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}}McGill University is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, 1801–1895. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1980. {{ISBN|978-0-7735-0353-3}} the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant,WEB, Who was James McGill?,www.mcgill.ca/about/history/who-was-james-mcgill, 2024-04-11, McGill, en, whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College. In 1885, the name was officially changed to McGill University. The university has an enrolment of more than 39,000 students. McGill’s main campus is on the slope of Mount Royal in downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie, with a second campus situated in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, {{convert|30|km}} west of the main campus on Montreal Island. The university is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States,WEB,www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474, Association of American Universities, Aau.edu, 2012-11-05, dead,www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474," title="web.archive.org/web/20130114071434www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474,">web.archive.org/web/20130114071434www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474, January 14, 2013, alongside the University of Toronto, and is the only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within the World Economic Forum.WEB, McGill newsroom,www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727, May 12, 2016, May 11, 2016,www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727," title="web.archive.org/web/20160511170109www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727,">web.archive.org/web/20160511170109www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-global-university-leaders-forum-260727, live, The university offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study. Most students are enrolled in the six largest faculties: Arts, Science, Medicine, Education, Engineering, and Management.WEB, Enrolment Reports,www.mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics/, McGill University, 2010-04-26, September 23, 2017,mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics," title="web.archive.org/web/20170923191726mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics,">web.archive.org/web/20170923191726mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics, live, McGill alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 12 Nobel laureatesWEB, McGill University: Tuition and Profile,www.macleans.ca/schools/mcgill-university/, October 18, 2020, www.macleans.ca, October 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201019230736/https://www.macleans.ca/schools/mcgill-university/, live, and 148 Rhodes Scholars,NEWS, McDevitt, Neale, December 19, 2023, Keeping her eye on the Rhodes,reporter.mcgill.ca/keeping-her-eye-on-the-rhodes/, live,web.archive.org/web/20240124153008/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/keeping-her-eye-on-the-rhodes/, January 24, 2024, April 5, 2024, McGill Reporter, as well as 159 Loran Scholars,WEB, McGill welcomes newest Loran Scholars,reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-welcomes-newest-loran-scholars/, McGill.ca, October 18, 2022, McGill Reporter, October 19, 2022, October 19, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221019043507/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-welcomes-newest-loran-scholars/, live, 18 billionaires,{{NoteTag|name=Billionaires|The list includes, but is not limited to, Pierre Beaudoin, Mortimer Zuckerman, John MacBain, Changpeng Zhao, Aldo Bensadoun, Eric Molson, Charles Bronfman, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Victor Dahdaleh, Noubar Afeyan, Larry Rossy, Ned Goodman, Jean Coutu, Paul Desmarais Jr., Zhao Tongtong, Kuok Khoon Hong, Seymour Schulich, and George Garvin Brown IV.}} the current prime minister and two former prime ministers of Canada, two Governors General of Canada, and 15 justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.{{NoteTag|name=Justices of Supreme Court of Canada|The list includes, but is not limited to, Douglas Abbott, Ian Binnie, Louis-Philippe Brodeur, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Clément Gascon, Désiré Girouard, Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Gerald Le Dain, Charles Gonthier, Nicholas Kasirer, Sheilah Martin, Pierre-Basile Mignault, and Thibaudeau Rinfret.}} McGill alumni also include 9 Academy Award winners,{{NoteTag|name=Award|McGill alumni who have received Academy Awards include Torill Kove, Kate Biscoe, Richard King, Demetri Terzopoulos, Edward Saxon, Jake Eberts, John Weldon, Beverly Shaffer, and Burt Bacharach.}} 13 Grammy Award winners,{{NoteTag|name=Grammy|McGill alumni who have received Grammy Awards include George Massenburg, Estelí Gomez, Åžerban Ghenea, Steven Epstein, Jennifer Gasoi, Brian Losch, Chilly Gonzales, Win Butler, Nick Squire, Leonard Cohen, Richard King, Régine Chassagne, and Burt Bacharach.}} 13 Emmy Award winners,{{NoteTag|name=Emmy|McGill alumni who have received Emmy Awards include Hume Cronyn, Eva Lipman, Mila Aung-Thwin, Alex Herschlag, Amy Schatz, Billy Wisse, Robby Hoffman, Kate Biscoe, Simcha Jacobovici, Roberto Hernández, Blake Sifton, Kevin Mambo, and William Shatner.}} four Pulitzer Prize winners,{{NoteTag|name=Pulitzer|These are Leon Edel (1963), Charles Krauthammer (1987), John F. Burns (1993, 1997WEB,www.pulitzer.org/biography/1997-International-Reporting, The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winners, Pulitzer.org, 1944-10-04, 2011-02-20, January 8, 2010,www.pulitzer.org/biography/1997-International-Reporting," title="web.archive.org/web/20100108080143www.pulitzer.org/biography/1997-International-Reporting,">web.archive.org/web/20100108080143www.pulitzer.org/biography/1997-International-Reporting, live, ) and Matthew Rosenberg (2018).WEB,www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209, National Reporting, Pulitzer.org, 2018-04-16, 2018-05-23, April 26, 2017,www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209," title="web.archive.org/web/20170426232840www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209,">web.archive.org/web/20170426232840www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209, live, }} and 121 Olympians with over 35 Olympic medals.WEB,www.mcgilltribune.com/sports/10-things-mcgill-olympics-441121/, 10 Things: McGill in the Olympics, The McGill Tribune, April 5, 2016, March 11, 2020, August 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200803220324/https://www.mcgilltribune.com/sports/10-things-mcgill-olympics-441121/, live,

History

Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning

File:James McGill.jpg|thumb|upright|James McGill, the original benefactor of McGill University]]The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (RIAL) was created in 1801 under an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (41 George III Chapter 17), An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/files/secretariat/free-schools-advancement-learning.pdf, An Act for the Establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province, April 6, 2016, April 20, 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160420003222/https://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/files/secretariat/free-schools-advancement-learning.pdf, live, The RIAL was initially authorized to operate two new Royal Grammar Schools, in Quebec City and in Montreal. This was a turning point for public education in Lower Canada as the schools were created by legislation, which showed the government’s willingness to support the costs of education and even the salary of a schoolmaster. This was an important first step in the creation of non-denominational schools. When James McGill died in 1813, his bequest was administered by the RIAL.In 1846 the Royal Grammar School in Quebec City closed, and the one in Montreal merged with the High School of Montreal. By the mid-19th century, the RIAL had lost control of the other eighty-two grammar schools it had administered.WEB,www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen03.htm, Education, McGill University Archives, 2012-06-04, February 25, 2021,www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen03.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20210225091815www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen03.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20210225091815www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen03.htm, live, However, in 1853 it took over the High School of Montreal from the school’s board of directors and continued to operate it until 1870.Guide to the Archives, vol. 2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225091815www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol2_3/gen03.htm |date=February 25, 2021 }} at archives.mcgill.ca, accessed 28 December 2017James Collins Miller, National Government and Education in Federated Democracies, Dominion of Canada (1940), p. 44 Thereafter, its sole remaining purpose was to administer the McGill bequest on behalf of the private college. The RIAL continues to exist today; it is the corporate identity that runs the university and its various constituent bodies, including the former Macdonald College (now Macdonald Campus), the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Royal Victoria College (the former women’s college turned residence). Since the revised Royal Charter of 1852, the trustees of the RIAL are the board of governors of McGill University.Frost, Stanley Brice. McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, 1801–1895. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1980. {{ISBN|978-0-7735-0353-3}}

McGill College

File:George Jehoshaphat Mountain.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The first Principal of McGill College, The Rt. Rev. alt=George Jehoshaphat Mountain.jpgJames McGill was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 6, 1744. He was a successful merchant in Quebec, having matriculated into the University of Glasgow in 1756.WEB,faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JamesMcGill-QuebecHistory.htm, James McGill – Quebec History, Faculty.marianopolis.edu, 2012-06-04, February 24, 2021,faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JamesMcGill-QuebecHistory.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20210224080616faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JamesMcGill-QuebecHistory.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20210224080616faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/JamesMcGill-QuebecHistory.htm, live, NEWS, Everett-Green, Robert, May 12, 2018, 200 Years a Slave: The Dark History of Captivity in Canada,www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/200-years-a-slave-the-dark-history-of-captivity-in-canada/article17178374/, The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2019, June 15, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190615044938/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/200-years-a-slave-the-dark-history-of-captivity-in-canada/article17178374/, live, Soon afterwards, McGill left for North America to explore the business opportunities there, especially in the fur trade. McGill was also a slave owner, and the McGill household enslaved at least five Black and Indigenous people.WEB, Who was James McGill?,www.mcgill.ca/about/history/who-was-james-mcgill, 2024-05-01, About McGill, en, Between 1811 and 1813,WEB As a condition of the bequest, the land and funds had to be used for the establishment of a “University or College, for the purposes of Education and the Advancement of Learning in the said Province.” The will specified a private, constituent college bearing his name would have to be established within ten years of his death; otherwise, the bequest would revert to the heirs of his wife.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/about/history/, Foundation History, McGill University, 2012-06-04, September 4, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170904201221/https://www.mcgill.ca/about/history, live, On March 31, 1821, after protracted legal battles with the Desrivières family (the heirs of his wife), McGill College received a royal charter from King George IV. The charter provided the college should be deemed and taken as a university, with the power of conferring degrees.WEB,archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/gallery-1821.htm, The Gallery: 1821 Charter, McGill University Archives, 1940-05-17, June 4, 2012, July 30, 2012,archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/gallery-1821.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20120730122748archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/gallery-1821.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20120730122748archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/gallery-1821.htm, live, The third Lord Bishop of Quebec, The Right Reverend Dr. George Mountain, (DCL, Oxford) was appointed the first principal of McGill College and a professor of divinity. He is also responsible for the creation of Bishop’s University in 1843 and Bishop’s College School in 1836 in the Eastern Townships.WEB, McGill University Archives, 2003, Principal George Jehoshaphat Mountain, 1824-1835, July 18, 2020,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/mountain.htm, January 27, 2020,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/mountain.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20200127051643www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/mountain.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20200127051643www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/installation/main/mountain.htm, live,

University development

Campus expansions

File:Sir William Dawson 1884.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Sir John William DawsonJohn William DawsonFile:Arts Building, McGill University, Aug 31 2022.jpg|thumb|The Arts Building, completed in 1843 and designed by John OstellJohn OstellAlthough McGill College received its Royal Charter in 1821, it was inactive until 1829 when the Montreal Medical Institution, which had been founded in 1823, became the college’s first academic unit and Canada’s first medical school. The Faculty of Medicine granted its first degree, a Doctorate of Medicine and Surgery, in 1833; this was also the first medical degree to be awarded in Canada.Crawford, DS. Montreal, medicine and William Leslie Logie: McGill’s first graduate and Canada’s first medical graduate. 175th. anniversary. Osler Library Newsletter # 109, 2008 weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113035024www.mcgill.ca/library/files/library/No1092008.pdf|date=November 13, 2018}}The Faculty of Medicine remained the school’s only functioning faculty until 1843 when the Faculty of Arts commenced teaching in the newly constructed Arts Building and East Wing (Dawson Hall).WEB,www.med.mcgill.ca/obgyn/departmenthistory.htm, Department History, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, August 13, 2005, January 13, 2009, unfit,www.med.mcgill.ca/obgyn/departmenthistory.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20090113060229www.med.mcgill.ca/obgyn/departmenthistory.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20090113060229www.med.mcgill.ca/obgyn/departmenthistory.htm, January 13, 2009, The Faculty of Law was founded in 1848 and is also the oldest of its kind in the nation. In 1896, the McGill School of Architecture was the second architecture school to be established in Canada, six years after the University of Toronto in 1890.WEB, Marco Polo,www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-education, Architectural Education, The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 18, 2019, July 21, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190721190153/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/architectural-education, live, Sir John William Dawson, McGill’s principal from 1855 to 1893, is often credited with transforming the school into a modern university.WEB,www.medicine.mcgill.ca/history/, McGill University Faculty of Medicine: History, July 23, 2011, unfit,www.medicine.mcgill.ca/history/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110723141730www.medicine.mcgill.ca/history/,">web.archive.org/web/20110723141730www.medicine.mcgill.ca/history/, July 23, 2011, William Spier designed the addition of the West Wing of the Arts Building for William Molson, 1861.WEB,dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1403, Spier, William, Dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org, 2012-06-04, October 21, 2014,www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1403," title="web.archive.org/web/20141021025100www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1403,">web.archive.org/web/20141021025100www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1403, dead, Alexander Francis Dunlop designed major alterations to the East Wing of McGill College (now called the Arts Building, McGill University) for Prof. Bovey and the Science Dept., 1888.WEB,dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1651, Alexander Francis Dunlop, Dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org, 2012-06-04, June 1, 2020,dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1651/," title="web.archive.org/web/20200601131902dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1651/,">web.archive.org/web/20200601131902dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1651/, dead, George Allan Ross designed the Pathology Building, 1922–23; the Neurological Institute, 1933; Neurological Institute addition 1938 at McGill University.WEB,www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1416, Biographic Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950 Andrew Taylor (Architect), Dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org, 2012-06-04,www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1416," title="web.archive.org/web/20120425152701www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1416,">web.archive.org/web/20120425152701www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1416, 2012-04-25, dead, Jean Julien Perrault (architect) designed the McTavish Street residence for Charles E. Gravel, which is now called David Thompson House (1934).WEB,www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1387, Jean Julien Perrault (architect), Dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org, 2012-06-04,www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1387," title="web.archive.org/web/20120303095848www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1387,">web.archive.org/web/20120303095848www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1387, 2012-03-03, dead,

Women’s education

Women’s education at McGill began in 1884 when Donald Smith (later the Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal), began funding separate lectures for women, given by university staff members. The first degrees granted to women at McGill were conferred in 1888.WEB, Michael Clarke,www.ccheritage.ca/biographies/williamdawson.php, William Dawson, Ccheritage.ca, 2012-06-04, May 17, 2008,www.ccheritage.ca/biographies/williamdawson.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20080517085459www.ccheritage.ca/biographies/williamdawson.php,">web.archive.org/web/20080517085459www.ccheritage.ca/biographies/williamdawson.php, live, In 1899, the Royal Victoria College (RVC) opened as a residential college for women at McGill with Hilda D. Oakeley as the head. Until the 1970s, all female undergraduate students, known as “Donaldas,” were considered to be members of RVC.WEB,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/rvc/rvc.htm, Royal Victoria College, McGill University Archives, 2004-03-24, 2012-06-04, February 24, 2021,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/rvc/rvc.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20210224125915www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/rvc/rvc.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20210224125915www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/rvc/rvc.htm, live, Beginning in the autumn of 2010, the newer Tower section of Royal Victoria College became a mixed gender dormitory, whereas the older West Wing remains strictly for women. Both the Tower and the West Wing of Royal Victoria College form part of the university’s residence system.WEB, April 1, 2022, Royal Victoria College,www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options/downtown-undergrad/rvc, April 1, 2022, McGill Student Housing, April 1, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220401070902/https://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options/downtown-undergrad/rvc, live,

