WELCOME TO OUR NEW

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS!

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It’s with great pride that I introduce to you Concordia’s new honorary degree recipients, conferred in spring and fall 208.

Like you, they’ve earned this important distinction from our university through their contribution to the advancement of learning and the pursuit of greater knowledge in Canada and the world.

Our new recipients join our community of more than 25,000 alumni worldwide.

There’s no better time to be part of our community. Concordia has momentum and our 9 Strategic Directions set the tone for our next-generation university. I invite you to learn how we are preparing tomorrow’s leaders by visiting our Campaign for Concordia website: concordia.ca/campaign.

To view videos from our convocation ceremonies, visit concordia.ca/graduation-convocation/ceremonies/past.

Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Alan ShepardConcordia President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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“We often think that caricaturists work in isolation — that they sit alone at a drawing board searching for ideas and creating little characters. Today, the truth must come out.”

— Serge Chapleau, LLD 8

WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITYSeventeen new leaders join Concordia’s alumni

Edith Cloutier, LLD 8

A member of the Anishinabe First Nation, Edith Cloutier has been executive director of the Val d’Or Native Friendship Centre since 989. She has also spent more than 20 years as president of the Regroupement des Centres d’amitié autochtones du Québec.

Her advocacy on behalf of Val-d’Or’s Aboriginal women, who reported situations of abuse of power by police, led to widespread mobilization to counter violence against women throughout Québec.

Serge Chapleau, LLD 8

French-Canadian political cartoonist Serge Chapleau’s work has been a fixture on the pages of La Presse for more than 20 years.

He is also the creator of the iconic caricature Gérard D. Laflaque, a news anchor who debuted on the airwaves of Radio-Québec (now Télé-Québec) as a puppet in the 1980s and was reborn as a CGI character for his eponymous ICI Radio-Canada show in the 2000s.

“We need you; Canada needs you. You are so important, so go out now and be the change in Canada.”

— Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, LLD 8

“Follow your nose, find something that interests you and then find out everything you can about it.”

— Terry Mosher, LLD 8

Terry Mosher, LLD 8

Best known by his “nom de plume” Aislin, Terry Mosher has been the Montreal Gazette’s main cartoonist since 972. Subject of a recent retrospective at Montreal’s McCord Museum, Mosher’s work has been syndicated across Canada and featured in publications such as The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine and Punch.

Mosher sat on the board of directors for the Old Brewery Mission and supports several charitable organizations in Montreal and Ottawa with annual donations of his Aislin cartoons for fund-raising purposes.

Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, LLD 8

A former member of Parliament, Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild was the first status Indian in Alberta to earn a law degree. His advocacy on behalf of Indigenous people led him to be named as a commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission examining Canada’s Indian residential school system, of which he was a product.

Littlechild is the founder of the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development, a United Nations non-governmental organization, as well as the North American Indigenous Games, and the World Indigenous Games.

Lorne Trottier, DSc 8, and Louise Rousselle Trottier, BA 76, DSc 8

Lorne and Louise Trottier created the Trottier Family Foundation in 2000 to support initiatives in education, science, technology, environment, and health care. Among the foundation’s most recent gifts is a contribution to help Concordia build a solar-powered bus shelter on the university’s Loyola Campus.

Lorne Trottier worked at Marconi, a radar communications systems developer before co-founding Matrox in 976. Louise Rousselle Trottier funds a student bursary in Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science.

Meyya Meyyappan, DSc 8

Meyya Meyyappan is the developer of the first and only nanotechnology product to be flown to outer space. In 2007, the U.S. Navy tested his nano-chemical sensor aboard a satellite and later for crew cabin air quality monitoring in the International Space Station.

Meyyappan has been a generous and tireless volunteer, educating students, professionals and the wider public through his activities, including organizing short courses on nanotechnology, sponsored by NATO.

“Things don’t always go the way you want or the way you planned — you just have to take chances.”

— Meyya Meyyappan, DSc 8

Clare Akamanzi, LLD 8

An international trade and investment lawyer, Clare Akamanzi has worked as a commercial diplomat in London and a trade negotiator at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

In 202, she was named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and, a year later, was selected as one of Africa’s Top 20 Leading Women in Economic Development by Forbes.

“Failure to act is more costly than the mistakes resulting from taking action.”

— Clare Akamanzi, LLD 8

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, LLD 8

Over the past 65 years, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander has collaborated on a wide range of projects such as the New York Times Building, the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Public Library, Robson Square and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Widely recognized as Canada’s premier landscape architect, Hahn Oberlander has always been mindful of the environment and is a leader in researching green solutions.

“As responsible citizens, we all have a role in building a sustainable future.”

— Lorne Trottier, DSc 8

“Concordia gave me the opportunity to access knowledge and the skills to become an economist.”

— Louise Rousselle Trottier, BA 76, DSc 8

Robert Briscoe, BSc 67, MBA 73, LLD 8

Robert Briscoe has owned, operated and invested in companies in various sectors throughout his career. For the past three decades, he has served as president of Macco Organiques.

Briscoe supports several Montreal charities and organizations including the Brome Missisquoi Perkins Hospital and the Butters Foundation, which provides services for intellectually disabled and autistic people.

“Look at the rewards — both financial and personal — of owning a business. Taking that risk is the ultimate test in management. If you succeed, it is also the most satisfying.”

— Robert Briscoe BSc 67, MBA 73, LLD 8

Peter Schumann, DFA 8

Peter Schumann and his wife Elka Leigh Scott founded Bread and Puppet Theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 963. The company went on to tour the world. Its banners, masks and distinctive characters, often more than six metres tall, were present at demonstrations against the Vietnam War and other protest movements.

Drawing as many as 40,000 people to its summer shows, the company is committed to community theatre as a means of political resistance.

“Mission is not what you’re necessarily capable of, but is the itch that enables you by urging you on.”

— Peter Schumann, DFA 8

Miriam Roland, LLD 8

Miriam Roland studied international relations and psychology in the United States, before returning to her native Montreal and subsequently setting up a private psychotherapy practice.

Beyond her support and involvement at Concordia, Roland has been an active board or committee member at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal, the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, and Centraide of Greater Montreal, among others.

Ulrike Ottinger, DFA 8

An artist, photographer and filmmaker, Ulrike Ottinger’s prolific career began in Germany, where she opened her own studio at an early age.

Ottinger has appropriated ever-changing media and styles to deconstruct normative European and Asian views of gender, the body, and cultural identity. Her novel use of colour, flamboyant costumes and masquerade in film expanded feminist and queer aesthetics in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

“Take the energy that you have to change this wondrous world to enable people to live better lives. Don’t be complacent — continue to learn. Don’t be discouraged — you are prepared.”

— Miriam Roland, LLD 8

Louis A. Tanguay, BComm 75, LLD 8

Louis A. Tanguay enjoyed a successful career at Bell Canada from 957 to 200. During his rise through the company, he headed its three-year re-engineering program in the ‘90s and served as president of the Bell Canada Innovation Centre, president of Bell Quebec, and COO, president and CEO of Bell Canada International, a publicly-traded subsidiary of Bell Canada Enterprises.

Tanguay has been generous with his time and experience to public, private and not-for-profit organizations. His has served on the boards of directors of more than 30 companies across various industries.

“Knowledge is central to successful operations. Knowing your business involves understanding what each employee is doing.”

— Louis A. Tanguay, BComm 75, LLD 8

Luigi Liberatore, LLD 8

Luigi Liberatore has dedicated his professional life to developing small and midsize businesses in Canada, as both a real estate developer and venture capitalist.

A leader in the business community, Liberatore has served as chairman of the Montreal Board of Trade, guiding its merger with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. He is also a prolific philanthropist known for his passion for developing healthy, well-educated citizens and communities.

“Remember that success is only truly worthwhile if it help builds characters and societies positively.”

— Luigi Liberatore, LLD 8

Nathalie Pilon, LLD 8

Nathalie Pilon is a leader whose vision connects people and technology. As president of ABB Canada, she draws upon her passion for people, technology and sustainability to motivate the organization to fulfill its goal as a driver of Canada’s energy and industrial revolutions.

Pilon was named one of Canada’s Top 00 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network and has received the Leadership Award from the Association of Women in Finance.

Meredith Monk, DFA 8

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer, filmmaker, and creator of new opera, music-theatre works, films and installations. Considered one of the most unique and influential artists of our time, her work has been presented at major venues throughout the world.

Monk received two of the highest honours bestowed to a living artist in the United States: the 207 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize and a 205 National Medal of Arts from former president, Barack Obama.

“We’re counting on you, as global citizens, to help us make the world a better place. Let’s write the future together.”

