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McGill University’s Macdonald Campus is located on the western tip of the island of Montreal in the picturesque lakeside town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Thirty to forty minutes away from downtown, this beautiful 1600 acre campus offers diverse teaching and research facilities. It has waterfront access, bike paths, a large Arboretum with walking and ski trails, and a working farm. It also offers two styles of residence on campus.

During your visit you can explore the campus, meet with an Academic Advisor, ask questions about admissions, student life, residences and get a sense of the Macdonald Campus community. Your McGill visit:

• Registration is required.  Due to strict tour capacities and visit guidelines, we cannot guarantee a tour if you do not book in advance.
• You must indicate  at the time of registration  if guests will be accompanying you.

Other information:

• Parking:  Users may pay for parking by the day or half day by purchasing tickets at the machine in the Horticulture Parking Lot next to the Mac Market. The rates are $8.00 for the day and $4.00 for the half day. The vehicle must remain parked at the Horticulture Lot. GPS address is 17 Rue East Cottages, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3L9
• Arriving by Public Train (commuter train-Hudson/Vaudreuil line):  30 minutes from Lucien-L'allier or Vendome Station. 20 minutes from Vaudreuil Station. The closest stop to Macdonald Campus is Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Station.  
• Arriving by Public Bus:  Buses 211, 405 and 411 leave from the Lionel-Groulx metro station and stop at Sainte-Anne / Terminus Macdonald. Several buses from off-island also stop on campus.  Arriving from Trudeau Airport:  McGill’s Macdonald Campus is 20 minutes away from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport . Travel to Macdonald Campus by Taxi, Uber or Eva.
• Accommodations:  Book your hotel accommodation through  McGill's Official Hotel

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3. Click on your preferred tour time 4.Fill out and submit the form to book your tour Don't see a time that works for you, send an email to [email protected] . 

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Drawing the future of Mac campus

Each February, the Macdonald campus community gathers to mark Founder’s Day , a birthday celebration for Sir William C. Macdonald (1831–1917), who founded Macdonald College in 1907. The celebration is always held on the Thursday closest to the anniversary of Sir William’s birth, February 10; this year’s Founder’s Day happened to fall right on the actual day.

Last year’s MC, Professor Murray Humphries, McGill Northern Research Chair, returned to the virtual podium as 2022 host. He noted that Founder’s Day “is not necessarily a celebration of a single man, but rather of his vision for what was possible and the catalyst for everything that’s followed. It’s about growth and learning and vision that changes and evolves over time.”

“This year, we’ve reached out to our campus community and received valuable feedback about the future and who we are and where we’re going, and who’s included and impacted by the work we do at this campus,” continued Humphries. “So our hope is that this isn’t a one-day event, but rather the beginning of an ongoing dialogue amongst community members about how we continuously improve who we are and what we do.”

Shared responsibility

Humphries noted that the Mac campus is on Haudenosaunee territory, so it was appropriate that the ceremony proper began with words from across the river in Kahnawá:ke. Kanien’kéha elder Amelia McGregor offered the Ohénton Karihwatéhkwen (“the words that come before all else”), a reminder of everyone’s shared responsibility to the ecosystem and the sustaining spirit of creation.

McGregor was joined by Mac professor Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, Associate Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Food Sovereignty. The two women have collaborated on in-community research projects since 1994, including the Kahnawá:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program, which Wasonti:io Delormier said “has served as a model for how to do partnership research with Indigenous communities. A lot of how we operate is rooted in Haudenosaunee values, principles and lessons to figure out how best to make decisions and partnerships. And how do we continue to learn from those. We’re still learning. We just recently had a discussion about how do we integrate ceremony, meaningfully and respectfully, into research.”

Multiple milestones

In addition to marking Sir William Macdonald’s 192 nd birthday, this year also marked the last Founder’s Day for Bruce D. Bolton (BSc’72) in his official, longstanding capacity as executive director of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation.  The Foundation continues the philanthropic tradition of Sir William Macdonald and his heirs, the Stewart family.

