diploma in Investments.

Select business students are getting first-hand experience of the intricacies of portfolio management, thanks to a $1-million donation from a successful alumnus. Students who have committed to the two-year extracurricular Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management program make investment decisions with real money. They meet twice a week each semester, report to a client committee every two months, and consult with mentors in the profession at least once a month. Each student also gets two work terms with major investment firms as part of the program. Any profits made by the investments will be reinvested.

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Catherine Mulligan was awarded a $500,000 infrastructure grant to

build a biological research facility .

Dean Nabil Esmail, Hany

Moustapha of Pratt & Whitney Canada, and Provost Jack Lightstone at the launch of the CIADI centre.

A prestigious seal of approval was given to Concordia's Accountancy programs when the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) granted its accred­itation in June. The John Molson School of Business is the first school in Canada and the third outside of the U.S. to receive accreditation of its Accountancy programs from the AACSB, the premier accrediting body in the U.S. In 1997, Concordia became the first university in Montreal to achieve AACSB accreditation of its business degree pro­grams.

The John Molson School of Business appointed two endowed research chairs this year. Professor Michel Magnan is the holder of the Lawrence Bloomberg Chair in Accountancy, established this spring. In April, Lawrence Kryzanowski, Professor of Finance, took up his position as the holder of the new Ned Goodman Chair in Investment Finance.

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Concordia will be at the forefront of aerospace engineering, thanks to a new training centre that was inaugurated last November. The Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI) enables graduate and undergradu­ate students to collaborate with working engineers on pro­jects in the aerospace industry, as well as providing them with access to cutting-edge interactive computer facilities, hardware and display equipment, and a specialized library. CIADI is supported by an investment from Pratt & Whitney Canada of $1.2 million over the next five years.

The opening of a class 2 biological laboratory reflects a renewed focus on the Environmental Engineering pro­gram. The research lab features specialized equipment for the analysis of soil and water samples and the identifica­tion of pollutants. More than 20 researchers in the lab are collaborating with industry on projects related to solid waste management, soil remediation, industrial waste­water treatment, natural attenuation, the fate of contami­nants in water and environmental impact assessment.

The Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science estab­lished new graduate certificate programs in industrial waste management, environmental auditing and environ­mental systems modelling.

Concordia's eight-year-old Native Access to Engineering Program (NAEP) has launched a three-year project in col­laboration with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and IBM Canada, that will distribute interactive high school material in math and science subjects to aboriginal students across Canada, via the Internet. The goal of the project is to draw more aboriginal students to engineering, and give them some of the qualifications and skills they need to suc­ceed in the field. Curriculum content will familiarize high school teachers and students with various areas of engi­neering, using examples that are related to native culture or that could be used to help sustain native communities.

Professors Ching Y. Suen, a researcher in artificial intelli­gence and pattern recognition, and Suong V. Hoa, a researcher in materials and composites, were appointed as research chairs.

FACU LTY OF F I NE ARTS Concordia has become the only institution in Canada to offer an accredited Master's program in Drama Therapy, recognized by the U.S.-based National Association for Drama Therapy. Concordia's MA Creative Arts Therapies (Drama Therapy Option) has already attracted students from every province in Canada, as well as from the United States and several other countries.

In October, Concordia hosted an international conference that brought together more than 90 practitioners and researchers interested in quantitative research that helps evaluate and validate the benefits of art, music, drama and dance movement therapies.

This spring, the Centre for the Arts in Human Development celebrated five years of success with an after­noon of singing and tap-dancing to musical numbers from past productions, also released on a CD. The Centre serves as a basis for community outreach for intellectually handi­capped people who attend the Centre several days a week throughout the year, and provides a framework for research and training ground for art therapists. The Birks Family Foundation recently gave a substantial donation to maintain the Centre's Community Outreach program for the next seven years.

The Faculty of Fine Arts celebrated the new Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute in Canadian Art in March, with a lecture by Franc;ois-Marc Gagnon, one of Quebec's most passionate communicators on the visual arts, and the first holder of the Institute's Chair in Canadian Art History. The goal of the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art is to encourage research in the field, and make the gen­eral public more aware of its richness. In the spring, Dr. Gagnon launched a bilingual series of free public lectures at the M@treal Museum of Fine Arts.

A new graduate certificate program in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice combines the use of digital tech­nologies as an artistic tool, with an advanced investigation of their economic, social and cultural consequences. Students in the program have access to a three-dimension­al scanner and computer-assisted prototyping equipment.

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Concordia's growing research profile is apparent in the continued augmentation of funding to our researchers. The School of Graduate Studies works with the four Faculties, the student associations and the service sectors to generate productive academic environments.

Jerry Cardillo [ centre J and friends, in a Centre for the Arts in Human Development movement workshop.

Graduate fellowships, scholarships, bursaries and teaching assistantships at the university increased substantially over the year. A $1-million endowment from former Montreal entrepreneurs Harriet and Abe Gold to the Campaign for a New Millennium will fund, in perpetuity, IO graduate fel­lowships of $5,000 each for Master's or doctoral students in any Faculty. Overall, Concordia is increasing by one­third the fellowships and scholarships offered to its gradu­ate students.

The Office of Research Services assists in the development of funded research and scholarly activities by making known the availability of all potential funding sources for both grants and contracts, and by providing support in the preparation of proposals. The Industrial Liaison Unit brings together faculty members and industry, business and government for collaborative research by assisting in the negotiation of research contracts, the management of intellectual property, licensing, patent issues, and technol­ogy transfer.

COLLEGES AND INSTI TUTES

Concordia's colleges and institutes continue to provide a unique interdisciplinary education. The Liberal Arts College's well-attended lecture series once again brought notable intellectuals to the university throughout the year. The topic of exploration at the Lonergan University College this year was Capitalism and Enlightenment, and culminat­ed in a symposium in April. The Science College welcomed a new principal, Psychology Professor Michael von Grunau.

The School of Community and Public Affairs' new graduate program in Community Economic Development made its debut in September, bringing together 25 community practi­tioners from across Canada. The program, offered in collab­oration with the Institute in Management and Community Development, addresses the challenge of strengthening local communities in an era of globalization. The program is offered in English and French in alternating years.

The Simone de Beauvoir Institute has introduced innova­tive credit-bearing internships in a range of community agencies and organizations. These internshiJ>_s enable Women's Studies students to apply theory encountered in the classroom to practice.

The Institute for Co-operative Education celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. The Institute currently offers work-study programs in 15 departments. Emolment has soared by more than IO per cent over the year.

With the help of nearly $1.2 million in provincial funding, the Centre for International Academic Cooperation initiated a new bursary program in the fall for Concordia students wishing to undertake short-term studies outside Quebec. There has been a 15-per-cent increase in exchange students at Concordia, including a 19-per-cent rise in graduate exchange students. In April, the Centre was presented with the credentials to open a chapter of Phi Beta Delta at Concordia; the U.S.-based organization is an honours soci­ety for international scholars. Concordia's chapter has been designated Epsilon Zeta.

