Welcome to McGill’s Macdonald Campus The essential guide for new students 2018-19 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 McGill 101: online orientation 7 Freshman students 8 Advising, registration and ID cards 9 IT Services 10 Tuition and billing 11 Housing, oneCard 12 Scholarships, 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 Resources and contacts 22 What to do and when 24 Macdonald Campus driving directions 26
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. 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 Anja Geitmann, PhD an intimate educational setting, you will get to know your Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and classmates well, and you will discover that your professors Environmental Sciences and the Macdonald staff are accessible, friendly and eager to help.
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 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 your 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.
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...
Activity Schedule
09h00 Registration begins, foyer of Centennial Centre 09h30 Information Session 10h30 Meet with Academic Advisors 11h00 Campus and Residence Tours
Let us know you’re coming . . . Please RSVP by April 11.
To RSVP: • go to McGill in Mind at: mcgillinmind.mcgill.ca • enter your McGill ID and Minerva PIN in the Admitted Students log-in box MACDONALD CAMPUS CONNECT • click on New Student Events • select the event of your Admitted student visit day choice and click Register Me
Choosing a university that is right for you is an important decision that is fast approaching. If you can’t make it to campus, there are other ways to To help you decide if McGill’s Macdonald Campus is connect: where you want to be, we have organized an information day for newly admitted students to help RENDEZVOUS - meet us in a you get to know the Campus and all we have to offer. city near you: www.mcgill.ca/ accepted/events/rendezvous
You and your parents are invited to join WEBINARS - join us online: current students, academic and support staff www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ events/webinars Friday, April 13 facebook.com/ groups/ • tour our beautiful campus mcgill1819 • attend an information session • visit our residences • speak with Academic Advisors The McGill Alumni Association hosts Send-Off from your prospective programs events during the summer. For more information and to Please come join us! find an event in your area, We are looking forward to meeting you! visit: www.alumni.mcgill.ca/ community/students
5 Apply for Accept your Deferring your offer financial aid offer of admission It is possible to request a The University offers a need- Coming to McGill? Start deferral of your offer of based Entrance Bursary by accepting your offer on admission for one year. Program for first-time Minerva. Log in at www.mcgill. See: www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ undergraduate students from ca/minerva-students, select firststeps/deferordecline low to modest income families Applicant Menu > Applicant who demonstrate financial Status, select the application Accept your need. and click Accept this offer. residence offer You will need a credit card to The application deadline is 30 pay the $400 non-refundable To guarantee a room in days from your formal date of deposit. the Macdonald Campus acceptance to the university Residences, confirm your room or June 30, whichever comes If you run into problems, just reservation through Minerva first. Students may apply via contact Service Point for and pay the residence deposit the Financial Aid Menu on assistance. See: www.mcgill.ca/ by 11:59 P.M. EST, June 4, Minerva. Further information accepted/contactus 2018. Make sure you read and detailed instructions can the online information and be found at: www.mcgill.ca/ If you are decided on McGill, Residences Handbook carefully studentaid/scholarships-aid/ you can accept your first offer before accepting your offer. future-undergrads/need now. You will still receive decisions on any other choices; Forgotten to request residence To calculate the cost of your your confirmation can be or missed the deadline? Please first year at McGill, visit: changed to another program contact the Residence Office as www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ by filling in a Service Point soon as possible at: residences. nextsteps/finances webform at: www.mcgill.ca/ [email protected] students/servicepoint/modify
6 Send us your final Submit your legal McGill 101: online marks documents orientation
To complete your admission we You are required to send us a Say goodbye to pre-university need your final official transcript number of legal documents, confusion and frustration - including confirmation of which vary according McGill 101 has arrived! McGill graduation. If you are coming to whether you are an 101 is an online info hub for from CEGEP or are an international student, Canadian all new McGill undergraduate Ontario high school student citizen or Quebec resident. students with videos, quizzes, (or graduate) with an OUAC and much more. With number, we will receive this Submitting electronic copies of information on everything information electronically. your documents is preferred. from registration to courses to All other new students see: Please email them to: getting involved, McGill 101 is www.mcgill.ca/accepted/ [email protected] an invaluable resource to kick- nextsteps/finalmarks For criteria and instructions: start your McGill career. mcgill.ca/legaldocuments/how Mailing and courier address All new undergraduate students for official transcripts and Send in all your documents are automatically enrolled in documents that cannot be after you have accepted your McGill 101 in the spring and uploaded: offer and before you arrive on you will be notified of your Enrolment Services campus. This will ensure that enrolment by email. Although Management of Academic your student record and tuition you will be accessing it from Records Unit fees are up-to-date. your myCourses, it is not a McGill University course, more like an online 3415 McTavish Street Further information: www. orientation. See: www.mcgill. Room MS-13 mcgill.ca/accepted/nextsteps/ ca/firstyear/undergraduate/ Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 documents pre-arrival/programs/ Canada mcgill-101
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 with partial advanced standing in math and science.