“It’s a sincere thanks from the Macdonald campus community to Bruce Bolton and the Macdonald Stewart Foundation for all the support that they’ve shown to our campus over the years,” said Humphries. He also took a moment to welcome the Foundation’s new associate executive director, Thomas Leslie (LMus’06).

Although Bolton joined the virtual celebrations from Florida, he was a fixture at in-person Founder’s Days, always decked out in tartan and brandishing his trusty bagpipes.

“The times that we have shared on Founder’s Day will be among the most memorable of my career simply because I have had the privilege to be piped into the room by Bruce Bolton,” recalled Anja Geitmann, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “Thank you to Bruce, for not only the many years of service for the Foundation, but for the many things that you have done for this campus and for creating this particularly special memory.”

Drawing the future

As part of McGill’s Bicentennial year, the 2022 Founder’s Day took on a graphic twist—literally.

In the week’s leading up to the big day, McGill students, faculty and staff were asked to share their feelings about the campus.  What’s their favourite thing about Mac? How would they describe Mac in one word? In one colour? One emotion? How do they hope to see the Macdonald campus, and the work being done there, evolve over the next 50 years and beyond?

Illustrator Jordana Globerman (BA’11) synthesized those ideas into seven dynamic, vibrant panels that tell the story of Mac’s past, present and visions for the future. Globerman unveiled her artwork—including the four future-focused panels that she drew in an interactive real-time Zoom performance on Thursday morning—at the event.

“I was blown away by the input,” said Globerman, an Ottawa-based visual storyteller.  “There were so many great ideas, and so much engagement throughout the morning. It’s really nice to see that there’s quite a close-knit community at Macdonald.”

The panels are still a work in progress. Plans are underway to permanently display Globerman’s final artwork on campus, possibly in the hallway connecting the Macdonald Stewart and Raymond Buildings.

A vision for hands-on learning

“How do we get from a single person to an entire campus with thousands of students?” asked Geitmann. “Our founder’s vision is bigger than the founder.”

Dean Geitmann outlined the broad strokes of Macdonald’s biography. Wealthy industrialist. Generous benefactor. Fourth chancellor of McGill. Big champion of the University’s law, engineering, physics and architecture departments in the 1890s and early 1900s. Helped set up McGill’s first student recreation facility, in the building that is now home to the McCord Museum.

“All of this was, of course, on the downtown campus,” Geitmann noted. “How did we get from this passion for education to a campus at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue? Such a vision doesn’t just get created overnight, right? You don’t go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the idea to set up a huge campus.”

The catalyst was cheese. Specifically, James Wilson Robertson, a cheese manufacturer, educator and civil servant.

“Robertson was fascinated by the fact that the quality of food dependent on several factors,” explained Geitmann, “and these included but not only the cheese maker, but the quality of the milk. And the quality of milk, of course, depends on the health of the cow. And the health of the cow depends on the quality of the fodder. And the fodder, of course, depends on the richness of the soil. So he very much saw that interlinkage between the soil, the animal health, and the eventual outcome.”

Better crops through science

Sir Macdonald met Robertson around 1897, “probably on an experimental farm in Ottawa.” The two shared an interest in educational reform, especially in rural areas. To spur children’s interest in agriculture, Robertson and Macdonald partnered in an annual agricultural competition to reward children who grew the highest-quality seed grain.

“After several years, the final seeds were actually 20 per cent bigger than the initial seeds,” said Geitmann. “So through this competition, they illustrated the cuts of crops could be bred through systematic selection. And they didn’t only do that in a research, scientific way, but they did it through the involvement of the general public, and more importantly, through children. So it was very inspired.”