McGill in the Great War

(File:2nd University Company at McGill 1915.jpg|thumb|The Second University Company prior to their departure for France)(File:McGill University, Stained Glass War Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Stained Glass Great War Memorial entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art)Many students and alumni enlisted in the first wave of patriotic fervour that swept the nation in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I, but in the spring of 1915—after the first wave of heavy Canadian casualties at Ypres—Hamilton Gault, the founder of the Canadian regiment and a wealthy Montreal businessman, was faced with a desperate shortage of troops. When he reached out to his friends at home for support, over two hundred were commissioned from the ranks, and many more would serve as soldiers throughout the war. On their return to Canada after the war, Major George McDonald and Major George Currie formed the accounting firm McDonald Currie, which later became one of the founders of Price Waterhouse Coopers.WEB,www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/our-history/currie-mcdonald.jhtml, Our History: George S. Currie and George C. McDonald, PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada, September 20, 2014, April 2, 2015,www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/our-history/currie-mcdonald.jhtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20150402110130www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/our-history/currie-mcdonald.jhtml,">web.archive.org/web/20150402110130www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/our-history/currie-mcdonald.jhtml, live, Captain Percival Molson was killed in action in July 1917. Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at McGill is named in his honour.The War Memorial Hall (more generally known as Memorial Hall) is a landmark building on the campus of McGill University. At the dedication ceremony, the Governor General of Canada (Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis) laid the cornerstone. Dedicated on October 6, 1946, the Memorial Hall and adjoining Memorial Pool honour students who had enlisted and died in the First World War, and in the Second World War. In Memorial Hall, there are two Stained Glass Regimental badges, World War I and World War II Memorial Windows by Charles William Kelsey c. 1950/1.WEB,spectrum.library.concordia.ca/110/1/MM05144.pdf, The Stained Glass War Memorials of Charles William Kelsey, June 4, 2012, February 25, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210225122240/https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/110/1/MM05144.pdf, live, A war memorial window (1950) by Charles William Kelsey in the McGill War Memorial Hall depicts the figure of St. Michael and the badges of the Navy, Army and the Air Force.A Great War memorial window featuring Saint George and a slain dragon at the entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art is dedicated to the memory of 23 members of the McGill chapter of Delta Upsilon who gave their lives in the Great War.WEB,www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8286, McGill Chapter of Delta Upsilon Great War Memorial Window, Chief Military Personnel, September 20, 2014, dead,www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8286," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006101437www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8286,">web.archive.org/web/20141006101437www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8286, October 6, 2014, There is a memorial archway at Macdonald Campus, two additional floors added to the existing Sir Arthur Currie gymnasium, a hockey rink and funding for an annual Memorial Assembly. A Book of Remembrance on a marble table contains the names of those lost in both World Wars. On November 11, 2012, the McGill Remembers website launched; the University War Records Office collected documents between 1940 and 1946 related to McGill students, staff and faculty in the Second World War.WEB,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/mcgillremembers/index.htm, McGill University remembers the Second World War, McGill University, 2013, September 20, 2014, February 24, 2021,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/mcgillremembers/index.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20210224211825www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/mcgillremembers/index.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20210224211825www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/mcgillremembers/index.htm, live,

Founder of universities and colleges

McGill was instrumental in founding several major universities and colleges. It established the first post-secondary institutions in British Columbia to provide degree programs to the growing cities of Vancouver and Victoria. It chartered Victoria College in 1903 as an affiliated junior college of McGill, offering first and second-year courses in arts and science, until it became today’s University of Victoria. British Columbia’s first university was incorporated in Vancouver in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia. The private institution granted McGill degrees until it became the independent University of British Columbia in 1915.WEB,www.library.ubc.ca/archives/mucbc.html, Higher Education in British Columbia Before the Establishment of UBC – UBC Archives, Library.ubc.ca, June 4, 2012, May 23, 2012,www.library.ubc.ca/archives/mucbc.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120523154045www.library.ubc.ca/archives/mucbc.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120523154045www.library.ubc.ca/archives/mucbc.html, live, Dawson College began in 1945 as a satellite campus of McGill to absorb the anticipated influx of students after World War II. Many students in their first three years in the Faculty of Engineering took courses at Dawson College to relieve the McGill campus for the later two years for their degree course. Dawson eventually became independent of McGill and evolved into the first English CEGEP in Quebec. Another CEGEP, John Abbott College, was established in 1971 at the campus of McGill’s Macdonald College.WEB,mje.mcgill.ca/article/viewFile/7916/5845, Historical Background of the English-Language CEGEPs of Quebec, Edwards, Reginald, mje.mcgill.ca, April 22, 2019, June 28, 2019,mje.mcgill.ca/article/viewFile/7916/5845," title="web.archive.org/web/20190628112320mje.mcgill.ca/article/viewFile/7916/5845,">web.archive.org/web/20190628112320mje.mcgill.ca/article/viewFile/7916/5845, live, Both founders of the University of Alberta, Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, were also McGill alumni. In addition, McGill alumni and professors, Sir William Osler and Howard Atwood Kelly, were among the four founders and early faculty members of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.WEB,www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/history5.html, The Four Founding Physicians, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2014-08-27, March 10, 2015,www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/history5.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150310220741www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/history5.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150310220741www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/history5.html, dead, Osler eventually became the first Physician-in-Chief of the new Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, US in 1889. He led the creation of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893.WEB,profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/GF/p-nid/363, The William Osler Papers: “Father of Modern Medicine”: The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1889-1905, profiles.nlm.nih.gov, March 13, 2019, April 22, 2019, September 24, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190924020306/https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/GF/p-nid/363, live, Other McGill alumni founded the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in the 1880s.WEB,www.schulich.uwo.ca/about/who_we_are/our_history/index.html, Our History - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University, www.schulich.uwo.ca, April 22, 2019, September 10, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190910164149/https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/about/who_we_are/our_history/index.html, live,

Modern history

McGill University, alongside other universities like the Université de Montréal and the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, had longstanding quotas in place from 1920 to the late 1960s on the number of Jews admitted to the respective universities.Gerald Tulchinsky, Canada’s Jews: A People’s Journey, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), 2008, p. 132-133, 319-321.Tulchinsky, Canada’s Jews, p. 133.Tulchinsky, Canada’s Jews, p. 410. The quota limited the Jewish student population in medicine and law to at most 10 per cent.WEB,imjm.ca/location/1565, Museum of Jewish Montreal, imjm.ca, July 24, 2021, August 31, 2021,imjm.ca/location/1565," title="web.archive.org/web/20210831023613imjm.ca/location/1565,">web.archive.org/web/20210831023613imjm.ca/location/1565, live, By 1961, McGill had an enrolment of 8,507 students and 925 graduate students.WEB, B. Macdonald, John, 1962, Higher education in British Columbia and a plan for the future,www.bccat.ca/Media/NEWBCCAT/pubs/HighEdBCPlan.pdf, February 16, 2023, February 16, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230216093548/https://www.bccat.ca/Media/NEWBCCAT/pubs/HighEdBCPlan.pdf, live, Since the 1960s McGill has experienced government funding curtailment.WEB, Fried, Jonah, Making sense of McGill’s underfunding crisis,www.mcgilltribune.com/making-sense-of-mcgills-underfunding-crisis/, The McGill Tribune, 16 February 2023, February 16, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230216082852/https://www.mcgilltribune.com/making-sense-of-mcgills-underfunding-crisis/, live, According to a 2016 report, McGill had a $1.3 billion deferred maintenance bill.WEB, Agarwal, Astha, McGill faces $1.3 billion in deferred maintenance costs,www.mcgilltribune.com/news/mcgill-faces-1-3-billion-in-deferred-maintenance-costs-123049/, The McGill Tribune, 16 February 2023, February 16, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230216085111/https://www.mcgilltribune.com/news/mcgill-faces-1-3-billion-in-deferred-maintenance-costs-123049/, live, The report also identified that 73 per cent of the university’s buildings were in poor or very poor shape.NEWS, 40% of Quebec university buildings in poor condition, government report says, CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-concordia-quebec-buildings-university-1.3793180, 16 February 2023, February 16, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230216085111/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-concordia-quebec-buildings-university-1.3793180, live, McGill University was the subject of controversy when in January 2023, McGill University’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) hosted the event, titled Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate In the United Kingdom and the Divorce of LGB from T. It was led by McGill alumnus Robert Wintemute. Transgender activist groups stormed the talk at McGill led by a speaker associated with a group they claimed was “notoriously transphobic and trans-exclusionary.” The talk was cancelled shortly after it started.WEB,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-backlash-anti-trans-talk-1.6708251, “CBC News, Erika Morris, CBC News journalist, 9th January, 2023”, May 14, 2023, May 15, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230515081613/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-backlash-anti-trans-talk-1.6708251, live,

Campus

Downtown campus

McGill’s main campus is situated in downtown Montreal at the foot of Mount Royal.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/maps/, Campus Maps, Mcgill.ca, 2012-06-04, August 27, 2016,mcgill.ca/maps/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160827174045mcgill.ca/maps/,">web.archive.org/web/20160827174045mcgill.ca/maps/, dead, Most of its buildings are in a park-like campus (also known as the Lower Campus) north of Sherbrooke Street and south of Pine Avenue between Peel and Aylmer streets. The campus also extends west of Peel Street (also known as Upper Campus) for several blocks, starting north of Doctor Penfield; the campus also extends east of University Street, starting north of Pine Avenue, an area that includes McGill’s Percival Molson Memorial Stadium and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. The community immediately east of University Street and south of Pine Avenue is known as Milton-Park, where a large number of students reside. The campus is near the Peel and McGill Metro stations. A major downtown boulevard, McGill College Avenue, leads up to the Roddick Gates, the university’s formal entrance. Many of the major university buildings were constructed using local grey limestone, which serves as a unifying element.WEB,www.studyplaces.com/institute/McGill+University, Study Places – McGill University, 2008, October 5, 2014, Educomp, dead,www.studyplaces.com/institute/McGill+University," title="web.archive.org/web/20100527044622www.studyplaces.com/institute/McGill+University,">web.archive.org/web/20100527044622www.studyplaces.com/institute/McGill+University, May 27, 2010, A number of these buildings are connected by indoor tunnels.WEB, Keller, Lucy, Student Life - Winter prep 101,www.mcgilltribune.com/student-life/winter-prep-101-112018/, The McGill Tribune, 17 February 2022, 20 November 2018, many McGill buildings are connected so that students can stay inside in between classes and avoid low temperatures during the school day., February 18, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220218005919/https://www.mcgilltribune.com/student-life/winter-prep-101-112018/, live, The university’s first classes were held in at Burnside Place, James McGill’s country home.WEB,www.physics.mcgill.ca/history.html, ‘Brief history of Physics at McGill’ – ‘McGill Physics’, 2008, Physics.mcgill.ca, 2010-12-17, 2012-06-04, dead,www.physics.mcgill.ca/history.html," title="archive.today/20120906234023www.physics.mcgill.ca/history.html,">archive.today/20120906234023www.physics.mcgill.ca/history.html, 2012-09-06, Burnside Place remained the sole educational facility until the 1840s, when the school began construction on its first buildings: the central and east wings of the Arts Building.WEB, David Johnson,cac.mcgill.ca/campus/evolution.html, The Early Campus – Virtual McGill, Cac.mcgill.ca, 2012-06-04, July 7, 2012,cac.mcgill.ca/campus/evolution.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120707190620cac.mcgill.ca/campus/evolution.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120707190620cac.mcgill.ca/campus/evolution.html, live, The rest of the campus was essentially a cow pasture, a situation similar to the few other Canadian universities and early American colleges of the age.WEB, David Johnson,cac.mcgill.ca/campus/front.html, ‘Canadian Architecture Collection’ – ‘Virtual McGill’, 2001, Cac.mcgill.ca, 2012-06-04, July 7, 2012,cac.mcgill.ca/campus/front.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120707193149cac.mcgill.ca/campus/front.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120707193149cac.mcgill.ca/campus/front.html, live, The university’s athletic facilities, including Molson Stadium, are on Mount Royal, near the residence halls and the Montreal Neurological Institute. The Gymnasium is named in honour of General Sir Arthur William Currie.WEB, Macdonald Park, Molson [Percival] Stadium, Currie [Sir Arthur] Memorial Gymnasium, and McConnell Winter Stadium,cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Gym.html, Virtual McGill, McGill University, 3 July 2023, July 3, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230703115448/https://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Gym.html, live,

Residence system

McGill’s residence system comprises 16 properties providing dormitories, apartments, and hotel-style housing to approximately 3,100 undergraduate students and some graduate students from the downtown and Macdonald campuses.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/residences/, McGill Residences, Mcgill.ca, 2010-07-28, 2011-09-29, March 8, 2011,www.mcgill.ca/residences/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110308175610www.mcgill.ca/residences/,">web.archive.org/web/20110308175610www.mcgill.ca/residences/, live, WEB, March 31, 2022, Student Housing,www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options, March 31, 2022, McGill University, March 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220331184019/https://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options, live, With the exception of students returning as “floor fellows,” few McGill students live in residence (known colloquially as “rez“) after their first year of undergraduate study, even if they are not from the Montreal area. Most second-year students transition to off-campus apartment housing. Many students settle in the Milton-Park neighbourhood, sometimes called the “McGill Ghetto,“WEB, The ghetto that isn’t {{!, The McGill Daily|date=February 10, 2014|url=https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2014/02/the-ghetto-that-isnt/|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803220737www.mcgilldaily.com/2014/02/the-ghetto-that-isnt/|url-status=live}} which is the neighbourhood directly to the east of the downtown campus. Students have also moved to areas such as Mile End, The Plateau, and even as far as Verdun because of rising rent prices.WEB,reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3201/ghetto.html, ‘In the Ghetto’, September 9, 1999, McGill Reporter, 2012-06-04, February 28, 2021,reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3201/ghetto.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20210228113340reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3201/ghetto.html,">web.archive.org/web/20210228113340reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3201/ghetto.html, live, Many first-year students live in the Upper Residence (“Upper Rez“),“Upper Rez: Douglas, McConnell, Molson and Gardner Halls”. “Moving into Residences” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416113758www.mcgill.ca/residences/undergraduate/admissions/movein/#UPPER|date=2008-04-16}}, “McGill University”, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2008. which consists of the 1960s-style dormitories McConnell Hall, Molson Hall, and Gardner Hall and are located on the slope of Mount Royal alongside historic Douglas Hall, another student residence.WEB, March 31, 2022, Upper Residence: McConnell Hall, Gardner Hall, Molson Hall,www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options/downtown-undergrad/bmh, March 31, 2022, McGill Student Housing, March 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220331193445/https://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/residence-options/downtown-undergrad/bmh, live, Royal Victoria College opened as a residential college for women in 1899, but its Tower section became mixed gender in September 2010 while its West Wing remains strictly for women. The college’s original building was designed by Bruce Price and its extension was designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs and George Taylor Hyde.WEB, Percy Erskine Nobbs Biography,cac.mcgill.ca/nobbs/bio-pen-english.htm, McGill John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection – The Architecture of Percy Erskine Nobbs, February 26, 2014, November 9, 2013,cac.mcgill.ca/nobbs/bio-pen-english.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20131109164614cac.mcgill.ca/nobbs/bio-pen-english.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20131109164614cac.mcgill.ca/nobbs/bio-pen-english.htm, live, A statue of Queen Victoria by her daughter Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, stands in front of the building.BOOK, Morgan, Henry James, Henry James Morgan, Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada, Toronto, Williams Briggs, 1903,archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft, 1,

