Students: Bright Talents, Brighter Futures

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Students: Bright Talents, Brighter Futures

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Field Work: Jamie Scholefield, an undergraduate in the Desautels Faculty of Management and McGill Redmen striker, is a Canadian Interuniversity Sports All-Canadian athlete who has received multiple Most Valuable Player honours.
ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ

The McGill experience starts with Canada's brightest and most accomplished students, with the highest average entering grades in the country. Stir in more than 6,200 international students—almost 20 per cent of McGill's student body—from 153 countries. Add equal measures drive and ambition.

The result: a campus that truly embodies a world without borders, where almost half the 33,000 students claim a first language other than English—including 6,000 francophones. This exciting multicultural, multilingual environment fosters intellectual discovery and personal growth, and has nurtured more Rhodes Scholars and Academic All-Canadians than any other university in Canada.

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Chemical Reaction: Khalid Hassan synthesizes cyclohexene in an organic chemistry lab. Originally from the Bahamas, the physiology honours undergraduate is a recipient of a Hugh M. Brock Entrance Scholarship and a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
ALLEN McINNIS

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Walk on the Wild Side: Two natural resource sciences graduate students explore how rapidly changing northern ecosystems affect wildlife. Hailing from Whitehorse, Yukon, MSc student Heather Milligan (left) investigates the importance of aquatic vegetation in the diet of James Bay's beavers. Marianne Marcoux, a Quebec City native and PhD candidate, studies the social structure and vocal communication of narwhals in Pond Inlet, Nunavut.
ALLEN McINNIS

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  • Seventy per cent of students participate in a sport or fitness activity at McGill. Athletics facilities include an indoor track, pools, soccer fields, weight room, ice rink and an outdoor stadium.
  • The Students' Society of McGill University links students to hundreds of clubs, from Habitat for Humanity and the Aviation Club, to the Knitting Knetwork and McGill Improv.
  • McGill Student Services offers a full range of support, including tutoring and transport for the disabled, housing and coaching on resumé writing and job interview skills.
  • Students have the opportunity to participate in University governance, including McGill's Senate and Board of Governors, through the Students' Society of McGill University, the Post-Graduate Students' Society and other organizations.