Freshman students admitted to 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 the program to which you have been admitted.
The Freshman Academic Advisor will be holding mandatory advising Dr. Alice Cherestes, Freshman sessions during Orientation Week. The Orientation schedule will be posted Program Director & Advisor and after July 23 at: www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/orientation Dr. David Titley-Peloquin, Advisor There is an option to take admission science placement exams. For freshmanadvisor.macdonald@ mcgill.ca information see: www.mcgill.ca/students/exams/dates/science
Required freshman courses B.Sc. Agricultural & Environmental B.Eng. (Bioresource) B.Sc. Nutritional Sciences and Sciences Concurrent B.Sc. Food Science & Required Courses - Fall Credits B.Sc. Nutritional Sciences Required Courses - Fall Credits AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 Required Courses - Fall Credits AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AEPH 113 Physics 1 4.0 AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4.0 BREE 187 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Total Fall Credits 14.5 AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4.0 Total Fall Credits 14.5 AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Required Courses - Winter Total Fall Credits 14.5 Required Courses - Winter AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 Required Courses - Winter AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 AEPH 115 Physics 2 4.0 AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3.0 AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3.0 AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 BREE 188 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 Elective - Winter 3.0 Total Winter Credits 15.5 FDSC 230 Organic Chemistry 4.0 Total Winter Credits 15.5 AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 B.Sc. Food Science Total Winter Credits 15.5 Freshman students planning on entering the Agricultural Economics Major should Required Courses - Fall Credits If students in the freshman Nutrition refer to www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ AEBI 120 General Biology 3.0 program wish to pursue a degree in prospective/freshmanyear/courses for AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4.0 Dietetics, they must apply for a program transfer at the end of freshman year. their freshman course selection. AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3.0 Transfer is dependent on grade point 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
Required Courses - Winter Please note that freshman AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4.0 students may take AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4.0 a maximum of 8 credits AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4.0 outside the faculty AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 in their freshman year. Elective - Winter 3.0 Total Winter Credits 15.5
8 Academic advising Register for your Get your ID card classes Your student card is proof that You will be assigned an McGill’s online registration you are a registered McGill Academic Advisor who will system is known as Minerva. student. You will need it to use advise you throughout your Registration opens in Minerva most essential services on our degree with course selection in June for all new students, but campuses including exams, the and other related matters. on different dates depending library, athletics facilities and on where you are coming from. residences. The list of Academic Advisors, To find out your registration as well as specific program date see page 24. To get your card you must be advising information, can registered for at least one Fall be found at: www.mcgill. A step-by-step registration term course. You will need to ca/macdonald/studentinfo/ guide can be found at: www. bring with you: advising mcgill.ca/students/courses/ • your McGill student number add (found on your letter of You should review this admission) information before registering • one piece of government for your courses. issued photo ID
A Faculty Advisor is also Having problems using If you are moving into available in the Student Affairs Minerva? residence, the Macdonald Office to assist you with general Fill out a webform at: Campus Student Affairs Office advising. mcgill.ca/students/ will be open for ID cards in the servicepoint/contact-us afternoon on residence move-in Students transferring from or call the helpline day, Sunday, August 26, from other universities should bring during office hours at: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. You can their transcripts with them 514-398-7878 also get your card during the when they meet with their . summer. Academic Advisor.