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Micheline Lanct6t, who teaches in Film Production, won this year's Prix Albert-Tessier, the highest dis­tinction in Ouebec cinema. A well-known director for many years, she has also acted-including playing Richard Dreyfuss's long-suffering girlfriend in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.

A. Bakr Ibrahim was awarded the CIBC Distinguished Professorship in Family Business. The research endowment, which was created last year through a $500,000 gift from the CIBC, will be used to fund research in the field and an annual research forum.

Michel Laroche has been made a Society for Marketing Advances Distinguished Fellow, the first Canadian to achieve this honour. Over the year, he was also awarded the Royal Bank Distinguished Professorship in Marketing, established last year by a $550,000 donation from the Royal Bank, and the Prix Jacques-Rousseau.

Computer Science Professor John McKay has been elected to the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada. Ted Stathopoulos was elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering for his contributions to wind engineering and building aerodynamics, and in particular, the influence of his research in the development of wind code and stan­dard provisions in Canada and the United States.

Two theatre professors were winners of the best of anglophone theatre laurels, chosen by local critics: Ana Cappelluto, for sets and lighting of Victoria, which played at Centaur Theatre, and actor Harry Standjofski, for multiple roles in Reading Hebron .

Ollivier Oyens, professeur au departe­ment d'etudes fram;aises, a re~u le prix litteraire de l'essai de la Societe des ecrivains canadiens, section Montreal, pour son essai "Chair et Metal", publie chez VLB Editeur.

Novelist Robert Majzels, who teaches creative writ­ing in the English Department, won the Governor­General's Literary Award for Translation, for Just Fine , his translation of France Daigle's Pas Pire .

Lydia Sharman, winner of the Faculty of Fine Arts Distinguished Teacher Award, has practiced as a designer in London, New York and Montreal. For over 30 years, Dr. Sharman has been one of very few researchers presenting and publishing nationally and internationally on Canadian design and on design education. In the last three years, she has been a dynamic chair of the Department of Design Art.

M. Omair Ahmad has been elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE] fo r his contributions to the design and implementation of digital signal processing (DSP] algorithms.

Balbir Sahni, director of t he Centre for International Academic

Cooperation.

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FACULTY RESEARCH

oncordia researchers were awarded $16.5 million in research grants this year, and more than $6 million from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Coun­cil (NSERC) . The general growth of research across the university, and a spe­cific, dramatic rise in research in the

humanities and social sciences point to a definite research revolution underway at Concordia.

Researchers did particularly well in the annual bid for grants from NSERC. Overall, the total number of new NSERC awards at Concordia increased, with a total value of more than $6.2 million-an increase of about 39 per cent over last year. (NSERC grants extend over four years.) The Faculty of Arts and Science experienced a 35 per cent rise in the number ofNSERC grants this year, thanks in part to a new core of research-oriented faculty applying for the first time. There was an 87 per cent increase in the value of the awards to Arts and Science, from $1.35 million to $2.5 million. The Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science received NSERC awards totalling $3.5 million, a 19 per cent increase over last year.

RESEARCH FOR THE REAL WORLD

Identifying genes and how they work The work of Concordia researchers in the emerging sci­ence of genomics and proteomics will soon be boosted by the acquisition of instrumentation for mass spectrometry. Chemistry Professor Ann English and nine colleagues received an NSERC installation grant of more than $500,000 towards its purchase. Mass spectrometry is a powerful technique used to identify unknown molecules and help characterize their structural and chemical proper­ties. The ability to rapidly identify and characterize proteins is critical to the ongoing study of genomics and pro­teomics. Facilities will be shared by the Centre for Research in Molecular Modelling and Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics.

Sunscreen that's a physical shield Professor English is also a member of a research team that received a three-year NSERC grant of over $350,000 to develop a "physical sunscreen" that would incorporate a barrier between the active ingredient and the skin. The pro­ject focuses on titaniU¥I dioxide, which is inexpensive and scatters both UV-Kin& UVB light-however, its drawback is that it also absorbs sunlight and becomes reactive. The scientists' goal is to encapsulate titanium dioxide so that it still does not have direct contact with skin.

Satellite solutions Reza Soleymani is working to make wireless technology more affordable and accessible. An associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he is leading a

Reza Soleymani, associate profes· sor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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university, government and industry research project aimed at developing advanced coding techniques for trans­mitting multimedia information via satellite. The project is designed to find solutions to several problems, including the need to reduce the power required for satellite commu­nications, and the growing demand for bandwidth, a limited resource. Researchers hope to develop new, more efficient transmission schemes that require less power for satellite communications and, at the same time, accommo­date more users.

The project is part of a new space communications research endeavour launched in April by the Canadian Space Agency and the Canadian Institute for Telecommu­nications Research. Professor Soleymani's group has been awarded $600,000 over three years. Most of the grant money will be put towards salaries for graduate students.

Instrumental research For Galia Dafni, math is literally music to her ears. Dafni is a new tenure-track member of the Department of Math­ematics and Statistics, thanks to an NSERC University Faculty Award. Her research is in the broad area of mathe­matical analysis-in particular, she studies the Fourier analysis, which is inspired by the study of harmonics in music. This approach was first applied to mathematics and physics 200 years ago, and has many applications today in number theory and partial differential equations, as well as in engineering and physics problems, such as signal pro­cessing and control theory. Dafni focuses on pure theory and tries to prove theorems in a specialized field called Hardy Spaces.

Acts of a previous time Edward little, a professor in the Theatre Department who also heads the Drama for Human Development program, is part of a revival of community-oriented, grassroots the­atre. Community theatre is enabling artists to regain contact with their communities-people in the community perform their own art rather than just consume it. Profes­sor little is currently working with young people in Montreal's Asian community to create a series of theatre presentations based on interviews with their elders. He has been awarded an FCAR grant to explore relationships between aesthetic accomplishment and social efficacy in theatre and development practices in Canada.

Beyond the bottom line In the new era of globalization, business ethics is more important than ever, according to Professor Fred Bird, a veteran ethicist based in the Religion Department. Profes­sor Bird is at the head of a multidisciplinary, multicultural network of more than two dozen scholars who are examin­ing the behaviour of companies of all sizes around the world, particularly those operating in developing countries or in poor regions of developed countries. The study, called Managing International Businesses in Developing Areas,

Galia Dafni, NSERC University Faculty Award recipient.

Theatre Professor Edward Little and the revival of community theatre.

is funded by a SSHRC strategic grant, and includes schol­ars from the United States, South Africa, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Uganda, Germany and the U. K.

Virtual bulls and bears Finance Professor Greg Lypny has programmed his own online stock market, called Borsa. The program, which simulates real-life investment scenarios, has already proven itself an innovative teaching tool that helps students better understand the principles of economic theory. Pro­fessor Lypny is also using Borsa as a research tool, to conduct formal experiments on the determination of secu­rity prices in general equilibrium-why bond and stock prices are what they are, and how they move relative to one another.

