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Libraries
The McGill Library system provides
access to over 9 million items, both in print and electronic formats, and consists of
multiple branches, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Archives, and the McGill
University Visual Arts Collection. Visit mcgill.ca/library/branches...
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McGill Writing Centre
The McGill Writing Centre (MWC), established in 2010, is the University's central resource for writing and communication. Staffed by specialists in writing pedagogy, the Writing Centre offers a slate of credit courses and non-credit activities...
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Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Archives
The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Archives (MUA) acquires, preserves, and makes available to students, faculty, staff and researchers (including the general public) more than 30,000 metres of records dating from 1797 to the present. These records...
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Redpath Museum
The Redpath Museum is an academic unit of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Its mission is to foster understanding and appreciation of the diversity of our biological, geological, and cultural heritage through scientific research, collections-based study, and...
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McCord Museum of
Canadian History
The McCord Museum houses one of the finest historical collections in
North America. It possesses some of Canada's most significant cultural
treasures, including the most comprehensive collection of clothing—comprising
over...
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Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory
Located on the Macdonald campus, this institution is the insect collection and systematic entomology laboratory of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. The collection houses 2.8 million specimens of insects and other arthropods,...
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Other Historical
Collections
In addition to the McGill museums, there are other collections and exhibits of a
specialised nature curated by McGill's Heritage Advisory Committee.
McGill began accumulating cultural property by virtue of acquisition or donation...
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The University
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from some 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse of any...
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History of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
The Hon. James McGill, a leading merchant and prominent citizen of
Montreal, who died in 1813, bequeathed an estate of 46 acres called Burnside
Place together with £10,000 to the “Royal Institution for the Advancement of
Learning...
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Incorporated and
Affiliated Colleges
Incorporated College
Incorporated College
Royal Victoria College
3425 University Street, Montreal QC H3A 2A8...
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Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Government
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is a corporation created by a Royal Charter granted by
the Crown of the United Kingdom, a general supervisory power being retained by
the Crown and exercised through the Governor General as Visitor.
The...
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Recognition of Degrees
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill
University) is a publicly funded institution and holds a Royal Charter dated
1821 (amended in 1852) as well as being incorporated under the laws of the
Province of Quebec...
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Governance: Board of Governors
The Visitor
The Visitor
The Visitor
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon; C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., O.Q., C.D., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada
Administrator...
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Governance: Members of Senate
Ex-officio
Ex-officio
Ex-officio
The Chancellor
The Chair of the Board of Governors
The Principal and Vice-Chancellor...
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Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Administration
McGill's Senior Administration and governing bodies—the Board of Governors and Senate—provide strategic guidance and oversight, ensuring accountability
through a system of formal decision-making and reporting.
Please refer to...
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Deans,
Directors of Schools and Libraries
Deans
Deans
Deans
Anja Geitmann
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences...
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The University Regulations and Resources section of this eCalendar contains important details that you will need during your studies at McGill and should be consulted periodically, along with other sections and related publications. You will find information related to...
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General Policies and Information
You must inform yourself of University rules and regulations and keep abreast of any changes that may occur. The General Policies and Information section of this publication contains important details required by you during your...
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Authorization, Acknowledgement, and Consent
When applying for admission to the University, you are bound by and
agree to observe all statutes, rules, regulations, and policies at McGill
University and the faculty or faculties to which you may be accepted and...
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Student Rights and
Responsibilities
The
Handbook on Student Rights and Responsibilities is produced
jointly by the Office of the Dean of Students and the University Secretariat.
It contains regulations and policies governing your rights and...