Welcome to McGill’s Macdonald Campus The essential guide for new students 2020-21 This booklet offers general information and pointers for getting started as a new student. Please note that the information in this booklet, including dates and deadlines, may be subject to change. McGill’s website for new students offers much more detailed and up-to-date information. Please check it out at: www.mcgill.ca/accepted Table of contents
Campus Connect invitation 5 What to do first 6 Submit your required documents 7 Freshman students 8 McGill 101: online orientation 9 Advising, registration 9 ID cards, Tuition and billing 10 IT Services 11 Housing, oneCard 12 Request a Buddy 13 Library and bookstore 14 Arrival, Frosh and Orientation 15 Francophone and Indigenous students 16 Health and Dental Care 17 Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) 17 Macdonald Campus services 18 Life outside your classes 19 Inter-campus shuttle bus 19 International students 20 Pre-Arrival Orientation Webinars 21 Resources and contacts 22 What to do and when 24 Macdonald Campus driving directions 27
How to use this guide
Throughout this booklet, you will be referred to websites for more comprehensive information.
The Resources and Contacts section on pages 22-23 of this booklet lists all of the addresses, telephone numbers and websites you will need to plan your arrival and get settled in at McGill. Every department, office or service mentioned in this booklet is listed there.
International students should refer to pages 20-21 for important information on coming to Canada to study. More information can be found on the website at: www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents
3 Welcome to the McGill community
Congratulations on being admitted to McGill University. Starting a new chapter in your life is exciting. It involves a major change and may mean leaving the home you grew up in and moving to a new city or even a new country. Of course, this step also involves logistical challenges that we are happy to assist you with. This essential guide provides you with information you will need about registering, settling into campus life, and getting to know the Macdonald Campus community.
Studying at McGill’s Macdonald Campus is much more than spending time in lecture halls and classrooms – your courses will likely include laboratories, trips to fields and forests, and exposure to active learning classrooms. Because we offer an intimate educational setting, you will get to know your classmates well, and you will discover that your professors and the Macdonald Anja Geitmann, PhD Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and staff are accessible, friendly and eager to help. Environmental Sciences
We really want you to feel at home quickly, so don’t be afraid to ask for help or advice! The Student Affairs Office in Laird Hall will help you navigate your academic program. The Student Services Office assists you with information about career options, financial aid and also provides mental and physical health services. Get involved with the Students’ Society, one of the student clubs, or check out the athletics facilities, the Glenfinnan Arena and the Arboretum. Be sure to explore the local community of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, and take advantage of all that Montreal has to offer. It is important to dedicate time and energy to your classwork, but you should also seize the moment to enjoy your new life, pursue established hobbies, explore your surroundings and build a network of peers and friends. The friends you make at university will be the social network surrounding you for many years to come. The first step towards building your own community is simple – just introduce yourself to that other new student sitting next to you in class. That person is likely as new to Macdonald Campus as you are and will appreciate you reaching out. Sharing this new experience will make it all the more memorable!
I wish you every success as you embark on your academic program and this new chapter in your life.
Sincerely,
Anja Geitmann, PhD Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
4 For students starting in September...
5 Financial Planning Scholarships Accept your and Financial Aid offer of admission
An important step in planning If you have been awarded an Coming to McGill? Start by your finances is estimating how entrance scholarship, you will accepting your offer on Minerva. much money you’re likely to have receive notification from the Log in at www.mcgill.ca/minerva- available to you for your university Scholarships and Student Aid students, select Applicant Menu studies. This is why we encourage Office. The entrance scholarship > Applicant Status, select the you to apply for Financial Aid offer must be accepted by the application and click Accept this early - so that you will have the deadline for accepting admission offer. You will need a credit card information you need to properly to McGill. Simply respond to the to pay the $400 non-refundable estimate your resources before offer by logging into Minerva deposit. the deadline to accept your offer and selecting the Financial Aid/ arrives. Awards menu. If you have decided that McGill is the university for you, and you The application deadline for our Scholarships are credited directly have been admitted to one of Entrance Bursary Program is to your fee account – one half on your program choices but are still 30 days from the date of formal September 1 and the other half in waiting for a decision on another acceptance to the university or the first week of January. program, you can accept your June 30th (whichever comes first offer now. You will still receive first). For complete information on decisions on any other choices scholarships visit the Scholarships and your confirmation can be For further information on site: www.mcgill.ca/studentaid changed to another program by calculating your costs and on contacting Service Point at mcgill. financial aid :https://mcgill.ca/ ca/servicepoint/modify accepted/nextsteps/finances
6 Deferring your offer Send us your final Submit your legal marks documents
It is possible to request a deferral To complete your admission we You are required to send us a of your offer of admission for one need your final official transcript number of legal documents, which year. See: mcgill.ca/accepted/ including confirmation of vary according to whether you are nextsteps/accepting/deferring- graduation. If you are coming from an international student, Canadian or-declining-your-offer CEGEP or are an Ontario high citizen or Quebec resident. school student (or graduate) with Accept your an OUAC number, we will receive Send in all your documents after this information electronically. you have accepted your offer and residence offer All other new students see: www. before you arrive on campus. mcgill.ca/accepted/nextsteps/ This will ensure that your student To guarantee a room in the finalmarks record and tuition fees are up-to- Macdonald Campus Residences, date. confirm your room reservation Mailing and courier address for through Minerva and pay the official transcripts and documents For information on what to submit: residence deposit by 11:59 P.M. that cannot be uploaded: www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ EST, June 2, 2020. Make sure you Enrolment Services nextsteps/documents read the online information and Management of Academic Community Living Guide carefully Records Unit Electronic copies can be before accepting your offer (see McGill University submitted by webform at page 12). 3415 McTavish Street mcgill.ca/legaldocuments/ Room MS-13 submission-webform Missed the residence deadline? Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 As soon as possible, email: Canada For criteria and instructions: [email protected] mcgill.ca/legaldocuments/how
7 Freshman Students
You are considered a freshman student if you have been admitted from high school, or have completed a French Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate, have less than 24 credits of advanced standing and/or are missing required freshman courses.
