Graham Carr

Graham Carr
Ph.D., University of Maine, 1983
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor of History
Concordia University
Montreal, QC, Canada

Graham Carr is President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University. Ranked as the top North American University under 50 years old, Concordia’s two Montreal campuses are home to 50,000 students from more than 150 countries. Graham’s previous leadership positions at Concordia include Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs; Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; and Dean of Graduate Studies.

Born in Quebec, Graham earned his PhD from the University of Maine and is a Professor in the Department of History. His research focuses on Cold War cultural history.

Graham is a member of the Research Committee of Universities Canada and sits on the Steering Committee of Montreal Climate Partnership (Partenariat climat Montréal). He currently serves on the Board of U SPORTS, the national brand for university sports in Canada. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Centraide (United Way) of Greater Montreal, the board of the Leadership Council for Digital Infrastructure, as president of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, as chair of the Canada-US Fulbright selection committee, and for many years on the National Capital Commission’s Advisory Committee for Communications, Marketing and Programming.

Graham Carr on his time at the University of Maine:

“The department and the Canadian-American Centre were extremely welcoming places to work. I loved the campus and tried to make the most of the opportunities that the university afforded. One of the real advantages of the going to UMO was that I could work closely with my supervisor, Robert Babcock, and with a great team of other faculty…At UMO I had freedom to focus both on Canadian and American History, as well as Canadian-American relations, US literature and Canadian literature. I enjoyed that flexibility and the opportunities to broaden my cultural and social horizons, including the experience of being a Canadian studying in the US. I was lucky to be there when there was a strong cohort of other grad students (including Scott See, Greg Gallant and others). We had some terrific times together and I came away with lots of great memories.”