Macdonald campus

(File:MacdonaldCollege1906.gif|thumb|Macdonald Campus under construction in 1906)A second campus, the Macdonald Campus, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue houses the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science, the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, the Institute of Parasitology, and the McGill School of Environment. As of fall 2020, despite a decrease in enrolment from the previous year’s 1,962 students, the campus has a total of 1,892 actively enrolled students, including those studying part-time and full-time, across all available programs. Of the total, 1,212 students are pursuing an undergraduate degree, 374 are pursuing a Masters-level degree, and 248 are pursuing a Doctoral-level degree, respectively. The gender percentage is 70.7 per cent female and 29.3 per cent male. There is a high international student presence, where over 1 in 5 students studying are from outside Canada. Students attending Macdonald campus often nickname the campus as “Mac” campus. Its location near the St. Lawrence river makes the campus significantly quieter and nature dense than the Downtown Montreal campus. The Morgan Arboretum and the J. S. Marshall Radar Observatory are nearby.The Morgan Arboretum was created in 1945. It is a {{convert|2.5|km2|sqmi|3|adj=on}} forested reserve with the aim of ‘teaching, and public education’. Its mandated goals are to continue research related to maintaining the health of the Arboretum plantations and woodlands, to develop new programs related to selecting species adapted to developing environmental conditions and to develop silvicultural practices that preserve and enhance biological diversity in both natural stands and plantations.WEB,www.morganarboretum.org/english/introduction.htm,www.morganarboretum.org/english/introduction.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20070923035212www.morganarboretum.org/english/introduction.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20070923035212www.morganarboretum.org/english/introduction.htm, dead, An Introduction to the Arboretum, September 23, 2007,

Outaouais campus

In 2019, McGill announced the construction of a new campus for its Faculty of Medicine in Gatineau, Quebec, which will allow students from the Outaouais region to complete their undergraduate medical education locally and in French. Medical students began using the new facility in August 2020.WEB, McGill opens satellite medical faculty in the Outaouais,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mcgill-med-school-satellite-campus-outaouais-1.5698699, 2019-02-11, CBC News, March 29, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220329124404/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mcgill-med-school-satellite-campus-outaouais-1.5698699, live, The new facility is located above the emergency room at Gatineau Hospital, part of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais, in addition to new offices for the associated Family Medicine Unit for residency training. Although the preparatory year for students entering the undergraduate medical education program from CEGEP was initially planned to be offered solely at the McGill downtown campus in Montreal,NEWS, L’UQO déçue de ne pas accueillir la future faculté de médecine,ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/801583/uqo-faculte-medecine-harrisson, April 27, 2020, Radio-Canada, Société Radio-Canada, September 7, 2016, September 20, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200920152759/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/801583/uqo-faculte-medecine-harrisson, live, collaboration with the Université du Québec en Outaouais made it possible to offer the program entirely in Gatineau.NEWS, McGill est l’UQO vont offrir l’année préparatoire en médecine à Gatineau,www.uquebec.ca/reseau/fr/medias/actualites-du-reseau/mcgill-et-luqo-vont-offrir-lannee-preparatoire-en-medecine-gatineau, April 27, 2020, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Université du Québec, February 13, 2020, September 27, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230927171954/https://reseau.uquebec.ca/fr/a-propos/salle-de-presse/actualites/mcgill-et-luqo-vont-offrir-lannee-preparatoire-en-medecine-a-gatineau, live,

McGill University Health Centre redevelopment plan

In 2006, the Quebec government initiated a $1.6 billion LEED redevelopment project for the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The project will expand facilities to two separate campusesWEB,www.muhc.ca/construction/, ‘The MUHC Redevelopment Project’, 2008, McGill University Health Centre, June 4, 2012,www.muhc.ca/construction/," title="web.archive.org/web/20070819093627www.muhc.ca/construction/,">web.archive.org/web/20070819093627www.muhc.ca/construction/, August 19, 2007, dead, and consolidate the various hospitals of the MUHC on the site of an old CP rail yard adjacent to the Vendôme Metro station. This site, known as Glen Yards, comprises {{convert|170000|m2}} and spans portions of Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood and the city of Westmount.WEB,www.muhc.ca/media/ensemble/2001july/land/,www.muhc.ca/media/ensemble/2001july/land/," title="web.archive.org/web/20050829172348www.muhc.ca/media/ensemble/2001july/land/,">web.archive.org/web/20050829172348www.muhc.ca/media/ensemble/2001july/land/, dead, This Land Was Made for You and Me... McGill University Health Centre Journal, July/August 2001, August 29, 2005, The Glen Yards project has been controversial due to local opposition to the project, environmental issues, and the project’s cost.McCabe, Daniel. MUHC site chosen {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825163228www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3105/muhc.html |date=August 25, 2006 }}, McGill Reporter, November 5, 1998.

Sustainability

In 2007, McGill premiered its Office of Sustainability and added a second full-time position in this area, the Director of Sustainability in addition to the Sustainability Officer.WEB, Sustainability, McGill University,www.mcgill.ca/principals-report-08/sustainability/, June 5, 2009, dead,www.mcgill.ca/principals-report-08/sustainability/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090707073825www.mcgill.ca/principals-report-08/sustainability/,">web.archive.org/web/20090707073825www.mcgill.ca/principals-report-08/sustainability/, July 7, 2009, Recent efforts in implementing its sustainable development plan include the new Life Sciences Centre which was built with LEED-Silver certification and a green roof, as well as an increase in parking rates in January 2008 to fund other sustainability projects. Other student projects include The Flat: Bike Collective, which promotes alternative transportation, and the Farmer’s Market, which occurs during the fall harvest.WEB, Office of Sustainability: Campus Committees and GroupsSustainability, McGill University,www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/group/, June 5, 2009,www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/group/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090330031353www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/group/,">web.archive.org/web/20090330031353www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/group/, March 30, 2009,

McGill Community for Lifelong Learning

Founded in 1989, the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL) is an educational community for senior learners housed in the McGill School of Continuing Studies. The program was founded by Fiona Clark, then-assistant director of continuing studies at McGill, and drew inspiration from horizontal peer-led programs, including the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement.WEB,reporter.mcgill.ca/mcll-celebrates-its-30th-anniversary/, MCLL celebrates its 30th anniversary, November 5, 2019, McGill Reporter, February 24, 2021, January 22, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210122110514/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcll-celebrates-its-30th-anniversary/, live, Its innovative educational modelWEB,www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/expandinglifelonglearningpaper.pdf, Expanding the Concept of Lifelong Learning Beyond the Campus: The Experience of the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning within the Wider Quebec Community, Frisby, Sandra, Huff, Christie, Megelas, Alex, Thorvik, Astri, McGill University, December 29, 2021, April 28, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220428130942/https://www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/expandinglifelonglearningpaper.pdf, live, is notably different from an instructor-led approach, and instead sees seniors exploring educational interest as either study group moderators, or participants. A core team of volunteer seniors assists with all aspects of the organization’s mandate with the support of McGill staff and facilities. The program brings together hundreds of senior members yearly and has acted as a springboard for numerous senior-led initiatives such as social events, educational symposiums, and cultural festivals, including an internationally recognized yearly Bloomsday event on the life and work of author James Joyce.WEB,www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/15/bloomsday-fans-around-the-world-celebrating-james-joyces-ulysses, Bloomsday: how fans around the world will be celebrating James Joyce’s Ulysses, June 15, 2015, The Guardian, May 16, 2021, June 28, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210628025958/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/15/bloomsday-fans-around-the-world-celebrating-james-joyces-ulysses, live,

Other facilities

File:MUHC Superhospital (May 2015).jpg|thumb|The newly built McGill University Health CentreMcGill University Health CentreMcGill’s Bellairs Research Institute, in Saint James, Barbados {{Coord|13|10|N|59|35|W}}, is Canada’s only teaching and research facility in the tropics.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/bellairs/, Bellairs Research Institute, McGill University, Mcgill.ca, 2011-04-11, 2012-06-04, June 11, 2002,www.mcgill.ca/bellairs/," title="web.archive.org/web/20020611093359www.mcgill.ca/bellairs/,">web.archive.org/web/20020611093359www.mcgill.ca/bellairs/, live, The institute has been in use for over 50 years. The university also operates the McGill Arctic Research Station on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, and a Subarctic Research Station in Schefferville, Quebec.McGill’s Gault Nature Reserve ({{Coord|45|32|N|73|10|W}}) spans over {{convert|10|km2|sqmi}} of forest land, the largest remaining remnant of the primeval forests of the St. Lawrence River Valley.WEB,biology.mcgill.ca/researchctrs/centres.html, THE GAULT NATURE RESERVE, McGill University. Accessed May 3, 2008, Biology.mcgill.ca, 2012-06-04,biology.mcgill.ca/researchctrs/centres.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111001000230biology.mcgill.ca/researchctrs/centres.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111001000230biology.mcgill.ca/researchctrs/centres.html, 2011-10-01, dead, The first scientific studies at the site occurred in 1859. The site has been the site of extensive research activities: “Today there are over 400 scientific articles, 100 graduate theses, more than 50 government reports and about 30 book chapters based on research at Mont St. Hilaire.“Research and education {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907072421www.mcgill.ca/gault/research |date=2017-09-07 }}, McGill University. Accessed May 3, 2008.In addition to the McGill University Health Centre, McGill has been directly partnered with many teaching hospitals for decades and has a history of collaborating with many hospitals in Montreal. These cooperations allow the university to graduate over 1,000 students in health care each year.“Mcgill University” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123043214www.learnist.org/mcgill-university/ |date=2010-01-23 }}, “Learnist.org Study Abroad”, 2008. Accessed May 16, 2008. McGill’s contract-affiliated teaching hospitals include the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Hospital, the Montreal Chest Institute and the Royal Victoria Hospital which are all now part of the McGill University Health Centre. Other hospitals health care students may use include the Jewish General Hospital, the Douglas Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, Lachine Hospital, LaSalle Hospital, Lakeshore General Hospital, as well as health care facilities part of the Centre intégré de santé et services sociaux de l’Outaouais.WEB,www.medicine.mcgill.ca/hospital.htm,www.medicine.mcgill.ca/hospital.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20080506012920www.medicine.mcgill.ca/hospital.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20080506012920www.medicine.mcgill.ca/hospital.htm, dead, “McGill University Teaching Hospital Network” – “McGill University Faculty of Medicine”, May 6, 2008,

Administration and organization

Structure

The university’s academic units are organized into 11 main Faculties and 13 Schools. These include the School of Architecture, the School of Computer Science, the School of Information Studies, the School of Human Nutrition, the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the Max Bell School of Public Policy, the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, the School of Urban Planning, and the Bieler School of Environment. They also include the Institute of Islamic Studies (established in 1952), which offers graduate courses leading to the M.A. and PhD degrees.The Graduate and Postdoctoral StudiesWEB, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies,www.mcgill.ca/gps/, McGill University, 2008-03-16, September 6, 2017,www.mcgill.ca/gps/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170906184013www.mcgill.ca/gps/,">web.archive.org/web/20170906184013www.mcgill.ca/gps/, live, (GPS) oversees the admission and registration of graduate students (both master’s and PhD). {| class=“toccolours” ; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:280px;”

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University identity and culture

{{See also|Heraldry of McGill University}}File:Mcgill university coa.png|thumb|150px|McGill coat of armscoat of armsThe McGill coat of arms is derived from an armorial device assumed during his lifetime by the founder of the University, James McGill. It was designed in 1906 by Percy Nobbs, three years into his term as director of the University’s School of Architecture.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/engineering/about-us/our-history/1900-1950, 1900-1950 - McGill Faculty of Engineering History, McGill University, April 5, 2020, April 12, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200412033550/https://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/about-us/our-history/1900-1950, live, The University’s patent of arms was subsequently granted by the Garter King at Arms in 1922, registered in 1956 with Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, and in 1992 with the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada. In heraldic terms, the coat of arms is described as follows: “Argent three Martlets Gules, on a chief dancette of the second, an open book proper garnished or bearing the legend In Domino Confido in letters Sable between two crowns of the first. Motto: Grandescunt Aucta Labore.” The coat of arms consists of two parts, the shield and the scroll. The university publishes a guide to the use of the university’s arms and motto.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/files/secretariat/WordmarkandInsigniaofMcGillUniversity-Policyontheuseof.pdf, Policy on use of the Wordmark and Insignia of McGill University, 2015-08-26,www.mcgill.ca/files/secretariat/WordmarkandInsigniaofMcGillUniversity-Policyontheuseof.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150226073350www.mcgill.ca/files/secretariat/WordmarkandInsigniaofMcGillUniversity-Policyontheuseof.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150226073350www.mcgill.ca/files/secretariat/WordmarkandInsigniaofMcGillUniversity-Policyontheuseof.pdf, 2015-02-26, dead, The university’s symbol is the martlet, stemming from the presence of the mythical bird on the official arms of the university. The university’s official colour is scarlet, which figures prominently in the academic dress of McGill University. McGill’s motto is Grandescunt Aucta Labore, Latin for “By work, all things increase and grow” (literally, “Things grown great increase by work,” that is, things that grow to be great do so by means of work). The official school song is entitled “Hail, Alma Mater.“WEB,www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/songs/songs.htm, McGill Songs > McGill Facts and Institutional History > McGill History > Outreach, Archives.mcgill.ca, 2004-03-24, 2011-02-20, April 4, 2007,archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/songs/songs.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20070404214101archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/songs/songs.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20070404214101archives.mcgill.ca/public/hist_mcgill/songs/songs.htm, live,

Exchange and study abroad

McGill maintains ties with more than 160 partner universities where students can study abroad for either one or two semesters.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/mcgillabroad/mcgill-students-going-abroad/global-learning-opportunities, McGill students going abroad, McGill Abroad, McGill University, March 27, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200327184450/https://www.mcgill.ca/mcgillabroad/mcgill-students-going-abroad/global-learning-opportunities, March 27, 2020, live, Each year, McGill hosts around 500 incoming exchange students from over 32 countries. The university offers a multitude of activities and events to integrate the students into the university’s community and introduce them to the North American academic culture. McGill is the home to more than 10,000 foreign students who make up of more than 27 per cent of the student population.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/issoffice, About International Student Services (ISS), McGill University, March 14, 2019, March 17, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190317003533/https://www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/issoffice, live,

