McGill’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence
At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. McGill celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.
Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements
The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
McGill awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
From fundamental physics to child well-being, McGill researchers advance discovery across disciplines McGill has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.
Five scholarly journals at McGill receive SSHRC funding
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) awards $598,278 to five McGill journals spanning disciplines from law to religion
Congrats to Professors Sandeep Banerjee and Allan Hepburn on their new publications!
Associate Professor Sandeep Banerjee co-edited Partition, Belonging and the Birth of Bangladesh (Routledge, 2026) with Subho Basu.
Meet the McGill Arts students behind the Montreal International Poetry Prize
Curious about what goes on behind the scenes of an international poetry prize? The Faculty of Arts spoke to MA student Izzi Holmes and U3 Physics and English major Clara Costello about the important work they do for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and the positive impact it has on the McGill community, and on poets around the world.
Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers
McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.
Thomas Soehl awarded FRQ funding to study French-language integration among newcomers
McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.
A Look Back at "Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada”
In early February 2026, the McGill Southeast Asia Lecture Series hosted a two-day conference on the Cambodian diaspora. Professor Erik Kuhonta, from Department of Political Science and the Institute for the Study of International Development, offers some reflections on the conference's success.
Workshop examines leadership and lessons from internal displacement in Ukraine
Researchers, policymakers and displaced Ukrainian leaders gather in Warsaw to discuss action, advocacy and durable solutions to address the displacement crisis in Ukraine
Professor Keita Christophe Named APS Rising Star!
Big congratulations to Professor Keita Christophe, newly named an APS Rising Star—a well‑deserved recognition of outstanding research and impact in psychological science!
New APS Rising Stars – Association for Psychological Science – APS
Catherine Bradley in McGill News!
Faculty Lecturer and Resident Costume Designer Catherine Bradley spoke with McGill News about her two-part course, Costuming for the Theatre. Offered in the Department of English's Drama & Theatre program, Costuming for the Theatre I and II are hands-on courses that give students the opportunity to design and produce a costume from head to toe and learn techniques such as millinery (hat-making) and draping.
Two McGill professors awarded 2026 Dorothy Killiam Fellowships
Professors Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey and Jill Baumgartner will lead innovative research focusing on anti-Black carceral systems and climate-related health risks respectively
An end-of-semester message from Dean Maioni
Dear members of the Arts community,
December 7 marks the last day of classes of the Fall 2020 semester. Congratulations to everyone for having made this semester -- McGill’s first to be delivered primarily remotely – a good success. We are all proud of the Faculty of Arts community for such an accomplishment.
Update on Faculty of Arts' operations during red alert status: October 9, 2020
Dear members of the Arts community,