Buoyed by this success, and taking further inspiration from schools in Britain and Sweden, Macdonald and Robertson established a program of manual training workshops for boys and girls, and consolidated small schoolhouses into larger schools with multiple teachers teaching several disciplines. Macdonald purchased several farms on the western tip of Montreal to create a contiguous plot of land to house one such large school: Macdonald College, which taught agriculture, household sciences, and teaching.

(For a full history of the Mac campus, see its Bicentennial timeline .)

“What was really important at the time was the dedication to hands-on learning,” noted Geitmann, “and that’s a dedication we have today as well: to make learning an experience that goes beyond the classroom. And that gives students the experience that they need in order to get a real job later on. So that vision that was started more than 100 years ago is ongoing. We’re continuously building the campus, we’re continuously building the programs, and that is something that is truly integral to an educational institution, and in particular, to Macdonald campus.”

Nancy Lavigne: A force of nature

For many years, Paul Meldrum, the Macdonald Campus Farm Manager, brought his affable wit (and, yes, kilt) to his duties as Founder’s Day master of ceremonies. With his retirement just a few short months away, Meldrum returned to the Founder’s Day podium to present the Macdonald Campus Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff to a cherished colleague: Nancy Lavigne.

For the past 24 years, Lavigne has worked diligently and tirelessly as Administrator of the Macdonald Campus Farm. (As Meldrum noted, this was prefaced with almost 14 years in other capacities at McGill, including six years with Printing Services and another six years “in charge of conferences and special events and alcoholic beverage control.”) The experimental and demonstration farm spans 205 hectares, so keeping such a large endeavour running requires Lavigne to coordinate among a wide variety of players and departments: professors, researchers, students, facilities tradespeople, University administration, farm staff, and a seasonal army of 50 student casual workers.

Lavigne also facilities the many requests for public tours, and was instrumental in developing the tour curriculum, hiring and training tour guides, and promoting and booking tours—a busy role that will only get busier with the opening of the forthcoming Macdonald Farm Community Engagement Centre.

“Nancy is the first person that you meet when you ask for anything of the farm,” said Meldrum. “There are many requests of the farm, and Nancy answers all those requests, not just as part of her duty, but with a smile and with exuberance.”

“When Nancy throws herself into a job, it is full bore,” he continued. “When we did open houses with the UPA [Union des producteurs agricoles] and with the town of Sainte-Anne, she was in there like a dirty shirt. When we took on more departments at the farm, the Lods [Agronomy Research Centre] and the Horticulture Centre, she helped make that transition easy. When we reimplemented the educational tours, it was Nancy who canvassed all the schools and the school boards in the greater Montreal area, developed a pamphlet, had the photography done, went to a printer, mailed out all those pamphlets, year after year—and she coerced the Milk Producers Federation into giving free chocolate milk!

“There’s no halfway with Nancy. It’s go big or go home.”

Gold Key recipients

Next, it was time to honour six Mac students with Gold Key Awards. The Award is given out by the Macdonald Branch of the McGill Alumni Association to students in recognition of leadership and excellence in the promotion and development of extracurricular activities. Laura Wittebol, one of two Gold Key Committee Co-Chairs, presented the 2022 awards.

This year’s Gold Key recipients are:

• Antoine Bouvier (Bioresource Engineering, U3): Eager to share his passion for 3D printing with the Macdonald community, Bouvier revived and expanded the Mac 3D Printing Club to become a viable and forward-looking venture, showing an entrepreneurial spirit which now benefits many students and clubs at Macdonald campus.
• Sean Clarke (Bioresource Engineering, U3): Resourceful and creative in his roles as VP Finance in the Bioresource Engineering Students’ Society and the Macdonald Campus Student Society, Clarke has found ways to increase funding for student projects and clubs, while also improving accessibility and equity in its allocation, to the benefit of all Macdonald students.
• Chloe Garzon (Human Nutrition, U3): A compassionate and considerate leader, Garzon is the proud president of both the Macdonald Bring Your Own Bulk group and the Macdonald Campus Student Society. These opportunities allow her to engage with students, clubs, and societies on our campus and help them to flourish. She also enjoys her work as Tomlinson Engagement Award Member (TEAM) in Organic Chemistry, where she helps students by using innovative learning methods.
• Anthony Iheonye (PhD candidate, Bioresource Engineering): Winner of the Macdonald Campus 3MT Competition in 2019, Iheonye has continued to work with the Lister Family Foundation and Teaching and Learning Services to help students with their communication skills. As an International Student Buddy, he advises new students and helps them integrate at Mac. For MCGSS, he has worked to help engage all graduate students by organizing events including Graduate Orientation and other social activities.
• Krisztina Mosdossy (PhD candidate, Natural Resource Sciences): Visionary and inspiring, Mosdossy works to engage her fellow students at Macdonald campus with their environment, relating to agriculture, social equity, and sustainability. She does this through her active involvement in the Macdonald Permaculture Showcase Garden, the Women+ in Science group, and the Sustainability of Operations at Macdonald Campus Task Force.
• Sharvani Ram (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, U3): A cognizant community leader, Ram has been involved in many campus-wide groups and initiatives, where her passion in fostering a sense of community and student engagement at Macdonald Campus is strongly evident. She is especially proud of her work as President of the Dietetics Human Nutrition Undergraduate Society, where she has worked to develop a peer-led mentorship program and panel discussions to raise awareness about competencies and cultural humility.

It is with great pleasure that I observe how the next generation is leading Mac into the future. I am proud to have been a graduate. Keep up the good work.

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Police in riot gear depart as Roddick Gates reopen

At #McGill encampment, pro-Israeli protesters have departed, and w them police in riot gear, although many police on bikes remain. Roddick Gates re-opened around 4 pm. Several dozen pro-Palestinians on campus keep up the chants. pic.twitter.com/UaAuVxZOHp — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

At #McGill encampment, pro-Palestinian protesters keeping the chants going. pic.twitter.com/zVGeBS2f9f — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

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Judge refused injunction request but found the encampment to be illegal

Premier François Legault today referred to yesterday’s judgment that rejected a request for an injunction against the encampment. He noted that Justice Chantal Masse found the protest to be illegal.

Below is her full ruling. In paragraph 31, Masse says the protesters “are illegally occupying the premises by camping there.”

From The Canadian Press:

Questioned about whether Premier François Legault’s comments about police intervening at McGill were appropriate, the federal justice minister suggested politicians shouldn’t be telling police what to do.

“The operational decisions of the police are always theirs independently of politicians,” Arif Virani told reporters in Ottawa. “This is always the case in a democracy like ours. … It sets us apart from other countries where the rule of law is not respected, so it’s extremely important.”

The Gazette asked Valérie Plante’s office if the mayor wants police to remove the encampment.

Here’s what her office responded via email:

“The priority of our administration and Montreal police at this moment is to protect the fundamental rights of our society, ensure the safety of everyone, and avoid an escalation of tension as observed in the United States.

“Montreal is a city of peace and inclusion, equipped with an experienced police force that performs its duties with great professionalism and sensitivity. We must trust them and stand united behind the laws and rights that bind us all.”

Sherbrooke St. has reopened but heavy police presence remains

Loud but peaceful at #McGill pro-Palestinian encampment and counter pro-Israel protest. Sherbrooke St. had been blocked off, now open to traffic again. Heavy police presence, many in riot gear. pic.twitter.com/XwxTVolE9s — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

Scenes from #McGill encampment and pro-Israel counterprotest on Thursday afternoon pic.twitter.com/L8tNpZS0wE — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

Montreal police keeping very close watch on pro-Israel protesters at #McGill encampment. This group of roughly 15 were a block and a half away from main protest, and surrounded by police pic.twitter.com/5JobBqAyGe — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

About 100 pro-Israel protesters remain outside McGill gates

Scenes from the #McGill encampment. Roughly 100 pro-Israel protesters and observers outside McGill gates as pro-Palestinians chant “Free, free Palestine” on other side, behind a line of police. pic.twitter.com/HRjpzETpQf — Rene Bruemmer (@ReneBruemmer) May 2, 2024

With Montreal police officers looking on this afternoon, protesters within the encampment were using pieces of wood to reinforce the fence that surrounds their site, Jacob Serebin reports.

