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Louis ArsenaultVice-Principal (Communications and External Relations)
Louis Arseneault is Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations) at McGill University since February 1, 2017. His expertise includes strategic communications and marketing, public affairs, economic development, government and media relations, as well as issues management. Mr. Arseneault came to McGill after 11 years with Montréal International, an economic development agency serving the Greater Montreal area, where he worked as Vice-President (Talent Attraction, Promotion and Communications). Prior to joining Montréal International, he worked as Senior Director of corporate communications at Bell Canada, and as Assistant Director of public affairs at CAA-Québec.
As Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations), Mr. Arseneault is responsible for government relations, community engagement and the University’s overall communications, public affairs and marketing portfolio.
McGill University is one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from over 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country. McGill is a public university, founded in 1821.
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McGill mourns the loss of renowned Quebec landscape architect Claude Cormier. The creative force behind many well-known Montreal landmarks, the visionary Mr. Cormier worked on the New Vic project for the University. .../2
Shout out to 200+ @mcgillu students who, on this gorgeous Friday afternoon in September, not only listened to me talk about electoral systems for 1hr, but lined up afterwards to ask questions! 🙏❤️🙏
Congratulations to #McGill Associate Provost Angela Campbell and Sushmita Pamidi @McGillMed on their appointment to the Expert Panel to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in research
Delighted that our Deputy Director @SonjaSolomun has been appointed as the Canadian representative for @Forum_InfoD Observatory on Information & Democracy alongside senior fellow @FrancesHaugen The 19 member committee aims to understand the impact of tech on democratic governance
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McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherford’s Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation on our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today our professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants, and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.
In addition to a stellar faculty, McGill is known for attracting the brightest students from across Canada, the United States, and around the world. McGill students have the highest average entering grades in Canada, and our commitment to fostering the very best has helped our students win more national and international awards on average than their peers at any other Canadian university. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship has gone to a nation-leading 145 McGill students.
Mission and principles
- MISSION: The mission of McGill University is the advancement of learning and the creation and dissemination of knowledge, by offering the best possible education, by carrying out research and scholarly activities judged to be excellent by the highest international standards, and by providing service to society.
- PRINCIPLES: In fulfilling its mission, McGill University embraces the principles of academic freedom, integrity, responsibility, equity, and inclusiveness.
#1 in Canada among Medical-Doctoral Universities for 15 consecutive years
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Canada Research Chairs allotted to McGill
$4.7m
Revenue from a total of 89 CLINICAL TRIALS in FY 2018-19
The combination of McGill and the research centres affiliated with the university creates a nexus of researchers, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows pursuing the next vital steps in every area of research imaginable.
For close to two centuries, McGill University has attracted some of the world’s brightest researchers and young minds. Today, McGill remains dedicated to the transformative power of ideas and research excellence as judged by the highest international standards. The Strategic Research Plan (SRP) expresses McGill’s commitments to fostering creativity; promoting innovation; problem solving through collaboration and partnership; promoting equity, diversity and inclusion; and serving society through seven identified Thematic Areas of Research Excellence.
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