Freshman students entering the Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences have been admitted to one of the five programs listed on this page. Refer to your letter of acceptance or to your Minerva student record to verify your program.
The Freshman Academic Advisors will be holding mandatory advising sessions during Orientation Week. The Orientation schedule will be posted after July 23 at: www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/orientation Dr. Alice Cherestes, Freshman Program Director & Advisor and Dr. David Titley-Peloquin, Advisor There is an option to take admission science placement exams. Deadline to apply is August 15. See: www.mcgill.ca/students/exams/dates/science. freshmanadvisor.macdonald@ mcgill.ca
Required freshman courses
B.Sc. Agricultural & Environmental B.Eng. (Bioresource) B.Sc. Nutritional Sciences and Sciences Concurrent B.Sc. Food Science & B.Sc. Nutritional Sciences Required Courses - Fall Credits Required Courses - Fall Credits AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 Required Courses - Fall Credits AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4.0 AEPH 113 Physics 1 4.0 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 BREE 187 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4.0 Total Fall Credits 14.5 Total Fall Credits 14.5 AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Total Fall Credits 14.5 Required Courses - Winter Required Courses - Winter AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 Required Courses - Winter AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3.0 AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 AEPH 115 Physics 2 4.0 AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3.0 AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 Elective - Winter 3.0 BREE 188 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 FDSC 230 Organic Chemistry 4.0 Total Winter Credits 15.5 Total Winter Credits 15.5 AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 Total Winter Credits 15.5 B.Sc. Food Science If students in the freshman Nutrition Freshman students entering the Required Courses - Fall Credits program wish to pursue a degree in Agricultural Economics Major should AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 Dietetics, they must apply for a program refer to www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 transfer at the end of freshman year. prospective/freshmanyear/courses for AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 Transfer is dependent on grade point their freshman course selection. AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4.0 average and the number of spaces AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 available. Total Fall Credits 14.5 To transfer to Dietetics, please note that Required Courses - Winter if you were required to provide proof of AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 English proficiency when you applied to Please note that AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 McGill you will also need to participate freshman students may take AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 in a communication skills interview. a maximum of 8 credits AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 outside the faculty Elective - Winter 3.0 in their freshman year. Total Winter Credits 15.5
8 McGill 101: online Academic advising Register for your orientation classes
Say goodbye to pre-university You will be assigned an Academic McGill’s online registration system confusion and frustration - McGill Advisor who will advise you is known as Minerva. Registration 101 has arrived! McGill 101 is an throughout your degree with opens in Minerva in June for all online info hub for all new McGill course selection and other related new students, but on different undergraduate students with matters. dates depending on where you are videos, quizzes, and much more. coming from. With information on everything The list of Academic Advisors, as from registration to courses to well as specific program advising You must register for at least one getting involved, McGill 101 is an information, can be found at: course by August 14 to avoid a invaluable resource to kick-start www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ late registration fee. your McGill career. studentinfo/advising To find out your registration date All new undergraduate students You should review this information see page 24 or: are automatically enrolled in before registering for your mcgill.ca/accepted/nextsteps/ McGill 101 in the spring and courses. register/dates you will be notified of your enrolment by email. Although A Faculty Advisor is also available A step-by-step registration guide you will be accessing it from your in the Student Affairs Office to can be found at: www.mcgill.ca/ myCourses, it is not a course, assist you with general advising. students/courses/add more like an online orientation. McGill 101 will be available after Students transferring from other May 1. universities should bring their Having problems using transcripts with them when Minerva? Fill out a webform at: See: www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/ they meet with their Academic mcgill.ca/servicepoint/ undergraduate/pre-arrival/ Advisor. contact-us mcgill-101. or call the helpline during office hours at: 514-398-7878.