Love and longing in two languages Anne Dandurand, one of Quebec's most loved and respected French-language authors, is the first francophone writer-in-residence at Concordia since Michel Tremblay in the 1970s. She is now working on an English novel, which promises some of her familiar themes, love and sexuality.

A look back at inventive fi lms A retrospective of eight years of experimental films by Richard Kerr, who teaches in the Mel Hoppenheirn School of Cinema, was shown at the Cinematheque Quebecoise in December. Kerr's work is in the genre of tradition-breaking filmmakers Michael Snow, Bruce Elder and Joyce Wieland.

Ease of use is essential Ahmed Seffah, an assistant professor of Computer Sci­ence, is spearheading an effort at Concordia to tackle the issue of software usability and learnability. One of his main objectives is to set up a human-centred software-engineer­ing lab where researchers can observe the types of difficulties people experience using software, and how soft­ware developers and engineers work using current software engineering tools and methods. Professor Seffah and his colleagues have received $200,000 so far from Concordia and NSERC for these research investigations.

Portrait of a young artist As children, artists such as Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec and Klee produced artwork that varied from the hackneyed to the remarkable. In two ongoing research projects, Art Edu­cation Professor David Pariser is looking at both sides of the issue of giftedness and artistic greatness: How is art judged, and how do children develop in art? The first study uses actual juvenile work by great artists, and looks at the question of identifying children destined for noteworthy adult artistic performances in two cultures, North Ameri­can and Chinese. The second study, supported by a three-year SSHRC grant, asks how people from three cul­tures (Brazil, Canada and Taiwan) rank the relative merits

Chemistry Professor Ann English, with her research partner Toto Scaiano, University of Onawa.

of child, adolescent and adult artwork. La.st fall, Professor Pariser was named a Fellow of the American Psychology Association in the division of psychology and the arts.

Seeing things Invisible to the naked eye, the silicon inventions of Chun­yan Wang are actually closely connected to capturing the capacities of the organ of vision. An assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wang designs opti­cal sensors, which act as an important interface between humans and computers-used, for example, in cameras or in devices for industrial monitoring. Since joining Concordia in 1997, her research has focused on two main areas: analog-digital mixed VLSI (very large-scale inte­grated) circuits and large-scale CMOS optical sensor integration. Light intensity can be easily converted into cur­rent, but current needs to be converted into voltage to be used in an optical sensor. Conventional converters can be very sensitive and catch small variations of light input, however, Wang's integrated signal-processing circuits, in addition to being highly sensitive, are also able to detect "top" or large variations.

Investigating the draw of gambling Using sophisticated brain-imaging equipment and a gam­bling game he developed with a colleague, Peter Shizgal, director of the Centre for Studies in Behavioural Neurobi­ology, is shedding valuable insight on impulse-control disorders. In a novel application of the psychology of judg­ment and decision to mapping brain function, Dr. Shizgal and his co-researchers have found that discrete parts of the brain respond in an ordered fashion to the anticipation of winning money.

In their experiment, 12 volunteers were given $50 and told that they might lose some or all of it, keep it, or increase it. The subjects' brain activity was monitored through high­field functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) . as the la ed d~ antici ation and when the realized, or processed, the outcome of the gamble. The results showed that multiple areas of the brain are engaged during assess­ment of potential gains and losses. In fact, an incentive unique to humans- money-produced patterns of brain activity that closely resemble patterns seen previously in response to other types of rewards, such as addictive drugs.

Anne Dandurand, writer-in-residence.

Finance Professor Greg Lypny.

All systems go Concordia Educational Technology graduates played a key role in the deployment of Canadarm 2 at the International Space Station (ISS) in April. Working as instructional sys­tem designers at the Canadian Space Agency in St. Hubert, Concordia graduates were part of the team that designed and developed the course material that astronauts and mis­sion controllers used during the space mission. They are now training the team that will oversee the installation of the Mobile Based System, the second of three components delivered by Canada to the ISS in February 2002.

Academic collaboration with China A delegation of Concordia administrators visited China as part of Team Canada in February, and signed a number of agreements with Chinese academic institutions. Rector Frederick Lowy, Vice-Rector Marcel Danis, and Arts and Science dean Martin Singer joined the Prime Minister, nine premiers, other university officials, and industry rep­resentatives on the trip. Canadian universities and colleges have played a leading role in the development of Canada's relations with China over the past 30 years. Here's a sam­pling of our initiatives with China:

Concordia will be undertaking collaborative research with the Pulp and Paper Industrial Research Institute in China, on environmental pollution issues, such as pulp and paper treatment, biodegradation of waste from the industry, new bleaching technology, paper, chemistry and coating engi­neering.

The Faculty of Fine Arts is collaborating with the Academy of Chinese Traditional Opera (ACTO) on the development of academic co-operation with industry, and faculty and student exchanges. A partnership with the Beijing Film Academy will focus on film research and studies and acad­emic exchanges.

An agreement with Hunan University will focus on collab­orative research in engineering and computer science, industrial interactions and s onsored research in the field of building engineering. A number of other agreements will focus on the cooperative development and delivery of Web-based courses.

Mohsen Anvari, dean of the John Molson School of Busi­ness, was also in Beijing to make a presentation at an industry session involving Quebec and Chinese business leaders. He went on to Hong Kong to discuss the new MBA/CFA program with alumni, and met with high school counsellors there.

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Most ene11y-efficient Concordia has been rated the most energy-efficient university in Ouebec. The evaluation by the province's Ministry of Education is based on energy consumption and cost figures. Concordia also had the best energy performance in 1996-97 and 1997-98. "Over the years, we significantly reduced our energy consumption despite severe budget con­straints and a significantly reduced personnel-no major capital investment in energy conservation pro­jects was needed," noted Yves Gilbert, Director of the Utilities and Energy Conservation Department.

Distinguished service award Susan Magar, Director of Environmental Health and Safety at Concordia, was the recipient of a Distin­guished Service for Safety Award, given by the U.S.-based Campus Safety Division of the National Safety Council. Magar has worked in the field for more than 20 years, and established the university's Health and Safety office in 1980.

Education professionals at Concordia Concordia and UOAM played host this year to employ­ees of Canadian universities and colleges who work in fundraising, alumni affairs, recruitment, market­ing and public relations. The co-chairs of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education [CCAE) conference were Sandra-Lynn Spina, director of Marketing Communications at Concordia, and Gil Desautels, director of the Fondation UOAM. Many Con­cordians were involved in the organization and running of the event. The CCAE has nearly 1,000 members representing more than 170 educational institutions.

