McGill University Facts for Kids

Redpath Museum at McGill University

McGill University or just McGill is a university in Montreal, Canada. It was created in 1821, few years before the country Canada existed. McGill University does a lot of important research and has North America's first Museum, called Redpath Museum.

Many people think McGill University is one of the best universities in North America.

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James McGill, the original benefactor of McGill University.
The first Principal of McGill College, The Rt. Rev. Dr. George Mountain
Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University, 1855–1893
The Arts Building, completed in 1843 and designed by John Ostell, is the oldest building on campus
The interior of the Redpath Museum
The Second University Company prior to their departure for France
Stained Glass Great War Memorial entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art
Lower campus at sunset
The recently renovated McTavish Street is a critical artery connecting the lower campus to the upper campus
Roddick Gates act as the main entrance to the downtown campus
Built in 1892, Old Chancellor Day Hall houses the Faculty of Law
The "McGill Ghetto"
A hockey game on campus in 1884, just seven years after McGill students wrote the then-new game's first rule book, with the Arts Building, Redpath Museum, and Morrice Hall (then the Presbyterian College) visible
Macdonald Campus under construction in 1906
The Macdonald Campus coat of arms
The newly built McGill University Health Centre at the Glen Site
McGill's coat of arms
The laboratory of Rutherford, early 20th century
The Falcon, a statue outside of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, part of the McLennan–Redpath Library Complex
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, also a library, sits adjacent to the old Strathcona Music Building
PhD candidates march at Commencement in McGill's distinctive scarlet regalia.
Opening of the Student Union building, 1906
McGill's Molson Stadium
A hockey match at McGill in 1901
McGill Hockey Team, 1904
McGill announces new name for men's varsity sports teams
The Queen's-McGill Challenge Blade
The Lorne Gales Trophy
3rd prime minister of Canada Sir John Abbott (BCL, 1847).
7th prime minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier (BCL, 1864).
Inventor of the game of basketball James Naismith (BA, 1887).
Co-inventor of the charge-coupled device and Nobel prize laureate in Physics Willard Boyle (BSc, 1947; MSc 1948; PhD 1950).
Emmy Award winner known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise William Shatner (BComm, 1952).
Balzan Prize winner, referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology" Brenda Milner (PhD, 1952)
Grammy Award winner and poet Leonard Cohen (BA, 1955).
6th President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (PhD, 1965).
48th Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif (PhD, 1983).
Former astronaut and 29th governor general of Canada Julie Payette (BEng, 1986).
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio (BEng, 1986; MSc, 1988; PhD, 1991).
The current and 23rd prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (BA, 1994).
Former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières Joanne Liu (MDCM, 1991; IMHL, 2014).

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