9 Get your ID card Tuition and fees E-Billing
Your student card is proof that The cost of your first year at Fall term tuition is billed in early you are a registered McGill McGill depends on your program August and is due by the end of student. You will need it to use of study, your citizenship August. most essential services on our and where you will be living campuses including exams, the (residences, apartment, home, Winter term tuition is billed in library, athletics facilities and etc.). early December and is due in early residences. January. For a tuition calculator, please You can get your ID card at the visit www.mcgill.ca/student- Information on billing, fee Macdonald Campus Student accounts/tuition-fees/tuition- payment and deadlines can be Affairs Office or at Service Point and-fees, and then select found on the website: on the downtown campus. To get undergraduate fees from the side www.mcgill.ca/student- your card you must be registered navigation bar. accounts for at least one Fall term course.
You will need to bring with you: • your McGill student number (found on your letter of admission) • one piece of government issued photo ID During Macdonald Campus Orientation Week, If you are moving into residence, the Student Accounts Office will hold an information the Macdonald Campus Student session for new students and parents called Facts on Fees. Affairs Office will be open for ID cards in the afternoon on Learn about e-billing, billing dates, procedures, residence move-in day, Sunday, policies and more. August 23, from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. You can also get your card www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/orientation during the summer.
10 IT Services Macdonald Campus Computing Centre You need your McGill Username (usually firstname.lastname@ The computing facilities on mail.mcgill.ca) and McGill the Macdonald Campus are Password to access most central managed by McGill’s IT Services IT services, including: myMcGill unit. Undergraduate computer portal, myCourses, Minerva, email, labs are available 24/7, year- wireless, Virtual Private Network round, outside of scheduled (VPN). class hours, offering Windows computers with Microsoft Office Check out the IT Services software. Visit:www.mcgill.ca/ website for descriptions and/or macdonald/about/resources/ instructions on: computercentre • your McGill Username and Short Username Both scanning and printing are • creating or changing your McGill also available. password Please note that important • using email communications will IT Service Desk walk-in support • using myMcGill, myCourses or be sent to your official is available in the Macdonald- Minerva McGill email address, Stewart building, room MS2-025, • getting connected (VPN, including your e-bill for from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday wireless) tuition and fees. It is your to Friday. Students may also • printing on or off campus responsibility to make sure contact the IT Service Desk by • accessing free cloud storage you check it regularly. webform at www.mcgill.ca/it or (OneDrive-1Tb) call 514-398-3398. • accessing free software (MS Office 365, and more) • two-factor authentication and www.mcgill.ca/it/ other security initiatives get-started-it/students
11 Mac Rez Committee https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1691438371182176/
Housing and All about oneCard settling in
If you are planning on living in The convenience of making one of the Macdonald Campus purchases on campus without Residences, you must accept your the hassle of carrying cash — your residence offer on Minerva by the oneCard account on your McGill deadline of 11:59 p.m. EST, June 2, ID card is a convenient debit card 2020. Please make sure you read for services on campus. the information and Community Living Guide at www.mcgill.ca/ Use it to: • pay for meals/ students/housing/macdonald/ beverages/snacks at the carefully. Macdonald Campus Cafe, or in Students in Laird Hall any of the dining halls and retail If you have not yet requested locations on the downtown residence, please contact the campus; • pay for laundry in rez; Residence Office immediately at: • make purchases at the Mac [email protected] Market and at select vending machines across campus; • pay a If you are planning to live off- reduced admission at the McGill campus, tips and a list of available Gault Nature Reserve. accommodations can be found at: www.mcgill.ca/students/ For students moving into Mac housing/offcampus residence, $150 will be billed to your student account and placed on your oneCard.
Macdonald Campus Residences staff
There is no full meal plan on the Macdonald Campus as there is no cafeteria open in the evenings. All Mac residences have full kitchens and a bus is provided weekly to go grocery shopping.
12 Request a Buddy!
Want a head start navigating your first year at McGill?
Why not get paired up with a current McGill student who can provide a helping hand by showing you the ropes of McGill’s academic and social life.
To request a Buddy, International students should go to: www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/pre-arrival/ buddy-program
Canadian students can find a buddy through the Student Life Ambassador program. Info at:www.mcgill.ca/ firstyear/undergraduate/pre-arrival/programs/student-matching
13 Explore the Macdonald Campus Library
Located in the Barton Building, the Macdonald Campus Library provides leading-edge collections, facilities and services to support a range of student needs. Books, journals, DVDs and course reserves are just some of the many things that can be borrowed.
