Campaign McGill Launched: History in the Making

Nearly 500 people attended the Healing our World symposium which explored the relationship between the environment health and poverty.

The festivities attracted at least 1100 participants to the downtown campus and more than 350 to the Macdonald campus. Above: Nearly 500 people attended the Healing our World symposium which explored the relationship between the environment health and poverty. Below: Thanks to the magic of simulcasting Campaign McGill cakes were cut at exactly the same time on both the Macdonald and downtown campuses.

Thanks to the magic of simulcasting Campaign McGill cakes were cut at exactly the same time on both the Macdonald and downtown campus

Thanks to the magic of simulcasting Campaign McGill cakes were cut at exactly the same time on both the Macdonald and downtown campuses.

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The weather was perfect, the campuses looked their autumnal best, and there was a palpable excitement in the air. On October 17 and 18, 2007, students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, volunteers and friends gathered on both campuses for two days of events, symposia and celebrations, as McGill launched a fundraising campaign with the most ambitious starting goal – $750-million – in the history of Canadian universities.