History
Webcasts
Brian Mulroney: remembering the man and his political legacy
As Canadians get set to bid farewell to The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, LLD’17, in this special episode of the McGill alumni webcast, we’ll bring an academic lens to the political legacy of Canada’s 18th Prime Minister.
Culture
An unconventional path to literary stardom
As an undergraduate, Kai Thomas, BA’16, examined old newspaper ads in the McGill Library about runaway slaves. That research helped inform In the Upper Country, his first novel, which won one of Canada’s top literary prizes last year.
Culture
Books to consider for your holiday reading
McGill graduates who have published books in recent months include Claudia Dey, Julian Sher, Mariko Tamaki, and Rosemary Sullivan.
Culture
How historical fiction became a literary juggernaut
Historical fiction, once dismissed as a second-rate genre, is now the dominant force in American literature and a magnet for top literary prizes. In a new book, McGill’s Alexander Manshel examines how that happened.
On Campus
Snapshots from the past
McGill is marking its 200th year, but this isn’t the first time that the University has celebrated a milestone anniversary. We take a look at what life was like for previous generations of McGillians during other significant anniversary years.
People
The centenarians have their say
As McGill marked its 200th anniversary, we checked in with some of the graduates who have lived for at least half that time, to get a sense of the history they saw firsthand at the University – including war, landmark research breakthroughs and at least one snowball fight that enraged a principal.
On Campus
Bringing the world’s best minds to McGill
Since 1954, an annual lecture series at McGill has brought some of the sharpest thinkers on the planet to the University.
Culture
The diabolical Dr. Cream
McGill graduates have won Nobel Prizes and Oscars, but only one has ever been featured in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds' celebrated wax museum. A best-selling new book looks at the life of McGill's most infamous alum.
On Campus
Celebrating a historic rivalry
Back in 1874, the men’s rugby teams at McGill and Harvard got together for a couple of matches in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Things got a little experimental.
On Campus
100 years of the McGill News
Over the course of two world wars, a Cold War, a space race, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the internet and 11 McGill principals, the McGill News has been turning up in the mail boxes (and now the inboxes) of McGill graduates for a century.
On Campus
Celebrating 65 years of the Beatty Lecture
From Arthur Ashe to Margaret Atwood, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Roxane Gay, the Beatty Lecture, the oldest lecture series of its kind in Canada, has been bringing big names to McGill for 65 years.