Friendly staff is on-hand to help students locate and use relevant information. Subject-specialist librarians can help students in person, via phone, email or online chat. Comfortable seating, an eZone fitted with computers and individual and group study areas are provided. Services such as printing, photocopying and scanning are also available, as well as direct or wireless access to the internet and the McGill network. www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/macdonald
Starting Orientation Week, info sessions will be available to help students learn about Library basics. Check it out at: http://apps.library.mcgill.ca/ workshops-and-tours/view- by-branch/11
Buy your books and supplies
Please consult the Macdonald Campus Students’ Society (MCSS) website for information about where to purchase course materials and merchandise: http://mcss.mcgill.ca/
For the downtown bookstore: https://lejames.ca
14 Photo: Arno Rogg When should you get Winter Orientation Preparatory here? workshops
Residence Move-in Day for the If you are entering McGill in Are you curious about what McGill Macdonald Campus is Sunday, January, you don’t have to feel expects from you academically? August 23. If you are not moving left out. All of the Frosh and into residence, be sure to arrive Orientation sessions offered McGill has organized a number of in time for Orientation and Frosh, in September of the year you helpful workshops and information which runs from August 24 – start at McGill are open for you sessions to aid you in adjusting to September 1. as well. Just send an email to a university setting. [email protected] in August and we will send you the Discover McGill’s Academic Frosh and Orientation orientation information. Expectations, which is a full day of sessions, is offered at Don’t worry about trying to get the Macdonald Campus during settled into university life all by Orientation week. yourself. A week of Orientation and Frosh activities is planned See: for you that will be filled with mcgill.ca/macdonald/ opportunities to meet people, studentinfo/orientation make new friends and get answers Macdonald Campus to any questions you may have. Transfer students also have an Parents’ Tent information session designed just Orientation and Frosh for them. It will be held on the schedules will be available We have special events downtown campus. Please see online in the summer at www. planned just for parents during the website below for details: mcgill.ca/macdonald/ Orientation. See: studentinfo/orientation and www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/ www.maccampusfrosh.com studentinfo/orientation/parents undergraduate/orientation- respectively. Some events require week/fall/transfer pre-registration.
15 Francophone English language Indigenous students students skills McGill’s First People’s House, on Vous n’avez encore jamais étudié While it isn’t necessary to be the downtown campus, provides a en anglais? C’est à vous que perfectly fluent in English to study “home away from home” for First s’adresse la session d’accueil at McGill, it helps to have a good Nations, Inuit and Métis students. durant la semaine d’orientation. understanding. If English is not Playing many roles including those your first language and you are of residence, gathering place and Pendant cette session l’Adjointe entering Year 0 or Year 1, we resource centre, it is foremost a aux étudiants francophones offer a summer English course community. They provide a space vous souhaitera elle-même la in August to help prepare you for where students can find academic bienvenue et vous communiquera studying at McGill. Subsidies are support and stay connected to des informations essentielles pour available; payment is required up Indigenous culture. réussir à McGill. front and eligible students will receive a credit in their student Activities are organized during Nous espérons avoir l’occasion account in the fall. orientation and throughout de vous rencontrer lors de cette the year, such as the annual session, au campus Macdonald le For more information, see: Pow-Wow, community dinners, vendredi 28 août 2020. www.mcgill.ca/mwc/courses/ social activities, weekly soup undergraduate-courses, course and bannock lunches and guest Pour plus d’informations sur number CESL 299, Academic speakers. cette session d’orientation, et English Seminar. notamment l’horaire des activités Also offered is the Cousins Peer et les modalités d’inscription, Note: At the time of printing, Mentorship Program which offers veuillez voir: www.mcgill.ca/ this information was not yet the chance for new Indigenous firstyear/undergraduate/ confirmed for 2020. Please visit students to connect with current orientation-week/fall /academic- the above website for details. Indigenous McGill students. expectations For more information, see: www.mcgill.ca/fph
16 Health and dental Students with care disabilities
All Canadian undergraduate Recent permanent residents A variety of services are available students (including students and non-resident Canadians to ensure that you can pursue a from Quebec) are automatically should refer to www.mcgill.ca/ successful academic life at McGill. included in a supplemental health accepted/nextsteps/health- To make sure you have access to and dental plan administered by dental these services at the beginning the Macdonald Campus Students’ of the term, contact the Office Society (MCSS). For more International Students, and for Students with Disabilities as information, see: their accompanying dependants soon as you receive your offer of www.studentcare.ca are required to participate in the admission. compulsory McGill International Canadian students from other Health Insurance(IHI). Advisors are available to discuss provinces should check with their any barriers in your learning - be provincial medicare office about For more information, see: www. they temporary or permanent, the conditions of their health mcgill.ca/ internationalstudents/ visible or invisible: coverage while studying in QC. health www.mcgill.ca/osd or email: [email protected]