9 IT Services Macdonald Campus Computing Centre You need your McGill Username (usually firstname. The computing facilities on [email protected]) and the Macdonald Campus are McGill Password to access managed by McGill’s IT Services most central IT services, unit. Undergraduate computer including: myMcGill portal, labs are available 24/7, year- myCourses, email, Wireless, round, outside of scheduled Virtual Private Network (VPN). class hours, offering Windows Your Short Username is also computers with Microsoft used to log into services such Office software. Visit: www. as uPrint devices for printing mcgill.ca/macdonald/about/ and copying. resources/computercentre
Check out the IT Services Please note Both scanning and printing are website to: available. • find out your McGill that important Username and Short Username communications will be sent to your official IT Service Desk walk-in support • create or change your McGill is available in the Macdonald- Password McGill email address, including your e-bill for Stewart building, room MS2- • get information on: 025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., • using email tuition and fees. It is your responsibility Monday to Friday. Students • using myMcGill may also contact the IT Service • getting connected to make sure you check it regularly. Desk by webform at www. • printing on campus mcgill.ca/it/forms, or call 514- 398-3398. www.mcgill.ca/it/get-started- it/students
10 Tuition and fees E-Billing During Macdonald Campus Fall term tuition is billed in early The cost of your first year Orientation Week, August and is due by the end at McGill depends on your the Student Accounts of August. program of study, your Office will hold an citizenship and where you information session for new Winter term tuition is billed in will be living (residences, students and parents called early December and is due in apartment, home, etc.). Facts on Fees. early January. For a tuition calculator, please Learn about e-billing, billing Information on billing, fee visit www.mcgill.ca/student- dates, procedures, policies payment and deadlines can be accounts/tuition-fees/tuition- and more. and-fees, and then select found on the website: www.mcgill.ca/student- undergraduate fees from the www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ accounts side navigation bar. studentinfo/orientation
11 Mac Rez Committee https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1691438371182176/
Housing and All about oneCard settling in The convenience of making If you are planning on living in purchases on campus without one of the Macdonald Campus the hassle of carrying cash — Residences, please read the your oneCard account on your information at www.mcgill.ca/ McGill ID card is a convenient students/housing/macdonald/ debit card for services on carefully, and make sure you campus. accept your residence offer on Minerva by the deadline of Use it to: • pay for meals/ 11:59 p.m. EST, June 4, 2018. beverages/snacks at the Students in Laird Hall Macdonald Campus Cafe, or in If you have not yet requested any of the dining halls and retail residence, please contact the locations on the downtown Residence Office immediately campus; • pay for laundry at: residences.macdonald@ in rez; • make purchases at mcgill.ca select vending machines across campus; • pay a reduced If you are planning to live admission at the McGill Gault off-campus, tips and a list of Nature Reserve. available accommodation can be found at: www.mcgill.ca/ For students moving into Mac students/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 Scholarships Request a Buddy!
If you have been awarded Want a head start navigating your first year at McGill? an entrance scholarship, you will receive notification from Why not get paired up with a current McGill student who can the Scholarships and Student provide a helping hand by showing you the ropes of McGill’s Aid Office. The entrance academic and social life. scholarship offer must be accepted by the deadline for To request a Buddy, International students should go to: www. accepting admission to McGill. mcgill.ca/internationalstudents/pre-arrival/buddy-program Simply respond to the offer by logging into Minerva and To become part of the Student Life Ambassador program, selecting the Financial Aid/ Canadian students should go to: www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/ Awards menu. undergraduate/pre-arrival/programs/student-matching
Scholarships are credited directly to your fee account – one half on September 1 and the other half in the first week of January.