From La Presse Canadienne:

Louis-Philippe Lampron, a Université Laval law professor, was surprised by François Legault’s statements regarding McGill this morning, saying the premier should have shown more reserve.

“The question of the intervention of police forces to dismantle the encampment in a context where, until proven otherwise, there is no serious risk for the safety of anyone (…) There is real tension with freedom of expression,” he said.

“For the premier to put pressure on (Montreal police) by saying, ‘Remove camp away’, that’s quite unusual.”

He said universities are hybrid creatures. “They are private entities for the most part… This hybrid nature means that classic law (…) cannot apply to the university in the same way as in other public or private institutions.”

From Michelle Lalonde:

The counter-protest, organized by a coalition of Jewish groups to oppose what they call “Jew-hatred on campus,” began in earnest at about 12:40 p.m. with speakers calling for the immediate removal of the encampment.

McGill students spoke of rising anti-semitism on campuses but also a rise in political activity by Jewish students in response.

“Right now there is a Jewish awakening happening all over the world and McGill’s campus is no exception,” one former McGill student said to the crowd.

“More and more Jewish students are waking up, tapping into their identity, tapping into their Judaism, tapping into their heritage. Jewish groups on campus are practically doubling in size.”

Rabbi Reuben Poupko thanked Premier François Legault for his support of the removal of the encampment on McGill’s campus.

“As Mr. Legault said this morning, it’s time for police to move that encampment. McGill has given a green light. The police have been wonderful for us since October the 7th, but one more thing has to happen: that illegal encampment has to go.”

From Jacob Serebin:

Quebec solidaire MNA Haroun Bouazzi said he was at the protest to support students who are demonstrating peacefully against the university’s investments in companies like Lockheed Martin, whose planes are being used to bomb Gaza.

Earlier this year, a Dutch court blocked the export of parts for F-35 planes to Israel over concerns the planes were being used to commit crimes against humanity, he said.

“The university is continuing to invest in this industry of war, so it’s important that students, activists, are able to protest peacefully against an ongoing genocide and condemn investments that are part of the apartheid system,” he said.

Bouazzi criticized Premier Francois Legault’s call for police intervention to break up the camp, saying it was a peaceful protest.

He pushed back against claims from counter-protesters who say the encampment is antisemitic, saying he’d seen no sign of antisemitism.

“There are people of the Jewish faith who are protesting on the side against the genocide, I understand that there are people who will use any argument to side with the genocide, which is that’s what it is, and that’s unfortunate,” he said.

McGill doit désinvestir dans les entreprises liées financièrement au génocide en cours à Gaza et au maintien du système d’apartheid qui sévit en Israël-Palestine. pic.twitter.com/5H4rk9TTmJ — Haroun Bouazzi (@HarounBouazzi) May 2, 2024

McGill, police have yet to comment on Legault’s call for end to camp

The Gazette has reached out to McGill, the Montreal police department and Mayor Valérie Plante to see if they have anything to say about Premier François Legault’s comments. This morning, the premier said police should move in and dismantle the camp.

“The right to express oneself and demonstrate is fundamental, but it is absolutely necessary to preserve Montreal’s peaceful character,” Mayor Valérie Plante said via social media this afternoon.

Montreal police are “present in the McGill University sector to enforce this principle. Our metropolis values ​​peace, listening and inclusion. In Montreal, it is possible to express yourself while respecting rights and laws. We must all defend these common values.”

