New $62-milion science hub opens at Concordia
Posted December 1, 2020 4:11 pm.
MONTREAL – Concordia University opened its new applied science hub Tuesday at the school’s Loyola Campus in Notre-Dame-de-Grace.
The new research facility is state-of-the-art and was specifically designed with collaboration in mind.
Concordia president Graham Carr says the science hub will be a “major nexus of transdisciplinary collaboration”.
“Not only will this facility encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and foster innovation, it will also help train a generation of Canadian workers; a workforce able to tackle real-world challenges in our communities,” said William Amos, Parliamentary Secretary for the Government of Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, at a virtual opening ceremony.
The building houses labs and research equipment supporting fields such as agriculture, health, and sustainable development.
The school says researchers working there now work in areas ranging from aquatic biology through microscopy, cellular imaging, and nanoscience to bioprocessing, and chemical and materials engineering.
The $62-million building was mostly paid for by the provincial and federal governments, which together covered nearly $53 million.
