Minorities at McGill University

[EuroPhysician]

I was interested in applying to some graduate health programs at McGill, notably Nursing and Dentistry, I was wondering what McGill is like for non-white minorities. I know Toronto is very multicultural and diverse, what is the environment like in Montreal. I am English speaking, and also speak Spanish. I was wondering if anyone knows if McGill University is friendly to ethnic minorities, and how is Montreal overall in terms of ethnic tolerance compared to other parts of North America in particular Ontario?

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[JoeNamaMD]

Montreal has over 80 different ethnic groups, I have not heard of any major friction in the area, and McGill is a world famous university, I doubt there are many racists there. I might worry about racists south of the border from Quebec, though.

 

[Vihsadas]

I was interested in applying to some graduate health programs at McGill, notably Nursing and Dentistry, I was wondering what McGill is like for non-white minorities. I know Toronto is very multicultural and diverse, what is the environment like in Montreal. I am English speaking, and also speak Spanish. I was wondering if anyone knows if McGill University is friendly to ethnic minorities, and how is Montreal overall in terms of ethnic tolerance compared to other parts of North America in particular Ontario?

Hey, I'm from McGill, it's extremely tolerant and diverse. You won't have a problem fitting in here at all. Many, many different ethnic groups attend McGill.

 

[McGillGrad]

hahahahaa

silly questions make me giggle

 

[trustwomen]

Montreal does have its biases, especially the cops. Usually it's bias against black people as opposed to latinos. There's a fair amount of tension between the cops and the local Haitian community, for instance.

Overall, Montrealers are liberal and open-minded. I don't know what it's like in Toronto so I can't compare that, but we are certainly much less openly racist here than in the US, for instance.

In my class (med/dent, the med students and dent students are streamed together for the first 16 months), in terms of so-called "visible minorities", there were many asian students of all stripes (mostly chinese, but also cambodian, korean, indian, etc.) and a fair number of students of middle eastern origin. Nobody of african or caribbean descent though, which I found suspicious at first - then I realized these communities are mostly French-speaking and therefore better represented at U de Montreal.

Certainly you won't find many places in North America that are LESS racist than Montreal. 🙂

 

[prodenty2k]

I have got an interview call for admission as an advanced standing student in dentistry. I would love to join Mc Gill but had a few concerns. First of all I have no information about the type of interview that would be conducted. Second, people have told me i need to know French to interact with the patients there and I dont know French. Also I have no idea about how is the University for joining as an advanced standing student. If there is anyone who can address any of my concerns, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[santafe]

I was interested in applying to some graduate health programs at McGill, notably Nursing and Dentistry, I was wondering what McGill is like for non-white minorities. I know Toronto is very multicultural and diverse, what is the environment like in Montreal. I am English speaking, and also speak Spanish. I was wondering if anyone knows if McGill University is friendly to ethnic minorities, and how is Montreal overall in terms of ethnic tolerance compared to other parts of North America in particular Ontario?

I'd rather go to McGill or Montreal U than to Ottawa or Toronto if I were concerned about being member of a visible minority. I really love Montreal's multicultural environment , although I've noticed that they look at you different if you speak French. I've also noticed that the CMQ is the only one that has 3 languages options: E, F and Spanish (I haven't read the last one so I cannot give you any opinion on the quality) but just having it says a lot.
BTW, I'm really interested in changing paths (not sure at all), how is it for a physician to apply to a graduate health program in Nursing, are they allow to challenge the nursing registration after???