For complete information on scholarships visit the Scholarships site: www.mcgill.ca/studentaid
13 Explore the Buy your books and New and used textbooks are available – including Macdonald Campus supplies every book you will need for Library your classes at Macdonald – as The Macdonald Campus well as stationery supplies Located in the Barton Building, Students’ Society (MCSS) and McGill/Macdonald the Macdonald Campus Bookstore, located on the merchandise. Library provides leading- main floor of the Centennial edge collections, facilities and Centre, is open year-round, mcss.mcgill.ca/bookstore services to support a range of from Monday to Friday during student needs. Books, journals, peak periods and Monday to For downtown bookstore DVDs and course reserves are Thursday, during non-peak information: https://lejames.ca just some of the many things periods. 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
14 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 Macdonald Campus is Sunday, January, you don’t have to feel McGill expects from you August 26. If you are not left out. All of the Frosh and academically? moving into residence, be sure Orientation sessions offered to arrive in time for Orientation in September of the year you McGill has organized a number and Frosh Week, which runs start at McGill are open for you of helpful workshops to help from August 26 – September 2. as well. Just send an email to you adjust to a university welcome.macdonald@mcgill. setting. Frosh and Orientation ca in August and we will send you the orientation information. Discover McGill’s Academic Don’t worry about trying to get Expectations for all new settled into university life all by students is offered on the yourself. A week of Orientation Macdonald Campus during and Frosh activities is planned Orientation week. for you that will be filled with Macdonald Campus opportunities to meet people, Transfer students also have an make new friends and get Parents Tent information session designed answers to any questions you just for them. Check out: may have. We have special events www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/ planned just for parents during undergraduate/orientation- Orientation and Frosh Orientation. See: week/fall/transfer schedules will be available www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ online in the summer at studentinfo/orientation/ www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ parents studentinfo/orientation and www.maccampusfrosh.com respectively. Some events require pre-registration. 15 Francophone English language Indigenous students students skills McGill’s First People’s House, Summer course for newly- Vous n’avez encore jamais on the downtown campus, admitted students étudié en anglais? C’est à provides a “home away from vous que s’adresse la Session home” for First Nations, Inuit While it isn’t necessary to be d’accueil durant la semaine and Métis students. Playing perfectly fluent in English to d’orientation. many roles including those of study at McGill, it helps to residence, gathering place and have a good understanding. Pendant cette session resource centre, it is foremost If English is not your first l’Adjointe aux étudiants a community. They provide language and you are entering francophones vous souhaitera a space where students can Year 0 or Year 1, we offer a elle-même la bienvenue et find academic support and summer English course in vous communiquera des stay connected to Indigenous August to help prepare you for informations essentielles pour culture. Activities are organized studying at McGill. Subsidies réussir à McGill. during orientation and are available; payment is throughout the year such as the required up front and eligible Nous espérons avoir l’occasion annual Pow-Wow, community students will receive a credit in de vous rencontrer lors de dinners, social activities, weekly their student account in the fall. cette session, sur le Campus soup and bannock lunches and Macdonald le vendredi 31 août guest speakers. www.mcgill.ca/mwc/courses/ 2018. undergraduate-courses, course For more information, see: number CESL 299, Academic Pour plus d’informations sur www.mcgill.ca/fph English Seminar. cette session d’orientation, et notamment l’horaire des Note: At the time of printing, activités et les modalités this information was not yet d’inscription, veuillez voir: confirmed for 2018. Please www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/ visit the above website for undergraduate/orientation- details. week/fall 16 Health and dental International Students, in Students with order to use your international care health insurance plan or to disabilities pick up your card, you must All Canadian undergraduate activate your coverage on A variety of services are students are automatically Minerva. Health Insurance cards available to ensure that you can included in a supplemental should be available for pick- pursue a successful academic health and dental plan up at Student Services in the life at McGill. To make sure you administered by the Macdonald Centennial Centre from August have access to these services Campus Students’ Society 1st. Your coverage begins at the beginning of the term, (MCSS). For more information, September 1st, but NEW contact the Office for Students see: www.studentcare.ca students get 2 complimentary with Disabilities as soon as you weeks of coverage (beginning receive your offer of admission. Canadian students from other August 15th) if they are in provinces, recent permanent Canada before September 1st. Advisors are available to residents and non-resident discuss any barriers in your Canadians should refer to www. For more information on learning - be they temporary or mcgill.ca/accepted/nextsteps/ mandatory health insurance for permanent, visible or invisible: health-dental for more international students, see: www.mcgill.ca/osd or email: information on procedures and www.mcgill.ca/ [email protected] possible restrictions to your internationalstudents/health provincial health care coverage.
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 While all McGill students are Student Services is there to can help you with any issues entitled to use the services support your success and well- related to your admission or of both campuses, both the being. It offers services such as academic record. It is the place Student Affairs Office in Laird Counselling with a psychologist you will go for things such as Hall, and Student Services for personal, academic getting your ID card, general in the Centennial Centre can and vocational concerns; advising, registration or exam provide most of the help you information and assistance with issues, transfer credit questions, will need as a Macdonald Student Financial Aid, such as exchange information, letters Campus student. government or McGill Loans of attestation, as well as and Bursaries; Student Health orientation information or to Services clinic; Career Planning book a campus tour. Service; Office for Students with Disabilities; Office for If you still have other questions, Sexual Violence Response, our staff will be happy to point Support and Education; you in the right direction for the As the parent or guardian MORSL, McGill Office of answers you need. See page of a newly-admitted McGill Religious and Spiritual Life; 22 for contact information. student, you may also have and International Student questions. For resources Services. www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ created especially for studentinfo/sao you, see: www.mcgill.ca/ See page 22 for contact accepted/parents information.