17 We’re here to help you ...
Macdonald Campus Student Affairs Office Macdonald Campus Student Services
Macdonald Campus Services on the Student Services, Student Affairs Office Macdonald Campus Macdonald Campus
The Student Affairs Office can While all McGill students are Student Services promotes help with any issues related to entitled to use the services students’ overall well-being and your admission or academic of both campuses, both the success. Students can access record. Student Affairs Office in Laird financial aid, career planning, help Hall, and Student Services in the with spiritual well-being, office for Students can get their ID card, Centennial Centre can provide students with disabilities, services help with general advising, most of the help you will need as a for indigenous and international registration or exam issues, Macdonald Campus student. students, and support for sexual transfer credit questions, violence. exchange information, and letters of attestation. Student Services also offers on-site physical and mental The Student Affairs Office also health care through the Student organizes orientation week for Wellness Hub. Students can meet new students, as well as campus with a doctor, nurse, counsellor, tours. dietitian, or local wellness advisor at Macdonald Campus. If you have other questions or issues, our staff will be happy to See page 22 for contact point you in the right direction for As the parent or guardian information. the answers you need. of a newly-admitted McGill student, you may also have www.mcgill.ca/macdonald- See page 22 for contact questions. For resources studentservices information. created especially for you, see: www.mcgill.ca/ www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ accepted/parents studentinfo/sao
18 Life outside your To see what is available on the Macdonald Campus Macdonald Campus, check out: classes macdonaldcampusathletics.ca or Students’ Society our Mac Athletics and Recreation We know that as a new McGill FB page. The Macdonald Campus Students’ student you are eager to meet Society (MCSS) is the association new people, try new things and of undergraduate and certificate get involved. Whether you are Two campuses - one students enrolled in a program on looking for social opportunities, shuttle bus ride away the Macdonald Campus. cultural, political, intellectual and physical challenges, or a taste of McGill’s shuttle is free for students The MCSS represents the student fun and excitement, you can find and runs between McGill’s body and protects its welfare. it all here! Downtown and Macdonald Involved in all aspects of campus Campuses, Monday through life, the Society advocates for Athletics and Friday, approximately every 45 students at the faculty, University minutes, but more frequently and community levels, organizes recreation during peak periods. For internal events such as Frosh and information, see: www.mcgill.ca/ Halloween, runs the Ceilidh (the McGill’s Macdonald Campus transport/shuttle campus pub), and much more. offers many ways to get active! Come check out our Fitness mcss.mcgill.ca Centre, where you can work up a Joining the clubs and coming www.maccampusfrosh.com sweat on our machines or in our out to campus events can gym. We offer varsity, intramural significantly enhance your and rec sport programs, as well university experience! McGill as lunch and evening fitness mcss.mcgill.ca/ Agricultural classes. The campus also has Facebook page: and Environmental a paddle shack, arena, outdoor www.facebook.com/ Sciences Frosh - trekfit and sand volleyball courts. mcssmcgill MacCampusFrosh
19 International Don’t delay! Minors: Are you students under the age of 17?
Studying internationally is an Apply for your immigration If you will be less than 17 years old exciting adventure, but you may documents early! You should start by the time you travel to Canada, also have a lot of questions! the process as soon as you receive you must have a legal custodian International Student Services is your offer of admission to McGill. in Montreal before starting dedicated to helping ease your We strongly encourage you to immigration procedures to study transition and ensure you arrive start the process early to ensure at McGill. well prepared. that you receive your documents in time for the start of classes. If you do not have a custodian in Consult the International Student Montreal - and you will be living in Pre-Arrival Resources for detailed Once in Montreal, don’t forget McGill Student Residences - you information on: to scan copies of your legal can request to have the Dean of documents and send them to Students act as your custodian. • Immigration documents Service Point. • Health Insurance For details: www.mcgill. • Student Residences & Off- mcgill.ca/accepted/international ca/internationalstudents/ Campus Housing immigration-documents/ • The Buddy Program documents/minors • Packing for Montreal’s climate Exchange Students • Arriving at Customs and Immigration Are you at McGill on exchange? Internship/Co-op • Your Airport Arrival Visit the McGill Abroad site for • Getting the essentials (banking, information you need to begin work permits cell phones, and more) your studies at McGill. • And much more! All international students who mcgill.ca/mcgillabroad need to complete a mandatory mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/ internship as part of their program pre-arrival requirements will need a co- op work permit, whether the internship is paid or not (e.g. Dietetics or Concurrent Food Science/Nutrition students). You may apply for the permit at the same time as your study permit. For more information about For more information: www. your eligibility to work on or off mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/ campus, please visit: work www.mcgill.ca/ internationalstudents/work
20 Plan ahead!
Starting at McGill this September? Meet us online for a Pre-Arrival Orientation Webinar!
For newly-admitted International students who have accepted their offer of admission.
Learn everything you need to know about:
• McGill • Montreal • Study Permits • Health Insurance • Housing • Banking • Cell phone plans • Orientation • and so much more
Must attend... I. IMMIGRATION & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
• Learn about essential immigration documents • Get step-by-step instructions on how to obtain your CAQ, Study Permit, and Visa or eTA (if needed) • Understand how your Health Insurance Plan works
Voluntary attendance... II. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GUIDE TO MCGILL & MONTREAL
• Find out what to expect when crossing the border into Canada • Learn what to pack and what to do upon arrival (banking, cell phones, etc.) • Find out about ISS Orientation activities
SCHEDULE For details: www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/pre-arrival/pre-arrival-orientation-webinars-0
Part I: Monday, March 9, Thursdays March 19, April 2, April 16, April 30 Part II: May 21, June 11, July 2, August 6 and 20
See above website for details and exact dates and times (subject to change)
Also offered: Bringing your Family: March 26
Find out more online
McGill’s International Student Services (ISS) has a team of professional advisors and support staff who offer a range of services for you and your family, including assistance with immigration procedures. Visit the ISS website at www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents for information on customs and immigration, insurance, weather, finances, and life in Montreal, as well as events and workshops hosted by International Student Services.