Three retire from Facilities Management There was lots of good cheer and memories, when Concordia friends gave Leonard Campeau, And o ,_ coeu r and Normand Dubeau from Facilities Management a rousing retirement party. Leo started working for Sir George Williams University in the Nor­ris Building on Drummond St. in 1970; when he retired, he was a Stationary Engineer in Utilities and Energy Conservation. Andre retired with the same designation; he had started at Loyola College back in 1967. Normand was the plumber on the Loyola Cam­pus, and had worked in Facilities Operations for nine years. Best wishes and a happy, healthy retirement to all three.

Computer Science Professor Ahmed Seffah.

Chunyan Wang , assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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CONCORDIA

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ith 26,450 students, and more than 1,650 faculty, 3,200 staff,

and 100,000 alumni around the world, Concordia is one of Canada's largest and most dynamic universities.

Established in 1974 by the merger of Loyola College ( 1896) and Sir George Williams University ( 1873 ), Concordia is founded on a tradition of academic and teaming excel­lence, first-rate teaching. creative activity, research, and service to society. Concordia

continues to distinguish Itself as an urban institution of cutting-edge research, which both attracts and produces critical thinkers

of the future.

Studenls lnllY choose from undergraduate and a,adUate prop1ms In four Faculties [Arts and Science, 1he Jobn Molson School of Business, Engineering and Computer Sdenc:e, and Fine Arts), and the School of 6radulte Sludles. Concordia also continues to delivervltal mralning and retooling of

skills'tMIUlh ~ and diploma programs.

Integrated within the Faalltles are five col­leges. more then a dozen research centres,

and numerous research Institutes. Concordia is also the only English-language university in Ouebec with a co-operative option, giving

Research grants continue to rise as Concordia Intensifies the development of

research at the university. Yet, community involvement remains a university hallmark. Many of our faculty members are engaged in a wide range of social, cultural and economic endeavours that help people in Montreal,

across Canada and abroad adapt to our rapidly evolving world.

Concordia hosts numerous international conferences, academic symposia and professional seminars annually, bringing distinguished researchers and experts from around the globe to the university. Concordia also offers a wide range of community, cul­tural and recreational services, including free public lectures and panel discussions on important events and social concerns of the day.

The university has two campuses: Sir George Williams, located downtown, and Loyola, about 7 km in the picturesque west-end of Montreal. Concordia is engaged in a five.year, $350-million building project to construct new downtown Faculty buildings, a science complex at Loyola, and carry out a major modernization of existing facilities. The long-term project will finally provide students, faculty and staff with world-class academic facilities.

STUDENT ENROLMENT

TOTAL ENROLMENT

Full-time undergraduate Part-time undergraduate TOT AL UNDE RGRAD U ATE

Full-time graduate Part-time graduate TOT AL GRADU ATE

TOTAL FULL •TIM E

TOTAL PART•TIM E

Enrolment by Faculty

0

26,450

11 ,812

10,819

22,63 1 ( 85.56% )

2 ,843

976

3 ,8 1 9 ( 14.44%)

1 4 ,655 ( 55.41 % )

1 1 ,795 ( 44.59%)

Arts and Science 12, 342 ( 46.66% > John Molson School of Business 5 ,383 ( 20.35% > Engineering and

Computer Science Fine Arts Independent

Enrolment by sex Total female Total male

3 ,880 ( 1 4 .67%)

2 ,482 ( 9 .38 %)

2 ,3 6 3 ( 8 .93%)

14,0 34 ( 53. 1 % )

1 2 , 4 1 6 ( 46.9%)

Enrolment by first l1ngu1ge spoken

English French

15,715 (591) 4,123 (161) Other

6,509 (251) Not Reported 103 (0.41)

Enrolment by lntem1tlon1I students Undergraduate Graduate

1,346

394

TOTAL 1 ,740 ( 6.58%)

Enrolment by Mature students (Aged 21 and over, without conventional academic prerequisites) Full-time 708

Part-time 923

TOTAL 1,631 ( 6.12%)

EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Faculty Permanent: Part-time: Continuing Education:

Administrative ind support personnel Permanent employees: Casual employees: Contract - Research: Contract - Teaching Assistants: Contract - Other: T O TAL EM P L O YEES:

746

6 70

136

1 , 186

9 45

4 79

379

237

4,7 7 8

* February 2001 (Please note that the number of employees fluctuates every pay run; these reflect the peak earlier in the academic year) .

AWARDS AND RESEARCH

Undergraduate awards given out in 2000-2001 Internal (643 recipients) $747, 1 13

External (101 recipients) $173,073

Graduate awards given out in 2000-2001 Internal (258 awards) $818,21 o External (144 awards) $2,334,254

Research grants, contracts and

infrastructure (2000-2001)• Canadian Foundations/ Associations Canadian Private Concordia Internal Federal Government Non Canadian Sources Other Canadian Sources Overhead Cost Recovery Quebec government T OTA L

177,385

945,312

1 ,523,420

8 ,753,295

5 70, 8 53

2 0 3 ,4 90

**1 ,584 ,300

2 ,3 88,276

1 6 , 146,334

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Awarded By Faculty Arts & Science Engineering & Computer Science Fine Arts John Molson School of Business Other

8 ,404, 143

4 ,590,762

598,401

873,726

95,000

Overhead Cost Recovery TOTA L

* Does not include CFI funding. **Quebec funding formula.

**1 ,584 ,300

1 6 , 146,334

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRES*

Centres &: Res11rch Groups: Centre for Broadcasting Studies (CCBS) Centre for Building Studies (CBS) Centre for Composites (CONCOM) Centre for Industrial Control (CIC) Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine

Intelligence (CENPARMI) Centre for Research in Human Development

(CRDH) , Department of Psychology Centre for Signal Processing and Communication

(CENSIPCOM) Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology

(CSBN), Department of Psychology Centre for the Study of Leaming and

Performance(CS LP) Concordia Computer Aided Vehicle Engineering

(CONCAVE) Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory

(EMC Lab)

lnterunlverslty Cent res: Centre for Algebra, um"oer Theory an

Computation (CICMA) Inter-University Research Centre in High

Performance Computer Architecture & VLSI (GRIAO) (Groupe lnter-universitaire en Architecture des Ordinateurs et VLSI)

Concordia - UQAM Interuniversity Chair in Ethnic Studies

Other Afflli1tions:

Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal (CRIM)

lnstitut interuniversitaire de recherches sur Jes populations (!REP)

Centre d'expertise et de services en applications multimedia (CESAM)

Participation in the Networks of Centres of Excellence: Canadian Institute of Telecommunications

Research (CITR) Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS) Mechanical Wood-Pulps Network Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems

(MICRONE1) Mathematics oflnformation Technology and

Complex Systems (MITACS) Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) TeleLeaming Research Network (TL-RN)

* Please note that there are other research centres affiliated with specific Faculties or units.

Concordia UNI VER S ITY

Rea l education for the real world

The choice of the future

Thanks to thousands of

generous donors, many of them

alumni and alumnae , Concordia

has embarked on a major

capital investment program to

improve its physical facilities

dramatically over the next

3 years and offer students

the latest in learning comfort.