www.mcgill.ca/macdonald- studentservices
18 Life outside your Two campuses - one Macdonald Campus classes shuttle bus ride away Students’ Society
We know that as a new McGill McGill’s shuttle is free for Located in the Centennial student you are eager to meet students and runs between Centre, your Macdonald new people, try new things and McGill’s Downtown and Campus Students’ Society get involved. Whether you are Macdonald Campuses, Monday (MCSS) is involved in both looking for social opportunities, through Friday, every 45 social and academic activities cultural, political, intellectual minutes, but more frequently and coordinates the campus and physical challenges, or a during peak periods. For clubs. taste of fun and excitement, information, see: www.mcgill. you can find it all here! ca/transport/shuttle MCSS organizes your Frosh schedule as well as events held Athletics and during the academic year such as Halloween Night, Winter Joining the clubs and recreation Carnival Week, free BBQs and coming out to campus much more. It also runs the events can significantly McGill’s Macdonald Campus Ceilidh (the campus pub) and enhance your university has a gym, arena, crossfit the Robber’s Roost Bookstore experience! course, exercise classes, as well in the Centennial Centre. as intramural and varsity sports. mcss.mcgill.ca/ Facebook page: To see what is available on the mcss.mcgill.ca/ www.facebook.com/ Macdonald Campus, check out: www.maccampusfrosh.com macdonaldcampusathletics.ca mcssmcgill McGill Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Frosh - MacCampusFrosh
19 International students US citizens and Green Minors: Will you be Card holders only 17 by the start of classes? Prepare to join one of the After you have received your most diverse and vibrant CAQ, you can apply for the If you will be less than 17 years international student Study Permit at the Port of old by the time you travel to communities in Canada! Before Entry (border or airport – no Canada, you must have a legal you arrive, please review the application form required). You custodian in Montreal before detailed information provided will need to have on hand: starting immigration procedures in our International Student Pre- to study at McGill. For details: Arrival Guide at: www.mcgill. • your valid passport www.mcgill.ca/ ca/internationalstudents/pre- • your CAQ internationalstudents/ arrival • your letter of acceptance immigration-documents/ from McGill (available on documents/minors You will need to begin several Minerva) procedures as soon as possible • a photocopy of your proof of For International Students to ensure a smooth and timely financial capacity already in Canada, arrival in Montreal. • the processing fee of $150 see: www.mcgill.ca/ CAD internationalstudents/ In addition to having a valid immigration-documents/ passport, all non-Canadians If you are a minor, please documents/international- coming to McGill for a program also have copies of your students-already-canada-0 that is six months or longer custodianship documents on- must obtain a: hand. Internship/Co-op • Certificate of Acceptance of www.mcgill.ca/ work permits Quebec (CAQ) internationalstudents/ • Study Permit immigration-documents/ All international students who documents/us-citizens-0 need to complete a mandatory Detailed instructions for internship as part of their applying for these and other program requirements will need mandatory procedures can a co-op work permit, whether be found at: www.mcgill.ca/ For more information about the internship is paid or not internationalstudents/pre- your eligibility to work on or (e.g. Dietetics or Concurrent arrival/immigration-documents off campus, please visit: Food Science/Nutrition www.mcgill.ca/ students). You may apply for internationalstudents/work the permit at the same time as your study permit. For more information: www.mcgill.ca/ internationalstudents/work 20 Plan ahead!
Starting at McGill this September? Join us online for a Pre-Arrival Orientation Webinar!
For newly-admitted International Undergraduate degree, Graduate degree & Exchange/ Visiting students who have accepted their offer of admission.
