In a first step toward mending its relationship with Black students, faculty, staff and the community at large, Concordia University has issued a public apology for its role in the historic 1969 student protests at its downtown Montreal campus.
The apology was delivered during a Friday afternoon news conference by university president Graham Carr. Two of the students who played major roles in the protests, Rodney John and Lynne Murray, were present.
The apology is in response to the top recommendation in a 97-report from the university’s task force on anti-Black racism.
The task force was formed in 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd,
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