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Women are allowed to occupy SSMU positions.

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Leonard Marsh becomes head of the McGill Social Science Research Group.

[timeline_excerpt]During the 1930s, social scientist Leonard Marsh conducted research studying the effects of class and the Great Depression on social life. His work in advocating for a ‘social minimum’ is credited with catalyzing the development of the Canadian welfare state. While Marsh became the head of the McGill Social Science Research Group in 1930, his […]

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McGill administration takes measures to limit the number of Jewish students admitted to McGill.

[timeline_excerpt]In the early 1920s, the population of Jewish students at McGill was increasing, with 25% of Arts, 15% of medicine, and 40% of law students indicating their religion as Jewish. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, as anti-semitism was on the rise in Europe, the faculties of medicine and law instituted a quota system […]

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The Hochelaga Rock is placed on the lower field, acknowledging the history of McGill’s land.

[timeline_excerpt]Hochelaga was an Iroquois village, likely situated near where McGill campus is today, documented by Jacque Cartier on his voyage to Canada in 1535 but found abandoned in a subsequent French expedition in 1600 (see 1553 entry above for more information). The site of Hochelaga was designated a national historic site by the Advisory Board […]

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McGill Daily publishes an issue entirely edited by its women staff entitled the ‘Pink Issue’

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For the first time, women outnumber men in the Faculty of Arts.