Finances

The McGill endowment provides approximately 10 per cent of the school’s annual operating revenues.WEB, Munroe-Blum, Heather, February 9, 2009, Economic Statement, Feb. 9, 2009,www.mcgill.ca/principal/speeches/economic/econstat_020909/, dead,www.mcgill.ca/principal/speeches/economic/econstat_020909/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090409223059www.mcgill.ca/principal/speeches/economic/econstat_020909/,">web.archive.org/web/20090409223059www.mcgill.ca/principal/speeches/economic/econstat_020909/, April 9, 2009, May 16, 2021, McGill’s endowment rests within the top 10 per cent of all North American post-secondary institutions’ endowments.Tibbets, Janice. “U of T, UBC join billion-dollar club” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511135409www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=9a8b62cf-015b-48ce-8867-8f0ce6d732be&k=47247 |date=2011-05-11 }}, “Canwest News Service”, February 3, 2008. Accessed May 4, 2008. As of 2022, the endowment is valued at $2.039 billion,WEB, McGill Endowment Quarterly Report Dec 2020,www.mcgill.ca/investments/files/investments/december_31_2020_-_english.pdf, March 24, 2021, April 24, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210424174836/https://www.mcgill.ca/investments/files/investments/december_31_2020_-_english.pdf, live, the third-largest endowment among Canadian universities, and remains one of the largest endowments on a per-student basis.WEB, McGill University {{!, Canada|url=https://www.easyuni.com/canada/mcgill-university-10281/|access-date=May 15, 2021|website=www.easyuni.com|archive-date=May 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516152349www.easyuni.com/canada/mcgill-university-10281/|url-status=live}}McGill launched the Campaign McGill campaign in October 2007,“McGill launches $750-million fundraiser” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511135400www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=207855b3-e023-4094-9f05-80ede5a36aff |date=2011-05-11 }}, “The Montreal Gazette” October 18, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. with the goal of raising over $750 million for the purpose of further “attracting and retaining top talent in Quebec, to increase access to quality education and to further enhance McGill’s ability to address critical global problems.““History in the Making” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707210222www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=27601 |date=July 7, 2012 }}, “McGill Public and Media Newsroom”, October 18, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. The largest goal of any Canadian university fundraising campaign at the time,“McGill launches largest Canadian university fundraising campaign” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205022348www.academica.ca/top10/issues/2007/10/19 |date=2010-12-05 }}, “Academia Group Back Issues Database” October 19, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. the campaign was officially closed on June 18, 2013, having raised more than $1 billion.NEWS, McGill University joins $1-billion fundraising club,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/mcgill-university-joins-1-billion-fundraising-club/article12637032/, June 19, 2013, June 20, 2013,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/mcgill-university-joins-1-billion-fundraising-club/article12637032/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130620100005www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/mcgill-university-joins-1-billion-fundraising-club/article12637032/,">web.archive.org/web/20130620100005www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/mcgill-university-joins-1-billion-fundraising-club/article12637032/, live, WEB,montrealgazette.com/news/McGill+University+fundraising+tops+billion/8542135/story.html, McGill University’s fundraising tops $1 billion, June 19, 2013, dead,www.montrealgazette.com/news/McGill%2BUniversity%2Bfundraising%2Btops%2Bbillion/8542135/story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130621011741www.montrealgazette.com/news/McGill%2BUniversity%2Bfundraising%2Btops%2Bbillion/8542135/story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130621011741www.montrealgazette.com/news/McGill%2BUniversity%2Bfundraising%2Btops%2Bbillion/8542135/story.html, June 21, 2013, Campaign McGill has since been surpassed by larger fundraising campaigns, such as the University of British Columbia’s $3 billion FORWARD campaign and the University of Toronto’s $4 billion Defy Gravity campaign.NEWS,defygravitycampaign.utoronto.ca/about/, About Defy Gravity: The Campaign for the University of Toronto, Defy Gravity, University of Toronto, November 5, 2023, WEB,alumni.ubc.ca/forward/, FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, November 5, 2023, University of British Columbia, In 2019, McGill launched Made By McGill, a new $2 billion fundraising campaign.WEB,reporter.mcgill.ca/introducing-made-by-mcgill/, Introducing “Made by McGill”, September 26, 2019, November 5, 2023, McGill University, In 2019, McGill received a $200 million donation to fund the creation of the McCall MacBain Scholarships programme, the then-largest single philanthropic gift to a Canadian university, until it was surpassed in 2020 by a $250 million donation by James and Louise Temerty to the University of Toronto.WEB, University of Toronto receives single largest gift in Canadian history,www.utoronto.ca/news/university-toronto-receives-single-largest-gift-canadian-history-james-and-louise-temerty, June 30, 2021, September 29, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200929173637/https://www.utoronto.ca/news/university-toronto-receives-single-largest-gift-canadian-history-james-and-louise-temerty, live, WEB, McCall MacBain Foundation makes a single-largest gift in Canadian history to create a flagship graduate scholarship program at McGill University,mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mccall-macbain-foundation-makes-single-largest-gift-canadian-history-create-flagship-graduate-294528, February 13, 2019, Newsroom, February 14, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190214061336/https://mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mccall-macbain-foundation-makes-single-largest-gift-canadian-history-create-flagship-graduate-294528, live,

Academics

Admissions

McGill University has an acceptance rate of 38.1 per cent and a graduate acceptance rate of 29.2 per cent, with an enrolment rate of 19 per cent of all applicants.WEB, Admissions Profile,www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile, 2023-05-21, Enrolment Services, en, October 15, 2015,www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile," title="web.archive.org/web/20151015043829www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile,">web.archive.org/web/20151015043829www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile, live, WEB, McGill University 2020-2021 Admissions: Entry Requirements, Deadlines, Application Process,collegedunia.com/canada/college/39-mcgill-university-montreal/admission, 2020-04-27, Collegedunia, April 9, 2020, August 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200803194055/https://collegedunia.com/canada/college/39-mcgill-university-montreal/admission, live, WEB, McGill University 2022-2023 Admissions: Entry Requirements, Deadlines, Application Process,leapscholar.com/canada/mcgill-university, 2022-11-25, LeapScholar, November 25, 2022, November 25, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221125130241/https://leapscholar.com/canada/mcgill-university, live, 22 per cent of all students are enrolled in the Faculty of Arts, McGill’s largest academic unit. Of the other larger faculties, the Faculty of Science enrols 15 per cent, the Faculty of Medicine enrols 13 per cent, the School of Continuing Studies enrols 12 per cent, the Faculty of Engineering and the Desautels Faculty of Management enrol about 10 per cent each. The remainder of all students are enrolled in McGill’s smaller schools, including the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Schulich School of Music, and the Faculty of Religious Studies. Since the 1880s,WEB, Gazette, The, 2008-05-15, McGill buys Anglican Diocesan Theological College,www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c69f9b41-6f04-4c13-bc6c-89bba0ffe380, dead,www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c69f9b41-6f04-4c13-bc6c-89bba0ffe380," title="web.archive.org/web/20120822004948www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c69f9b41-6f04-4c13-bc6c-89bba0ffe380,">web.archive.org/web/20120822004948www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c69f9b41-6f04-4c13-bc6c-89bba0ffe380, 2012-08-22, 2012-06-04, Canada.com, McGill has been affiliated with three Theological Colleges; the Montreal Diocesan Theological College (Anglican Church of Canada), The Presbyterian College, Montreal (Presbyterian Church in Canada), and United Theological College (United Church of Canada).WEB, Bachelor of Theology Program,www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/theological/bth/, dead,www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/theological/bth," title="web.archive.org/web/20120524070129www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/theological/bth,">web.archive.org/web/20120524070129www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/theological/bth, 2012-05-24, 2012-06-04, Mcgill.ca, The university’s Faculty of Religious Studies maintains additional affiliations with other theological institutions and organizations, such as the Montreal School of Theology.WEB, Montreal School of Theology,www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/joint-board/, unfit,www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/joint-board/," title="web.archive.org/web/20091203173827www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/joint-board/,">web.archive.org/web/20091203173827www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/joint-board/, December 3, 2009, December 3, 2009,

Undergraduate

Among Canadian universities, McGill undergraduates have the fifth highest average entering grades among high school and CEGEP students entering from their home province.WEB, Canada’s Best Universities 2023: Average Entering Grade,education.macleans.ca/university-rankings/canadas-best-universities-2023-average-entering-grade/, May 17, 2023, www.macleans.ca, October 7, 2022, May 30, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230530082343/https://education.macleans.ca/university-rankings/canadas-best-universities-2023-average-entering-grade/, live, Among admitted students, the median Quebec CEGEP R-score was 31.9, while the median grade 12 averages for students entering McGill from outside of Quebec ranged between 93.2 per cent and 94.4 per cent (A). For American students, the median SAT scores in the verbal, mathematics, and writing sections were 730, 730, and 730, respectively. The median ACT score was 32.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile, Admissions Profile, McGill University, November 10, 2015, October 15, 2015,www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile," title="web.archive.org/web/20151015043829www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile,">web.archive.org/web/20151015043829www.mcgill.ca/es/admissions-profile, live,

Law

Due to its bilingual nature, McGill’s law school does not require applicants to sit the LSAT, which is only offered in English. For students who submitted LSAT scores in the September 2019 entering class, the median LSAT score was 163 (87.8th percentile) out of a possible 180 points. Of those students who entered with a bachelor’s degree, the median GPA was 86 per cent (3.8/4.0), and of those students entering from CEGEP, the average R-score was 34.29.WEB,mcgill.ca/law/bcl-llb/admissions-guide/eligibility, Eligibility, Faculty of Law, 2019-11-27, November 27, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191127165049/https://mcgill.ca/law/bcl-llb/admissions-guide/eligibility, live,

Medicine

For medical students in the 2020 entering class, of those students who entered with a bachelor’s degree, the average GPA was 3.88 out of 4.0, and of those students entering from CEGEP, the average R-score was 37.10.WEB, Class Profiles,www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/prospective/our-statistics/class-profiles, September 1, 2020, Office of Admissions, August 10, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200810214006/https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/prospective/our-statistics/class-profiles, live, McGill does not require applicants to its medical programme to sit the MCAT if they have an undergraduate degree from a Canadian university.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements-edu/mcat, Medical College Admissions Test® (MCAT®), Office of Admissions, 2018-06-23, June 23, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180623165846/https://www.mcgill.ca/medadmissions/applying/requirements-edu/mcat, live,

MBA

In the Desautels Faculty of Management’s MBA program, applicants had an average GMAT score of 670 and an average GPA of 3.3.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/mba-programs/mba/admissions/faqs, FAQs, Desautels Faculty of Management, 2018-06-23, June 23, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180623165848/https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/mba-programs/mba/admissions/faqs, live, MBA students had an average age of 28, and five years of work experience. 95 per cent of MBA students are bilingual and 60 per cent are trilingual.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/mba-programs/mba/student-life/class, Typical class profile, Desautels Faculty of Management, 2018-06-23, June 23, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180623165812/https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/mba-programs/mba/student-life/class, live,

Teaching and learning

In the 2007–2008 school year, McGill offered over 340 academic programs in eleven faculties.WEB,mcgill.ca/es/files/es/fall_2018_-_overview_by_level.pdf, Enrolment Report Fall 2018: Overview by Level, McGill University, 2018-11-24, November 24, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181124220237/https://mcgill.ca/es/files/es/fall_2018_-_overview_by_level.pdf, live, WEB,www.mcgill.ca/courses/, McGill University Calendars, April 22, 2009, unfit,www.mcgill.ca/courses/," title="web.archive.org/web/20020802061459www.mcgill.ca/courses/,">web.archive.org/web/20020802061459www.mcgill.ca/courses/, August 2, 2002, The university also offers over 250 doctoral and master’s graduate degree programs. Despite strong increases in university enrolment across North America,WEB,www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051011/d051011b.htm, The Daily, Tuesday, October 11, 2005. University enrolment, July 20, 2008, unfit,www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051011/d051011b.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20080720095220www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051011/d051011b.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20080720095220www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051011/d051011b.htm, July 20, 2008, McGill has upheld a relatively low and appealing student-faculty ratio of 16:1.WEB,www.towards2030.utoronto.ca/files/towards-2030-sec2.pdf, Endowment Growth, May 22, 2015, March 3, 2016,www.towards2030.utoronto.ca/files/towards-2030-sec2.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20160303181629www.towards2030.utoronto.ca/files/towards-2030-sec2.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20160303181629www.towards2030.utoronto.ca/files/towards-2030-sec2.pdf, live, WEB,www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023286/college/mcgill-university#!academics, McGill University, Princeton Review, May 22, 2015, May 22, 2015,www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023286/college/mcgill-university#!academics," title="web.archive.org/web/20150522125338www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023286/college/mcgill-university#!academics,">web.archive.org/web/20150522125338www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023286/college/mcgill-university#!academics, live, There are nearly 1,600 tenured or tenure-track professors teaching at the university.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/staff/, Faculty and staff, McGill University, 2008-05-24, March 3, 2018,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/staff," title="web.archive.org/web/20180303070321www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/staff,">web.archive.org/web/20180303070321www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/staff, live, Tuition fees vary significantly depending on the faculties that aspiring (graduate and undergraduate) students choose as well as their citizenship. For the undergraduate faculty of the arts, tuition fees vary for in-province, out-of-province, and international students, with full-time Quebec students paying around $4,333.10WEB,www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees, Student Accounts, Mcgill.ca, April 22, 2015, April 23, 2015,www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees," title="web.archive.org/web/20150423143028www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees,">web.archive.org/web/20150423143028www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees, live, per year, Canadian students from other provinces paying around $9,509.30 per year, and international students paying $22,102.57–$41,815.92 per year.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees, Student Accounts – McGill University, 3 June 2015, September 2, 2017,www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees," title="web.archive.org/web/20170902112845www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees,">web.archive.org/web/20170902112845www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwinter-term-tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees, live, Since 1996, McGill, in accordance with the Quebec Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports (Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport or MELS), has had eight categories that qualifies certain international students to be excused from paying international fees. These categories include: students from France and French-speaking Belgium, a quota of students from select countries which have agreements with MELS, which include Algeria, China, and Morocco,Countries and International Organizations Granted Exemptions from the Additional Financial Contribution by the Government of Quebec, Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721101456www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ens-sup/ens-univ/droits_scolarite-A_pays-organisations.pdf|date=July 21, 2006}} students holding diplomatic status, including their dependents, and students enrolled in certain language programs leading to a degree in French.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/student-records/fees/exemption/, International Fee Exemption, Mcgill.ca, 2010-12-07, 2011-02-20,www.mcgill.ca/student-records/fees/exemption/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110210134205www.mcgill.ca/student-records/fees/exemption/,">web.archive.org/web/20110210134205www.mcgill.ca/student-records/fees/exemption/, 2011-02-10, dead, In the 2008–2009 school year, McGill’s graduate business program became funded by tuition. It was the last business school in Canada to do so.WEB,www.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/mcgill-m-b-a-program-goes-private/, McGill M.B.A. program goes private, Martin Patriquin, Macleans.ca, October 2009, 3 June 2015, July 27, 2013,www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/mcgill-m-b-a-program-goes-private/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130727074830www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/mcgill-m-b-a-program-goes-private/,">web.archive.org/web/20130727074830www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/mcgill-m-b-a-program-goes-private/, live, For out-of-province first year undergraduate students, a high school average of 95 per cent is required to receive a guaranteed one-year entrance scholarship.“Entrance awards”, McGill University. Retrieved June 13, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416004825www.mcgill.ca/applying/undergrad2008-09/scholarships/ |date=April 16, 2008}} For renewal of previously earned scholarships, students generally need to be within the top 10 per cent of their faculty.“Renewals”, McGill University. Accessed May 4, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221093300www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/recipients/ |date=February 21, 2007}} For in-course scholarships in particular, students must be within the top 5 per cent of their faculty.WEB, In-course awards – For students already at McGill,www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/in-course/, McGill University, dead,www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/in-course/," title="web.archive.org/web/20080516100208www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/in-course/,">web.archive.org/web/20080516100208www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/in-course/, May 16, 2008, WEB, Dean’s Honour List,www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/deanslist/, McGill University, dead,www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/deanslist/," title="web.archive.org/web/20080516100157www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/deanslist/,">web.archive.org/web/20080516100157www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/scholarships/deanslist/, May 16, 2008, McGill itself outlines scholarship considerations as follows: “Competition for basic and major scholarships is intense at McGill. An extraordinary number of exceptional applications are received each year and therefore we cannot award scholarships to all good candidates.“The university has joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.WEB,www.accc.ca/english/services/cdnforces/hero.htm, Project Hero, Accc.ca, February 20, 2011, dead,www.accc.ca/english/services/cdnforces/hero.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20100113181437www.accc.ca/english/services/cdnforces/hero.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20100113181437www.accc.ca/english/services/cdnforces/hero.htm, January 13, 2010, McGill is also partnered with the STEM initiative Schulich Leader Scholarships, awarding an $80,000 scholarship to an incoming engineering student and a $60,000 scholarship to a student pursuing a degree in science/technology/mathematics each year.“Schulich Leader Scholarships reward excellence, service” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630040853www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/schulich-leader-scholarships-reward-excellence-service-231431 |date=June 30, 2017 }}, McGill University. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

