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McMaster University is a research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08.

McMaster, commonly known as “Mac”, comprises six faculties: Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business. The campus is located on 300 acres (1.2 km²) of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale
Westdale, Ontario

Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada centred on the quaint Westdale Village shopping district and located near McMaster University....
 adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario

Royal Botanical Gardens is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario and also include lands in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the major tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto, as well as a significant local and regional horticultural, education, conservation and scientific resource....
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McMaster University is a research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08.

McMaster, commonly known as “Mac”, comprises six faculties: Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business. The campus is located on 300 acres (1.2 km²) of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale
Westdale, Ontario

Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada centred on the quaint Westdale Village shopping district and located near McMaster University....
 adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario

Royal Botanical Gardens is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario and also include lands in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the major tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto, as well as a significant local and regional horticultural, education, conservation and scientific resource....
. Hamilton is the 4th largest city in Ontario, and the ninth largest in Canada. McMaster University is the major knowledge generator in the Hamilton region, providing both the human capital and the research output necessary to fuel the region's economy.

McMaster University ranks as the 89th university worldwide and the fourth in Canada (second in the Province of Ontario) in the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities

The Academic Ranking of World Universities is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University?s Institute of Higher Education and includes major institutes of higher education ranked according to a formula that took into account alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , ?highly-cited researchers...
 and is placed as the 117th university worldwide in the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement rankings. It received an 'A-' grade in the Globe and Mail University Report Card for overall quality of education.

History

, the founder of McMaster University]] Senator William McMaster
William McMaster

William McMaster was a wholesaler, Senate of Canada and banker in the 1800s. A director of the Bank of Montreal from 1864-1867, he was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Bank of Commerce of which he served as the founding president from 1867 to his death in 1887....
, the first president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canadian Bank of Commerce

The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canada bank founded in 1867. It merged with the Imperial Bank of Canada in 1961 to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce....
, founded the university bearing his name in 1887 through a merger of Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College (a Baptist preparatory school). It was sponsored by the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec

Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec - the oldest union of Baptist churches in central Canada.In 1880 a "Baptist Union of Canada" was formed....
 as a sectarian undergraduate institution for its clergy and adherents. It began operating three years later, and graduated its first students in 1894.

The university was originally located in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
 and nearly became federated with the University of Toronto
University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public university research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated a mile north of the city's Financial District, Toronto on grounds that surround Queen's Park ....
 as Trinity College and Victoria College were (Victoria moved from Cobourg
Cobourg, Ontario

Cobourg is a town in the Canada province of Ontario, located 110km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County, Ontario. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, Ontario, to the west....
 in the process). Local boosters in Hamilton offered large donations of money and land to McMaster to relocate rather than federate, and the move was accomplished in 1930.

University Hall, one of the original campus buildings, houses a bust of Senator McMaster. McMaster Hall, the original Toronto building, located at the northern part of the University of Toronto St. George campus on Bloor Street West
Bloor Street

Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bloor Street runs from the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto's east-end to the west-end and into Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkway....
, now houses the Royal Conservatory of Music
Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)

The Royal Conservatory of Music is a music school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Edward Fisher in 1886 as the Toronto Conservatory of Music....
.

During and immediately after the Second World War, McMaster experienced an explosion of growth in scientific research and student enrollment under H.G. Thode
Harry Thode

Henry George "Harry" Thode was a Canada geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....
. This placed a strain on the finances of what was still a denominational Baptist
Baptist

A Baptist is a member of a Christian denomination characterized by the rejection of infant baptism in favor of believer's baptism by Baptism#Immersion....
 institution. Consequently, in 1957, the McMaster Divinity College
McMaster Divinity College

McMaster Divinity College, also known as MacDiv, is a Christian seminary in Hamilton, Ontario. It is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, although in practice it is interdenominational, and could be said to more closely align with the broader Evangelicalism tradition....
 was incorporated to continue the university's religious traditions, while the university itself became a secular public institution. The new McMaster University was established by the McMaster University Act 1957 which was amended in 1976.

The university press, the Silhouette, is a member of the Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press

Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 80 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada....
.

Fight Song

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement
Commencement

Commencement may refer to:*Commencement , an album by Deadsy*Commencement speech, a speech given to graduating students*Commencement , episode 87 of The West Wing...
 and convocation
Convocation

A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.In some Universities for example, the term "convocation" refers specifically to the entirety of the alumni of the university, which function as one of the university's representative bodies....
, and athletic games are: 'The Alma Mater Song' (1935) with words by Mrs A.A. Burridge and music by Hugh Brearly; 'The McMaster March,' with words by Claire Senior Burke et al and music by Arthur Burridge; 'My Mac' (1982) with words and music by Fred Moyes.

Campus

McMaster's main campus is bordered to the north by Cootes Paradise
Cootes Paradise

Cootes Paradise is a large wetland at the western end of Hamilton Harbour, bordering the cities of Hamilton, Ontario and Burlington, Ontario, Canada....
, an extensive natural marshland, to the east and west by residential neighbourhoods and to its south by Main Street West, a major artery of Hamilton. Its northern boundaries are a popular destination for hikers and joggers who make use of the many trails that connect the campus to the RBG
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario

Royal Botanical Gardens is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario and also include lands in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the major tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto, as well as a significant local and regional horticultural, education, conservation and scientific resource....
's lands. Its geographical coordinates are . The buildings and facilities represent the ongoing development that has been happening on McMaster grounds since it purchased the property from the city of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
 in 1928. Its six original gothic
Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
-style buildings are now flanked by over 50 structures built predominantly during booms in the early 1970s and the late 1990s to present.

Perhaps the most distinctive component of the campus skyline is that of the McMaster University Medical Centre, a multi-use research hospital that ranks among the largest public buildings in Canada. It is connected to the Life Sciences building and the recently completed (2004) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery which houses many well-funded research groups in areas of genetics
Genetics

Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and Genetic variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding....
, infectious diseases and several specific conditions.

The McMaster Nuclear Reactor
McMaster Nuclear Reactor

The McMaster Nuclear Reactor is a 5MWe#Watts electrical and thermal pool-type reactor located on the campus of McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario....
 (MNR) completed in 1959 was the first university-based research reactor in the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 and today is the only Canadian medium flux reactor in a university environment. It is a "pool-type" reactor with a core of enriched uranium fuel moderated and cooled by light water. The MNR, provides wide range of irradiation, laboratory and holding facilities which include: A cyclotron, an accelerator, a small-angle neutron-scattering detector and wide-angle neutron scattering facilities.

Satellite Campuses


Recently, McMaster has begun spreading physically beyond its inflexible West Hamilton borders into other areas in the region.
Conhall
Downtown Hamilton

In 2002 the McMaster's Centre for Continuing Education was relocated to the former Hamilton-Wentworth courthouse building on Main Street East. The CCE offers a variety of certificate/diploma programs as well as personal/professional development programs and strives to uphold McMaster's tradition of inspiring leadership and discovery.

Burlington

In 2004 McMaster University announced that in partnership with the neighbouring city of Burlington
Burlington, Ontario

Burlington is a city located at the western end of Lake Ontario, lying between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment....
, it would be constructing a new arts & technology intensive campus in that city. Plans call for a small initial cohort to be admitted in 2007 in leased space and the University hopes to have an enrolment at the Burlington campus of nearly 5000 students by 2020. The Burlington campus concept is contingent on provincial government approval, not yet sought, of the academic programmes and the necessary funding.

The proposed campus has proven controversial and the plan has been opposed by many deans and other faculty members. The McMaster Students Union has serious reservations with the project and may openly oppose the project dependent upon either a fall vote in the student representative assembly or a general referendum.

Kitchener-Waterloo & the Niagara Regions

The new McMaster Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine would be expanded and constructed in Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916....
, sharing the health science campus with the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs....
. The other expansion of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is in the Niagara region of the Golden Horseshoe.

Research Park

Announced in 2005, McMaster has purchased a large industrial park three kilometres east of its main Hamilton campus that will be redeveloped to contain an array of research facilities for the development of advanced manufacturing and materials, biotechnology, automotive and nanotechnology. In July 2005 it was announced that CANMET, a federal government materials research laboratory, would be relocated from its Ottawa centre to Hamilton, helping spear-head the development of the .

A predicted $60 million in partner funding is expected to establish the new laboratory by 2008.

Academics


Research

McMaster has been particularly renowned for its academic strengths, most notably in the fields of Health Sciences
McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences

The McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1966, it was the fifth medical school in Ontario....
 and Engineering
McMaster Faculty of Engineering

The McMaster Faculty of Engineering was established in 1958 and was modeled after some of the leading institutions in the world. The high quality of its innovative and comprehensive programs and the faculty?s strengths in education and research, has made it one of the foremost engineering schools in North America....
. The university has been named Canada's most innovative medical-doctoral university eight times in the past 11 years by Maclean's
Maclean's

Maclean's is a Canada weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events....
 in its annual ranking of Canadian universities.

In 2008, according to the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), McMaster is ranked 48th in the world for scientific papers in clinical medicine
Clinical Medicine

Clinical Medicine, subtitled Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, is a medical journal published bimonthly by the Royal College of Physicians in London....
.

Nuclear Reactor
McMaster earned the designation of research university of the Year in 2004 based on its ability to attract and capitalize on its research income. Its research activities exceed those of universities twice its size and no Canadian university receives a higher proportion of research funding relative to its operating budget than McMaster.

In 2006, McMaster was ranked first by research intensity of $308,300 CAD per full time faculty.

Engineering students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science , with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms....
, Civil Engineering
Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a Professional Engineer discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings....
, Computer Engineering
Computer engineering

Computer Engineering is a discipline that combines elements of both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration....
, Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism....
, Engineering Physics
Engineering physics

Engineering physics is an academic degree, available mainly at the levels of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Unlike other engineering degrees , EP does not necessarily include a particular branch of science or physics....
, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of physics#branches of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of machine....
, Software Engineering
Software engineering

Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches....
. McMaster launched Canada's first school of computational engineering and science in 2005 dedicated in developing expertise in the third wave of scientific research involving stimulation, modeling and optimization. The new school brings together 50 faculty from engineering, science, business and health science to collaboratively conduct research and advance education.

The university's health sciences reputation started with the foundation of its medical school — with non-traditional small-group problem-based learning
Problem-based learning

Problem-based learning is a student-centered instructional strategy in which students collaboratively solve problems and reflect on their experiences....
 tutorials since adopted by other programs — in the 1960s. However, it quickly grew with programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, midwifery, and other allied fields. A portion of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a Germany-born theoretical physics. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass?energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2....
's brain is preserved and held for medical research at the McMaster brain bank. Researchers there have identified differences in his brain that may relate to his genius for spatial and mathematical thinking.

McMaster has had a nuclear reactor
McMaster Nuclear Reactor

The McMaster Nuclear Reactor is a 5MWe#Watts electrical and thermal pool-type reactor located on the campus of McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario....
 (MNR) since 1959 for nuclear science and engineering research. The strength of nuclear science at McMaster under the presidency of Dr. H.G. Thode
Harry Thode

Henry George "Harry" Thode was a Canada geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....
, was augmented in 1968 by the construction of a 10MV Model FN Tandem particle accelerator
Particle accelerator

A particle accelerator is a device that uses electric fields to propel electric charge Elementary particles to high speeds and to contain them....
. Along with this was added the 3MV Model KN single-ended accelerator in the same year. Being primarily, in the early days, a nuclear structure laboratory, the academic direction of the laboratory fell to the Physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 Department. During the next 28 years, the nuclear research effort was tremendous with hundreds of graduate students trained and many publications generated.

McMaster is the only medical doctoral university in Canada to offer Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear engineering

Nuclear engineering is the application of the breakdown of atomic nucleus and/or other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics....
 at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The average entering grade for an undergraduate student is 85% in 2008.

School of Business

In addition, McMaster's DeGroote School of Business
DeGroote School of Business

The DeGroote School of Business is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McMaster's School of Business was founded in 1952 but was renamed in 1992 in honour of successful Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael DeGroote....
 has gathered both national and worldwide recognition as it was accredited by the AACSB in 2006. Less than 10 percent of business schools worldwide have earned this accreditation.

The DeGroote School of Business also houses the Allen H. Gould Trading Floor, a state-of-the-art educational tool that enables students to experience the relationships and interactions of the financial markets. It is one of the first such facilities in North America, and one of only 30 in the world.

A recent $105 million CAD donation was given to McMaster's medical program from billionaire
Billionaire

A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one 1000000000 units of currency, such as United States dollars , U.K. pound sterlings or euro ....
 Michael G. DeGroote
Michael DeGroote

Michael G. DeGroote, Order of Canada is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist from Hamilton, Ontario who currently resides in Bermuda. Aside from his business career, he is best known as a major private donor to McMaster University....
. It is the largest single cash gift in Canadian history and will be used to upgrade the current medical school, called the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. He is also a benefactor to McMaster's business school
DeGroote School of Business

The DeGroote School of Business is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McMaster's School of Business was founded in 1952 but was renamed in 1992 in honour of successful Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael DeGroote....
 the DeGroote School of Business.

Arts

The McMaster Museum of Art houses six thousand works of art, including those bequeathed by Herman Levy. The McMaster University Library system consists of four libraries. The Mills Memorial Library for humanities and social sciences. It houses the papers of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, Order of Merit , Fellow of the Royal Society , was a British people philosopher, mathematical logic, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacifism....
 and other major collections. Innis Library, located in Kenneth Taylor Hall for Business. H.G. Thode
Harry Thode

Henry George "Harry" Thode was a Canada geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....
 Library of Science & Engineering and Health Sciences Library. The University Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries. The collection contains more than 2 million volumes, 1,423,102 microform items, 174,956 non-print items and of archival material. Current periodical titles number about 11,880. (1997)

The McMaster Arts and Science
McMaster Arts and Science

The Arts and Science Programme is an exclusive interdisciplinary undergraduate program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario. It is one of the smallest direct-entry programmes in the university, admitting only 60 first years per year, with a total size of about 250 students....
 is an exclusive program at McMaster, admitting only 60 first year students per year, with a total size of about 250.

Indigenous Studies

McMaster offers an Indigenous Studies programme independent of other faculties. Available courses range from the languages of Mohawk
Mohawk language

Mohawk is a Native Americans in the United States language spoken by the Mohawk nation in the United States and Canada. It is part of the Iroquoian family....
, Cayuga
Cayuga language

Cayuga is a Iroquoian languages of the Iroquois Proper languages subfamily, and is spoken on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Ontario, by around 100 people....
 and Ojibwe
Ojibwe language

Ojibwe is an Indigenous language of the Algonquian languages linguistic family. Ojibwe is characterized by a series of Dialect that have local names and frequently local Writing system....
 to contemporary Indigenous issues and literature.

Nobel Laureates

  • Dr. Bertram Brockhouse
    Bertram Brockhouse

    Bertram Neville Brockhouse, Order of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada was a Canada physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter", in particular "for the development of neutron spectroscopy"....
    , co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     for Physics
  • Dr. Myron Scholes
    Myron Scholes

    Myron Samuel Scholes is one of the authors of the Black?Scholes equation. In 1997 he was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for "a new method to determine the value of derivative "....
    , recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     for Economics
  • Dr. James Orbinski
    James Orbinski

    James Jude Orbinski is a Canadian physician, writer and humanitarian activist. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Fellow at the Munk Centre for International Studies....
    , recipient of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
    Nobel Peace Prize

    The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will , the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for :wikt:fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the h...
     on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières
    Médecins Sans Frontières

    M?decins Sans Fronti?res , or Doctors Without Borders, is a Secularism humanitarian aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing country facing Endemic ....


Hospitals

McMaster University is affiliated with eight teaching hospitals. Five of them compose the Hamilton Health Sciences.
  • Hamilton Health Sciences:
    • Chedoke Hospital
    • McMaster Children's Hospital
      McMaster Children's Hospital

      McMaster Children?s Hospital is an academic tertiary care teaching hospital affiliated with McMaster University. The hospital has 117 acute care beds, including 57 in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Level II Nurseries, and 8 in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit....
    • Hamilton General Hospital
      Hamilton General Hospital

      The Hamilton General Hospital is major teaching hospital on the corners of Barton Street and Victoria Avenue in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada that is affiliated with McMaster University....
    • Henderson Hospital
    • McMaster Medical Centre
  • Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre
  • St. Joseph's Healthcare
  • St. Peter's Health System


Sports

The McMaster Marauders is the official mascot and sporting team for McMaster University and the university's colours have been maroon and grey since 1912.

The Mauraders have an extensive track record in both the Ontario University Athletics
Ontario University Athletics

Ontario University Athletics is the governing body of Ontario universities who compete in the a variety of varsity sports. The OUA came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association....
 (OUA) and Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country....
 (CIS) leagues spanning several decades. More recently, the team has shown itself as one of the strongest in Canada, earning four consecutive Yates Cup
Yates Cup

The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation....
 victories (2000-2003), led by coach Greg Marshall
Greg Marshall

Greg Marshall was a Canadian football running back and coach. Marshall was the head coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2004 CFL season to 2006 CFL season....
. Several athletes have been scouted from the McMaster fields to play for the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
 (CFL).

Alumnus Jesse Lumsden
Jesse Lumsden

Jesse Lumsden is a Canadian football running back who is currently playing for the Edmonton Eskimos. He is the son of former CFL fullback Neil Lumsden....
 was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington, USA. They are currently members of the NFC West of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 in 2005, but was released shortly thereafter. Following his release he had a short tenure with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats....
. In January 2006, he was signed to play for the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
 and was later released only to play with the Tiger-Cats once again.

Men's football at McMaster is one of the school's most popular spectator sports, supported extensively by students, faculty and McMaster president Peter J. George
Peter George (professor)

Dr. Peter James George, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada economist and university administrator. He is currently president of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario....
. The team formerly played its home games on Les Prince Field located on campus. However, this field was torn up for the development of the Athletic Complex, which included renovations to the Ivor Wynne Centre, and the additions of the David Braley Athletic Centre and the football stadium Ronald V. Joyce Stadium
Ronald V. Joyce Stadium

Ron Joyce Stadium, is a stadium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The stadium is the new home of the McMaster Marauders football team who have been playing their Ontario University Athletics games in 2005 and 2006 at Ivor Wynne Stadium....
 at Les Prince Field. May 12, 2008 marked the stadium's debut while hosting the CIS East-West Bowl, and September 13, 2008 saw the Marauder's first home game on campus in over 3 years during their home opener against the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

The McMaster men's rugby team won gold in the OUA Championship over Western
University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario. It is one of Canada's oldest universities, founded in 1878 by Bishop Isaac Hellmuth and the Anglican Diocese of Huron as The Western University of London Ontario....
 in 2006, and over Queen's
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 in 2008. This marks the fifth time in seven years for the Marauders to hoist the Turner Trophy and their sixth time overall since it's inauguration in 1923.

Intramural sports are widely participated in at Ivor Wynne Centre and David Braley Athletic Center as well. Unorganized sports such as ad hoc cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 games are often found in front of the science and engineering buildings.

In January 2006, Stefan Ptaszek was named as the new football head coach.

Olympics

McMaster University has graduated 35 Olympic athletes, produced 8 Olympic Coaches, 2 Olympic Administrators and 2 Olympic Officials.

  • McMaster Olympic Athletes:


  1. C.J. Sylvannus "Syl" Apps
    Syl Apps

    Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps, Order of Canada of Paris, Ontario, Ontario, was a Canadian pole vaulter and professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario....
     '36 (Athletics 1936 - Berlin)
  2. Grey McLeish '37 (Rowing 1936 - Berlin)
  3. Betty (Taylor) Campbell '37 (Athletics 1932 - Los Angeles, 1936 - Berlin)
  4. Catherine (Miller) Ray '38 Athletics 1940 - Tokyo / Helsinki - Cancelled Due to WWII)
  5. James Donald McFarlane
    Don McFarlane

    Don McFarlane was a Canada runner....
     '53 (Athletics 1952 - Helsinki)
  6. Barry Ager '62 (Basketball - Summer Olympics 1960 - Rome)
  7. Dr. Jack Gauldie '64 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich)
  8. Sara (Barber) Jenkins '64 (Swimming 1956 - Melbourne, 1960 - Rome)
  9. Fred Heese '65 (Canoe 1964 - Tokyo)
  10. Tony Powell '67 (Athletics 1972 - Munich)
  11. Marjorie Homer-Dixon '73 (Kayak 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
  12. Steven Mitruk '73 (Gymnastics 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
  13. David Hart '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
  14. Rick Puglise '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
  15. Carol Love '75 (Rowing 1976 - Montreal)
  16. George Steplock '76 (Waterpolo - 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal)
  17. Paul Pottier '79 (Waterpolo 1976 - Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles)
  18. Craig Martin
    Craig Martin

    Craig Martin is a former Canada men's national soccer team player. http://www.gilroydispatch.com/content/img/f93251/Kicker-feature-CR.jpgMartin made 6 'A' international appearances for Canada, 4 in 1983 and 2 more in 1984....
     '82 (Football (Soccer) - 1984 - Los Angeles)
  19. Paula Schnurr '87 (Athletics 1992 Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
  20. Paul Ragusa '97 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
  21. Larry Cain
    Larry Cain

    Laurence J. Cain, Order of Canada is a Canadian canoe racing, having begun his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in Oakville, Ontario....
     '89 (Canoe 1988 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
  22. Andrea (Page) Steen '89 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
  23. Bill Trayling '89 (Canoe 1988 - Seoul - Alternate)
  24. Christopher Woodcroft '89 (Wrestling 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
  25. Calum McNeil '91 (Wrestling - 1992 Barcelona - Competed for the United Kingdom)
  26. Mark Heese
    Mark Heese

    Mark Heese is a Canada beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University....
     '92 (Beach Volleyball 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney, 2004 - Athens)
  27. Lawrence Holmes '92 (Wrestling 1984 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul)
  28. Susan Palmer-Komar
    Sue Palmer-Komar

    Sue Palmer-Komar is a female Canada racing cyclist, who races for Colavita.Palmar?s1992199519961997200220032004...
     '92 (Cycling 1996 - Atlanta, 2004 - Athens)
  29. Greg Woodcroft '93 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
  30. Tim Bethune '95 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
  31. Gavin Maxwell '95 (Canoe 1996 - Atlanta)
  32. Alan Nolet '96 (Gymnastics 1988- Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
  33. Janet Cook '02 (Swimming 2000 - Sydney - Alternate)
  34. Howard Dell '02 (Bobsleigh 1988 - Calgary)
  35. Joanne Malar
    Joanne Malar

    Joanne Malar is a former medley swimming swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
     '02 (Swimming 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
  36. Adam van Koeverden
    Adam van Koeverden

    Adam Joseph van Koeverden is a Canada canoe racing . He was born in Oakville, Ontario. His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, Ontario, Canada....
     '07 (Kayak 2004 - Athens, 2008 - Beijing)
  37. Chelsey Gotell '09 (Swimming 2004 - Athens, 2008 - Beijing, Paralympics)


Note: Dr. Norman Lane
Norman Lane (canoeist)

Norman Lane is a Canada Canoe racing who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-1 10000 m event at London in 1948 Summer Olympics....
 a McMaster Professor of Mathematics competed in two Olympic Games (Canoe 1948 - London, 1952 - Helsinki**)

Coaches

  1. Fred Wach (Fencing - Unknown)
  2. Nick Cipriano (Wrestling - 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta)
  3. Dave O'Donnell (Fencing - 1988 - Seoul)
  4. Claus Wolter '80 (Rowing - 1988- Seoul)
  5. Andrew Cole (Swimming - 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
  6. Gaye Stratten (Swimming 1996 - Atlanta)
  7. Barry Shepley '86 (Triathlon - 2000 Sydney)
  8. Margot (Verlaan) Page '87 (Hockey - 2006 Turino)


Administrators

  1. Doug Howard (Wrestling - Manager - 1976 - Montreal)
  2. Martha (Arnott) Deacon '81 (Badminton - Team Leader - 2000 - Sydney)


Officials

  1. Dr. Ron Foxcroft
    Ron Foxcroft

    Ron Foxcroft, , Owner of Fluke Transport, acclaimed NCAA basketball referee, inventor of the pea-less Fox 40 whistle, and motivational speaker, "Foxy" was named Hamilton, Ontario Citizen of the Year in 1997....
     '01 (Basketball - 1976 - Montreal)
  2. Janice Deakin '83 (Basketball - 1996 - Atlanta)


Most recently

In 2004, McMaster Kinesiology student Adam van Koeverden
Adam van Koeverden

Adam Joseph van Koeverden is a Canada canoe racing . He was born in Oakville, Ontario. His home club is the Burloak Canoe Club in Oakville, Ontario, Canada....
 captured a bronze medal in the Men's K1, 1000 metre single kayak
Kayak

A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. The kayak was used by the native Ainu people, Aleuts and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland....
 and gold medal in the kayak singles 500 metre at the Olympic Games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
 in Athens, Greece. He won a bronze medal in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He also won a silver medal in K1, 1000 metre at the World Championships in Gainesville, U.S. in September 2003.

Theatre


McMaster is home to two of the semi-professional acting companies in Ontario at the university level. , started in 2003, and McMaster Musical Theatre
McMaster Musical Theatre

McMaster Musical Theatre , created in the 1960s, is one of two semi-professional acting companies at McMaster University. MMT, along with their sister company The McMaster Thespian Company, present productions annually involving student volunteer actors, musicians and crew....
, started in the 1960s, present productions annually involving student volunteer actors, musicians and crew. Their information can be found at their respective websites.

These groups, as well as the students in McMaster's Theatre and Film program, usually perform in the Robinson Memorial Theatre in Chester New Hall.

Since 1990, McMaster has also hosted the , a collection of plays directed and performed by students and local community members.

Student life


Iron Ring Clock
Full-time undergraduate students belong to the McMaster Students Union
McMaster Students Union

The McMaster Students Union , is the central undergraduate student government at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Its roots lie in the McMaster Student Body, the original student government dating back to the opening of the University in 1890....
, which operates a pub called Quarters, and publishes a broadsheet newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 called The Silhouette
The Silhouette

The Silhouette is a student newspaper at McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is published every Thursday during the academic year, and once during each summer month....
. It also funds scores of other clubs, associations and societies organized by academic department, ethnic origin or extracurricular interest. Part of a larger body of environmental groups on campus, McMaster is one of only two universities in Canada that has a bicycle cooperative
Cooperative

A cooperative is defined by the International Co-operative Alliance Statement on the Co-operative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled business....
. Other student groups on campus include the McMaster Association of Part-time Students, the Graduate Students Association, and MacInsiders, an online student-run organization highlighting student life on campus.

The university's campus radio
Campus radio

Campus radio is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively by students, or may include programmers from the wider community in which the station is based....
 station is CFMU
CFMU-FM

CFMU-FM is a Canada radio station, broadcasting at 93.3 FM radio in Hamilton, Ontario. It is a campus radio owned and operated by the McMaster Students Union at McMaster University....
, broadcasting at 93.3 FM.

McMaster's Student Centre contains the Iron Ring Clock
Iron Ring Clock

The Iron Ring Clock is a clock of unusual design created by four Mechanical Engineering students at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada....
, designed and built by four Mechanical Engineering students as their final-year thesis project in 2003. Money for the clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
 was donated from a variety of local citizens and businesses. The clock contains what is believed to be the largest iron ring
Iron Ring

The Iron Ring is a symbolic ring worn by many Canada engineerings. Obtaining the ring is an optional endeavour ? the ring is not a prerequisite for practicing Professional Engineer in Canada....
 in the world as in integral part of the mechanism. The clock is located over the North entrance to the Student Centre, against a bank of windows which provide backlighting to the stained-glass University crest, the centrepiece of the clock.

Quarters is the first student-run on-campus nightclub. On Thursday and Saturday nights it can command long lineups as those are "party" nights at Mac. Quarters' predecessors were The Rathskeller
Rathskeller

File:Picswiss SO-18-16.jpgRathskeller is a name in German speaking countries for a bar below street level. The term originally referred specifically to restaurants that were located in the basement of city hall ....
 ('The Rat') and The Downstairs John ('The John'), both of which existed for decades prior to their closure in the early 2000s. The space formerly occupied by the Rat is a vegetarian restaurant; the space formerly occupied by the John is a daycare. Other than Quarters, the only on-campus drinking establishment is The Phoenix, run by the graduate students association.

Residence Life

Currently McMaster has 12 smoke-free residence buildings totalling approximately 3,756 bedspaces.

In response to increasing number of students enrolling at MAC new residences are being constructed. The newest residence to be built is Les Prince Hall, just north of Hedden Hall. It is a large co-ed building completed in 2006. Prince was a long-serving hall master in the residence system, living with his family on campus until after his retirement in 1980.

Building choices include the traditional room and board style, furnished apartment style and suite-style.
  • Bates Residence - Furnished Apartments
    • Built in 1973, 504 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
    • Named to honour Marion Stillwell Bates, a distinguished dean of women from 1947 to 1965.
  • Brandon Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1970, 558 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
    • Named to commemorate the affiliation, from 1910 to 1938, of Manitoba's Brandon College with McMaster.
  • Edwards Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1930, 107 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Small
    • Was a gift from Gordon C. Edwards, a long-time member of the University's Board of Governors, who desired that the hall be named in memory of his father.
    • Originally a male-only dormitory.
  • Hedden Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1991, 425 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
    • Named in memory of Mike Hedden, who, as Vice-President Administration, played a pivotal role in the development of McMaster, including the planning and construction of most residences in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Les Prince Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 2006, 390 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named in honour of Dr. Leslie A. Prince, a former dedicated varsity coach, Director of Athletics, Dean of Men, and Dean of Students.
  • Mary E. Keyes - Suite-Style
    • Built in 2003, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named to honour Dr. Mary Keyes, a key figure in enhancing student life and student services at McMaster University as Professor of Kinesiology, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, and the Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs.
  • Matthews Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1965, 278 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named to honour Albert Matthews, an influential member of McMaster's Board of Governors for over forty years.
  • McKay Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1965, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named for Alexander McKay, one of McMaster's earliest professors and former Registrar, Dean, and Head of the University. Alexander McKay is also the Honorary President of the Ontario Classics Association.
  • Moulton Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1961, 234 bedspaces, Co-ed/Female based on demand - Size: Medium
    • Named to recall Moulton College in Toronto, an institution that was associated with McMaster for more than sixty years following its founding by Susan Moulton McMaster, wife of Senator William McMaster
      William McMaster

      William McMaster was a wholesaler, Senate of Canada and banker in the 1800s. A director of the Bank of Montreal from 1864-1867, he was a driving force behind the creation of the Canadian Bank of Commerce of which he served as the founding president from 1867 to his death in 1887....
      .
  • