The Quiet Revolution and the Creation of Concordia University

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Author/collaborator
Title
The Quiet Revolution and the Creation of Concordia University
Abstract
The author notes that Montreal’s Concordia University was created in 1974 out of the merger of Jesuit-run Loyola College with Sir George Williams University, but the process leading to this new university stretched back to the mid-1960s, along the way reflecting the secularization of Quebec society that was one of the hallmarks of the province’s Quiet Revolution. He explains that Loyola College faced an existential crisis when the Université de Montréal ended a long-standing arrangement by which it granted degrees to Loyola students. He argues that this arrangement reflected the power of religion, and especially Catholicism, in Quebec society that was now under attack, with language taking its place. The author concludes that Loyola was only able to continue offering university degrees by merging with Sir George Williams to form Concordia, a development that was deeply embedded in the combustible politics of language in Quebec at the time.
Publication
Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'éducation
Volume
Vol 35
Issue
no. 1
Pages
49-64
Date
Spring 2023
Language
en
URL
Citation
Rudin, Ronald. “The Quiet Revolution and the Creation of Concordia University.” Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation Vol 35, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 49–64. https://historicalstudiesineducation.ca/index.php/edu_hse-rhe/article/view/5167/5525.
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