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  • Message from the Principal

    The dialogues that drive us

    As the Vice-President (University Affairs) of the Students’ Society of McGill University, undergraduate Haley Dinel (right) is a liaison between students and senior University administration.

    Read the Principal's message
  • Our neighbourhood

    Our neighbourhood

    Lauren Pochereva shares her harvest with Phil Barker. Pochereva is a post-grad fellow who is teaching urban gardening to elementary school children. Barker is co-leader of the Quartier de l'Innovation urban renewal project.

    Find out what we're doing in the community
  • Global communities

    Global communities

    Antonia Arnaert (left) and Nancy Heath don't think technology has to be cold and inhuman. The McGill professors are using hi-tech to connect patients and at-risk individuals—wherever they may be in the world—with the health care and information resources they need.

    Find out more
  • Undergraduate learning & research

    Undergraduate learning & research

    Gone doesn't necessarily mean forgotten. Student research intern Joseph Henry (right) is working with Professor Will Straw to reconstruct a lost part of crime tabloid history.

    Read more about Henry and others like him
  • Undergraduate life

    Undergraduate life

    For international student Jingjun Yu, the Staff-Student Mentoring Program, founded by Professor David Harpp, has helped smooth her transition into Montreal life.

    Find out more about Undergrad life at McGill
  • Athletics

    Athletic achievements

    McGill's most decorated student swimmer, Steven Bielby (right), offers some inspirational words to coach Peter Carpenter.

    Read about McGill's top-notch athletes
  • The graduate & postdoctoral experience

    Graduate & postdoctoral studies

    For entomology PhD student Crystal Ernst, community engagement—such as introducing Teaching and Learning Services' David Syncox to the Indian walking stick insect—is an important part of her education.

    Find out more
  • Research

    Research

    Don Smith (left) grows plants, Jeffrey Bergthornson designs engines that can burn them. The professors are part of BioFuelNet Canada, a McGill-based cross-Canada research network devoted to finding sustainable alternative fuels.

    Find out more
  • Health

    Health matters

    This year has seen a record number of med students, such as Montreal native Anne Zaharia (left), choose family medicine residencies in McGill hospitals.

    Read about McGill's health care priorities
  • Sustainability

    Sustainable campus

    To build the campus of tomorrow, McGill is turning to the community of today. Students like Sean Reginio and Josée Méthot (right) are collaborating with the Office of Sustainability on a long-term strategy that addresses social, environmental and economic issues.

    Read more
  • Infrastructure

    Infrastructure

    Bringing outdated infrastructure, like the Otto Maass Chemistry Building, into the 21st century requires wide-ranging planning and consultation.

    Find out what we're doing
  • Workplace

    Workplace

    Behind every successful teaching program or research lab, there's a bustling office. Principal's Award winners Naomi Takeda (left) and Anne Billyard are two of the thousands of administrative and support staffers who keep McGill running.

    Read more about them

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“All education is a continuous dialogue—questions and answers that pursue every problem on the horizon.” | William Orville Douglas

At any given moment, McGill University’s campuses are a symphony of conversations. A student catches up with a professor in the hallway to clarify a tricky point from the day’s lecture. A coach and her players plan strategy for the weekend’s big game. A farflung group of researchers meet via Skype to discuss surprising lab results. In the words of William Orville Douglas, early environmental advocate and the longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice, “All education is a continuous dialogue.”

We invite you to join in the conversation by exploring the Principal’s Report 2011-2012. Learn more about the accomplishments we celebrated and the challenges we faced over the past year by clicking on the links on the left or the photos in the slideshow.

FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS taken by Montreal-based photographer Richmond Lam.
ADDITIONAL PHOTO CREDITS: The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Owen Egan, John Kelsey, Lysanne Larose, The McGill Varsity Council, McGill Athletics and Recreation, Mia Morisset, Nicolas Morin and Michael Woloschuk.
Updated on Wed, 2012-10-17 14:07
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