• Participate from the comfort of your home • Find out everything you need to know BEFORE crossing the border into Canada • Experience a stress-free transition to McGill • Have your questions answered by an International Student Advisor • BONUS: Make connections with new international students
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: Wednesdays, March 14 – June 6, biweekly; also on June 27 and July 18 Part II: Various Wednesdays, June 13 – August 22 See above website for details and exact dates and times Bringing your Family: March 20 and April 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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 / Enrolment Contact Information 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 T: 514-398-7878 Bookstore www.mcgill.ca/students/ Hours of Service Hours of Service Centennial Centre, main floor servicepoint Monday to Friday, Monday to Friday, T: 514-398-8300 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. [email protected] Enrolment Services Individual service hours may vary except statutory holidays. For mcss.mcgill.ca/bookstore See general contact information summer hours, see page 25. above General Information/ Macdonald Campus IT walk- Appointments for: Manager, Student Affairs in support: Legal Documents • Student Health Services Silvana Pellecchia Macdonald Stewart Bldg., Emailing of documents is • Student Financial Aid T: 514-398-7926 Room MS2-025 preferred. For file formats, • Counselling [email protected] please see: www.mcgill.ca/ • International Student Services Macdonald Campus Library legaldocuments/how • Office for Students with Faculty Advisor Barton Building, Service Desk Disabilities Mona Hachem T: 514-398-7881 Sending documents by • Career Planning Service T: 514-398-7859 www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/ mail/courier: (CaPS - see below) [email protected] macdonald Enrolment Services • MORSL, McGill Office of Management of Academic Religious and Spiritual Life Campus Tours Macdonald Campus Records Unit • Office for Sexual Violence, To book a Campus tour: Residence and Student McGill University Response, Support and https://mcgillinmind.mcgill.ca Housing 3415 McTavish Street Education Tour information: Campus Housing Office Room MS-13 studentinfo.macdonald@ Gerry Chevalier, Coordinator Montreal, Quebec T: 514-398-7992 mcgill.ca Laird Hall, Room 107 Canada, H3A 0C8 [email protected] T: 514-398-7716 www.mcgill.ca/macdonald- Orientation Information [email protected] Student Exchanges and studentservices T: 514-398-7925 or www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/ Study Abroad 514-398-8717 macdonald See general contact information Career Planning Service [email protected] above (CaPS) www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ Macdonald Campus www.mcgill.ca/students/ T: 514-398-7582 studentinfo/orientation Students’ Society (MCSS) international [email protected] Centennial Centre Reception www.mcgill.ca/macdonald- T: 514-398-8787 Student Accounts Office studentservices/our-services [email protected] [email protected] mcss.mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts
University Advancement – Macdonald Campus Laird Hall, Room 199b For help using Minerva, Anna Duff, Alumni Relations Associate call Service Point at T: 514-398-7852 514-398-7878 [email protected]
22 Student Services Office for Students with Health and Dental Insurance Office of the Dean of (downtown campus) Disabilities (OSD) Quebec Student Health Alliance Students 1010 Sherbrooke Street West, (ASEQ) Brown Student Services Building Unless otherwise indicated, all Suite 410 (4th floor) T: 514-789-8775 or 3600 McTavish Street, services below are located in the Montreal, QC H3A 2R7 1-866-795-4435 Suite 2100 Brown Student Services Building T: 514-398-6009 www.studentcare.ca Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G3 3600 McTavish Street TDD/TTY: 514-398-8198 T: 514-398-4990 Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G3 [email protected] Health Insurance [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/studentservices www.mcgill.ca/osd International Students www.mcgill.ca/deanofstudents See International Student Campus Life & Engagement Scholarships & Services Office of the Ombudsperson Suite 3100 Student Aid Office for Students T: 514-398-6913 Suite 3200 IT Services 3610 McTavish Street, Suite 14 [email protected] (general) T: 514-398-6013 T: 514-398-3398 Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2 [email protected] (new student- US Loan Specialist: Ask for IT help via a web form: T: 514-398-7059 related inquiries) T: 514-398-6013 www.mcgill.ca/it/forms [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/cle [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/ombudsperson [email protected] McGill Alumni Association First Peoples’ House www.mcgill.ca/studentaid Martlet House Student Accounts Office 3505 Peel Street 1430 Peel Street Service Point Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7 Student Health Service Montreal, Quebec H3A 3T3 McLennan Library Building T: 514-398-3217 Suite 3301 T: 514-398-5000 3415 McTavish Street [email protected] General