Two-point-three million items, including books and journals, will be transferred from McGill’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library to a new Collections Management Facility off the island of Montreal in mid-2023 to prepare for major renovations. The Fiat Lux project—a plan conceived in 2012 to renovate and modernize the McLennan-Redpath complex[Read More…]
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$13 million donation set to fund new Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledge
McGill announced on Nov. 27 that Gerald Rimer, BCom ’56, and his three sons, Daniel, David, and Neil Rimer, made a $13-million donation to the university that will go toward renovating the Leacock building and creating a new Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledge (IIRK). This is not the family’s[Read More…]
Campus planning open house puts the future of McGill on display
From Oct. 11 to 13, McGill University’s Planning and Development Office (PDO) hosted an interactive open house for members of the McGill community to learn about future planning initiatives meant to improve both the downtown and Macdonald campuses. Open House on the Real Estate Master Plan McGill’s downtown campus[Read More…]
Draft Policy against Sexual Violence discussed at McGill Senate
On Oct. 19, McGill Senate convened to discuss the proposed Draft Policy against Sexual Violence as well as the relocation of the McGill bookstore, Le James. In addition, the Senate Committee on Physical Development offered their Annual Report. Draft Policy against Sexual Violence The Draft Policy against Sexual Violence was[Read More…]
Renovations threaten what it means to be a McGill Student
School spirit is traditionally displayed at homecoming games and by students donning their university’s insignia. McGill instead possesses a unique type of school spirit, binding students together in a way that no football game or homecoming party ever could: Coping with the school’s decrepit and aging facilities. But with the[Read More…]
Arts Building renovations delayed by two months
Students walking past the Arts Building will continue to see the familiar face of construction, as the portico stabilization project has been delayed by two months. When the project began in late June, the McGill Reporter wrote that it would cost around $500,000. According to Michael Mannella, project manager for[Read More…]
Burnside basement renovation turns to crowdfunding initiative
Students from the Faculties of Science and Arts & Science have launched a crowdfunding campaign to renovate the Burnside Basement. The initiative is hosted on McGill’s Seeds of Change fundraising platform, which was launched in May 2014. “[The project aims to] help a group of entrepreneurial students […] transform their[Read More…]