The Department of English would like to honor our esteemed faculty members who have retired this year: Ken Borris (Literature), Catherine Bradley (Drama and Theatre), Nathalie Cooke (Literature), Marianne Stenbaek (Literature) and Paul Yachnin (Literature, Drama and Theatre). We would like to highlight the invaluable contribution that they have made to the Department over the years and we wish them the best for the chapter ahead.


Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes for her article "Literary Derivativeness and Romantic Attachment" in New Literary History: A Journal of Theory & Interpretation.

From next-generation energy solutions to sustainable food innovation, 25 McGill research projects receive support through CFI's John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

Congrats to Louis Dudek Award recipients, Teaching Assistant Taylor Rousselle and Professor Amber Rose Johnson!
Last April, the Department of English Student Association announced the winners of the Louis Dudek Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence.

Topics include youth agency through video games and entrepreneurship education in India.

Funding supports bold ideas across natural sciences and engineering disciplines at McGill, in fields ranging from ophthalmology and physics to music research and electrical engineering.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 122 McGill research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $30 million.

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.

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.

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.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) awards $598,278 to five McGill journals spanning disciplines from law to religion

Associate Professor Sandeep Banerjee co-edited Partition, Belonging and the Birth of Bangladesh (Routledge, 2026) with Subho Basu.

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.

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.

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.

