In order to acknowledge retired members of McGill University's academic staff who are uniquely deserving in light of their exceptional contributions to their discipline, to the University and to society at large, the University established a Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement (the McGill Medal).
Nominations for the McGill Medal are reviewed by the President's Advisory Committee for the Conferral of the McGill University Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement, which is chaired by the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). The Advisory Committee makes conferral recommendations to the Honorary Degrees and Convocations Committee, which in turn makes recommendations to Senate.
Current Membership of the President's Advisory Committee for the Conferral of the McGill University Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement:
Five Members:
- Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) - ex officio (Chair)
- Professor David Theodore (Architecture, ENGINEERING) - 2024
- Professor Marguerite Deslauriers (Philosophy, ARTS) - 2024
- Professor Niky Kamran (Mathematics and Statistics, SCIENCE) - 2025
- TBD
Members' terms begin September 1, and end August 31 of the indicated year.
McGill Medal Terms of Reference
Past winners of the McGill Medal
2023
William Caplin - Schulich School of Music
2022
Phil Gold - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
2021
Nancy J. Adler - Desautels Faculty of Management
2020
Barry Posner - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Leon Glass - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
John Rea - Schulich School of Music
2019
No recipient
2018
Jorge Angeles - Faculty of Engineering
2017
Brenda Milner - Faculty of Medicine
2016
John Bergeron - Faculty of Medicine
Philip Branton - Faculty of Medicine
Donald Taylor - Faculty of Science
2015
No recipient
2014
Roderick Macdonald - Faculty of Law
2013
No recipient
2012
Margaret Lock - Faculty of Medicine/Faculty of Arts
2011
No recipient
2010
Aberto J. Aguayo - Faculty of Medicine
Adi Eisenberg - Faculty of Science
Lawrence Mysak - Faculty of Science