Language policy

McGill is one of three English-language universities in Quebec;WEB, Immigration Québec - Choosing an educational institution and a program of study,www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/applying-admission/choosing-institution/index.html, 2020-11-07, www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca, July 26, 2020,www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/applying-admission/choosing-institution/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20200726083914www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/applying-admission/choosing-institution/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20200726083914www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/students/applying-admission/choosing-institution/index.html, live, French is not a requirement to attend.WEB, Frequently Asked Questions,www.mcgill.ca/law/grad-studies/admissions-guide/faq, May 16, 2021, Faculty of Law, May 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210516152347/https://www.mcgill.ca/law/grad-studies/admissions-guide/faq, live, The Faculty of Law does, however, require all students to be ‘passively bilingual’ since English or French may be used at any time.WEB, General eligibility requirements,www.mcgill.ca/law/bcl-jd/admissions-guide/eligibility, 2020-11-07, Faculty of Law, November 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201111232846/https://www.mcgill.ca/law/bcl-jd/admissions-guide/eligibility, live, Over 40,000 students attend McGill, with international students accounting for approximately 29 per cent of the student population.WEB,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts, 2017 Factbook, About McGill, 2018-10-26, May 9, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210509113755/https://www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts, live, The majority of students are fluent in at least two languages.WEB,commitment.mcgill.ca/internationalcampus/, International Campus, The McGill Commitment, 2018-09-30, October 1, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181001031215/https://commitment.mcgill.ca/internationalcampus/, dead, Francophone students, whether from Quebec or overseas, now make up approximately 20 per cent of the student body.Although the language of instruction is English, since its founding McGill has allowed students to write their thesis in French, and since 1964 students in all faculties have been able to submit any graded work in either English or French, provided the objective of the class is not to learn a particular language.NEWS,archives.cbc.ca/IDC-0-10-1249-6929-10/index_souvenirs/vie_societe/mcgill_francais, ‘McGill français!’ – Souvenirs – Les Archives de Radio-Canada, Archives.cbc.ca, 2011-02-20, October 20, 2007,archives.cbc.ca/IDC-0-10-1249-6929-10/index_souvenirs/vie_societe/mcgill_francais," title="web.archive.org/web/20071020193222archives.cbc.ca/IDC-0-10-1249-6929-10/index_souvenirs/vie_societe/mcgill_francais,">web.archive.org/web/20071020193222archives.cbc.ca/IDC-0-10-1249-6929-10/index_souvenirs/vie_societe/mcgill_francais, live, In 1969, the nationalist McGill français movement demanded McGill become francophone, pro-nationalist, and pro-worker.“McGill français and Quebec society” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202163306reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html |date=February 2, 2022 }}, “McGill Reporter”, April 8, 1999. Accessed May 16, 2008. The movement was led by Stanley Gray, a political science professor (and possibly unaware of government plans after the recent (1968) legislation founding the Université du Québec).“A reunion of radicals” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814081055reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r2902/daily.htm |date=August 14, 2007 }}, “Reporter Volume 29 Number 2”, September 26, 1996. Accessed May 16, 2008.“Far from français”{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, “The McGill Tribune”, February 3, 2004. Accessed May 16, 2008. A demonstration was held of 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students, at the university’s Roddick Gates on March 28, 1969. Protesters saw English as the privileged language of commerce. McGill, where Francophones were only three per cent of the students, could be seen as the force maintaining economic control by Anglophones of a predominantly French-speaking province.WEB,www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html, Reporter: McGill français, Reporter-archive.mcgill.ca, 2011-02-20, February 17, 2006,www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20060217015904www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html,">web.archive.org/web/20060217015904www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html, live, WEB,www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3111/scope.html, Reporter: Kaleidoscope, Reporter-archive.mcgill.ca, 2011-02-20, May 14, 2008,reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3111/scope.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080514092225reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3111/scope.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080514092225reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3111/scope.html, live, However, the majority of students and faculty opposed such a position.Chester, Bronwyn. “McGill français and Quebec society” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217015904www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3114/francais.html |date=February 17, 2006 }}. McGill Reporter, April 8, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2006.Provart, John. McGill français 30 years later {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528150058news-archive.mcgill.ca/s99/demoen.htm |date=2016-05-28 }}. McGill News, Summer 1999.

Rankings and reputation

{{Canadian university rankings| UniName = McGill University| CWUR_W = 27| USNWR_GU = 54| USNWR_N = 3| QS_W = 30| QS_N = 2| THES_W = 49| THES_N = 3| THES_GEUR = 29| MAC_med = 1| ARWU_W = 70| ARWU_CAN = 3}}McGill ranks first in Canada among medical-doctoral universities in Maclean’s Canadian University Rankings 2023. The university has held the top position in the ranking for 19 consecutive years.WEB,reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-is-canadas-top-university-macleans-magazine/, McGill is Canada’s top university: Maclean’s Magazine, 12 October 2023, Oct 15, 2023, The Globe and Mail{{’}}s Canadian University Report 2019 categorised McGill as “above average” for its financial aid, student experience and research, and as “average” for its library resources.NEWS, 2018-11-02, The 2019 Canadian University Report,www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/education/canadian-university-report/article-the-2019-canadian-university-report-we-profiled-almost-every/, 2019-10-04, March 21, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190321172710/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/education/canadian-university-report/article-the-2019-canadian-university-report-we-profiled-almost-every/, live, Research Infosource ranked McGill second among Canadian universities with medical schools in its 2020 edition of Research Universities of the Year.WEB, Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2020 Research Universities of the Year,researchinfosource.com/top-50-research-universities/2020/ruy, July 6, 2021, July 9, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210709185429/https://researchinfosource.com/top-50-research-universities/2020/ruy, live, Internationally, McGill ranked 30th in the world and second in Canada in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. It also ranked 26th in the world and second in Canada in the 2023 CWUR World University Rankings.WEB, Center for World University Rankings, 15 May 2023, World University Rankings 2023,cwur.org/2023.php, June 7, 2023, July 1, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230701065524/https://cwur.org/2023.php, live, It was ranked 49th in the world and third in Canada by the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In 2022, the Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the university 73rd in the world, and third in Canada. In the 2022–23 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Rankings, McGill was ranked 54th in the world and third in Canada.In the Global University Employability Ranking 2022, published by Times Higher Education, McGill ranked 29th in the world and second in Canada. Nature ranked McGill 67th in the world and second in Canada among academic institutions for high-impact research in the 2021 edition of Nature Index.WEB, 2021 tables: Institutions - academic {{!, 2021 tables {{!}} Institutions - academic {{!}} Nature Index|url=https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2021/institution/academic/all|access-date=2021-07-06|website=www.natureindex.com|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625001755www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2021/institution/academic/all|url-status=dead}} According to Wealth-X’s 2019 ranking of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) alumni — those with US$30 million or more in net worth — McGill ranked 34th in the world and eighth outside the United States.WEB,www.wealthx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/University-Ultra-High-Net-Worth-Alumni-Rankings-2019.pdf, University Ultra High Net Worth Alumni Rankings 2019, January 27, 2020, January 31, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210131100748/https://www.wealthx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/University-Ultra-High-Net-Worth-Alumni-Rankings-2019.pdf, live, McGill’s MBA program, offered by the Desautels Faculty of Management, has appeared in several rankings. Quacquarelli Symonds, in its Global MBA Rankings 2021, ranked McGill’s MBA 59th in the world and second in Canada.WEB, 2020-09-17, World University Rankings - Full Time MBA: Global 2021,www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global/2021, 2020-10-05, TopMBA.com, October 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201003101004/https://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global/2021, live, The Financial Times, in its 2020 Global MBA ranking, placed the MBA programme 91st in the world and second in Canada.WEB, Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com,rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2020, 2020-07-31, rankings.ft.com, January 11, 2021,rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2020," title="web.archive.org/web/20210111003945rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2020,">web.archive.org/web/20210111003945rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2020, dead, In Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Best Business Schools ranking 2019–2020, Desautels was ranked seventh in Canada.NEWS, Best Business Schools 2019-20 Canadian Rankings, Bloomberg.com,www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/canada, 31 Jul 2020, August 8, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200808033812/https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/canada, live, McGill is a member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF),WEB, Global University Leaders Forum 2020 Members List,www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GULF_Members_18.pdf, January 26, 2020, World Economic Forum, August 3, 2020,www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GULF_Members_18.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20200803003452www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GULF_Members_18.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20200803003452www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GULF_Members_18.pdf, live, composed of the presidents of 29 of the world’s top universities.WEB, Global University Leaders Forum,www.weforum.org/communities/global-university-leaders-forum, January 26, 2020, World Economic Forum, November 29, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191129071558/https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-university-leaders-forum, live, It is the only Canadian university member of GULF. McGill is also one of only two non-American universities to be a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization of research-intensive universities.WEB,www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Who-We-Are/AAU-Member-List.pdf, AAU Member Universities, Association of American Universities, December 29, 2021, dead, October 26, 2014,www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476%2Four-members," title="web.archive.org/web/20141026002609www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476%2Four-members,">web.archive.org/web/20141026002609www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476%2Four-members,

Research

(File:Sir Ernest Rutherfords laboratory, early 20th century. (9660575343).jpg|thumb|right|The laboratory of Rutherford, early 20th century)McGill is affiliated with 12 Nobel Laureates, and professors have won major teaching prizes. According to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, “researchers at McGill are affiliated with about 75 major research centres and networks, and are engaged in an extensive array of research partnerships with other universities, government and industry in Quebec and Canada, throughout North America and in dozens of other countries.“WEB,www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/mcgill_e.html,www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/mcgill_e.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20081112025440www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/mcgill_e.html,">web.archive.org/web/20081112025440www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_universities/mcgill_e.html, dead, “McGill University”, “Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada”, April 4, 2008, Nov 12, 2008, In 2016, McGill had over $547 million of sponsored research income, the second-highest in Canada,WEB,www.researchinfosource.com/pdf/CIL2017-Top%2050%20Universities%20List.pdf, Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2017, June 23, 2018, August 20, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180820085536/https://www.researchinfosource.com/pdf/CIL2017-Top%2050%20Universities%20List.pdf, live, and a research intensity per faculty of $317,600, the third highest among full-service universities in Canada.WEB,www.researchinfosource.com/pdf/2017Top50ListbyTierWC.pdf, Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2017 – University Leaders by Tier, June 23, 2018, August 20, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180820092717/https://www.researchinfosource.com/pdf/2017Top50ListbyTierWC.pdf, live, McGill has one of the largest patent portfolios among Canadian universities.WEB, Research, McGill University,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/research/, September 4, 2017, July 18, 2017,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/research," title="web.archive.org/web/20170718145903www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/research,">web.archive.org/web/20170718145903www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/research, dead, McGill’s researchers are supported by the McGill University Library, which comprises 13 branch libraries and holds over 11.5 million items.WEB, April 2, 2022, Collections,www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections, April 2, 2022, McGill Library, March 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220331171955/https://www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections, live, Since 1926, McGill has been a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization of leading research universities in North America. McGill is a founding member of Universitas 21, an international network of leading research-intensive universities that work together to expand their global reach and advance their plans for internationalization. McGill is one of 26 members of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), which acts as an intellectual community within the World Economic Forum to advise its leadership on matters relating to higher education and research. It is the only Canadian university member of GULF. McGill is also a member of the U15, a group of prominent research universities within Canada.WEB,u15.ca/our-members, Our Members, 25 March 2020, U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, November 30, 2019,u15.ca/our-members," title="web.archive.org/web/20191130032301u15.ca/our-members,">web.archive.org/web/20191130032301u15.ca/our-members, live, McGill-Queen’s University Press began as McGill in 1963 and amalgamated with Queen’s in 1969. McGill-Queen’s University Press focuses on Canadian studies and publishes the Canadian Public Administration Series.WEB, George L. Parker,www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-presses, University Presses, The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 18, 2019, August 18, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190818205824/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-presses, live, File:Electron shell 086 Radon.svg|thumb|Radon, discovered at McGill by physicist Ernest RutherfordErnest RutherfordSir William Osler, Wilder Penfield, Donald Hebb, Donald Ewen Cameron, Brenda Milner, and others made significant discoveries in medicine, neuroscience and psychology while working at McGill, many at the university’s Montreal Neurological Institute. The first hormone governing the Immune System (later christened the Cytokine ‘Interleukin-2’) was discovered at McGill in 1965 by Gordon & McLean.JOURNAL, Gordon, J, Maclean, LD, 1965, A Lymphocyte-stimulating Factor produced in vitro, Nature, 208, 5012, 795–796, 10.1038/208795a0, 4223737, 1965Natur.208..795G, 4245051, The invention of the world’s first artificial cell was made by Thomas Chang while an undergraduate student at the university.JOURNAL, 10.1002/jbm.820020202, 2, Semipermeable aqueous microcapsules (artificial cells). V. Permeability characteristics, 1968, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 187–199, Chang, Thomas M. S., Poznansky, Mark J., 2, 5707843, While chair of physics at McGill, nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford performed the experiment that led to the discovery of the alpha particle and its function in radioactive decay, which won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908.WEB, Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937),www.mcgill.ca/about/history/rutherford, 2020-01-25, January 24, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200124224906/https://www.mcgill.ca/about/history/rutherford, live, Alumnus Jack W. Szostak was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that has inspired new lines of research into cancer.WEB,www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/szostak/biographical/, Jack W. Szostak - Biographical, Nobel Media, The Nobel Prize - nobelprize.org, March 25, 2020, August 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200803213440/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/szostak/biographical/, live,