T The Loyola Science Complex

Clarence Bayne

Director, DIAIDSA Program

Concord ia has always been a dynamic and progressive

institut ion. The new build­

ings are a continuation of

that philosophy, and they

will be invaluable tools for

helping forward our vision.

Irvin Dudeck

Director, Budget Planning & Control

There couldn't be better

news for the Concordia

community than learning

about the new building

plans. The next few years

will be truly exciting times

for all of us here.

Con cordia Universi1

Miriam Roland

Psychotherapist ond President, Ta/1-J Investments ltd. Concordia Governor

Concordia has always

managed to do great things

with very little. Just imag­

ine what its students and

professors will be able to

achieve with these modern,

sophisticated faci lities.

iversity Rector's Report Special Insert ~000-01

Andre Desmarais

BComm 78

President and Co-CEO,

Power Corporation

These state-of-the-art, visually striking buildings will catapult Concordia's presence in Montreal, advancing not only the mission and profile of the university, but of the city as well.

Nisha Sajnani

MA student, Graduate

Students ' Association VP

These buildings will provide tremendous opportunities for faculty and future stu­dents. Concordia already offers many wonderful programs - the new resources will make them that much stronger.

Two views of the Integrated Engineering&: Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex

Concordia UNIVERSITY

R~al education for the real world '-:..

Architectural Renditions

Sir George Williams Campus: Kuwahara Payne Mckenna BiumbergArchitectes/

Fichten Soifennan Architectes

Loyola Campus: Marosi + Troy/Jodoin Lamarre Pratte/

Cardinal Hardy et associes

• 2000•01 BUDGET

Revenius Op1r1tln1 fund Quebec grants: Tuition fees: Ancillary services: Continuing Education: Student services:

Rental properties: Miscellaneous fees and

other income: TOTAL REVENUES:

Research fund Research grants and

donations:

Designated fund Donations, grants and

other income:

Capital Asset fund

$126,855,089

$35,608,881

$20,579,644

$7,081,852

$7,305,333

$3,840,802

$12,371 ,983

$213,643,584

$13,415, 115

$25,931 ,239

Province of Quebec Grant: $20,553,280

Donations, grants and other income: $8, 1 31 , 790

TOTAL REVENUE: $28,685,070

Expenditures Op1r1tln1 fund Academic: $103,492, 1 09

Administration: $19,996,980

Operational services: $14,861 , 175

Library: $1 o ,956,968

Instructional and Information Technology Services:

Interest: Rented facilities: Unusual expenditures: Student services: Ancillary services: Continuing Education: Rental properties: Research expenditures: Special projects: TOTAL EXPENDITURES:

Research fund

$8,702,364

$801 ,228

$4,011 , 112

$597,043

$7,095,690

$20,060,557

$6,060,983

$2,613,259

$2,458,375

$1,962,832

$203,670,675

Research expenses: $11 ,975,357

Designated fund Special projects: $8,871 ,428

Special gifts to Concordia University Foundation: $13,948,553

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $22,819,981

Capital asset fund Amortization of fixed assets: $17,557,556

Interest on long-term debt and temporary financing: $15,444,362

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $33,001 ,918

SENIOR ADM I NISTRATORS

Frederick H. Lowy, Rector and Vice-Chancellor 848-4849/4850

Jack N. Lightstone, Provost and Vice-Rector, Research 4891

Marcel Danis, Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations and Secretary-General

Michael di Grappa, Vice-Rector, Services

Larry English, Chief Financial Officer

Martin Singer, Dean, Arts and Science

Mohsen Anvari, Dean, John Molson School of Business

Nabil Esmail, Dean, Engineering and Computer Science

Christopher Jackson, Dean, Fine Arts

Claude Bedard, Dean, Graduate Studies and Research

Donald L. Boisvert,

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4815

4310

2081

2703

3060

4602

3803

Dean of Students 3500/3520

Senior Appointments Dean of Engineering and Computer Science Nabil Esmail and Dean of Arts and Science Martin Singer have been re-appointed for a second term ending May 2 007, and Jerry Tomberlin has been appointed Interim Dean of the John Molson School of Business.

Concordia owes a deep debt of gratitude to out­going Deans Claude Bedard (Graduate Studies) , and Mohsen Anvari (John Molson School of Business).

In Memoriam

Concordia was saddened to hear of the death of Father Patrick Malone, S.J. , LLD. on February 26 , 2001, in Pickering, Ont. Father Malone was Rector of Loyola College

from 1959 to 1973 and Vice-Rector of Concordia and Principal of Loyola Campus, 1973-74. He was one of the leading English-speaking Jesuit educators in Canada, fulfilling academic posts in Halifax, Winnipeg, Montreal and Pickering. He was in

his 8 3'" year.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Officers of the Board Eric H. Molson (Chancellor) Frederick H. Lowy

(Rector and Vice-Chancellor) Lillian Vineberg (Chair) Richard J. Renaud (Vice-Chair) John E. Parisella (Vice-Chair)

Reprnentlna the Commun1ty-1t-Llrae Alain Benedetti Charles G. Cavell Rita Le de Santis Marianne Donaldson Brian Edwards Leo Goldfarb Ned Goodman George M. Hanna Peter Howlett Paul T. Kefalas Peter Kruyt

Ronald E. Lawless Christine C. Lengvari Hazel Mah Sr. Eileen Mcilwaine John Parisella Alex G. Potter Miriam Roland Marianna Simeone Ivan Velan Lillian Vineberg Jonathan Wener

Reprnentlna Alumni Barbara Barclay Alexander J. Carpini Nicole Faure

Representing Teaching Steff Steven H. Appelbaum William P. Byers June S. Chaikelson Terrill Fancott Christine Jourdan

Representing Gredu1te Students Nisha Sajnani

Representing Underareduete Students Rabih Sebaaly Rob Green Mario Ciararnicoli Sabrina Stea

Representing the Administrative and Support Staff Joanne Beaudoin

Officers of the University with speaking privileges at the Board Marcel Danis (Vice-Rector, Institutional

Relations, and Secretary-General) Michael Di Grappa

(Vice-Rector, Services) Larry English (Chief Financial Officer) Jack Lightstone

(Provost and Vice-Rector, Research)

Secretary of the Boercl Danielle Tessier

Observer Pierre Fregeau

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Reaular voting members Frederick H. Lowy

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(Rector and Vice-Chancellor) Jack N. Lightstone

(Provost and Vice-Rector, Research) Martin Singer

(Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science) Mohsen Anvari

(Dean, John Molson School of Business) Nabil Esmail

(Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science)

Christopher Jackson (Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts)

Claude Bedard (Dean, Graduate Studies and Research)

Representlna the Feculty of Arts end Science Patricia A. Thornton William Bukowski William P. Byers Claire G. Cupples Margaret Gourlay (part-time) Ellen G. Jacobs Reeta C. Tremblay Catherine Vallejo

Representlna the John Molson School of Business Arshad Ahmad Clarence S. Bayne Jerry Tomberlin

