 From 1965 to 1975 Surrey also taught drawing at Concordia University (Montreal QC).After his retirement from "Weekend" in 1975, he continued to paint full-time and exhibited in the important group shows "Three Generations of Quebec Painting" at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 1976, "Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art" at the Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta] in 1978, "The Contemporary Arts Society