Macdonald College
| Campus Macdonald (French) | |
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Former names
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Macdonald College |
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| Motto | Mastery for Service |
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Motto in English
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Mastery for Service |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1907 |
| Endowment | $973.6 million |
| Chancellor | Michael Meighen |
| Principal | Suzanne Fortier |
| Dean | Anja Geitmann |
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Academic staff
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Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) |
| Undergraduates | 1220 |
| Postgraduates | 639 |
| Location | Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada |
| Campus | Macdonald Campus: 6.5 km2 (2.51 sq mi) or 650 ha (1,600 acres) of fields and forested land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 30 km (19 mi) west of the downtown campus. |
| Colours | Gold ; Green |
| Athletics |
Redmen (men) & Martlets (women) CIS, 49 varsity teams |
| Affiliations | AAU, G13, Universitas 21, ATS, CUSID, UArctic, UACC |
| Mascot | Marty the Moose |
| Website | www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/ |
Redmen (men) & Martlets (women)
The Macdonald Campus of McGill University (commonly referred to as the "Mac Campus" or simply "Mac") houses its Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Institute of Parasitology and the McGill School of Environment. The campus is adjoined along with John Abbott College.
It was established in 1905 as Macdonald College and opened in 1907 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, in the West Island region of the Island of Montreal. Planned and funded completely by William C. Macdonald, who also provided a $2 million operating endowment, it was designed by architects Alexander Cowper Hutchison and George W. Wood.
Several buildings in the Macdonald Campus were designed by the Montreal-based architect Andrew Taylor, including the Macdonald Physics Building (1893); Macdonald Engineering Building (1907), Redpath Library (1893), the Strathcona Medical Building (1907)—since renamed the Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building.
Far surpassing the Ontario Agricultural College, Macdonald College was the largest in Canada and in its day was one of the most modern agricultural colleges in the world. After two years of planning and construction, the college opened its doors to students in the fall of 1907 under principal James Wilson Robertson.
The Macdonald Campus coat of arms honours Sir William Macdonald, a major benefactor of McGill University's agricultural college:
The colour of the field (gold) and the arm holding a cross (red) are from the second quarter of the arms of Sir William Macdonald, the tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist, who founded the College. His armorial bearings derived from the fact that he was a grandson of John, eighth Macdonald of Glenaladale.
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