— Nathalie Pilon, LLD 8

965Jean Lesage*Alphonse-Marie Parent*Howard Irwin Ross*Evan H. TurnerZubin MehtaB. Wynne Roberts*

966John James Deutsch*Everett Cherrington Hughes*Paul Gérin-Lajoie*Henry Foss Hall*Wilfred N. Hall*Omond McKillop Solandt*Francis Reginald Scott*Colin Wesley Webster* 967Harold Roy Crabtree*Jean Drapeau*Pierre Dupuy*Gustave Gingras*Karl Gunnar Myrdal*Amos Saunders*J. Gerald Hagey*Kathleen Ruby Jenkins*Maurice Frederick Strong*

968Lionel Boulet*James Robbins Kidd*Samuel H. Schecter*Herman Smith Johannsen*Robert Alan Speirs*Jan Tinbergen*

969Maureen Katherine Stewart Forrester*Ted Sheffield*Robert H. L. Slater*Percy Weissman*

970Charles-Henri Barbier*Eedson Louis Millard Burns*Paul Gallagher*Saul Hayes*George Maxwell Hobart*Alphonse Riverin*Bryce Mackasey*Elizabeth Homer Morton*George Woodcock* 97Pierre Dansereau*Emil Fackenheim*St. Clair Holland*Alfred Pellan*Harold Rocke Robertson*Jean-Jacques Bertrand*Alberto Mortara*

972Louis-Philippe Bonneau*Fraser F. Fulton*John Rutherford Heron*Robert Ferguson Legget*René Pomerleau*Casimir G. Stanczykowski*Aylmer A. Ryan*Carl Arthur Winkler*

973C.F. (Bill) Carsley*Douglass Burns Clarke*James Alexander Corry*Frederick G. Hubbard*Paul Lambert*Vernon F. McAdam* 975Franz Paul Decker*Louis-Paul Dugal*Neil Barron Hutcheon*Moses Levitt*Mary MacCormack*Patrick G. Malone*Myer F. Pollock*Louis Rasminsky*Anthony Walsh*David Azrieli*Donald Olding Hebb*Agnes C. Higgins*Renée Vautelet* 976Gerald Emmett Carter*George A. FierhellerCharles Fox*Larkin Kerwin*Irving Layton*Gerald LeDain*Robert Ayre*Irving Richard Tait*

977Charles S. Carter*Guy Desbarats*Bernard Lonergan*Norman McLaren*Frances Perot Foster*

978Robert A. Boyd*Harry J. Boyle*John Hastings DinsmoreJames Gilchrist Finnie*J. Gordin Kaplan*Louis Muhlstock*Irène Sénécal*A. Hollis Marden* 979Robert E. Bell*Camille A. Dagenais*Donald C. MacPhail*Oscar Peterson*Maurice Proulx*Fernand Seguin*Wilfred Cantwell Smith*Margaret AtwoodMario Duschenes* 980Thérèse Casgrain*William T.G. Hackett*Murray LauferWalter F. Light*Eric O’Connor*Thomas Daly*Gérard Dion*Roger Gaudry*Ethel Stark*

98Jules Deschênes*Alphonsine Howlett*Yvonne Hubert*Josef Kates*Gordon M. MacNabbPhilip H. Surrey*Thomas H.B. Symons

Our community of Concordia honorary degree recipients continues to grow

982Jack BordanAlex C. Duff*Arthur J. Gosselin*John R. Hannan*Henry J. Hemens*Myer HorowitzRobert H. Marchessault*Arthur P. Pascal*Sam Tata*Douglas Tushingham*Douglas T. Wright

983Roch BolducMuriel H. Duckworth*James M. Ham*Pierre LaurinElvie L. Smith* 984Lloyd I. Barber*J. Clair Callaghan*Lionel Chevrier*Carl B. Crawford*Dorothy Davis*Peter J. DenningJean Paul Lemieux*H.J. Barrington Nevitt*Madeleine Parent*Norma Springford*Guy Sylvestre*Violet Walters*Orson Wheeler*

985N. Byron CavadiasNorman Cohn*Frank R. Crawley*

Bernard Lamarre*Theodore Lande*Stephen LewisGeorge Geoffrey Meyerhof*Max Stern*Charlotte Hunter Tansey*Jean-Paul Vinay* 986Lise BissonnetteRobert Choquette*Simone de Beauvoir (posthu-mous)*Jacques de Tonnancour*Jacques Genest*Grace Hartman*Phyllis LambertWilliam McMurray*Sylvia OstryHans H. (David) Stern*Robert Stollery*

987Léon Bellefleur*Robert J. Brodrick*Margaret Fulton*Eric Kierans*Hugh MacLennan*J. Gerard McDonough*Peter M. McEntyre*William B. Rice*W. Earle McLaughlin*

988Raymond T. AffIeck*Stafford Beer*Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar*Ronald J. GillespieJori Smith*