Le droit de s’exprimer et de manifester est fondamental, mais il faut absolument préserver le caractère pacifique de Montréal. Le @SPVM est présent dans le secteur de l’Université McGill pour faire respecter ce principe. Notre métropole valorise la paix, l’écoute et… — Valérie Plante (@Val_Plante) May 2, 2024

‘That illegal encampment has to go,’ Poupko says

Speaking to the crowd of counter-protesters, Reuben Poupko, a prominent Montreal rabbi, praised Premier François Legault for saying police should dismantle the pro-Palestine encampment.

“The police have been wonderful for us since Oct. 7, but one more thing has to happen: that illegal encampment has to go,” he said, to cheers from pro-Israel protesters.

For several days, we've witnessed examples of hatred, antisemitism and glorification of terrorism from participants in the encampment at @mcgillu . Today @francoislegault confirmed that the encampment is illegal and must be dismantled, and we thank him for his clear message. It… pic.twitter.com/LNu3uDG2x3 — CIJA (@CIJAinfo) May 2, 2024

Pro-Israel protesters rally outside McGill gates. pic.twitter.com/YYzP4LDqAf — Michelle Lalonde (@mrlalonde) May 2, 2024

A speaker in front of the encampment spoke about divestment from companies that support Israel’s ability to wage war.  He praised Palestinian “resistance” and “our allies in Iran.”

Another speaker led the crowd in a chant: “There is only one solution, intifada, revolution.”

From colleague Katelyn Thomas:

Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant would not comment directly on Premier François Legault’s comments regarding police moving in to take down the encampment.

He said: “Since Saturday, we have a good relationship with the people at the encampment. Since the beginning, it’s going well, and we want it to continue this way. In the event of us having to intervene with the encampment in the coming days, we want it to happen during a peaceful and calm time, without physical force.”

Here’s what the police department has said over the past few days:

[Campement #McGill ] Le #SPVM est au fait du rejet de l'injonction et analysera soigneusement le contenu de la décision rendue. Nous continuons d’évaluer les avenues possibles pour la suite, en préconisant un dénouement pacifique. — Police Montréal (@SPVM) May 1, 2024

Le SPVM confirme avoir reçu une demande d’assistance de @uMcGill en ce qui concerne le campement sur son campus. Pour la suite, nous évaluons les différentes avenues possibles en préconisant un dénouement pacifique. — Police Montréal (@SPVM) April 30, 2024

Very large crowd in front of pro-Palestinian camp at McGill, vast majority well back from police lines, staying on the lawn pic.twitter.com/RZwaINNTD9 — Jacob Serebrin (@jacobserebrin) May 2, 2024

NDP leader supports ‘students and anti-war advocates’

I stand in solidarity with students and anti-war advocates. What is happening in the US right now is very dangerous and alarming. In Canada, I want students to know this: It is your right to peacefully protest - and I will defend that. New Democrats will continue to stand for… — Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) May 2, 2024

Inside McGill’s closed gates, chants of “Free Palestine”. Outside the gates, “Bring them home”. pic.twitter.com/yy4fEgkSIP — Michelle Lalonde (@mrlalonde) May 2, 2024

‘I’m here to support Israel,’ counter-protester says

Ted Schiffer, a McGill law graduate and Hampstead resident, said he joined the counter-protest outside McGill to warn the administration of his alma mater that if it tolerates this encampment, others will follow.

“I’m here to support Israel, I’m here to support my country and Jews,” he said. “I don’t care if they have a camp there. They can say whatever they want. Sticks and stones, freedom of expression and all that.”

He added: “What this is about is I’m a McGill graduate and I look at the lawn in front of my school and it looks like a shanty town. So tomorrow there will be a camp over there because they don’t like (Bill) 96. And over there there will be a camp because they don’t like unisex bathrooms, and over here an encampment because the Canadiens drafted the wrong guy. There will be camps everywhere because everyone thinks protest camps on McGill campus is a great idea.”