21 Resources and Contacts
Student Services Student Affairs Other Macdonald Campus Service Point / Contact Information Enrolment Services The services listed below are Student Affairs Office located in the: Laird Hall, Room 106 Macdonald Athletics General contact information for 21,111 Lakeshore Road Stewart Athletics Complex all services listed below: Centennial Centre Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, T: 514-398-7789 Room 124 Quebec H9X 3V9 [email protected] Service Point 21,111 Lakeshore Road T: 514-398-7925 macdonaldcampusathletics.ca 3415 McTavish Street Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, studentinfo.macdonald@ Room MS-13 Quebec H9X 3V9 mcgill.ca Macdonald Campus IT walk- T: 514-398-7878 T: 514-398-7992 in support: www.mcgill.ca/students/ [email protected] Hours of Service Macdonald Stewart Bldg., servicepoint www.mcgill.ca/macdonald- Monday to Friday, Room MS2-025 studentservices 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Enrolment Services except statutory holidays. For Macdonald Campus Library See general contact information Hours of Service summer hours, see page 25. Barton Building, Service Desk above Monday to Friday, T: 514-398-7881 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Manager, Student Affairs www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/ Legal Documents Individual service hours may vary Silvana Pellecchia macdonald Emailing of documents is T: 514-398-7926 preferred. For file formats, General Information/ [email protected] Macdonald Campus please see: www.mcgill.ca/ Appointments for: Residence and Student legaldocuments/how • Career Planning Service Faculty Advisor Housing • First Peoples’ House Mona Hachem Campus Housing Office Sending documents by • International Student Services T: 514-398-7859 Gerry Chevalier, Coordinator mail/courier: • Office of Religious & Spiritual [email protected] Laird Hall, Room 107 Enrolment Services Life T: 514-398-7716 Management of Academic • Office for Students with Campus Tours [email protected] Records Unit Disabilities To book a Campus tour: www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/ McGill University • Office for Sexual Violence https://mcgillinmind.mcgill.ca macdonald 3415 McTavish Street Response, Support and Tour information: Room MS-13 Education studentinfo.macdonald@ Macdonald Campus Montreal, Quebec • Scholarships & Student mcgill.ca Students’ Society (MCSS) Canada, H3A 0C8 (Financial) Aid Centennial Centre Reception • Student Wellness Hub (T: 514- Orientation Information T: 514-398-8787 Student Exchanges and 398-6017) T: 514-398-7925 or [email protected] Study Abroad 514-398-8717 mcss.mcgill.ca See general contact information [email protected] above www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ University Advancement – www.mcgill.ca/mcgillabroad studentinfo/orientation Macdonald Campus Laird Hall, Room 199b Student Accounts Office Anna Duff, Alumni Relations Service Point Associate McLennan Library Building T: 514-398-7852 3415 McTavish Street [email protected] Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 T: 514-398-7878 For help using F: 514-398-2656 Minerva, [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts call Service Point at 514-398-7878
22 Student Services Scholarships & Contact information McGill Parents Association (downtown campus) Student Aid Office for other offices alumni.mcgill.ca/community/ Suite 3200 parents Unless otherwise indicated, all T: 514-398-6013 Continuing Studies services below are located in the US Loan Specialist: 688 Sherbrooke St. West, Off-Campus Housing Brown Student Services Building T: 514-398-6013 Suite 1199 Student Housing and Dining 3600 McTavish Street [email protected] Montreal, Quebec H3A 3R1 Service Centre Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G3 [email protected] T: 514-398-6200 3473 University Street www.mcgill.ca/studentservices [email protected] [email protected] Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A8 www.mcgill.ca/studentaid www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies T: 514-398-6368 Campus Life & Engagement [email protected] Suite 4100 Student Wellness Hub Drivesafe www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/ T: 514-398-6913 3rd Floor Thursday, Friday and Saturday: offcampus [email protected] (general) General Inquiries and 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. [email protected] (new student- appointments: Facebook SSMU Drivesafe Office of the Dean of related inquiries) T: 514-398-6017 [email protected] Students www.mcgill.ca/cle [email protected] drivesafe.ssmu.ca Brown Student Services Building www.mcgill.ca/wellness-hub (downtown campus only) 3600 McTavish Street, First Peoples’ House Suite 2100 3505 Peel Street French Language Centre Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G3 Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 853 Sherbrooke Street West T: 514-398-4990 T: 514-398-3217 Arts Building, Room 155 [email protected] [email protected] Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G5 www.mcgill.ca/deanofstudents www.mcgill.ca/fph T: 514-398-8896 [email protected] Office for Sexual Violence International Student www.mcgill.ca/flc Response, Support, and Services Education Suite 5100 Health and Dental Insurance 550 Sherbrooke W., Suite 585 General