Representing the Faculty of Enalneerlna end Computer Science Asim J. Al-Khalili Charles Giguere Theodore Stathopoulos

Representlna the Faculty of Fine Arts Silvy Panet-Raymond Peter Ri t

Laurent Roberge (part-time)

Representtna Underaraduate Students Christopher Adam Sarni Nazzal Patrice Blajs Sabine Friesinger Sukhajit Grewal Julie Laberge Julie Landry Mistie Mullarkey Chris Schulz Rabih Sebaaly

Representing Graduete Students Malcolm Coker Nisha Sajnani

Regular non-voting members Marcel Danis

(Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations and Secretary-General)

Michael Di Grappa (Vice Rector, Services)

John W. O'Brien (Speaker and Chair)

Permanent observers William M. Curran

(Director of Libraries) Andrew McAusland

(Executive Director of IITS) Lynne Prendergast

(Registrar) Donald L. Boisvert

(Dean of Students) William R. Sellers

(Fellow of the Centre for Mature Students)

Larry English (Chief Financial Officer)

Secretary of the Board of Governors and Senate Danielle Tessier

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ARTISTS

r ennifer Willet couldn't pass up the chance to show her work at an exhibition held concurrently with last November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Brunei. A young artist from Alberta who already has an impres-sive list of exhibitions to her credit, she

knew it was an opportunity to reach a highly influential international audience. Her work, Untitled (Hudson 's Bay Blanket) consists of the famous red-yellow-and-green striped blanket that is an icon of Canada's trading ori­gins-radically altered with text, photographs, quilted fabric, acrylic paint and other media to make a provocative statement about Canada's landscape, people and economic history. It has been acquired as part of Brunei's first art collection.

Concordia filmmakers, perennial audience pleasers at the Canadian Student Film and Video Festival, part of the Montreal World Film Festival held each fall, had a number of winning entries this year. Cinema student Francis Han­neman's animated short The Quest for Electric Liederhosen was named Best Animation Video. Sergio Batiz, also in Cinema, won the award for Best Experimental Film for El Tigre, and Communication Studies student Stephanie Finkelstein's Beyond Language won in the Best Documen­tary category.

PRIZE-WINNERS

For the second year in a row, two students tied for the top undergraduate marks at Concordia-and this year's win­ners of the Governor-General's Silver Medal have perfect grade-point averages of 4.3. Marie-Andree Boucher, a co-op student in Actuarial Mathematics, earned her perfect grades while putting in four work terms. She was also awarded the Gilles-Joncas Bursary for being the best uni­versity co-op student in Quebec. Boucher shares the Silver Medal with Economics graduate Marleigh Grealey.

Suzanne Erb, a PhD in Psychology and student at Concordia's Centre for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiol­ogy, was awarded the Governor-General's Gold Medal for 2 000. The findings of her thesis, called Stress-Induced Relapse to Cocaine Seeking in the Rat: Contributions of Cen­tral Nervous System Corticotropin Releasing Factor and Noradrenaline, suggest that the neuronal mechanisms underlying relapse induced by stress and drug are not iden­tical. Therefore, no single approach to treatment, pharmacological or otherwise, is likely to be effective in all circumstances, Erb concludes. Erb has begun a tenure­track position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, in the Life Sciences Division in Scarborough.

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A still from Francis Hanneman's winning animation video.

Sonya Branco, UFE silver medallist.

concordia university I rector's report I 2000- 01

Sonya Branco was the winner of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Silver Medal, for placing second in Canada on the 2000 Uniform Final Examination (UFE). She earned the highest marks in Quebec. Nadine Ricard also made the CICA honour roll, earning third prize along with 18 others in the country. Both were students at Concordia's Institute for Co-operative Education, alternat­ing terms of study with work related to their courses.

Nicolas Desjardins, a student in the new Software Engi­neering program, received the Ordre des ingenieurs du Quebec (OIQ) Award of Excellence for his outstanding per­formance and computer service. He is carrying out his studies in the Co-op.

Kinga Araya, a performance artist working on a PhD in Art HistoryfVisual Arts in the Special Individualized Program, is the happy recipient of a coveted SSHRC grant. Her dis­sertation approaches the question of when walking becomes a work of art, by examining the works of several wallcing artists from around the world. Araya says she enjoys the unique setup of the SIP program, which allows her to both study theory and create her compelling "pros­thetic paradox" sculptures.

Theatre student Joe Cobden made history as the first anglo­phone to win a trophy from La Soiree des Masques, Quebec's annual theatre awards ceremony. The Nova Sco­tia native won in the "revelation" category for his role in the Irish black comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane, produced last year at the Centaur Theatre.

Concordia's student chapter of the Canadian Society of Industrial Engineers (CSIE) was presented with the Robert F. Moore Award in January, for best serving their members throughout the year in academic and social matters.

Vince Labossiere, captain of the men's hockey team, was presented the Concordia University Alumni Association's Outstanding Student Award this spring. He was a four­time honour student in the Exercise Science program and is again this year, in the Diploma in Sports Administration program. He is also a four-time CIAU Academic All­Canada athlete and has won numerous athletic scholarships at Concordia.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Finance student Ping Chen won one of 18 International Studies Scholarships from the Export Development Corpo­ration. She won $3,000 and a summer work term at the EDC. The EDC is a Crown corporation that provides trade and finance services to Canadian exporters and investors.

Susan Searle (Religion), Carmen Puga-Pena (Spanish), and Martine Nagy (Applied Human Sciences), were recipients of Arts and Science Undergraduate Research Scholarships in January. The scholarships are part of a program to encourage research at the undergraduate level.

Anist Jennifer Willet with Bill Clinton at the APEC summit in Brunei.

David Jolin, a saxophonist and Music student, was awarded the first Dr. Oscar Peterson Jazz Scholarship, a $2,000

annual award established for the student in the Jazz Performance program whose commitment and spirit towards music reflect the values exemplified by the great jazz musician.

ARTS AND SCIENCE Tracey Martineau, an English literature student, put her studies on hold to take an assignment for the United Nations. Martineau also works at the International Civil Aviation Organization, which seconded her to the UN's extensive peacekeeping operations in East Timor, last fall .

Jennison Asuncion, a graduate student in Educational Technology, was a member of the Adaptech research pro­ject, which included researchers from Concordia, McGill University and Dawson College, looking into university and college technology for people with disabilities. The team garnered valuable information from across Canada about the technological needs of disabled students. During his final work term, at IBM in Toronto, Jennison sampled e-learning sites to detect accessibility problems and researched specialized software, such as foot-controlled mice and systems that reproduce text in braille.

The research of Istvan lrnre, a PhD student in Biology, focuses on the relationship between food abundance, terri­tory size and population density of juvenile salmonids, cold-water fish such as salmon and trout. The greater the abundance of food, the smaller territory each individual requires in order to grow and survive. lrnre is supported by an NSERC doctoral fellowship, and is the recipient of the David J. Azrieli Graduate Fellowship, awarded to the high­est-ranking student in the Concordia fellowship competition.

