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The deciders

Meet the deciders of your future.

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Who made the Mezz call? Concordia’s administration.1

Who did they ask? Not students.

And who oversees the administration? The Board of Governors.2

15 external members 6 faculty Staff and the President 1 grad student (empty) 1 undergrad

The external members include a managing director at EY, an investment executive at Mackenzie, the head of real estate at La Caisse, a senior partner at a national law firm and a Birks executive.2

Wait, why are bankers on the Board?

University boards keep seats for “external” members from outside the school, often from business, law and finance. The idea is outside expertise and oversight. At Concordia, they hold 15 of the 25 seats.2

A university isn’t a company.

Undergrads get 1 seat out of 25.

Meet the CEOs

Meet the deciders of your future.

Real titles. Real decisions. Slightly unofficial job descriptions.

Satire alert: the “CEO of…” titles and the doodles are jokes. Everything under “So this is who…” is real, and sourced.

Graham Carr

President and Vice-Chancellor2

CEO of vacationing in Tel Aviv.

So this is who…

  • Signs the budget.3
  • Cut 6% from every sector.3
  • Ended the yearly hiring of limited-term teachers.45
  • Said no to reconsidering it.5
  • $9K trip to Israel on Concordia. “Lunch and Swim” included.6

Faye Diamantoudi

Provost & Vice-President, Academic2

CEO of firing your fav prof and keeping the worst one.

So this is who…

  • Runs your programs. Your courses. Your profs.7
  • Put a $1 million price tag on 63 teachers.8
  • 171 faculty signed a letter to her against the cuts.9
  • Second job title: “Revenue Generation.”4
  • Has the Mezz petition in her inbox.10

Michael Di Grappa

Vice-President, Services and Sustainability2

CEO of taking student spaces and killing students’ social life.

So this is who…

  • Runs campus security and buildings.11
  • $9 million on security.12
  • Hall escalators? Still broken.13
  • Froze the CSU out of every room on campus.14
  • Has the Mezz petition in his inbox.10

Gina Cody

Chancellor15

CEO of performative feminism.

So this is who…

  • Ten years on the Board.15
  • Chaired real estate planning.15
  • Now selling “surplus real estate” is on the table.16
  • Her vote today: none. Yours: one seat out of 25.2

Katie Broad

Director of Student Life & Engagement and Dean of Students17

CEO of claiming to be your ally and then threatening everyone with collective punishment.

So this is who…

  • Runs Student Life.17
  • “Dedicated to ensuring that all students have access to participating in student life.”17
  • 179 clubs lost the Mezz.181
  • Oct. 30: emailed the CSU threatening to ban it from booking any space on campus if it kept tabling.19
  • Per the CSU, that could hit every group under it. Clubs included.19
  • With friends like these…

Want to tell them what you think?

president@concordia.ca theprovost@concordia.ca vpservices@concordia.ca boardsenateadmin@concordia.ca

Be loud. Be polite. Be specific.

What it should look like

The Student Voice Standard

Our proposal. Before any decision that changes student space or services:

  1. Notice

    Students are told weeks ahead, not after.

  2. Evidence

    The reason is published, with the data behind it. If a hallway is too crowded, show the numbers.

  3. Consultation

    The CSU, the affected associations and the clubs get a real say. This is what the CSU’s petition asks for.1

  4. An alternative

    Something comparable is offered before anything is taken away.

  5. A review date

    Check later whether the change worked, and reverse it if it didn’t.

Sources

  1. Sabina Bellisario Giglio, “Tabling at the Hall Building mezzanine banned by Concordia,” The Concordian, Sept. 22, 2026. theconcordian.com
  2. Concordia University, Board of Governors membership list, 2026-27. concordia.ca
  3. Graham Carr, “We have another challenging year in front of us,” Concordia University, May 20, 2026. concordia.ca
  4. CSU Students Against Precarity and Shortfalls (SAPS), “Con U’s Next Top Administrators,” January 2026 (advocacy document; quotes Carr’s Nov. 4, 2025 budget update and Diamantoudi’s added title). csu.qc.ca
  5. “Staff layoffs ‘potentially’ in Concordia’s future, says university president,” The Link, Feb. 8, 2026. thelinknewspaper.ca
  6. “Palestinian Students Denounce President’s Trip to Israel,” The Link, Feb. 21, 2023 (trip Aug. 26 to early Sept. 2022; about $9,000 paid by Concordia, per access-to-information records; itinerary included a “Lunch and Swim”; Concordia said the purpose was academic collaboration, including an agreement with Bar-Ilan University). thelinknewspaper.ca
  7. Concordia University, Office of the Provost, “Faye Diamantoudi”: provost and vice-president, academic since May 1, 2026, interim since September 2025. concordia.ca
  8. India Das-Brown, “Concordia draws outcry over decision to cut limited-term teaching positions,” The Link, Nov. 10, 2025 (63 LTA faculty; about $1 million saved, per Concordia; classics figure per instructor). thelinknewspaper.ca
  9. CUFA Faculty for Responsible Governance at Concordia, open letter to President Carr, Interim Provost Diamantoudi and others, Nov. 24, 2025 (decision “not to open limited-term appointment lines next year” and sabbatical deferrals; 171 signatures). openletter.earth
  10. Helena Reyes Teruel, “Mourning the mezzanine,” The Link, Sept. 20, 2026 (CSU’s Julianna Smith; the CSU, ASFA and FASA petition; other tabling spots listed by Concordia’s Julie Fortier). thelinknewspaper.ca
  11. Concordia University, Office of the Vice-President, Services and Sustainability: units include Campus Safety & Prevention Services and Facilities Management (“Handles all aspects of building management on campus”). concordia.ca
  12. Ryan Pyke, “Town hall flags concern over Concordia’s LTA non-renewals,” The Link, Dec. 5, 2025 (about $9 million paid for security services in 2024-25, per a CSU access-to-information request). thelinknewspaper.ca
  13. Callista Mille, “Concordia’s deficit detrimental to student experience,” The Link, Nov. 10, 2026. thelinknewspaper.ca
  14. Hannah Scott-Talib, “Concordia allows CSU to book spaces on campus for elections,” The Link / QCNA, Apr. 1, 2025 (the CSU asked the Superior Court to suspend the decision by Dr. Anne Whitelaw and Dr. Michael Di Grappa); “CSU sends Concordia a cease and desist,” Feb. 26, 2025. qcna.qc.ca · qcna.qc.ca
  15. Concordia University, “Chancellor”: Gina Cody became Chancellor on January 1, 2025; on the Board of Governors from 2014; past chair of the Board’s Real Estate Planning Committee. concordia.ca
  16. Concordia University, “Fall update on Concordia’s budget,” Nov. 4, 2025. concordia.ca
  17. Concordia University, Office of Student Life & Engagement, “Our team”: Katie Broad, Director of Student Life & Engagement and Dean of Students. concordia.ca
  18. Concordia University, student groups directory, viewed November 2026: 179 groups listed (not counting associations that list themselves). On this page, groups students suggested come first; the rest are shuffled so no faculty is on top. WSSSA is an ASFA member association that isn’t in the directory. concordia.ca
  19. Concordia Student Union and CSU Campaigns, “Statement on the Protests in the Hall Mezzanine,” Instagram (@csumtl, @csu_campaigns), November 2026: “On October 30th, the CSU received an email from the Dean of Students about its unsanctioned usage of the Hall Mezzanine. The email threatened to prohibit the CSU from booking space on campus if we continued to table without permission… it was suggested that this could impact all groups under the CSU, including clubs.” Katie Broad is Concordia’s Dean of Students (see her team page). instagram.com/csumtl