Inquiries: Student Care (West Tower) T: 514-398-4349 T: 514-789-8775 or T: 514-398-3954 [email protected] 1-866-795-4435 [email protected] Health Insurance: www.studentcare.ca www.mcgill.ca/osvrse T: 514-398-4349 [email protected] Health Insurance Office of the Ombudsperson www.mcgill.ca/ International Students for Students internationalstudents See International Student 3610 McTavish Street, Suite 14 Services Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2 Career Planning Service T: 514-398-7059 Suite 2200 IT Services [email protected] T: 514-398-3304 T: 514-398-3398 www.mcgill.ca/ombudsperson [email protected] Ask for IT help via a web form: www.mcgill.ca/caps www.mcgill.ca/it/forms Walksafe Sunday to Thursday: McGill Office of Religious McGill Alumni Association 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Spiritual Life (MORSL) Martlet House Friday to Saturday: 3495 University Street, 2nd Floor 1430 Peel Street 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Montreal, QC H3A 2A8 Montreal, Quebec H3A 3T3 T: 514-398-2498 T: 514-398-4104 T: 514-398-5000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] walksafe.ssmu.ca www.mcgill.ca/morsl http://myalumni.mcgill.ca (downtown campus only)
Office for Students with McGill Bookstore Disabilities (OSD) Multiple locations, please see 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, website Suite 410 (4th floor) T: 514-398-5063 Montreal, QC H3A 2R7 https://lejames.ca T: 514-398-6009 TDD/TTY: 514-398-8198 McGill Food and Dining [email protected] Services, Service Centre www.mcgill.ca/osd 3473 University Street Montreal, QC H3A 2A8 T: 514-398-6368 www.mcgill.ca/foodservices
23 What to do and when ...
This information is intended as a guideline. Some dates could be subject to change. For a complete list of events and deadlines for the academic year, see: mcgill.ca/importantdates
2020 June 17 or computer ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Registration begins for May 1 all newly admitted Macdonald Campus ¨ Deadline to accept your offer of freshman students who have a classification admission unless otherwise indicated in of year 0 (U0) August 6 your letter of admission ¨ If registered before August 6, June 18 check Minerva for your Fall term e-bill – June 1 ¨ Early pick-up of ID cards begins for notification is sent by email ¨ Students from the US apply for US all newly admitted Macdonald Campus Direct Loans by this date. Go to www. students at the Macdonald Campus August 14 mcgill.ca/studentaid/government/ Student Affairs Office or at Service Point ¨ Deadline for new students to register us for information on how to apply for on the downtown campus. You must be in at least one course to avoid a late US Direct Loans when attending a foreign registered for at least one course 24 registration penalty school hours before you obtain your McGill ID card. Please see page 9 for a list of August 15 June 2 what to bring with you ¨ If registered after August 6, check ¨ Last day for guaranteed housing. You Minerva for your Fall term e-bill – must accept your offer on Minerva and pay June 30 notification is sent by email the deposit before 11:59 p.m. EST ¨ Canadian students apply for government student aid by this date to August 23 June 5 ensure money arrives by September ¨ Residence move-in day on the ¨ CSI McGill (CEGEP student information ¨ Canadian students: Don’t delay Macdonald Campus, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 session) submitting the legal documents that affect p.m. your tuition and fees. Submitting early will ¨ The Macdonald Campus Student June 8 help ensure your tuition and fees are billed Affairs Office will be open for ID cards ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration begins at the correct residency rate in early August. between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. Please see for all newly admitted CEGEP students www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/ page 9 for a list of documents to bring with tuition-charges/fallwinter-term- you June 9 tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees ¨ Early pick-up of ID cards begins for ¨ Final deadline for need-based financial August 24 - September 1 newly admitted Quebec CEGEP students aid application for McGill’s Entrance ¨ Macdonald Campus Undergraduate at the Macdonald Campus Student Affairs Bursary Program, or 30 days from date of Orientation and Frosh activities Office or at Service Point on the downtown acceptance, whichever comes first campus. You must be registered for at August 31 least one course 24 hours before you July 1 ¨ Fee payment deadline obtain your McGill ID card. See page 9 ¨ Application opens for McGill’s need- ¨ Deadline for cancellation of for a list of what to bring with you based Work Study Program that provides registration for the Fall term part-time work opportunities on campus. June 15 For info on how to apply: September 2 ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration begins www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/work-study ¨ Classes begin for all newly admitted Macdonald Campus students on the basis of advanced levels or July 31 September 15 CAPE, a French Baccalaureate, International ¨ Deadline for deferral of admission to ¨ Course change (add/drop) deadline for Baccalaureate, at least one year of the