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80-496: The first MGH was built at the corner of Craig Street (today St. Antoine) and St. Lawrence Boulevard and only had 24 beds. Having outgrown this space, it moved to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Boulevard (now René-Lévesque) between St. Dominique and De Bullion Streets; today this facility is a long-term care centre. In 1924, the hospital merged with the Western General Hospital (currently the D & E wings of

160-638: 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 . 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. 22 per cent of all students are enrolled in

240-550: A Doctoral-level degree, respectively. There is a high international student presence, since over 1 in 5 students are from outside Canada. The campus is considered by many to be quieter 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 2.5-square-kilometre (0.965 sq mi) forested reserve. Its mandated goals are to continue research related to maintaining

320-522: A Doctorate of Medicine and Surgery, in 1833; this was also the first medical degree to be awarded in Canada. 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). The Faculty of Law was founded in 1848 and is also the oldest of its kind in the nation. In 1896,

400-541: A Subarctic Research Station in Schefferville, Quebec . McGill's Gault Nature Reserve ( 45°32′N 73°10′W  /  45.533°N 73.167°W  / 45.533; -73.167 ) spans over 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) of forest land, the largest remaining remnant of the primeval forests of the St. Lawrence River Valley . The first scientific studies at the site occurred in 1859. The site has been

480-501: A multitude of activities and events to integrate students into the University's community. McGill is the home to more than 10,000 foreign students who make up of more than 27 per cent of the student population. The McGill endowment provides approximately 10 per cent of the school's annual operating revenues. McGill's endowment rests within the top 10 per cent of all North American post-secondary institutions' endowments. As of 2022,

560-483: 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 extends west of Peel Street (also known as Upper Campus) for several blocks, starting north of Doctor Penfield ; the campus also streches east of University Street , starting north of Pine Avenue, an area that includes McGill's Percival Molson Memorial Stadium and

640-543: A pediatric emergency department, operating rooms and perioperative services, day hospitals and some Allied Health Services. The Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) first opened on the rented premise of 500 Guy Street on January 30, 1904. It was the first hospital in Montreal with the sole mandate of providing care for sick children. In 1909, the growing number of patients required a move to new premises on Cedar Avenue, designed by David Robertson Brown (1869–1946). In 1920,

720-402: 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. 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

800-669: A second full-time position in this area, the Director of Sustainability in addition to the Sustainability Officer. 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

880-603: A situation similar to the few other Canadian universities and early American colleges of the age. 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 . 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

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960-477: A unifying element. A number of these buildings are connected by indoor tunnels. The University's first classes were held in at Burnside Place, James McGill's country home. 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. The rest of the campus was essentially a cow pasture ,

1040-518: Is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University , Faculty of Medicine . The hospital has 154 single-patient rooms, 52-bed neonatology unit, 6 operating rooms and 6 intervention rooms. It has two blocks. Block A has pediatric outpatient services. Block B has pediatric inpatient units, which include a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). It houses

1120-572: Is also responsible for the creation of Bishop's University in 1843 and Bishop's College School in 1836 in the Eastern Townships . Although 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,

1200-418: Is notably different from an instructor-led approach, and tasks seniors exploring educational interest as either study group moderators or participants. 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

1280-589: 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. Many first-year students live in the Upper Residence. 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

1360-819: The Association of American Universities located outside the United States, alongside the University of Toronto , and is the only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within the World Economic Forum . 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 . McGill alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 12 Nobel laureates and 148 Rhodes Scholars ,

1440-793: 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, 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 ). The University's Faculty of Religious Studies maintains additional affiliations with other theological institutions and organizations, such as

1520-586: 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

1600-713: 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 CISSS. 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 ,

1680-687: 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 . 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

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1760-582: 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. 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. Beginning in

1840-569: The McGill School of Architecture was the second architecture school to be established in Canada, six years after the University of Toronto in 1890. Sir John William Dawson , McGill's principal from 1855 to 1893, is often credited with transforming the school into a modern University. William Spier designed the addition of the West Wing of the Arts Building for William Molson, 1861. Alexander Francis Dunlop designed major alterations to

1920-469: The McGill University Health Centre . The location of the Montreal Children's Hospital at 2300 Tupper Street officially closed at 11:00 on May 24, 2015, after 68 patients were transferred to the new Glen Site at 1001 Décarie Boulevard . The new Glen Site Montreal Children's Hospital opened its emergency doors at 5 a.m. The Glen Site is composed of different hospital centres. Since the move to

2000-708: 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. James 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. Soon afterwards, McGill left for North America to explore

2080-590: 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

2160-505: The Montreal School of Theology . Among Canadian universities, McGill undergraduates have the fifth highest average entering grades among high school and CEGEP students entering from their home province. 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,

