This year, ten valedictorians from across the university shared their reflections and insights with McGill’s Class of 2025--with an eye cast toward the future. Desautels Grace Singer will be among them. The graduating Bachelor of Commerce student hopes to make a difference by advocating for decarbonization from within the business world. “In the long-term I hope to work directly with the adoption and acceleration of sustainable solutions, such as what I did within the cleantech company I interned at during my degree,” Singer says.

This winter, three of the ten McGill offices awarded new Sustainability Workplace Certifications for their sustainable practices were from the Desautels Faculty of Management. Notably, a collaborative Desautels office, formed by the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity, EDI, the Lewtas Office of Experiential Learning, and TLS Management teams, earned a Platinum certification, the highest possible rating. The Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) advanced to a Gold certification, and Desautels IT achieved Silver.

Methane emissions from Canada’s non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. The findings spotlight a major gap in the country’s official greenhouse gas inventory and raise urgent questions about how methane leaks are monitored, reported and managed.

Congratulations to Godwin Akrong, PhD in Information Studies student at the School of Information Studies (McGill University), has received a Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et culture. The FRQSC scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.

Godwin’s Research:

Congratulations to Chong Hu, PhD in Information Studies student at the School of Information Studies (McGill University), has received a Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Nature et Technologies scholarship! The FRQNT scholarship is awarded on basis of research and academic merit.

Chong's research:

Kiana Kishiyana explores adoptee identity; Jeffrey To delves into the various definitions and perceptions of diversity

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June 2025 | At the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, Norman Hillmer gave a stark warning about the threat a second Trump presidency could pose to Canada. He argued that no other American president has been as openly hostile to Canadian sovereignty, describing Trump as uniquely cruel and dangerous. Hillmer reflected on Canada’s long history of trying to assert its independence from the United States—through resisting annexation in earlier centuries, and negotiating free trade on its own terms in the 1980s. While many U.S.

The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Pengfei Zhao, from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), as the Academic Director for Global Engagement.

Congratulations to Prof. Sirui Zhou, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, who has been awarded the 2025 Banting Discovery Foundation’s prestigious Discovery Award. Prof. Zhou is the inaugural recipient of the $30,000 Banting-Canerector Foundation Discovery Award, which was created to support pioneering research into Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD)—conditions that affect the body's connective tissues.

As wildfires continue to burn across Western Canada, thick smoke is triggering widespread air quality alerts and raising concerns about health, infrastructure and environmental impacts, including in neighbouring provinces and parts of the United States. McGill University experts are available to provide insights on these topics. 

The McGill Visual Arts Collection and the Marvin Duchow Music Library have recently purchased works by Black artists, in keeping with the University’s commitment to address anti-Black racism

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The School of Information Studies is very pleased to announce that our PhD Student, Feng Fei, along with her supervisor Prof. Benjamin Fung (PI) and Prof. Catherine Guastavino (Co-PI) have been awarded $10,000 CDN funding from the McGill Collaborative for AI and Society (McCAIS) for their project, “City-scale Urban Sound Synthesis Using Multimodal Generative AI”. As part of the Computational & Data Systems Initiative, the award encourages interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding and positively influencing the impact of AI on Society.

The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that PhD candidate Owen Stewart-Robertson has been selected for a Wolfe Chair Graduate Fellowship for the 2025-2026 year. Congratulations Owen! 

‘If you are here, it means that McGill has created a safe space for you to be out’ keynote speaker tells 2SLGBTQIA+ members of the Class of 2025

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The School of Information Studies is pleased to announce that two incoming MISt students Nina Zepcan, and Wala Al-Sadi have been awarded for the McCall McBain Scholarships. Congratulations Nina and Wala!

Fraud is now the leading crime committed against seniors in Canada, and individuals with cognitive decline are particularly at risk. On June 11, McGill University’s Dementia Education Program will host a webcast to raise awareness about how to prevent people living with dementia from becoming victims of financial fraud.