Elizabeth SpencerAllan R. Taylor.Ashok K. VijhWei YuJ.V. Raymond CyrPaul-Émile Léger* 989George Drummond Birks*Claude CastonguayPaterson Ewen*Jean-Paul GourdeauGordon Sparling*Robert H. Tanner*William I. Turner*Susan Mann TrofimenkoffDorothy A. WillsMargaret Catley-CarlsonGratien Gélinas*

990Doris Anderson*Paul G. Desmarais*Jaime Escalante*Ursula Franklin*Wally Gentleman*Mel Hurtig*Antonine MailletJohn Polanyi

99Jean Coulthard*Jean CoutuDonald KnuthDavid Rome*Rosalie Silberman AbellaMichel TremblayLorne Webster*Bertha Wilson*

992Charles BronfmanJeff W. EdingtonFrançois-Marc GagnonCarleen Maley Hutchins*Judith MaxwellEigil PedersenMaurice PodbreyGuy Saint-PierreArthur Solomon*Alan B. Gold*

993Sacvan Bercovitch*Edgar Andrew Collard*William K. Everson*Mildred B. Lande*Alanis ObomsawinJean-Louis Roux*Martha SloanVelma Weeks Barker*Mary EbertsVictor C. Goldbloom*

994Thomas R. BergerThérèse Gouin-DécarieOtto Joachim*John McCarthy*Jean Pigott*Margaret Power*Mildred Helfand Ryerson*Huguette Tourangeau*Ben Weider*Matthew W. BarrettJoe Clark

* Deceased

995Myer Bloom*Gilles Carle*Jacques G. Francoeur*Peter GodsoeLinda HutcheonMichèle S. JeanEric McLean*Michel Normandin*Peter A. Vamos

996Lawrence S. BloombergJames BorcomanPaul T. KefalasE. Leo KolberClaudette MacKay-Lassonde*David MatasWilfred Whyte McCutcheon*Donald C. Savage*Anne Sylvestre 997Morrel Bachynski*Elisabeth Mann Borgese*Wendy CukierRoland DoréPierre Jean JeanniotEmmett Johns*Annette Michelson*Jean A. Pouliot*Heidi RathjenJeanne RenaudEsmeralda M.A. ThornhillNed Goodman 998André BazerguiDavid Jay BercusonDouglas J. CardinalDominic D’AlessandroJohn Economides*Carol Shields*Mary Wright*William Shue Lam YipHenryk Gorecki*Paul Martin

999J. Edward BroadbentJames W. Carey*Peter Munk*Charles Albert Poissant*Annie ProulxCharles SiroisRobert Wall*Robert LepageLise Thibault

2000Jean Sutherland Boggs*Barrie J. Frost*Serge GodinAnn SaddlemyerJames M. StanfordJohn A. RothGiancarlo E. Valori

200Louise ArbourGeoffrey E.H. Ballard*Lionel P. HurtubiseHenry MintzbergRobert Savoie*Shirley L. Thomson*Claire L’Heureux-Dubé 2002Assia Djebar*John W. Dobson*Julio Garcia Espinosa*Seamus Heaney*Julia LevyAhmed Zewail*Gregory Baum*Francesco Bellini 2003Sidney AltmanJohn Tyler BonnerRobert E. BrownTom BrzustowskiStephen A. JarislowskyEric KandelRichard Monette*Gilles OuimetLarry W. SwansonJill Ker Conway*Natalie Zemon DavisLeonard Ellen*Ronald Lawless*John MajorJean-Paul Morin* 2004André ChagnonAdrienne ClarksonMaryvonne Kendergi*Alistair MacLeod*Guido Molinari (posthumous)*John O’Brien*Henri-Paul RousseauClaude Ryan (posthumous)*Lui Che WooMarc GarneauMichael GibbonsDaniel LangloisBruce Mallen

2005Robert DaudelinShirin EbadiJohn Forzani*Leo Goldfarb (posthumous)*Norman D. Hébert*Ted MosesBengt Saltin*Claude Taylor*Allan E. GotliebBrian MulroneyMichael Desbois Spencer*

2006Naïm KattanAlfred LeslieL. Jacques MénardMichèle Thibodeau-DeGuireEric H. Molson 2007Al GoreHoward AlperAndré DesmaraisDonald McNaughton*Grant Munro*Jean-Claude Turcotte*Charles C. HillHeather Menzies 2008Frederick H. LowyLaura MulveyRobert Louis Papineau*Robert RitchieThierry FrémauxRené BalcerHilary M. Weston

2009Roger Abbott*Jean Béliveau*Don FergusonMel HoppenheimAndrée LajoieN.R. Narayan MurthyRichard RenaudAA BronsonElizabeth Comper*Tony ComperRobert A. Walsh

