Since the early 1960s, one of the most striking aspects of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (1964-2004) at Concordia University has been the speed of change. Who knew that the massive computer churning out computer cards not so long ago would be replaced by small laptops ? That the Hall Building would pale into insignificance beside the state of the art Engineering and Science buildings ? That some of our former students would morph into our faculty ? That most of our faculty would have research grants ? That from a nearly all-male faculty in the mid-60s, the majority today would be women ? That an English-dominated Department would turn out to be increasingly bi-lingual (and in fact multi-lingual) ? That our students would be publishing books ? That more and more international students would select our Department in which to study ? 

On our 40^th Anniversary, then, we have much to celebrate, and much to be proud of. We take this occasion to salute our predecessors who founded and helped to build this Department : staff, faculty, students, and administrators.