inquiries and [email protected] Suite MS-55 www.mcgill.ca/fph appointments: http://myalumni.mcgill.ca Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 T: 514-398-6017 T: 514-398-7878 International Student www.mcgill.ca/studenthealth McGill Bookstore F: 514-398-2656 Services Multiple locations, please see [email protected] Suite 5100 Tutorial Service website www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts General Inquiries: Suite 4100 T: 514-398-5063 T: 514-398-4349 T: 514-398-5816 https://lejames.ca Walksafe [email protected] [email protected] Sunday to Thursday: Health Insurance: www.mcgill.ca/tutoring McGill Food and Dining 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. T: 514-398-4349 Services, Service Centre Friday to Saturday: [email protected] Service Point 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. www.mcgill.ca/ Contact information 3415 McTavish Street T: 514-398-2498 internationalstudents for other offices Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 [email protected] T: 514-398-6368 ssmu.mcgill.ca/walksafe Counselling Service Continuing Studies www.mcgill.ca/foodservices (downtown campus only) Suite 4200 688 Sherbrooke St. West, T: 514-398-3601 Suite 1199 McGill International Student [email protected] Montreal, Quebec H3A 3R1 Network (MISN) www.mcgill.ca/counselling T: 514-398-6200 University Centre [email protected] 3480 McTavish Street, Room 416 McGill Office of Religious www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E7 and Spiritual Life (MORSL) T: 514-398-6476 Presbyterian College, 2nd Floor Drivesafe [email protected] 3495 University Street Friday and Saturday: misnexec.wixsite.com/misn2016 Montreal, QC H3A 2A8 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. T: 514-845-1331 Facebook SSMU Drivesafe McGill Parents Association [email protected] [email protected] alumni.mcgill.ca/community/ www.mcgill.ca/morsl http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/drivesafe parents (downtown campus only) Office for Sexual Violence Off-Campus Housing Response, Support, and French Language Centre Student Housing and Dining Education 853 Sherbrooke Street West Service Centre 550 Sherbrooke W., Suite 585 Arts Building, Room 265 3415 McTavish Street (West Tower) Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G5 Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C8 T: 514-398-6009 T: 514-398-8896 T: 514-398-6368 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.mcgill.ca/saap www.mcgill.ca/flc www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/ offcampus
23 What to do and when ...
This information is intended as a guideline. Some dates could be subject to change; please consult www.mcgill.ca/importantdates for a complete list of events and deadlines for the academic year.
2018 CAPE, a French Baccalaureate, International your health insurance card upon arrival at May 1 Baccalaureate, at least one year of McGill University ¨ Deadline to accept your offer of university, or other academic qualifications admission unless otherwise indicated in that provide for advanced standing credit, August 6 your letter of admission and who have a classification of year 1 (U1) ¨ If registered before August 6, check Minerva for your Fall term e-bill – June 1 June 20 notification is sent by email ¨ Students from the US apply for US ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Registration begins for Direct Loans by this date. Go to www. all newly admitted Macdonald Campus August 14 mcgill.ca/studentaid/government/ freshman students who have a classification ¨ Deadline for new students to register us for information on how to apply for of year 0 (U0) in at least one course to avoid a late US Direct Loans when attending a foreign registration penalty school June 21 ¨ Early pick-up of ID cards begins for August 15 June 4 all newly admitted Macdonald Campus ¨ If registered after August 6, check ¨ Last day for guaranteed housing. You students at the Macdonald Campus Minerva for your Fall term e-bill – must accept your offer on Minerva and pay Student Affairs Office or at Service Point notification is sent by email the deposit before 11:59 p.m. EST on the downtown campus. You must be registered for at least one course 24 August 26 June 7 hours before you obtain your McGill ¨ Residence move-in day on the ¨ CSI McGill (CEGEP student information ID card. Please see page 9 for a list of Macdonald Campus, 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. session) what to bring with you ¨ The Macdonald Campus Student Affairs Office will be open for ID cards June 8 June 30 between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. Please see ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration opens ¨ Canadian students apply for page 9 for a list of documents to bring with for newly admitted Quebec CEGEP students government student aid by this date to you (scholarship recipients only) ensure money arrives by September ¨ Canadian students: Don’t delay August 26 – September 2 June 11 submitting the legal documents that affect ¨ Macdonald Campus Undergraduate ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration begins your tuition and