McGill University
Public university in Montreal
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| 2025 | Tina Piper becomes the interim dean of McGill University Faculty of Law, succeeding Robert Leckey. |
| 2025 | Ranked #1 medical school nationally in Canada by Maclean's for the 20th consecutive year. |
| 2024 | Pierre Boivin becomes Chancellor, starting his term in 2024. |
| 2024 | Performed at the U Sports University Cup in Toronto, Ontario, representing McGill University at the national university sports championship event. |
| 2024 | Ranked 18th worldwide on the QS World University Ranking of top medical schools. |
| August 30 2024 | The Quebec Labor Tribunal ruled that McGill, Provost Christopher Manfredi, Vice-President Fabrice Labeau, and Dean Robert Leckey had violated the Quebec Labor Code by directly criticizing the union, and ordered McGill to cease communications without union consent. |
| August 26 2024 | The union returned to strike after McGill called on the Quebec Minister of Labor to impose arbitration and refused further negotiations. |
| July 10 2024 | McGill University dismantles the pro-Palestinian encampment after it had grown to around 100 tents and persisted for over two months. |
| June 20 2024 | The union suspended the strike with McGill promising negotiating dates in August. |
| June 6 2024 | Thirteen protesters were arrested for breaking and entering, and two additional protesters were arrested for obstructing police work. The SPVM reported criminal offenses including throwing pyrotechnic devices and stones at police officers during the protests. |
| June 6 2024 | Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the third floor of the James Administration Building at McGill University's downtown campus. Protesters chained some building entrances shut, chanted, and banged drums in response to the Israeli offensive in Rafah. The occupation lasted several hours and involved confrontations with university staff and police. |
| June 6 2024 | SPVM riot squad officers entered the James Administration Building after a request from McGill University. Police used tear gas and cayenne pepper gel on protesters outside, and subsequently charged the crowd with batons and shields, pushing them away from the building. |
| May 15 2024 | Justice Marc St-Pierre rejected McGill University's injunction request, describing it as 'ill-founded'. He noted the protest had been peaceful and that a provisional injunction could not be granted preemptively, suggesting the university modify and refile the request within 10 days. |
| May 13 2024 | The encampment grows to over 115 tents, involving students from McGill, Concordia, UQAM, and Université de Montréal, with approximately 100 professors providing support. |
| May 10 2024 | McGill University filed a second injunction request against the pro-Palestinian student encampment in the Superior Court of Quebec, seeking to have the encampment dismantled and authorize police intervention. The university cited safety and public health concerns, including allegations of protesters relieving themselves on site and human waste in barrels. |
| May 6 2024 | Campus security and police intercepted and seized supplies, including N95 masks and sleeping bags, that were being brought to the encampment by supporters. |
| May 5 2024 | Red Dress Day events planned at the McGill University pro-Palestinian encampment to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women. |
| May 2 2024 | Quebec Premier François Legault publicly stated the McGill University pro-Palestinian encampment was illegal and should be dismantled by the SPVM (Montreal Police), sparking criticism from Quebec's university professors' federation. |
| May 2 2024 | Due to a planned pro-Israel counter-protest, dozens of police officers on bikes and horseback were deployed to the McGill University encampment site. |
| May 1 2024 | Police vehicles were present near the encampment site, with two minibuses of riot gear-clad officers stopping in front of the site for approximately 25 minutes. |
| May 1 2024 | Pro-Palestinian student encampment begins at McGill University's lower field, initially spanning with approximately 20 tents. |
| April 30 2024 | President Deep Saini declared the dismantlement of the encampment 'non-negotiable' and proposed a forum to discuss protesters' demands if they left campus. Protesters rejected the offer and committed to staying until divestment was achieved. |
| April 30 2024 | SPVM spokesperson stated the McGill encampment was peaceful, with no reported incidents, and described the situation as a civil matter with no crimes being committed. |
| April 30 2024 | An injunction request was filed against the McGill pro-Palestinian encampment by two McGill students (one Jewish and one Muslim), seeking to prevent five pro-Palestinian groups from protesting within 100 metres of any of the 154 McGill buildings for 10 days. The request was based on allegations of hostile campus climate, including chants like 'Long live the intifada' and 'Zionists are racist'. |
| April 29 2024 | McGill University president Deep Saini denounced 'obvious antisemitism' among protesters and stated the encampment violated university policy and law. The university issued warnings to protesters and requested police assistance, which the SPVM declined. |
| April 27 2024 | Pro-Palestinian student groups from McGill and Concordia University initiate an encampment protest near the Roddick Gates, initially setting up approximately 20 tents. |
| April 24 2024 | AMPL began an unlimited strike due to McGill's continued delay and failure to advance counterproposals. |
| April 22 2024 | A small set of pro-Palestinian tents were documented on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, preceding the McGill encampment. |
| April 18 2024 | Two pro-Palestinian student groups at McGill published a comprehensive data set revealing the university's investments in 50 Israel-related companies, totaling at least $73 million, with over $5.5 million in military technology companies with IDF contracts. |
| April 17 2024 | Students at Columbia University established a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus as a protest against the university's investments in Israel, marking the beginning of a widespread student protest movement. |
| February 22 2024 | Demonstrators blocked the entrances of McGill's Bronfman building, home to the Desautels Faculty of Management, to protest against the faculty's investments in Israel. |
| February 19 2024 | A small group of McGill students began a hunger strike to call on the university to divest from Israel. One protester continued the hunger strike for 34 days, eventually being hospitalized. |
| February 13 2024 | AMPL members conducted a one-day strike to advance negotiations after McGill failed to negotiate in good faith. |
| 2023 | Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty as the 17th best law school in the world. The Faculty achieved a 97.3% bar pass rate, the best in Quebec. |
| 2023 | H. Deep Saini becomes the principal of McGill University, taking office in 2023 and continuing to the present. |
| December 19 2023 | McGill University removed its name from the local SPHR chapter after reviewing a social media post that described the Hamas attack on October 7 as 'heroic'. |
| November 20 2023 | A student referendum was held at McGill University, with 78% of participating students voting in favor of a policy calling on the university to cut ties with companies 'complicit in genocide' and condemn Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip. |
| November 8 2023 | An altercation occurred at Concordia University between Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) and StartUp Nation student groups, resulting in three injuries and a student arrest. |
| October 7 2023 | Start of the Gaza war, which sparked ongoing student activism and protests at McGill and Concordia universities in Montreal. |
| January 2023 | Launched the first student seminar on Abolitionist practices and Transformative Justice during winter semester. |
| 2022 | The faculty's community service programs provided $3,453,923 of free dental care to underprivileged populations through various clinics, including the Jim Lund Dental Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital Clinic, McGill Mobile Dental Clinic, and McGill Summer Dental Clinic. |
| November 8 2022 | McGill lost its dispute against the union's certification before the Tribunal, and negotiations for a collective agreement commenced. |
| January 3 2022 | Renamed from Faculty of Dentistry to Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, reflecting its evolution and progress. |
| 2021 | McGill Men's Soccer Team established or documented their roster for the 2021-22 season, indicating the team's active competitive status during this academic year. |
| 2021 | Times Higher Education World Rankings placed McGill Law School as the 16th best law school in the world. |
| 2021 | Mahmud Jamal, a McGill BCL and LLB graduate from 1993, was appointed as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada after serving as a Judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario. |
| 2021 | Julie Payette concluded her term as Governor General of Canada. |
| 2021 | John McCall MacBain becomes Chancellor, serving from 2021 to 2024. |
| November 7 2021 | Full-time professors at the Faculty of Law formed the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) and filed for certification with Quebec's Tribunal administratif du travail. |
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