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

  September 3, 2016

• Canadian Prime Minister and McGill Law alumnus, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, passes into law a provision banning Black people from entering the country.

  August 31, 2016

• Chemist Annie MacLeod becomes the first woman to earn a PhD at McGill.

  August 31, 2016

• Harriet Brooks is the first woman to earn a Masters at McGill, and goes on to be a leading nuclear physicist.

  August 31, 2016

• Lucy E. Potter becomes the first woman to head a student publication.

  August 31, 2016

• The first B.A.s are awarded to women.

  August 31, 2016