Libraries, archives and museums

The McGill University Library comprises 12 branch libraries containing 11.5 million items in its collection.WEB, March 31, 2022, Collections,www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections, March 31, 2022, McGill Library, March 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220331171955/https://www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections, live, Its branches include the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, which holds about 350,000 items, including books, manuscripts, maps, prints, and a general rare book collection.WEB, About Rare Books and Special Collections,www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/about, McGill Library website, February 13, 2014, February 22, 2014,web.archive.org/web/20140222220211/https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/about, live, The Islamic Studies Library contains over 125,000 volumes and a growing number of electronic resources covering the whole of Islamic civilization, including approximately 3,000 rare books and manuscripts.WEB, April 2, 2022, Islamic studies collection policy,www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic, April 2, 2022, McGill Library, December 5, 2013,www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic," title="web.archive.org/web/20131205142231www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic,">web.archive.org/web/20131205142231www.mcgill.ca/library/about/collections/collection-policies/islamic, live, The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is the largest medical history library in Canada and one of the most comprehensive in the world.WEB, March 31, 2022, About the Osler Library of the History of Medicine,www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/osler/about, March 31, 2022, McGill Library, March 31, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220331171920/https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/osler/about, live, (File:Elizabeth Wirth Music Building - 01.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, also a library, sits adjacent to the old Strathcona Music Building.)The McGill University Archives – now administered as part of the McGill Library – houses official records of, or relating to, people and activities connected to McGill University. The collection consists of manuscripts, texts, photographs, audio-visual material, architectural records, cartographic materials, prints, drawings, microforms and artifacts.WEB, About the University Archives,www.archives.mcgill.ca/, McGill University Archives website, February 13, 2014, October 25, 2013,www.archives.mcgill.ca/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131025225414www.archives.mcgill.ca/,">web.archive.org/web/20131025225414www.archives.mcgill.ca/, live, In 1962 F. Cyril James declared that the newly founded McGill University Archives (MUA), while concentrating on the institutional records of McGill, had the mandate to acquire private papers of former faculty members. In the 1990s drew back their acquisition scope, and in 2004, new terms of reference on private acquisitions were introduced that included a wider McGill Community.WEB, Burr, Gordon, Private Holdings: Assessing the McGill University Archives’ Role,www.archives.mcgill.ca/about/assets/assessment_private_holdings.pdf, McGill University Archives, February 13, 2014, January 2006, September 23, 2015,www.archives.mcgill.ca/about/assets/assessment_private_holdings.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150923173144www.archives.mcgill.ca/about/assets/assessment_private_holdings.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150923173144www.archives.mcgill.ca/about/assets/assessment_private_holdings.pdf, live, The Redpath Museum houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, mineralogy and geology. Built in 1882, the Redpath is the oldest building in Canada built specifically to be a museum.“About the Museum” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906204245www.mcgill.ca/redpath/about |date=September 6, 2017 }}, “McGill University”. Accessed May 11, 2008.The McGill Medical Museum catalogues, preserves, conserves and displays collections that document the study and practice of medicine at McGill University and its associated teaching hospitals. The Medical museum features collections, individual specimens, artifacts, equipment logbooks, autopsy journals, paper materials and medical instruments and apparatus, 25 wax models, 200 mostly skeletal dry specimens, and 400 lantern slides of anatomic specimens. There is a special emphasis on pathology; there are 2000 fluid-filled preserved anatomical and pathological specimens. The Osler collection, for example, consists of 60 wet specimens, while The Abbott collection consists of 80 wet specimens, mostly examples of congenital cardiac disease.WEB,www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaemj,www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaemj," title="archive.today/20130616015413www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaemj,">archive.today/20130616015413www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaemj, dead, McGill Medical Museum, June 16, 2013, June 16, 2013,

Student life

Student body

File:Proud graduates.jpg|thumb|right|PhD candidates march at Commencement in McGill’s distinctive scarlet regalia.Academic dress of McGill UniversityAcademic dress of McGill UniversityAs of Fall 2021, McGill’s student population includes 26,765 undergraduate and 10,411 graduate students representing diverse geographic and linguistic backgrounds. Of the entire student population, 46.8 per cent are from Quebec and 22.8 per cent are from the rest of Canada, while 30.4 per cent are from outside of Canada. International students hail from about 150 countries,WEB, Introduction to McGill,www.mcgill.ca/about/intro/, 2011-07-02, McGill University, September 4, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170904193746/https://www.mcgill.ca/about/intro, live, with many students coming from the United States, China, and France.WEB, Enrolment reports,www.mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics, March 25, 2020, Enrolment Services, McGill University, September 24, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190924133447/https://www.mcgill.ca/es/registration-statistics, live, WEB, April 2, 2022, International Student Body,www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/issoffice/international-mcgill, April 2, 2022, McGill {{!, International Student Services |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216193752www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/issoffice/international-mcgill |url-status=live }} Over half of McGill students claim a first language other than English, with 19.7 per cent of the students claiming French as their mother tongue and 33.5 per cent claiming a language other than English and French, compared to 46.8 per cent who claim English as their mother tongue.WEB, April 2, 2022, Quick facts,www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts, April 2, 2022, McGill {{!, About McGill |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509113755www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts |url-status=live }} In Fall 2021, 34,379 students were enrolled in full-time studies, while 4,888 students enrolled in part-time studies.

Student organizations

The campus has an active students’ society represented by the undergraduate Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) and the Post-Graduate Students’ Society of McGill University (PGSS). Due to the large postdoctoral student population, the PGSS also contains a semi-autonomous Association of Postdoctoral Fellows (APF). In addition, each faculty and department has its own student governing body, the largest faculty associations being the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) and the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS).WEB, About {{!, Science Undergraduate Society of McGill|url =sus.mcgill.ca/your-sus/about/|website = sus.mcgill.ca|access-date = 2015-11-29|archive-date = 2017-03-20|archive-url =sus.mcgill.ca/your-sus/about/" title="web.archive.org/web/20170320041638sus.mcgill.ca/your-sus/about/">web.archive.org/web/20170320041638sus.mcgill.ca/your-sus/about/|url-status = dead}}WEB, About the AUS,ausmcgill.com/about/, Arts Undergraduate Society of McGill University, 2015-07-02, 2015-11-29, December 8, 2015,ausmcgill.com/about/," title="web.archive.org/web/20151208143953ausmcgill.com/about/,">web.archive.org/web/20151208143953ausmcgill.com/about/, live, The oldest is the Medical Students Society, founded in 1859.WEB, Medical Students’ Society of McGill University (MSS) {{!, Medical & Dental Student Gateway of McGill University|url =mcgillmed.com/societies/mss#h3_0|website = mcgillmed.com|access-date = 2015-11-29|archive-date = December 8, 2015|archive-url =mcgillmed.com/societies/mss#h3_0" title="web.archive.org/web/20151208231757mcgillmed.com/societies/mss#h3_0">web.archive.org/web/20151208231757mcgillmed.com/societies/mss#h3_0|url-status = live}}SSMU supports more than 250 student-run membership clubs, which range from athletics, health and wellness, arts, and culture groups to professional development, charitable, volunteer, and political associations. It offers 17 student-run services, which provide services and resources to students regardless of membership, such as the Flat Bike Collective, Black Students’ Network, McGill Students’ Nightline, and Queer McGill (formerly Gay McGill),Chester, Bronwyn. “Queerly cause for celebration” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630030224www.mcgill.ca/reporter/34/13/campus/ |date=June 30, 2017 }}, “McGill Reporter” March 21, 2002. Accessed May 5, 2008. which has supported queer students since 1972.“Our Mandate”, Queer McGill. Accessed May 5, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728061133www.queermcgill.ca/about.php|date=July 28, 2007}}WEB, Home {{!, Queer McGill {{!}} Montreal |url=https://www.queermcgill.org/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Queer McGill |language=en |archive-date=March 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305153112www.queermcgill.org/ |url-status=live }} SSMU is also affiliated with 11 independent student groups, which operate on campus but are outside of the student society’s governance structure. These independent groups include student media outlets, a legal clinic, AIESEC McGill, and the International Relations Students’ Association of McGill (IRSAM),WEB, Clubs, Services and ISGs - Students’ Society of McGill University,ssmu.ca/student-life/clubs-services-isg/, 2022-03-31, ssmu.ca, April 14, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200414025125/https://ssmu.ca/student-life/clubs-services-isg/, live, which publishes the world’s only all-inclusive international relations research journal, the McGill International Review,WEB, Home,www.irsam.ca/, IRSAM, August 27, 2015, September 8, 2015,www.irsam.ca/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150908042855www.irsam.ca/,">web.archive.org/web/20150908042855www.irsam.ca/, live, and has consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=6418&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html" title="archive.today/20120715115344portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=6418&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">“Centre de recherches sur les pâtes et papiers de l’Université de McGill”, “Mémoire du monde”, UNESCO.ORG. Accessed May 3, 2008. IRSAM has hosted the McGill Model United Nations for university students since 1990 and the Secondary Schools United Nations Symposium since 1993.WEB, About SSUNS,www.ssuns.org/ssuns, March 25, 2020, SSUNS, March 25, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200325230043/https://www.ssuns.org/ssuns, live, Many student clubs are centred around McGill’s student union building, the University Centre. In 1992, students held a referendum calling for the University Centre to be renamed for actor and McGill alumnus William Shatner.Where we are {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410150934ssmu.mcgill.ca/index.php/university-centre/where-we-are |date=2008-04-10 }}, SSMU The William Shatner University Centre is located at 3480 McTavish Street, on the west side of the McGill campus The university administration refused to accept the name and did not attend the opening because it traditionally names buildings in honour of deceased community members or major benefactors—Shatner is neither. Nevertheless, the University Centre has been informally referred to as the Shatner Building ever since.WEB, History - Students’ Society of McGill University,ssmu.ca/about-us/history/, 2022-04-01, ssmu.ca, May 20, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220520111831/https://ssmu.ca/about-us/history/, live, Stojsic, Leslie. “The trek back home” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512040451www.reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r3112/shatner.html |date=May 12, 2006 }}. McGill Reporter, March 11, 1999.

Student media

McGill has a number of student-run publications.The McGill Daily, first published in 1911, was previously published twice weekly,“About The McGill Daily” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115121947mcgilldaily.theorem.ca/view.php?aid=709&f_iid=159 |date=2009-01-15 }}, The McGill Daily, 2008. Retrieved June 13, 2008. but shifted to a once-a-week publication schedule in September 2013 due to tightened budgets.Student newspapers adapt to drop in advertising – Maclean’s On Campus {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061050oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2013/08/01/student-newspapers-adapt-to-drop-in-advertising/ |date=2013-09-21 }}. Oncampus.macleans.ca (2013-08-01). Retrieved on 2013-12-23. The Délit français is the Daily{{’}}s French-language counterpart. The combined circulation of both papers is over 28,000. The McGill Tribune currently publishes once a week, circulating approximately 11,000 copies across campus. The Bull & Bear, operating under the Management Undergraduate Society, publishes 1,000 copies each month.weblink {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518192553bullandbear.musonline.com/about-us/|date=2013-05-18}}, “The Bull & Bear”, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013. CKUT (90.3 FM) is the campus radio station. TVMcGill is the University TV station, broadcasting on closed-circuit television and over the internet.WEB,www.tvmcgill.com, TVMcGill, TVMcGill, 2011-02-20, dead,www.tvmcgill.com/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110217094318www.tvmcgill.com/,">web.archive.org/web/20110217094318www.tvmcgill.com/, 2011-02-17, The McGill University Faculty of Law is home to three student-run academic journals, including the McGill Law Journal, founded in 1952.WEB,lawjournal.mcgill.ca/en/text/9, McGill Law Journal, Lawjournal.mcgill.ca, 2015-08-12,lawjournal.mcgill.ca/en/text/9," title="web.archive.org/web/20170328223441lawjournal.mcgill.ca/en/text/9,">web.archive.org/web/20170328223441lawjournal.mcgill.ca/en/text/9, 2017-03-28, dead, (File:Opening of the McGill University Student Union building, Montreal, QC, 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Opening of the Student Union building, 1906)

Greek life

The Greek system at McGill consists of several fraternities and sororities. Canada’s only national fraternity, Phi Kappa Pi, was founded at McGill and the University of Toronto in 1913 and continues to be active. McGill was also chosen as the first university to expand to outside of the United States for several Greek letter organizations, for instance, with the Québec Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta in 1902.WEB, Phi Delta Theta Becomes an International Fraternity,museum.phideltatheta.org/historical-moments/phi-delta-theta-becomes-an-international-fraternity/, 2023-03-25, Phi Delta Theta Museum, en-US, March 25, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230325192651/https://museum.phideltatheta.org/historical-moments/phi-delta-theta-becomes-an-international-fraternity/, live, The Greek letter organizations at McGill are governed by the Inter-Greek Letter Council, the school’s second-largest student group.WEB, McGill IGLC Homepage,www.geocities.ws/mcgill_iglc/constitution.htm, May 16, 2021, www.geocities.ws, July 3, 2022,www.geocities.ws/mcgill_iglc/constitution.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20220703055119www.geocities.ws/mcgill_iglc/constitution.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20220703055119www.geocities.ws/mcgill_iglc/constitution.htm, live, Over 500 students or approximately 2 per cent of the student population are in sororities and fraternities at McGill, on a par with most Canadian schools but below the average for American universities.WEB, November 6, 2020, McGill University Acceptance Rate in 2021,worldscholarshipforum.com/mcgill-university-acceptance-rate/, May 16, 2021, World Scholarship Forum, May 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210516165308/https://worldscholarshipforum.com/mcgill-university-acceptance-rate/, live, WEB, Williams, Parker, November 7, 2007, Greek Row: Fraternity participation up, sororities down,dailyutahchronicle.com/2007/11/07/greek-row-fraternity-participation-up-sororities-down/, May 16, 2021, The Daily Utah Chronicle, May 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210516165307/https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2007/11/07/greek-row-fraternity-participation-up-sororities-down/, live,

