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.

This week on Focus Montreal: What will a new ER mean for the Lakeshore General Hospital, hear from author Helen Antoniou whose new book "Back to Beer ... and Hockey" takes a look at the Molson Family and meet Great Montreal Alvin Powell who came to Montreal to end his life but instead found a new purpose.