University president Graham Carr says addressing the institution's history of anti-Black racism is long overdue and a necessary step to move forward.

This week on Focus Montreal, Global takes a look at Concordia University's new president, the safety issues related to public Wi-Fi and how volunteering over the holidays is an idea worth looking into.

Concordia's new president is a Quebec native who joined the university's history department in 1983 after earning his PhD from the University of Maine.