JOHN MOLSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS The students in the Diploma in Accountancy program out­did themselves in this year's uniform final exams, called the UFEs. They achieved an overall pass rate of 90.5 per cent on the grueling chartered accountancy tests written over several days in the fall by aspiring cbarter:ed accoun­tants across the country. The results were spectacular, compared to an overall pass rate of 70.8 per cent in Que­bec, and 67.6 per cent in Canada as a whole. When applied only to first-time Concordia writers of the UFE, the pass rate was a whopping 94. 5 per cent.

Theodora Welch is doing her PhD in business strategy from the vantage point of Harvard. A recipient of the Har­vard Information Infrastructure Project Research Fellowship, she is at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in the John F. Kennedy School of Gov­ernment and the Center for Business and Government, studying privatization around the world. Specifically, she is examining the interface between public and private telecommunications ownership in developing countries. She is in the final phase of her doctorate.

Kinga Araya walking in her 30-pound copper hat as Princess Headgear.

Carla El Samra.

Renovations and air quality-Lan Chi Nguyen.

ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENC E Building owners fail to take the air quality problems stem-

eighth in a field that included some of the best skaters in the world. The pair had won the provincial competition in Quebec, and it was their first time competing as seniors.

Carla El Samra was one of the exhibitors of Eco-design, a show of innovative work in the VA V Gallery this spring by Design Art students. Her witty lamp is made from, among other things, a discarded metal spool salvaged from a hard­ware store and a length of rubber garden hose.

ming from renovations seriously enough, says Lan Chi ATHLETIC ACHIEVERS Nguyen. Her Master's thesis in Building Engineering was Varsity Round-up a study on contaminants released by renovations. She The men's rugby team won the provincial title for the sec-

/ found that high levels of chemical emissions and organic ond year in a row--once again stealing the championship ~--- -ntamioaots · mo1Jld spores elease eLdl., _ _u,,m.Jlishop' Gaiters o e..tbird consecutiYi year, the

welding, the removal of old carpets and ceiling tiles, and women's rugby team made it to the QSSF finals, but lost other commonplace renovation activities. The study was the provincial championship to McGill. sponsored by the American Society for Heating, Refriger­ating and Air Conditioning Engineers.

National Engineering Week Concordia celebrated National Engineering Week this year with the revival of Robowars, a robotics competition open to all CEGEPs and universities across Canada. Once an annual event, Robowars, a competition in which self-con­tained remote control robots are put to the test against each other, has not been held at Concordia since 1998. Charles Allix, from Polyvalente Pierre Dupuis, took home the $1,000 prize in Sumo Wrestling, while Concordia's Ania Trzecieski won the $500 top prize in the Solar Roller com­petition.

The Engineering and Computer Science Students Associa­tion, which organized all events for the week, also held its 8th annual Women in Engineering Conference. About 80 young women from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs toured the downtown campus, and put their minds and hands to work in a mini bridge-building competition, and making insulated boxes for an egg-drop competition. The day also featured roundtable discussions with women engi­neers and presentations by guest speakers.

More than 30 teams from across Canada and the United States took part in the 17th annual Bridge Building compe­tition. Over 200 students participated, vying to construct the sturdiest bridge out of simple materials: popsicle sticks, toothpicks, white glue and dental floss. This year's winning bridge came from the team from Ryerson Polytechnical University, in Toronto, which withstood a peak load of 1860 kg, when submitted to the ro-ton hydraulic Crusher.

FINE ARTS Graduate student Diane Borsato succeeded in her bid to make the world's longest paper-clip chain as part of her thesis exhibition, How to Make a Sculpture in an Emergency. It garnered lots of media attention and was on display at Montreal's Skol Gallery in April.

Shae Zukiwsky, a Contemporary Dance student, also has a career as a figure skater. He and his partner, Judith Long­pre, competed in the 2001 Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Winnipeg, last January. They came in

The Stingers football team's playoff hopes were dashed by a loss to the Bishop's Gaiters in October. The team was adjusting to the departure of head coach Pat Sheehan in early 2000, after rr seasons and two conference titles. In January, Gerry McGrath, a six-year CFL veteran, was named full-time coach. He had been interim coach since the 1999 season, after eight seasons as offensive co-ordinator.

For the first time in 15 years, the women's hockey team failed to win a medal in the CIAU Women's Hockey Cham­pionships, held in Calgary in February. The Stingers lost 1-0 in a shoot-out against the McGill Martlets in the bronze-medal game. It was their first loss to the Martlets in 15 years. Caroline Ouellette, a left-winger with the women's hockey team, did win a gold medal-as part of Team Canada, at the Women's Ice Hockey Championship in Minneapolis in April.

The men's hockey team was knocked out of medal con­tention in a best-of-three playoff series against the Trois-Rivieres Patriotes. Sergio Momesso, who spent 13 seasons in the National Hockey League, joined the Stingers as assistant coach. It's his first foray into coaching and he says he loves it so far.

The men's basketball team entered the playoffs the heavy favourite, but was upset 70-65 by the Laval Rouge et Or in the Quebec Conference final. Real Kitieu, who led the Stingers throughout the year with an average of 16 points a game, also led the CIAU in rebounds and shot blocking; he was named a QSSF first-team all-star. Forward Wayne Alexander was named a first-team all-star and the confer­ence's outstanding defensive player, while Guard Gavin Musgrave was named to the second all-star team.

The women's basketball team was put out of action in the semifinals of the Quebec conference championships, los­ing to Bishop's Gaiters. Guard Marie-Pier Veilleux was named the QSSF conference's best defensive player and to the first all-star team. Centre Kristina Steinfort and forward Jessica Manchester were named to the QSSF second all­star team.

Two Concordia wrestlers were on the podium at the CIAU Wrestling Championships in March. Tara Medwidsky won a silver medal in the 70-kilo weight class, while Jason Chen took bronze in the 68-kilo class. Medwidsky, an MBA

Rugby champions for the second year in a row.

student, won gold medals in the 1999 and 2000 events and represented Canada at the 1998 World Champi­onships, where she finished seventh. Wrestling Coach Victor Zilberman, dubbed "the dean of Quebec wrestling," also coached Canadian athletes at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

The men's soccer team captured the Quebec indoor cham­pionship title at the end of March, triumphing in an ex.rum QQJ - ut agains QIB two oals to zero. The women's soccer team played well all season but failed to build a winning momentum.

Lucie Pierre-Louis, a third-year student in Applied Human Sciences, is the provincial track and field champion this year. She also came in 6th at the CIAU Track and Field Championship in the spring, with a season-best perfor­mance of 1.63 metres in the high jump. High jumper Peter Alexandre, whose back injury kept him out of competition throughout the regular season, got permission from a doc­tor to compete in the QSSF championships-and placed first with a jump of 2.08 metres.