200Laurent BeaudoinRobert CharleboisJean ChrétienJulie PayetteRichard PoundR. Murray SchaferEleanor Wachtel

Brian O’Neill GalleryVic VogelJoëlle Berdugo Adler

20Beverley McLachlinRémi QuirionCorinne CharetteMonique F. LerouxSteve WozniakTheo JansenKathy ReichsXavier-Henri HervéRobert Courteau 202Craig KielburgerMarc KielburgerJane DoeGeorge SpringateGraham FraserDarren EntwistleJohn de ChastelainGaston J-M KaboréAldo BensadounElsa Bolam 203Joyce ZemansLeonard KleinrockDeepa MehtaRoméo DallaireMutsumi TakahashiChristiane GermainFrançoise BertrandClark BlaiseVahid Tarokh

204Louis R. ChênevertChantal HébertMichal Hornstein*Renata Hornstein*Bryan KolbStuart McLean*Chantal PontbriandGregg SaretskyMichael SabiaJacqueline St-YvesRichard M. Stallman

205Kenneth DeerChristiana FigueresLino SaputoAnne-Marie HubertK.G. Terry HollandsAngèle DubeauFrance Chrétien-Desmarais Nancy Neamtan Barbara Steinman

* Deceased

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EXPERIMENT BOLDLYBe inventive and enterprising in creating tomorrow’s university

GROW SMARTLYAdd capacity where our strengths and emerging enrolment demand intersect.

EMBRACE THE CITY, EMBRACE THE WORLDAchieve public impact through research and learning.

GO BEYONDPush past the status quo and go the extra mile for members of our community.

TAKE PRIDECelebrate successes and be purposeful about building a legacy.

NINE DIRECTIONS FOR A NEXT-GENERATION UNIVERSITYThese orientations focus on how Concordia can thrive in a changing landscape, tethered to our core values and historic mission while eyeing a future in which the status quo is unlikely to be sufficient.

Learn more at concordia.ca/directions.

206Joan Wallach ScottSherry TurkleNora VolkowDavid JohnstonArlene DickinsonGarrett HermanPierre LassondeAaron FishJames ShavickNahlah AyedCalin RovinescuMaria KlaweRégine Chassagne

207Chantal PetitclercKim ThuyRobert CalderisiJ. Sebastien van BerkomKenneth W. WoodsLise WatierJahangir MohammedDavid A. MartinMeasha BrueggergosmanBernard VoyerIsabelle Hudon Kon Leong

208Edith Cloutier Serge ChapleauTerry MosherGrand Chief Wilton LittlechildMeyya MeyyappanLorne TrottierLouise Rousselle TrottierClare AkamanziCornelia Hahn OberlanderRobert BriscoePeter SchumannUlrike OttingerMiriam Roland

Meredith MonkNathalie PilonLouis A. TanguayLuigi Liberatore

* Deceased

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THE VOICE OF CONCORDIA’S CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

Mezzo-soprano Colleen Bartley’s vocals have no boundaries despite her disabilities

If the opening sounds of Concordia’s convocation ceremonies seem familiar, it’s because Colleen Bartley, BFA 08, GrDip , has been singing the national anthem,

O Canada, for the past eight years.

Bartley has become the mainstay of spring and fall ceremonies, greeting soon-to-be grads with her impressive vocals. “I feel it is a great honour to be invited to sing the national anthem for the university,” says Bartley.

The Concordia alumna has been working as a professional classical singer since the age of 19. Although her talents are exceptional, Bartley has faced extra hurdles as a person with a physical disability. “Being in a wheelchair has had many challenges, one of which has been finding work as a musician,” she says.

Concordia music experienceBefore starting her classes at Concordia, Bartley reached out to Leo Bissonnette, BA 74, MA 77, PhD 06, former coordinator for the university’s Access Centre for Students

with Disabilities, and Maria-Teresa Zenteno, BA 94, who worked as an advisor at the centre for 25 years. Bartley wanted to see what could be done to make her time at the school more accessible.

“They were instrumental in ramping the music department’s Refectory Building on Loyola Campus, allowing me to attend all of my classes, which otherwise would not have been possible,” Bartley reports. “This in turn paved the way for other students with motor impairments to also be able to attend their classes.”

Bartley earned an undergraduate degree in music and graduate diploma in classical voice performance. Today, she considers it a privilege to sing the national anthem at Concordia’s convocations.

“When I sing the national anthem, I feel a great sense of pride to have the opportunity to live in Canada, one of the greatest countries in the world,” she says.