In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Sainte-Hélène Street in Old Montreal.[2] Beginning in 1873, the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the English-speaking community to pursue their education while working during the day. Sixty years later, the Montreal YMCA relocated to its current location on Stanley Street in Downtown Montreal.
In 1926, the education program at the YMCA was re-organized as Sir George Williams College, named after George Williams, founder of the original YMCA in London, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada.
Sir George Williams College received its university charter from the provincial government in 1948, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. Sir George Williams expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. In 1959, the college requested that the Quebec legislature amend its university charter, changing its name to Sir George Williams University.[3] It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. Sir George Williams continued to hold classes in the YMCA building until the construction of the Henry F. Hall Building in 1966.
Following several years of discussions and planning, Sir George Williams University merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974. Concordia provided students with representative student organizations and greater power over administrative decisions at the university.
The university gained international attention in 1969, when a group of Black students occupied the Henry F. Hall Building's 9th floor computer lab to protest alleged racism by the university.[4] This protest was documented in the 2015 film The Ninth Floor by director Mina Shum.
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January 01, 1970
george, williams, university, university, montreal, quebec, canada, merged, with, loyola, college, create, concordia, university, august, 1974, former, namessir, george, williams, collegetypepublicactive1926, 1974locationmontreal, quebec, canada45, 579nickname. Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal Quebec Canada It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24 1974 1 Sir George Williams UniversityFormer namesSir George Williams CollegeTypePublicActive1926 1974LocationMontreal Quebec Canada45 29 49 N 73 34 44 W 45 497 N 73 579 W 45 497 73 579NicknameGeorgiansAffiliationsYMCA Contents 1 History 1 1 Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident 2 Sir George Williams Georgians 3 Principals 4 Alumni 5 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp Sir George Williams University s Henry F Hall Building in 1970 In 1851 the first YMCA in North America was established on Sainte Helene Street in Old Montreal 2 Beginning in 1873 the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the English speaking community to pursue their education while working during the day Sixty years later the Montreal YMCA relocated to its current location on Stanley Street in Downtown Montreal In 1926 the education program at the YMCA was re organized as Sir George Williams College named after George Williams founder of the original YMCA in London upon which the Montreal YMCA was based In 1934 Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada Sir George Williams College received its university charter from the provincial government in 1948 though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA Sir George Williams expanded into its first standalone building the Norris Building in 1956 In 1959 the college requested that the Quebec legislature amend its university charter changing its name to Sir George Williams University 3 It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963 Sir George Williams continued to hold classes in the YMCA building until the construction of the Henry F Hall Building in 1966 Following several years of discussions and planning Sir George Williams University merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974 Concordia provided students with representative student organizations and greater power over administrative decisions at the university Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident edit Main article Sir George Williams affair The university gained international attention in 1969 when a group of Black students occupied the Henry F Hall Building s 9th floor computer lab to protest alleged racism by the university 4 This protest was documented in the 2015 film The Ninth Floor by director Mina Shum Sir George Williams Georgians editThe Sir George Williams Georgians were the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union teams that represented Sir George Williams University Shortly after Sir George Williams merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974 the Georgians and the Loyola Warriors were replaced by the Concordia Stingers Principals editPrincipals of Sir George Williams College and University 5 Name Term start Term end Anson W Young 1925 1928 Frederick O Stredder 1928 1935 Kenneth E Norris 1936 1956 Henry F Hall 1956 1962 Robert C Rae 1962 1968 Douglass B Clarke Acting Principal 1968 1969 John W O Brien 1969 August 23 1974Alumni editBob Berry born 1943 NHL player Gundega Cenne 1933 2009 artist John Alton Collins 1917 2007 political cartoonist Robert Dean 1927 2021 Canadian politician 6 Rosie Douglas 1941 2000 Prime Minister of Dominica Stuart McLean 1948 2017 author storyteller Canadian radio broadcaster E Annie Proulx born 1935 novelist short story writer journalist Nachum Eliezer Rabinovitch rabbi and author 1928 2020 Mordecai Richler 1931 2001 author 7 8 Bernie Wolfe born 1951 NHL playerReferences edit Merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University Concordia University Retrieved July 30 2019 YMCA Quebec Our History Sir George Williams University History www concordia ca Retrieved 2019 08 05 Computer Centre Incident www concordia ca Retrieved 2019 08 05 Principals of Sir George Williams College and University Records Management and Archives Concordia University Retrieved 1 July 2012 Robert Dean 1927 2021 From Concordia grad to Parti Quebecois minister www concordia ca Mordecai Richler Reading Room concordia ca Retrieved 2021 03 13 Mordecai Richler biography on Britannica britannica com Retrieved 2021 03 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir George Williams University amp oldid 1222164766, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
