About Edward Monahan Edward J. Monahan has served on the faculty of a number of universities and was president of Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, from 1972 to 1977. From 1977 to 1991 he was president of the Council of Ontario Universities (1977-1991). Books by Edward Monahan Collective Autonomy A History of the Council of Ontario Universities, 1962-2000 by (author) Edward Monahan Collective Autonomy A History of the Council of Ontario Universities, 1962-2000 by (author) Edward Monahan