Pro-Israel protesters holding signs saying "release the hostages" and figured of people kidnapped by Hamas pic.twitter.com/GtLEgKcWzc — Jacob Serebrin (@jacobserebrin) May 2, 2024

Riot police have formed a line to separate pro-Palestinian protesters, many of whom say they're Jewish, from Pro-Israel counter protesters on the other side of McGill fence pic.twitter.com/YxlDcDiJPM — Jacob Serebrin (@jacobserebrin) May 2, 2024

Jewish protesters among supporters of the pro-Palestinian camp

From colleague Jacob Serebin, who is on our team at McGill today:

The number of pro-Palestinian protesters is growing.

They’ve begun chanting and have formed a line around the camp.

A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews who have shown up. They oppose the creation of Israel on religious grounds and are upset that pro-Israel groups suggest that all Jews are pro-Israel.

A line of pro-Palestinian protesters in front of the encampment includes several people wearing kippahs. An organizer with a megaphone says they’re Jewish and here to protect the camp.

From colleague Michelle Lalonde, who is on our team at McGill today:

Drew, a Concordia student standing just outside McGill’s closed front gates, said he joined the counter-protest to call on McGill to end the encampment.

“If I were to walk through this campus right now with my kippah, I don’t think I would be safe,” he said. “I genuinely do not think I would be safe, not because I have some views that are different, but because I’m Jewish.”

He added that although he attends Concordia, he regularly attends Shabbat at McGill campus to pray, as do other Jewish students at Concordia.

He said the encampment is illegal and McGill should enforce the law.

Premier François Legault says police should move in and dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University.

Speaking to reporters in Quebec City this morning, he said the protest — in place since Saturday — is illegal. Legault said he will leave it up to police to decide when and how to proceed.

“Everybody in Quebec has to respect laws, and right now these encampments are illegal,” he said. “We have to respect the law. And I want to make sure that the police officers ensure the laws are respected.”

On Wednesday, a Quebec Superior Court judge rejected a request from two McGill students who sought to have the protesters at the encampment from being within 100 metres of any of the school’s buildings.

However, “if you read the decision they say clearly that (the encampment is) illegal,” Legault said.

He added: “We’re all worried about what’s happening in Gaza. People can show their (position) in demonstrations — these are allowed, these are legal. But they cannot have encampments on a university site.”

Police presence ramps up at encampment ahead of counter-protest

As the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University’s downtown campus entered its sixth day Thursday, there was a visible police presence ahead of a planned counter-protest by pro-Israel groups.

More than a dozen officers were on the McGill campus shortly after 8:30 a.m., along with other police vehicles parked nearby.

Police have generally kept a low profile around the camp, usually with a single vehicle parked across the street.

Read our full story by Jacob Serebin.

Larger police presence outside pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University. Pro-Israel protest is scheduled to take place later today. Police tell me they want to avoid confrontation between the two sides. pic.twitter.com/b5pofJQOoK — Jacob Serebrin (@jacobserebrin) May 2, 2024

McGill Jewish groups plan counter-protest

Several Jewish organizations are planning a counter-protest at McGill University Thursday, demanding the university “enforce its policies and stand against Jew-hatred on campus.”

The event is to be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Roddick Gates on Sherbrooke St., beside the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been in place since Saturday.

Read our full story.

Superior Court judge rejects request for an injunction

A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected a request from two McGill University students who sought to have the protesters at the pro-Palestinian encampment set up over the weekend barred from being within 100 metres of any of the school’s buildings.

Justice Chantal Masse heard arguments on the matter Tuesday at the Montreal courthouse and she delivered her decision in writing on Wednesday. In the 10-page decision, she said there “was not a sufficient demonstration of urgency” in the request. She also noted that defence lawyers who opposed the request argued it was “abusive and sought to silence all discussion that doesn’t fit within a frame that is pro-Israeli.”

Read our full story by Paul Cherry.

Photos: Pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill, Day 6

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Protesters demand McGill divest from companies linked to Israel. What does that mean?