2240-532: The abcdResearch lab and the Smart Hospital . McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research University located in Montreal, Quebec , Canada . Founded in 1821 by royal charter , the University bears the name of James McGill , a Scottish merchant, whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College . In 1885,

2320-554: 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 ." McGill maintains ties with more than 160 partner universities where students can study abroad for either one or two semesters. Each year, McGill hosts around 500 incoming exchange students from over 32 countries. The University offers

2400-403: The current prime minister and two former prime ministers of Canada , and two Governors General of Canada . McGill alumni also include 9 Academy Award winners, 13 Grammy Award winners, 13 Emmy Award winners, four Pulitzer Prize winners, and 121 Olympians with over 35 Olympic medals. The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (RIAL) was created in 1801 under an Act of

2480-494: The 1960s McGill has experienced government funding curtailment. According to a 2016 report, McGill had a $ 1.3 billion deferred maintenance bill. The report also identified that 73 per cent of the University's buildings were in poor or very poor shape. 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

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2560-473: 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 . 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

2640-458: 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. McGill's main campus is located in downtown Montreal at the foot of Mount Royal . Most of its buildings are in

2720-483: The Dorchester Street lot, the construction of the main building itself, and physically - with John Molson being the presenter of the initial petition to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (after being sick and seeking hospital care himself, becoming personally invested) to create a new public hospital in Montreal in 1820, however the petition would be denied only because of a procedural error. Therefore

2800-825: The East Wing of McGill College (now called the Arts Building, McGill University) for Prof. Bovey and the Science Dept., 1888. George Allan Ross designed the Pathology Building, 1922–23; the Neurological Institute, 1933; Neurological Institute addition 1938 at McGill University. Jean Julien Perrault (architect) designed the McTavish Street residence for Charles E. Gravel, which is now called David Thompson House (1934). Women's education at McGill began in 1884 when Donald Smith (later

2880-950: The English-speaking population led to several charities, among them the Female Benevolent Society of Montreal and the Society for the Relief of Immigrants, to ask for help in building a new hospital. At this time, Montreal had two hospitals: the Grey Nuns' Hopital General and the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal ). In 1819 enough money had been received to lease a building on Craig Street to accommodate 24 patients and this small hospital opened on May 1, 1819. By 1820 enough money had been subscribed to purchase property on Dorchester and St Dominique streets. The cornerstone of

2960-774: The Farmer's Market, which occurs during the fall harvest. 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. Its educational model

3040-534: The Glen site, the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital have the capacity to provide on-site advanced maternal and perinatal care, such as ex-utero intrapartum treatment . It is the only centre on the island of Montreal with fully array of intensive-care (including fetal interventions , ECMO , dialysis , neurosurgery , extreme of prematurity and cardiac surgery ) for both

3120-466: The High School of Montreal from the school's board of directors and continued to operate it until 1870. 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),

3200-486: The Institute of Parasitology, and the McGill School of Environment. As of fall 2020, despite a decrease in enrollment 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

3280-457: The M.A. and PhD degrees. The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) oversees the admission and registration of graduate students (both master's and PhD). The 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 . The University's patent of arms

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3360-597: The MUHC on the site of an old CP rail yard adjacent to the Vendôme Metro station. This site, known as Glen Yards, comprises 170,000 square metres (1,800,000 sq ft) and spans portions of Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood and the city of Westmount . The Glen Yards project has been controversial due to local opposition to the project, environmental issues, and the project's cost. In 2007, McGill premiered its Office of Sustainability and added

3440-788: 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. There is a memorial archway at Macdonald Campus , two additional floors added to

3520-526: 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. 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

3600-456: The McGill downtown campus in Montreal, collaboration with the Université du Québec en Outaouais made it possible to offer the program entirely in Gatineau. 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 campuses and consolidate the various hospitals of

3680-566: The Montreal General would become a privately-funded institution. At the same time four Edinburgh-trained physicians Andrew Fernando Holmes , William Robertson, William Caldwell and John Stephenson were working to establish medical teaching in Montreal. They founded the Montreal Medical Institution in 1823 as a teaching unit of the hospital. In 1829 the Institution became part of McGill University , then known as McGill College. It

3760-720: 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

3840-801: The University to graduate over 1,000 students in health care each year. 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

3920-464: 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. 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

4000-469: 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. Between 1811 and 1813, he drew up a will leaving his "Burnside estate", a 19-hectare (47-acre) tract of rural land and 10,000 pounds to the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning. As a condition of the bequest,

4080-616: 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. However, in 1853 it took over

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4160-513: 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. A war memorial window (1950) by Charles William Kelsey in

4240-405: The downtown and Macdonald campuses. With the exception of students returning as " floor fellows ," few McGill students live in residence 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," which

