[timeline_excerpt]Translated into 321 languages and dialects, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10 1948 and represents the first global expression of a set of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. While the declaration is not legally binding, its articles have been elaborated […]
[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 […]
[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 […]