Fall term the Fall term university, or other academic qualifications that provide for advanced standing credit, August 1 September 22 and who have a classification of year 1 (U1) ¨ International students confirm their ¨ Deadline for course or university health insurance coverage by accessing withdrawal (grade of W or W--) WITH fee MinervaèStudentèInternational refund Student Health Insurance Coverage Form. Doing this will allow you to view, save and print an electronic version of your health insurance card on your mobile device 24 September 30 2021 ¨ Deadline to opt in to the International Health Insurance plan (Canadian non- January 4 residents) ¨ Classes begin ¨ Deadline to request an exemption ¨ Deadline to request exemption in from International Health Insurance plan on Minerva without incurring interest on Minerva and submit supporting exemption International Health Insurance fee CLOSED documents ¨ Deadline for new students to register in at least one course to avoid a late October 27 registration penalty University offices ¨ Deadline for course or university will be closed on withdrawal (grade of W or W--) with NO January 6 these dates: fee refund ¨ Deadline for fee payment for Winter term Beginning December 1 (Winter newly- 2020: admitted students) January 19 Friday, April 10 ¨ International students confirm their ¨ Course Change (add/drop) deadline Monday, April 13 health insurance coverage by accessing for Winter term Monday, May 18 MinervaèStudentèInternational ¨ Deadline for web withdrawing (grade Wednesday, June 24 Student Health Insurance Coverage of “W”) from multi-term courses that Wednesday, July 1 Form. Doing this will allow you to to view, started in September 2020 (WITH fee Monday, September 7 save and print an electronic version of your refund for Winter term) Monday, October 12 health insurance card on your mobile device Thursday, December 24 to or computer January 26 Thursday, December 31 ¨ Deadline for course or university December 1 withdrawal (grade of W or W--) WITH fee ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Registration begins for refund 2021: newly admitted undergraduate students to Friday, January 1 the Winter 2021 term January 31 Friday, April 2 ¨ Deadline to request an exemption Monday, April 5 December 2 from International Health Insurance Plan on ¨ Newly admitted Undergraduate Minerva and submit supporting exemption students may obtain their student ID card documents at the Student Affairs Office (Macdonald ¨ Deadline to opt in to the International Campus) or at Service Point (Downtown Health Insurance plan (Canadian non- Campus). You must be registered in at residents) The Macdonald Campus least one course 24 hours before you Student Affairs Office obtain your McGill ID card. Please see March 1 - 5 will close at 3 p.m. on page 9 for a list of what to bring with you ¨ Study Break Fridays from June 26 - August 21, 2020 December 7 March 2-3 ¨ Classes end for Fall term ¨ Deferred exams ¨ Check Minerva for Winter term e-bill March 9 December 8 ¨ Deadline for course or university ¨ Exams begin. See www.mcgill.ca/ withdrawal (grade of W or W--) with NO students/exams for the complete exam fee refund schedule (Dec. 8-22) April 13 Visit December 24 - January 1 ¨ Classes end for Winter term www.mcgill.ca/ ¨ Holiday break, University closed importantdates April 15 for comprehensive December 31 ¨ Exams begin. See www.mcgill.ca/ information on holidays, ¨ Deadline for cancellation of students/exams for the complete exam exam schedules registration in, or deferral of admission to, schedule (April 15-29) the Winter term and other deadlines. April 30 ¨ Rez move out: If you need to stay in residence longer than April 30, you must contact the residence office for permission 25 26 Macdonald Campus driving directions
to Quebec City McGill University Downtown & Macdonald Campuses Distance between campus es: 32 km/20 mi N 40 LAVAL
ISLAND OF MONTREAL Downtown Campus 20 to Ottawa Macdonald Campus VA UDREUIL-DORI ON 15
to Toronto to the USA
From Downtown:
Take Highway 20 West from downtown to the Sainte-Anne- de-Bellevue exit. Turn left after coming off the highway onto Rue St. Pierre and continue to the end. Turn left onto Rue Ste-Anne/Bord du Lac. Continue straight to the Campus. Turn left at the John Abbott sign after the bus terminal.
OR
Take Highway 40 West (Trans-Canada) from downtown to exit 41, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Once you exit, continue along the Service Road, then follow the road to the right (direction Ch. Ste-Marie) to the top of the hill.
At the stop sign (there is a Macdonald Campus sign), turn right and follow the road over Highway 40 through the farm fields. At the end of the road, turn left onto the Campus.
From the West:
Take Highway 20 East towards Montreal to the Sainte-Anne- de-Bellevue exit. Turn right after coming off the highway onto Rue St-Pierre and continue to the end. Turn left onto Rue Ste- Anne/Bord du Lac. Continue straight to the Campus. Turn left at the John Abbott sign after the bus terminal.
OR
Take Highway 40 East (Trans-Canada) towards Montreal to the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue exit.
Take the 3rd turnoff to the right off the service road by the Macdonald Campus sign and follow the road onto the Campus.
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