Prof. Arie Zaban, President of Bar-Ilan University, and Prof. Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August 2022 that lays the groundwork for the development of numerous initiatives over the next two years in collaborative research, faculty and student exchange, joint publications, and more.
Concordia’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies and Bar-Ilan’s Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology are already exploring avenues of collaboration.
“Concordia has a long history of collaboration with Israeli universities and is pleased to be entering into this agreement with Bar-Ilan,” said Prof. Carr. “I hope it leads to great opportunities for our students and researchers to work together.”
L-R: Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, BIU’s Vice President for Research; Israeli Ambassador to Canada, Dr. Ronen Hoffman; Prof. Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University; Prof. Arie Zaban, BIU President; and Shlomo Zohar, Chairman of BIU’s Permanent Committee
Bar-Ilan University’s International School and Concordia International will coordinate implementation of this MOU, which was signed during the recent visit of Canadian university presidents to Bar-Ilan University.
Prof. Zaban and Prof. Carr expressed their gratitude to the Canadian Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and the Canadian foundations for enabling the visit to Israel and Bar-Ilan University.
Prof. Graham Carr and Prof. Arie Zaban signing the Memorandum of Understanding at the gathering of Canadian university presidents