Among the main demands of protesters at the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University is that the school divest from companies they say are supporting Israel’s war against Hamas. It’s a request that has long been called for by student unions at many universities and has seen a recent resurgence as demonstrators stage protests at schools across North America.

Read our full story by René Bruemmer.

TORONTO — A group of students at the University of Toronto say they have started a protest on campus to call on the university to cut its ties with Israel over the war in Gaza.

The students say in a statement that they breached a newly installed fence around an area on campus known as King’s College Circle to establish an encampment in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

They say they are joining students at other universities in the United States and Canada in setting up encampments to call on their schools to disclose their ties with the Israeli government and divest from Israeli companies.

Several tents could be seen set up at the centre of King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto this morning, with a few police cars and private security vehicles seen parked nearby.

Pro-Palestinian activists have pitched their tents on campuses across the country in recent days, including encampments at McGill University in Montreal, the University of Ottawa, Western University in London, Ont., and the University of British Columbia.

From The Associated Press :

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.

“Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.”

The Democratic president also said the protests have not caused him to reconsider his approach to the war. Biden has occasionally criticized Israel’s conduct but continued to supply it with weapons.

Biden said the campus protests haven’t prompted him to rethink his Middle East policies, and he opposes sending in National Guard.

Republicans have tried to turn scenes of unrest into a campaign cudgel against Democrats.

Tension at colleges and universities has been building for days as some demonstrators refuse to remove encampments and administrators turn to law enforcement to clear them by force, leading to clashes that have seized attention from politicians and the media.

But Biden’s last public comment came more than a week ago, when he condemned “antisemitic protests” and “those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”

The White House, which has been peppered with questions by reporters, has gone only slightly further than the president. On Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden is “monitoring the situation closely,” and she said some demonstrations had stepped over a line that separated free speech from unlawful behavior.

“Forcibly taking over a building,” such as what happened at Columbia University in New York, “is not peaceful,” she said. “It’s just not.”

Biden has never been much for protesting. His career in elected office began as a county official when he was only 28 years old, and he’s always espoused the political importance of compromise over zealousness.

As college campuses convulsed with anger over the Vietnam War in 1968, Biden was in law school at Syracuse University.

“I’m not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts,” he said years later. “You know, that’s not me.″

Despite the White House’s criticism and Biden’s refusal to heed protesters’ demands to cut off U.S. support for Israel, Republicans blame Democrats for the disorder and have used it as a backdrop for press conferences.

“We need the president of the United States to speak to the issue and say this is wrong,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on Tuesday. “What’s happening on college campuses right now is wrong.”

Johnson visited Columbia with other members of his caucus last week. House Republicans sparred with protesters while speaking to the media at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee, also criticized Biden in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News.

“Biden has to do something,” he said. “Biden is supposed to be the voice of our country, and it’s certainly not much of a voice. It’s a voice that nobody’s heard.”

He repeated his criticisms on Wednesday during a campaign event in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

“The radical extremists and far-left agitators are terrorizing college campuses, as you possibly noticed,” Trump said. “And Biden’s nowhere to be found. He hasn’t said anything.”

Kate Berner, who served as deputy communications director for Biden’s campaign in 2020, said Republicans already tried the same tactic four years ago during protests over George Floyd’s murder by a police officer.

“People rejected that,” she said. “They saw that it was just fearmongering. They saw that it wasn’t based in reality.”

Apart from condemning antisemitism, the White House has been reluctant to directly engage on the issue.

Jean-Pierre repeatedly deflected questions during a briefing on Monday.

Asked whether protesters should be disciplined by their schools, she said “universities and colleges make their own decisions” and “we’re not going to weigh in from here.”

Pressed on whether police should be called in, she said “that’s up to the colleges and universities.”

When quizzed about administrators rescheduling graduation ceremonies, she said “that is a decision that they have to decide” and “that is on them.”

Biden will make his own visit to a college campus on May 19 when he’s scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse University in Atlanta.

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