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Concordia breaks ground

Concordia University is naming its faculty of engineering and computer science after the first woman to graduate with a PhD in building engineering from the institution.

Concordia made the announcement today after Gina Cody donated $15 million to the university.

Cody arrived from Iran in 1979 and completed her PhD in 1989.

Concordia says it is the first university engineering faculty in Canada to be named after a woman.

Cody was president and principal shareholder of CCI Group Inc., a Toronto-based engineering consulting firm, before retiring in 2016.

The university says Cody's donation will provide for graduate and undergraduate scholarships and bolster next-gen research on smart cities. It will also support three new chairs.

"I want this donation to inspire other proud Concordia graduates to come forward," Cody said.

"The goal is that in 10 to 15 years there will be so many examples like me that I am forgotten. I hope there will be so many women in science, engineering and technology that it's no longer an issue — that it becomes the norm."



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