4320-546: The endowment is valued at $ 2.039 billion, the third-largest endowment among Canadian universities , and remains one of the largest endowments on a per-student basis. McGill launched the Campaign McGill campaign in October 2007, 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." The largest goal of any Canadian University fundraising campaign at

4400-413: 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. McGill

4480-402: 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. 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

4560-484: The former Montreal Children's Hospital ) building at the corner of Tupper Street and Atwater Avenue. The current location was opened on October 4, 1955, by Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood . The MGH has been designated by the Quebec government as one of three Level I trauma centres in the province, the others being the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal and Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus in Quebec City . The MGH has been affiliated with McGill since 1832 and

4640-485: The four founders and early faculty members of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . 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. Other McGill alumni founded the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in the 1880s. By 1961, McGill had an enrolment of 8,507 students and 925 graduate students. Since

4720-509: The health of the Arboretum plantations and woodlands , to develop new programs related to selecting species adapted to developing environmental conditions and to enhance biological diversity in both natural stands and plantations. 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

4800-460: The hospital became a teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University . The hospital has achieved a number of "firsts", including the first speech clinic in a pediatric hospital in 1933, the first division of medical genetics in 1949 and the first department of psychiatry in 1950. The neonatology division was the first to create a neonatal transport team in Québec, dedicated to the ground transportation of unstable newborns. As well, in 1991,

4880-420: 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. On March 31, 1821, after protracted legal battles with

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4960-400: The late 1960s on the number of Jews admitted to the respective universities. The quota limited the Jewish student population in medicine and law to at most 10 per cent. 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

5040-432: The life and work of author James Joyce. McGill's Bellairs Research Institute , in Saint James, Barbados 13°10′N 59°35′W  /  13.167°N 59.583°W  / 13.167; -59.583 , is Canada's only teaching and research facility in the tropics. 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

5120-408: The median SAT scores in the verbal, mathematics, and writing sections were 730, 730, and 730, respectively. The median ACT score was 32. 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

5200-405: The mother and the newborn. In 2011, it was the first pediatric hospital in Quebec to use high-frequency jet ventilation in the context of neonatal respiratory failure . It also has a strong tradition of pediatric and neonatal research , with some laboratories doing translational work in the clinical context, such as: the NeoCardioLab , the NeoBrainLab , the Neonatal Health Systems Research ,

5280-401: The name was officially changed to McGill University. Currently, McGill has an enrollment of close to 35,000 students. Its 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 , 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the main campus on Montreal Island. The University is one of two members of

5360-408: The neonatology division created the first provincial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program to assist neonates with severe respiratory distress and pulmonary hypertension . The Montreal Children's Hospital, affiliated to McGill University, is now home to the only training programs for pediatric nurse practitioner , neonatal hemodynamics , neonatal follow-up and neonatal scholar in

5440-416: The new Montreal General Hospital was laid in 1821 and the 72-bed hospital building opened in 1822. The hospital received its first charter in 1823. Famous Montreal beer-brewer John Molson of "Molson's beer" (founded in 1786 and still sold to this day under the name "Molson Canadian Lager") and his three sons John Jr. , Thomas , and William contributed to the hospital financially through the purchasing of

5520-438: The new facility in August 2020. 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

5600-415: The province of Quebec. The increasing number of services required another expansion. A relocation took place to 2300 Tupper Street in 1956, and it was renamed the Montreal Children's Hospital. In August 1997, the Montreal Children's Hospital merged with the Royal Victoria Hospital , the Montreal General Hospital , the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and the Montreal Chest Institute to form

5680-437: 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 ." 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

5760-466: 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

5840-442: The time, the campaign was officially closed on June 18, 2013, having raised more than $ 1 billion. 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. In 2019, McGill launched Made By McGill , a new $ 2 billion fundraising campaign. In 2019, McGill received

5920-542: 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 . 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

6000-543: Was McGill's first faculty and Canada's first faculty of medicine. On May 30, 1955, the Montreal General Hospital moved to its present location near Mount Royal on Cedar Avenue, at the corner of Côte-des-Neiges Road and one block north of Pine Avenue . Montreal Children%27s Hospital Montreal Children's Hospital ( French : Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants ) is a children's hospital in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . Founded in 1904, it

6080-547: Was designed by Bruce Price and its extension was designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs and George Taylor Hyde. A statue of Queen Victoria by her daughter Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll , stands in front of the building. 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,

6160-593: 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. 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

6240-519: 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

6320-464: Was one of the first teaching hospitals. In 2019, Newsweek ranked the hospital 6th in Canada and 2nd in Quebec. Fund-raising to establish an English hospital in Montreal was undertaken in the years 1818-1820 after an initial petition for a new public hospital was accidentally denied by the lowest level of the colonial government of Lower Canada at the time, the House of Assembly . The growing needs of

6400-618: 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

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