Athletics

(File:Mcgill athletics logo.png|thumb|McGill Athletics logo)File:Percival Molson Memorial Stadium - panoramio.jpg|alt=|thumb|Percival Molson Memorial StadiumPercival Molson Memorial Stadium(File:Ice hockey McGill University 1884.jpg|thumb|A hockey game on campus in 1884, just seven years after McGill students wrote the then-new game’s first rule book, with the Arts Building, Redpath Museum, and Morrice Hall, then the Presbyterian Colleg,) visible)McGill is represented in U Sports by the McGill Redbirds and Martlets with the Redbirds representing men’s teams and the Martlets representing women’s teams. McGill is currently home to 28 varsity teams. McGill is known for its strong baseball, hockey and lacrosse programs.WEB,www.laxpower.com/update15/binmen/XMCGXX.PHP, McGill Redmen, College Men’s Lacrosse 2015 – LaxPower, www.laxpower.com, 2015-07-14, 2017-07-01,www.laxpower.com/update15/binmen/XMCGXX.PHP," title="web.archive.org/web/20170701154339www.laxpower.com/update15/binmen/XMCGXX.PHP,">web.archive.org/web/20170701154339www.laxpower.com/update15/binmen/XMCGXX.PHP, dead, “Quick Facts” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120141049www.mcgill.ca/athletics/aboutathletics/faqs/ |date=2011-01-20 }}, “McGill Athletics”, 2011. Accessed May 24, 2012. McGill’s unique mascot, Marty the Martlet, was introduced during the 2005 Homecoming game.Sharma, Mira.“CAMPUS: Marty the Martlet turns one”{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, “The McGill Tribune” September 26, 2006. Accessed May 5, 2008.The downtown McGill campus sport and exercise facilities include: the McGill Sports Centre (which includes the Tomlinson Fieldhouse and the Windsor Varsity Clinic),Thompson, Tom et al.“McGill Track and Field History” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609180417www.mcgilltrack.com/athleticshistory.php |date=2007-06-09 }}, “McGill Athletics History”, December 19, 2003. Accessed May 16, 2008. Molson Stadium, Memorial Pool, Tomlinson Hall, McConnell Arena, Forbes Field, many outdoor tennis courts and other extra-curricular arenas and faculties.“Facilities” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512014940www.athletics.mcgill.ca/facilities_home.ch2 |date=2008-05-12 }}, “McGill Athletics”, 2003. Accessed May 16, 2008.The Macdonald Campus facilities include an arena, a gymnasium, a pool, tennis courts, fitness centres and hundreds of acres of green space for regular use.“Welcome to Macdonald Campus Athletics” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512060501www.agrenv.mcgill.ca/SOCIETY/ATHLETIC/ |date=2008-05-12 }}, “Macdonald Campus Athletics”, 2008. Accessed May 16, 2008. The university’s largest sporting venue, Molson Stadium, was constructed in 1914. Following an expansion project completed in 2010, it now seats just over 25,000,NEWS,www.cfl.ca/article/als-well-in-montreal-in-pre-season-win, ‘Als’ well in Montreal in pre-season win, The Canadian Press, Canadian Football League, June 20, 2010, January 7, 2011, dead,www.cfl.ca/article/als-well-in-montreal-in-pre-season-win," title="web.archive.org/web/20101202155330www.cfl.ca/article/als-well-in-montreal-in-pre-season-win,">web.archive.org/web/20101202155330www.cfl.ca/article/als-well-in-montreal-in-pre-season-win, December 2, 2010, The Canadian Press, and is the current home field of the Montreal Alouettes.“Molson Stadium” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427025452www.athletics.mcgill.ca/facilities_details.ch2?facility_id=6 |date=2008-04-27 }}, “McGill Athletics”, 2008. Accessed May 17, 2008.

Athletic history

In 1868, the first recorded game of rugby in North America occurred in Montreal, between British army officers and McGill students,Historical Rugby Milestones {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224211646www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/timeline1860s.htm |date=February 24, 2009 }}, RugbyFootballHistory.comA History of Canadian University Football, Robert E. Watkins {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412202531www.universitysport.ca/e/football/history.cfm |date=April 12, 2008}} giving McGill the oldest university-affiliated rugby club in North America. Other McGill-originated sports evolved out of rugby rules: football, hockey, and basketball. The first game of North American football was played between McGill and Harvard on May 14, 1874,Watkins, Robert E.“A History of Canadian University Football” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420201947www.cisfootball.org/history/origins.html |date=April 20, 2008 }}, “CISfootball.org”, May 2006. Accessed May 18, 2008. leading to the spread of American football throughout the Ivy League.“History of American Football” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925234346newsdial.com/sports/football/football-history.html |date=September 25, 2010 }}, “NEWSdial.com”, 2008. Accessed May 18, 2008.On March 3, 1875, the first organized indoor hockey game was played at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink between two nine-player teams, including James Creighton and several McGill University students. The McGill University Hockey Club, the first organized hockey club, was founded in 1877WEB, Zukerman, Earl, McGill’s contribution to the origins of ice hockey, March 17, 2005,www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=81, October 11, 2006,www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=81," title="web.archive.org/web/20061004083915www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=81,">web.archive.org/web/20061004083915www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=81, October 4, 2006, dead, and played its first game on January 31, 1877.“McGill Redmen GAME NOTES for Ottawa & Clarkson – UPCOMING MILESTONE”{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, “McGill Athletics” January 5, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. Very soon thereafter, those McGill students wrote the first hockey rule book. A McGill team was one of four that competed in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, founded in 1886. AHAC teams competed for the first Stanley Cup in 1893; the AHAC became one of predecessor organizations of the National Hockey League.BOOK, Doug Lennox, Now You Know Big Book of Sports,archive.org/details/nowyouknowbigboo0000lenn_j6r9, registration, June 10, 2011, August 31, 2009, Dundurn Press Ltd., 978-1-55488-454-4, 12–, McGill alumnus James Naismith invented basketball in early December 1891.Athletics, Viewbook 2005–2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822093948www.mcgill.ca/prospective/viewbook/athletics/ |date=August 22, 2006}} There has been a McGill alumnus or alumna competing at every Olympic Games since 1908.“McGill’s Olympians” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830010457www.mcgill.ca/reporter/33/01/olympics/sidebar/ |date=August 30, 2017 }}, “McGill Reporter”, September 7, 2000. Accessed May 16, 2008.216.46.30.11/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=108" title="web.archive.org/web/20051218122022216.46.30.11/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=108">“McGill send 27 to 2004 Athens Summer Olympics”, “McGill Athletics”, August 13, 2004. Accessed May 16, 2008.“2004 inductees to McGill Sports Hall of Fame”{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, “McGill Athletics”, June 24, 2004. Accessed May 16, 2008. Swimmer George Hodgson won two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, ice hockey goaltender Kim St-Pierre won gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Other 2006 gold medalists are Jennifer Heil (women’s freestyle mogul) and goaltender Charline Labonté (women’s ice hockey).(File:McGill Hockey Team, Montreal, QC, 1904.jpg|thumb|right|McGill Hockey Team, 1904)A 2005 hazing scandal forced the cancellation of the final two games in the McGill Redmen football season.WEB,www.cbc.ca/sports/football/mcgill-scraps-football-season-over-hazing-1.553792, McGill scraps football season over hazing, CBC Sports, 19 October 2005, March 25, 2020, December 20, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191220075859/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/mcgill-scraps-football-season-over-hazing-1.553792, live, NEWS,www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcgill-cuts-its-season-short/article18250428/, McGill cuts its season short, The Globe and Mail Inc., 19 October 2005, Ingrid Peritz, March 25, 2020, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804000904/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcgill-cuts-its-season-short/article18250428/, live, In 2006, McGill’s Senate approved a proposed anti-hazing policy to define forbidden initiation practices.McGill get tough with hazing{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2007. Caroline Alphonso. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}In 2018, after a slew of protests—both online and on-campus—an online vote revealed that 78.8 per cent of the McGill student population were in favour of changing the varsity teams’ “Redmen” name, with 21 per cent against.NEWS, Curtis, Christopher, McGill students vote overwhelmingly to change ‘Redmen’ name in non-binding referendum,montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-redmen-tensions-mount-as-students-vote-on-controversial-name, March 27, 2019, Montreal Gazette, November 13, 2018, March 27, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190327210217/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-redmen-tensions-mount-as-students-vote-on-controversial-name, live, The university’s nickname emerged in the 1920s. In the 1950s, both men’s and women’s teams came to be nicknamed the “Indians” and “Squaws”, and some teams later adopted a logo of an indigenous man wearing a headdress in the 1980s and ‘90s. In December 2018, McGill University released a working group report that revealed deep divisions between students and alumni who defend the nearly century-old name and those who feel it is derogatory to indigenous students. In January 2019, it was announced that the principal Suzanne Fortier would decide whether or not to change the name by the end of the 2019 academic term.NEWS, Deer, Jessica, McGill to make decision on Redmen name by end of academic term,www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mcgill-redmen-name-decision-fortier-1.4999613, March 27, 2019, CBC News, January 30, 2019, March 24, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190324230353/https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mcgill-redmen-name-decision-fortier-1.4999613, live, (File:Redbird Sports Shop.png|thumb|McGill announces new name for men’s varsity sports teams)In 2019, an announcement confirmed that the Redmen name for its men’s varsity sports teams had been dropped. No new name was planned; the groups would be known as the McGill teams. However, in 2020 McGill University revealed that the varsity men’s sports teams would be known as the “Redbirds”. The name carries historical links to several McGill sports clubs, teams, and events.NEWS, The McGill Redbirds: new name for a new era to wear, and cheer for with pride,www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-redbirds-new-name-new-era-wear-and-cheer-pride-326286, 21 November 2020, McGill University, Newsroom Institutional Communications, 17 November 2020, November 17, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201117155303/https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-redbirds-new-name-new-era-wear-and-cheer-pride-326286, live, The former name would remain in the McGill Sports Hall of Fame and on items such as existing plaques, trophies and championship photos.NEWS, McGill University drops Redmen name from sports teams, cites pain caused to Indigenous students,www.thestar.com/sports/2019/04/12/mcgill-university-to-drop-redmen-name-from-sports-teams.html, April 13, 2019, Toronto Star, April 12, 2019, April 13, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190413091647/https://www.thestar.com/sports/2019/04/12/mcgill-university-to-drop-redmen-name-from-sports-teams.html, live,

Rivalries

McGill maintains an academic and athletic rivalry with Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Competition between rowing athletes at the two schools has inspired an annual boat race between the two universities in the spring of each year since 1997, inspired by the famous Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.JOURNAL, Weston, Greg, Rowers reel in McGill, Queen’s Journal, May 27, 2008,queensjournal.ca/story/2008-05-27/sports/rowers-reel-mcgill/, August 5, 2014, August 10, 2014,queensjournal.ca/story/2008-05-27/sports/rowers-reel-mcgill/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140810192007queensjournal.ca/story/2008-05-27/sports/rowers-reel-mcgill/,">web.archive.org/web/20140810192007queensjournal.ca/story/2008-05-27/sports/rowers-reel-mcgill/, live, The football rivalry, which started in 1884, ended after Canadian university athletic divisions were re-organized in 2000; the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference was divided into Ontario University Athletics and Quebec Student Sports Federation.JOURNAL, Busing, Hillary, McGill Rivalry Ends, Queen’s Journal, 19 September 2000,queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/news/mcgill-rivalry-ends/, August 5, 2014, August 10, 2014,queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/news/mcgill-rivalry-ends/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140810192013queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/news/mcgill-rivalry-ends/,">web.archive.org/web/20140810192013queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/news/mcgill-rivalry-ends/, live, The rivalry returned in 2002 when it transferred to the annual home-and-home hockey games between the two institutions. Queen’s students refer to these matches as “Kill McGill” games, and usually show up in Montreal in atypically large numbers to cheer on the Queen’s Golden Gaels hockey team.JOURNAL, Vertlieb, Dan, Gaels fail to ‘Kill McGill’, Queen’s Journal, 19 September 2000, 128, 7,queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/sports/gaels-fail-kill-mcgill/, August 5, 2014, August 10, 2014,queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/sports/gaels-fail-kill-mcgill/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140810192010queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/sports/gaels-fail-kill-mcgill/,">web.archive.org/web/20140810192010queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-19/sports/gaels-fail-kill-mcgill/, live, In 2007, McGill students arrived in bus-loads to cheer on the McGill Redmen, occupying a third of Queen’s Jock Harty Arena.JOURNAL, Bucholtz, Andrew, A bitter pill from McGill, Queen’s Journal, November 23, 2007, 135, 22,queensjournal.ca/story/2007-11-23/sports/bitter-pill-mcgill/, August 5, 2014, August 10, 2014,queensjournal.ca/story/2007-11-23/sports/bitter-pill-mcgill/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140810192111queensjournal.ca/story/2007-11-23/sports/bitter-pill-mcgill/,">web.archive.org/web/20140810192111queensjournal.ca/story/2007-11-23/sports/bitter-pill-mcgill/, live, The school also competes in the annual “Old Four (IV)” soccer tournament, with Queen’s University, the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario.WEB, U of T Soccer to Host Old Four Tournament,www.varsityblues.ca/news/?id=10417, 2008-09-02, {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} “The University of Toronto Varsity Blues soccer program is proud to host a very time-honoured tradition – the annual Old Four tournament, August 30–31, 2008 at the Varsity Centre. This tournament features the original four football schools in Canadian university sport: McGill University, Queen’s University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto.”McGill and Harvard are also athletic rivals, as demonstrated by the biennial Harvard-McGill rugby games, alternately played in Montreal and Cambridge.NEWS, Ruggers Set For Rivalry; McGill Comes to Town,www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/10/30/ruggers-set-for-rivalry-mcgill-comes/, August 5, 2014, 30 October 1987, August 8, 2014,www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/10/30/ruggers-set-for-rivalry-mcgill-comes/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140808054815www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/10/30/ruggers-set-for-rivalry-mcgill-comes/,">web.archive.org/web/20140808054815www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/10/30/ruggers-set-for-rivalry-mcgill-comes/, live, File:Queen’s-McGill-ChallengeBlade.jpg|The Queen’s-McGill Challenge BladeFile:LorneGalesTrophy.jpg|The Lorne Gales Trophy