fees. Submitting early will Orientation and Frosh activities for all newly admitted CEGEP students help ensure your tuition and fees are billed at the correct residency rate in early August. August 31 June 12 www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/ ¨ Fee payment deadline ¨ Early pick-up of ID cards begins for tuition-charges/fallwinter-term- ¨ Deadline for cancellation of newly admitted Quebec CEGEP students tuition-and-fees/undergraduate-fees registration in, or deferral of admission to at the Macdonald Campus Student Affairs ¨ Final deadline for need-based financial the Fall term Office or at Service Point on the downtown aid application for McGill’s Entrance campus. You must be registered for at Bursary Program, or 30 days from date of September 4 least one course 24 hours before you acceptance, whichever comes first ¨ Classes begin obtain your McGill ID card. See page 9 for a list of what to bring with you July 1 September 18 ¨ Application opens for McGill’s need- ¨ Course change (add/drop) deadline for June 15 based Work Study Program that provides the Fall term ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration begins part-time work opportunities on campus. for Freshman and U1 (advanced standing For info on how to apply: September 25 and transfer) Macdonald Campus students www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/work-study ¨ Deadline for course or university (scholarship recipients only) withdrawal (grade of W or W--) WITH fee August 1 refund June 18 ¨ International students confirm their ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Course registration begins health insurance coverage by accessing for all newly admitted Macdonald Campus MinervaèStudentèInternational students on the basis of advanced levels or Student Health Insurance Coverage Form. Doing this will allow you to pick up 24 September 30 2019 ¨ Deadline to opt in to the International Health Insurance plan (Canadian non- January 4 residents) ¨ Deadline for fee payment for Winter ¨ Deadline to request an exemption term from International Health Insurance plan on ¨ Deadline to request exemption in Minerva and submit supporting exemption Minerva without incurring interest on CLOSED documents International Health Insurance fee
October 30 January 7 University offices ¨ Deadline for course or university ¨ Classes begin will be closed on withdrawal (grade of W or W--) with NO ¨ Deadline for new students to register fee refund in at least one course to avoid a late these dates: registration penalty Beginning December 1 (Winter newly- 2018: admitted students) January 8 (TBD) ¨ International students confirm their ¨ 5:30 - 7:00 PM Orientation health insurance coverage by accessing Friday, March 30 MinervaèStudentèInternational January 22 Monday, April 2 Student Health Insurance Coverage ¨ Course Change (add/drop) deadline Form. Doing this will allow you to pick up for Winter term Monday, May 21 your health insurance card upon arrival at ¨ Deadline for web withdrawing (grade Monday, June 25 McGill University of “W”) from multi-term courses that Monday, July 2 started in September 2018 (WITH fee December 4 refund for Winter term) Monday, September 3 ¨ Classes end for Fall term Monday, October 8 January 29 Monday, December 24 to December 5 ¨ Deadline for course or university ¨ Study day withdrawal (grade of W or W--) WITH fee Monday, December 31 ¨ Check Minerva for Winter term e-bill refund ¨ 9:00 a.m. - Registration begins for 2019 newly admitted undergraduate students to January 31 the Winter 2019 term (to be confirmed) ¨ Deadline to request an exemption Tuesday, January 1 from International Health Insurance Plan on Friday, April 19 December 6 Minerva and submit supporting exemption Monday, April 22 ¨ Exams begin. See www.mcgill.ca/ documents students/exams for the complete exam ¨ Deadline to opt in to the International schedule (Dec. 6-20) Health Insurance plan (Canadian non- ¨ Newly admitted Undergraduate residents) students may obtain their student ID card The Macdonald Campus at the Student Affairs Office (Macdonald March 4 - 8 Student Affairs Office Campus) or at Service Point (Downtown ¨ Study Break will close at 3 p.m. on Campus). You must be registered in at Fridays from least one course 24 hours before you March 12 obtain your McGill ID card. Please see ¨ Deadline for course or university June 22 to August 17, 2018 page 9 for a list of what to bring with you withdrawal (grade of W or W--) with NO fee refund December 24 - January 1 ¨ Holiday break, University closed April 12 Visit ¨ Classes end for Winter term www.mcgill.ca/ December 31 importantdates ¨ Deadline for cancellation of April 15 for comprehensive registration in, or deferral of admission to, ¨ Exams begin. See www.mcgill.ca/ information on holidays, the Winter term students/exams for the complete exam exam schedules schedule (April 15-30) 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 Macdonald Campus driving directions
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.
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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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