Concordia's baseball team, now six years old, began receiv­ing some university funding this year. Last season, Concordia played most of its games against McGill and Universite Laval. The league is now realigning itself so that Concordia will also play against Ontario teams.

A new golf team started in the fall, under the charge of Les Lawton, head coach of the women's hockey team. Two members placed in the top 20 at a qualifying event for the World University Golf Championships, out of a field of 64.

ATHLETES, O F THE YEAR Lisa-Marie Breton, a Sociology major and captain of the women's hockey team, was named Female Athlete of the Year, and for the third year in a row, she was also named Fittest Female Athlete. TESL student Mathieu Garston, a back with the men's rugby team, was named Male Athlete of the Year.

RECREATION For the third time, a team swimming, cycling and running for Concordia won the MAA Corporation Triathlon, held in September 2000 on Ue-Notre-Dame. Jean-Sebastien Rioux (swimmer) , Simon Malo (cyclist), Hisham Elarniri (run­ner) and Eckhard Siggel (team captain) made up Concordia's winning triathlon team. The event is held annually to raise money for the St. Mary's and Maison­neuve-Rosemont hospitals.

More than 1,000 Concordians-mostly students-usea' the Victoria Gym downtown each term for activities rang­ing from weight training, martial arts, aerobics, and intramural sports, to the ever-popular yoga. About 25 classes are offered downtown, while several recreation pro­grams are offered at Loyola and other Montreal locations.

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• Building Concordia for the future Construction on the Loyola science complex began with a groundbreaking ceremony in June. The downtown build­ing project, Le Quartier Concordia, moved closer to the construction phase in June, with its approval by the Com­mission du developpement urbain de Montreal (CDUM). After reviewing the details of the plans and hearing the concerns of several heritage groups about the fate of the abandoned York Cinema, the CDUM gave the project a green light, including the demolition of the York.

• An entrepreneurial and community legacy A day of celebration in November marked the renaming of the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, now called the John Molson School of Business. The new moniker acknowledges a $re-million donation from the Molson family and recognizes the founder of one of Montreal's greatest business dynasties, also a notable civic leader. The generous gift is the anchor donation of a building cam­paign for the School's new high-technology learning facility on the downtown campus.

• Shuffle 2000 The nth annual Concordia Shuffie in September drew more than 420 people and raised $43,413 for student schol­arships and bursaries. As always, the event was as much a celebration of friendship as a fundraising endeavour, and by far the majority of participants were staff, although many faculty members, students, friends, retirees and alumni also turned out. Shuffie 2000 boosted the Shuffie's cumulative total over the decade to more than $500,000. Congratulations and thanks to the Shuffiers!

Electronic innovations at the libraries Concordia students, faculty and staff now have electronic access to archival runs of a selection of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and other disciplines. The Concordia University Libraries JSTOR (Journal Stor-

age) project was made possible through a donation from the Birks Family Foundation. Access is simple with a concordia.ca account.

The Webster Library, in collaboration with Instructional and Information Technology Services (IITS), launched a 10-month wireless technology pilot project, providing stu­dents, faculty and staff with access to six Apple ibook laptops and wireless Internet access within a designated area on the library's third floor.

The libraries also introduced a new virtual reference ser­vice, called "Ask a Librarian." Concordia librarians now answer reference questions submitted on the library Web site, providing an alternative for those who want to engage in library research from their home, office or workplace.

• 25 artists from 25 years Concordia's Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery held a remarkable show this spring, of 25 pieces of art by gradu­ates over the Faculty of Fine Arts' quarter-century. Artists in the show included Franc;ois Morelli, Sylvia Safdie, Stephen Schofield, Angela Grauerholz, Lorraine Oades, and Andrea Szilasi.

• FTAA Summit Concordia made international headlines when it passed a resolution aimed at making it possible for students to attend protests and events at the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit held in Quebec City in April. Non-grad­uating students were allowed to apply for an exam deferral. Concordia students who went to the summit filled four buses, which they dubbed the "proletariat chariots to Que­bec." Only six students requested deferrals but the university's move was significant, and reflected the view of education at Concordia that encourages an openness towards the expression and debate of disparate viewpoints, and engagement in social concerns of the day.

• Centraide Concordia's Centraide campaign for charities was highly successful this year. A total of $65,014 was raised-a 50 per cent increase over last year, and far beyond the goal of $56,000. The Concordia Centraide committee, headed this year by William Curran, director of the libraries, and Patri­cia Posius of Vice-Rector Services, was awarded a Centraide award for the success of its campaign, beating out prominent industry finalists.

Nadine Faraj with her edible ice sculptures for the Art Matters Festival.

• Art Matters The Art Matters Festival, held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Faculty of Fine Arts, was an explosion of colour and creativity throughout Concordia at the winter's end. Some 400 students from all Fine Arts disciplines pre­sented 80 works, which appeared throughout both campuses and in venues off campus. The arts festival was organized by students Michael Golden, Julie Fowler, Ruthie Sumiko Tabata, Yael Wand, and many others.

• A modern learning centre The new Arts and Science Leaming Centre on the fourth floor of the Henry F. Hall Building was inaugurated in May. The Centre features a 40-seat Multimedia Language Lab, with individual workstations, a smart board, and video-conferencing capability. The Distance Leaming Stu­dio comprises 33 computer terminals with high-speed Internet access for student research, writing, and online course work. The Interactive Teaching Studio will enable faculty members to conduct conferences and interviews over distances.

• Rector Lowy honoured Rector and Vice-Chancellor Frederick Lowy was given an honorary degree by his alma mater, McGill University, in the spring. The degree pays tribute to his lifetime achieve­ment in medicine, particularly bioethics and psychiatry, and to his work as an academic administrator.

• Concordia honorary doctorates Concordia honoured the contributions of eight distin­guished individuals at convocations in 2000 and 2001. John Roth, president and CEO of Nortel Networks Corpo­ration, and Giancarlo Elia Valoria, an outstanding economist and human rights advocate, were recipients of honorary doctorates at fall convocation. In the spring, six recipients were honoured: the Honorable Louise Arbour, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; Geoffrey Ballard, alternative energy scientist and founder of Ballard Power Systems; Lionel P. Hurtubise, chairman and former CEO of Ericsson Canada Inc. ; Henry Mintzberg, strategic man­agement researcher; Robert Savoie, baritone and teacher of music; ana Slfu:ley Thomson, · ector oflhe Canada Coun­cil for the Arts.

• A library of rare musicals Concordia now boasts one of the most comprehensive musical film and video libraries of all Canadian universi­ties, thanks to a generous donation last fall by Montreal investment adviser Stephen Raphael. A musical film enthusiast, Raphael reviewed 775 musical films on video and wrote a book about them. Upon completion of the pro­ject, he donated the videos to Concordia's Instructional and Information Technology Services department.

The 8th annual Women in Engineering Conference.

Shufflers raise more than half a million dollars over a decade.

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