Notable people

McGill counts among its alumni and faculty 12 Nobel laureates and 145 Rhodes Scholars, both the most of any university in Canada, as well as five astronauts,WEB,reporter.mcgill.ca/, McGill Reporter - News you can use about what’s happening around the University, McGill Reporter, 2020-01-16, November 19, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181119131323/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/, live, the current prime minister and two former prime ministers of Canada, the current Governor General of Canada, 15 justices of the Canadian Supreme Court,McGill alumni who are Canadian Supreme Court include Douglas Abbott, Ian Binnie, Louis-Philippe Brodeur, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Clément Gascon, Désiré Girouard, Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Gerald Le Dain, Charles Gonthier, Nicholas Kasirer, Sheilah Martin, Pierre-Basile Mignault, and Thibaudeau Rinfret{{Original research inline|date=October 2020}} at least eight foreign leaders, over eight dozen members of the Canadian Parliament, United States Congress, British Parliament, and other national legislatures, at least 10 billionaires,{{NoteTag|name=Billionaires2|The list includes, but is not limited to, Pierre Beaudoin, Mortimer Zuckerman, John MacBain, Changpeng Zhao, Aldo Bensadoun, Eric Molson, Charles Bronfman, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Victor Dahdaleh, Noubar Afeyan, Larry Rossy, Jean Coutu, Paul Desmarais Jr., Kuok Khoon Hong, Seymour Schulich, and George Garvin Brown IV.}}{{Original research inline|date=October 2020}} six Academy Award winners,{{NoteTag|name=Oscar|McGill alumni who have received Academy Awards include Torill Kove, Kate Biscoe, Richard King, Edward Saxon, Jake Eberts, John Weldon, Beverly Shaffer, and Burt Bacharach.}} 3 Grammy Award winners,{{NoteTag|name=Grammy2|McGill alumni who have received Grammy Awards include Estelí Gomez, Jennifer Gasoi, Brian Losch, Chilly Gonzales, Win Butler, Nick Squire, Leonard Cohen, Richard King, Régine Chassagne, and Burt Bacharach.}} four Pulitzer Prize winners,{{NoteTag|name=Pulitzer}} two Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients,{{NoteTag|These are McGill alumni Zbigniew Brzezinski and Edgar Bronfman Sr.}} and at least five Emmy Award winners.{{NoteTag|name=Emmy|McGill alumni who have received Emmy Awards include Hume Cronyn, Eva Lipman, Mila Aung-Thwin, Alex Herschlag, Amy Schatz, Billy Wisse, Robby Hoffman, Kate Biscoe, Simcha Jacobovici, Roberto Hernández, Blake Sifton, Kevin Mambo, and William Shatner.}}In education, McGill alumni have played pivotal roles in the founding of several institutions of higher education. These include the first President of the University of British Columbia (UBC) Frank Wesbrook,WEB,www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/wesbrook.pdf, Frank F. Wesbrook fonds, University of British Columbia Archives, December 29, 2021, February 17, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220217154258/https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/wesbrook.pdf, live, the former President of UBC and current President of the University of Michigan Santa J. Ono, the co-founder of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine William Osler,WEB, Moments that changed McGill,mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=996, 2020-10-18, mcgillnews.mcgill.ca, August 26, 2016,mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=996," title="web.archive.org/web/20160826193001mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=996,">web.archive.org/web/20160826193001mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=996, live, and the first President of the University of Alberta Henry Marshall Tory.WEB, Henry Marshall Tory,sites.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/history/peoplep-z/47OctTory.htm, October 18, 2020, sites.ualberta.ca, October 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201019082316/https://sites.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/history/peoplep-z/47OctTory.htm, live, More recent academic leaders include pro chancellor of Khaja Bandanawaz University Syed Muhammad Ali Al Hussaini, President of Princeton University Harold Tafler Shapiro,WEB, Harold T. Shapiro,scholar.princeton.edu/hts/home, 2020-10-18, scholar.princeton.edu, November 30, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221130003120/https://scholar.princeton.edu/hts/home, live, President of Stanford University Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne,WEB, Lapin, Lisa, February 4, 2015, Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Stanford’s next president,news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/, October 18, 2020, news.stanford.edu, January 12, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220112171345/https://news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/, live, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Stephen Toope.WEB, Notices - Cambridge University Reporter 6436,www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/weekly/6436/section1.shtml#heading2-1, 2020-10-18, www.admin.cam.ac.uk, December 8, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221208013323/https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/weekly/6436/section1.shtml#heading2-1, live, In the arts, McGill students include four Pulitzer Prize winners,{{NoteTag|name=Pulitzer}} Templeton and Berggruen Prize winner Charles Taylor,WEB, Murphy, Mike,www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/13/taylor/, Charles Taylor awarded Templeton, Mcgill.ca, 2011-02-20, June 18, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180618203308/https://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/13/taylor/, live, essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul, and Emmy Award-winning actor William Shatner. Six Academy Award winners studied at McGill.{{NoteTag|name=Oscar}} Musical alumni include poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen,WEB,www.allmusic.com/artist/leonard-cohen-mn0000071209/biography, Leonard Cohen biography, Eder, Bruce, April 1, 2014, allmusic.com, October 13, 2014,www.allmusic.com/artist/leonard-cohen-mn0000071209/biography," title="web.archive.org/web/20141013220758www.allmusic.com/artist/leonard-cohen-mn0000071209/biography,">web.archive.org/web/20141013220758www.allmusic.com/artist/leonard-cohen-mn0000071209/biography, live, composer and six-time Grammy award winner Burt Bacharach, and Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of the Grammy Award winning group Arcade Fire.WEB,www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/08/20/mcgillians-set-the-music-world-on-fire/, McGillians set the music world on fire – McGill Alumni Portal, June 3, 2015, dead,www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/08/20/mcgillians-set-the-music-world-on-fire/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140430091324www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/08/20/mcgillians-set-the-music-world-on-fire/,">web.archive.org/web/20140430091324www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/2010/08/20/mcgillians-set-the-music-world-on-fire/, April 30, 2014, In the sciences, McGill graduates and faculty have received a total of 12 Nobel Prizes in disciplines ranging from Physiology, Medicine, Economics, Chemistry and Physics. McGill has also produced five astronauts out of 14 total selected in the CSA’s history.WEB,publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/07/mcgill-grad-jennifer-sidey-becomes-canadas-newest-astronaut/, McGill grad Jennifer Sidey becomes Canada’s newest astronaut : McGill Reporter, publications.mcgill.ca, 2018-06-23, June 23, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180623165814/https://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/07/mcgill-grad-jennifer-sidey-becomes-canadas-newest-astronaut/, live, Other prominent science alumni include the inventor of the artificial cell Thomas Chang,WEB, Thomas Chang,www.mcgill.ca/about/article/thomas-chang-professor-physiology, 2020-10-18, About McGill, August 29, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230829132455/https://www.mcgill.ca/about/article/thomas-chang-professor-physiology, live, inventor of the internet search engine Alan Emtage,WEB, Search engine pioneer inducted into Internet Hall of Fame,mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1768, 2020-10-18, mcgillnews.mcgill.ca, May 17, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220517000953/https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1768, live, inventor of the explosives vapour detector (EVD-1) Lorne Elias,WEB, Ideas That Made History,mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1222, 2022-01-23, mcgillnews.mcgill.ca, en, September 27, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230927172017/https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1222, live, and Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio.WEB,www.acm.org/media-center/2019/march/turing-award-2018, Fathers of the Deep Learning Revolution Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award, Association for Computing Machinery, March 27, 2019, New York, March 27, 2019, August 23, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210823144344/https://www.acm.org/media-center/2019/march/turing-award-2018, live, In law and politics, McGill alumni include three Prime Ministers of Canada (John Abbott,WEB, Sir John Abbott {{!, prime minister of Canada|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Abbott|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529224752www.britannica.com/biography/John-Abbott|url-status=live}} Wilfrid LaurierWEB, Sir Wilfrid Laurier {{!, The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-wilfrid-laurier|access-date=2020-10-18|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019030337www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-wilfrid-laurier|url-status=live}} and Justin TrudeauWEB, Justin Trudeau {{!, Biography, Facts, & Father|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Trudeau|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|quote=Trudeau earned a B.A. in English from McGill University (1994)|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028065925www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Trudeau|url-status=live}}), one Governor General of Canada (Julie PayetteWEB, The Governor General of Canada Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette Biography,www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/governor-general-julie-payette/biography, 18 Oct 2020, 13 October 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201013183106/https://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/governor-general-julie-payette/biography, dead, ), and 15 justices of the Supreme Court of Canada. Foreign leaders who have graduated from McGill include President of Costa Rica Daniel Oduber Quirós,WEB, MENAFN, Philosopher, Poet, and President of Costa Rica in 1974 Daniel Oduber Quiroz,menafn.com/1100318107/Philosopher-Poet-and-President-of-Costa-Rica-in-1974-Daniel-Oduber-Quiroz, 2020-10-18, menafn.com, June 27, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200627010104/https://menafn.com/1100318107/Philosopher-Poet-and-President-of-Costa-Rica-in-1974-Daniel-Oduber-Quiroz, live, President of Latvia Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga,WEB, Vaira Vike-Freiberga {{!, president of Latvia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaira-Vike-Freiberga|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023084745www.britannica.com/biography/Vaira-Vike-Freiberga|url-status=live}} Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif.Prime Minister {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125014145www.egyptiancabinet.gov.eg/Cabinet/Prime_Minister.aspx|date=2010-11-25}} John Peters Humphrey, law professor and director of the United Nations Division on Human Rights, wrote with Eleanor Roosevelt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.WEB, Editorial: John Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights {{!, The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-feature|access-date=2020-12-11|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603092948www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-feature|url-status=live}}In sport, McGill students and alumni include 121 Olympians who have won 35 Olympic medals. Other notable sporting alumni include the inventor of basketball James Naismith,WEB, James Naismith,www.biography.com/scholar/james-a-naismith, January 25, 2020, April 2, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190402191209/https://www.biography.com/people/james-a-naismith-9420059, live, influential baseball statistician Allan Roth,WEB, McCue, Andy, Allan Roth,sabr.org/bioproj/person/allan-roth/, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR BioProject), July 17, 2023, October 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211016201359/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/allan-roth/, live, the first medical doctor to win a Super Bowl Laurent Duvernay-Tardif,WEB, Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif adds Super Bowl champion to his resumé, 3 February 2020,reporter.mcgill.ca/dr-laurent-duvernay-tardif-adds-super-bowl-champion-to-his-resume/, 11 March 2020, June 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200603024433/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/dr-laurent-duvernay-tardif-adds-super-bowl-champion-to-his-resume/, live, and Triple Gold Club member Mike Babcock.PRESS RELEASE, Education alumnus Mike Babcock (BEd (Phys Ed) 1986) to receive Order of Hockey in Canada honour,www.mcgill.ca/education/channels/news/education-alumnus-mike-babcock-bed-phys-ed-1986-receive-order-hockey-canada-honour-284629, 2020-10-18, McGill Faculty of Education, April 4, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230404074818/https://www.mcgill.ca/education/channels/news/education-alumnus-mike-babcock-bed-phys-ed-1986-receive-order-hockey-canada-honour-284629, live, File:SirJohnAbbott1.jpg|3rd prime minister of Canada Sir John Abbott (BCL, 1847).File:The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo A (HS85-10-16871) cropped.jpg|7th prime minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier (BCL, 1864).File:James Naismith at Springfield College circa 1920.jpg|Inventor of the game of basketball James Naismith (BA, 1887).File:Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (cropped).png|First woman elected to the Quebec National Assembly Marie-Claire Kirkland (BA 1947, BCL 1950).File:Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-23.jpg|Co-inventor of the CCD and Nobel prize laureate in Physics Willard Boyle (BSc, 1947; MSc 1948; PhD 1950).File:Star Trek William Shatner.JPG|Emmy Award winner known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise William Shatner (BComm, 1952).File:Brenda Milner.jpg|Balzan Prize winner, referred to as “the founder of neuropsychology” Brenda Milner (PhD, 1952)File:Leonard Cohen, 1988 01.jpg|Grammy Award winner and poet Leonard Cohen (BA, 1955).File:Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga.jpg|6th President of Latvia Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga (PhD, 1965).File:Ahmed Nazif IGF.JPG|48th Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif (PhD, 1983).File:Julie Payette 2017.jpg|Former astronaut and 29th governor general of Canada Julie Payette (BEng, 1986).File:Yoshua Bengio 2019 cropped.jpg|Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio (BEng, 1986; MSc, 1988; PhD, 1991).File:Trudeau visit White House for USMCA (cropped).jpg|The current and 23rd prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (BA, 1994).File:Joanne Liu at Chatham House 2015.jpg|Former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières Joanne Liu (MDCM, 1991; IMHL, 2014).

See also

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• List of McGill University people
• McGill University School of Architecture
• Schulich School of Music
• Academic dress of McGill University
• Canadian government scientific research organizations
• Canadian industrial research and development organizations
• Canadian university scientific research organizations
• Cundill History Prize, awarded by McGill
• History Trek, developed by McGill researchers
• List of Canadian universities by endowment
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Maude Abbott Medical Museum
• McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association
• McGill University School of Information Studies
• Montreal Laboratory (for nuclear research, World War II)
• Osler Library of the History of Medicine
• McGill University Department of Social Studies of Medicine
• U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities
• Montreal experiments

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References

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Further reading

• Axelrod, Paul. “McGill University on the Landscape of Canadian Higher Education: Historical Reflections.” Higher Education Perspectives 1 (1996–97).
• Coleman, Brian. “McGill, British Columbia.” McGill Journal of Education 6, no. 2 (Autumn 1976).
• Collard, Andrew. The McGill You Knew: An Anthology of Memories, 1920–1960. Toronto: Longman Canada, 1975.
• Frost, Stanley B. The History of McGill in Relation to the Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of Montreal and Quebec (Montreal: McGill University. 1979).
• Frost, Stanley B. McGill University: For the Advancement of Learning. Vol I. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press 1980) {{ISBN|978-0-7735-0353-3}}
• Frost, Stanley B. McGill University: For the Advancement of Learning {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404052347books.google.com/books?id=_QzvEBNIxC8C&pg=PR23 |date=April 4, 2023 }}. Vol II.(Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press 1984) {{ISBN|978-0-7735-0422-6}}
• Gillett, Margaret. We Walked Very Warily: A History of Women at McGill. Montreal: Eden Press, 1981.
• BOOK, Hanaway, Joseph, Richard L. Cruess, James Darragh, 1996, McGill Medicine: Vol. 1 1829–1885 and Vol. 2 1885–1936,books.google.com/books?id=xb39acQW9N4C&pg=PP1, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 0-7735-2958-6, February 27, 2021, September 27, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230927172043/https://books.google.com/books?id=xb39acQW9N4C&pg=PP1v=onepage&q&f=false, live,
• Markell, H. Keith The Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, 1948–1978 (Montreal: Faculty of Religious Studies, 1979)
• McGill Milestones 1744–1999 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182604www.historyofmcgillproject.mcgill.ca/docs/booklet_en.pdf |date=July 9, 2021 }}. Compiled by F. Cyril James 1972 and revised by Stanley B. Frost 1999. McGill Development Office.
• McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302071527www.msurj.com/ |date=March 2, 2022 }}
• McGill University Acceptance Rate {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803072816scholarshipshall.com/mcgill-university-acceptance-rate/ |date=August 3, 2021 }}. Scholarships Hall. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
• Young, Brian J. The Making and Unmaking of a University Museum: The McCord, 1921–1996 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404052348books.google.com/books?id=mWIo8sd4njsC&pg=PP1 |date=April 4, 2023 }} McGill-Queen’s University Press 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-7735-2049-3}}

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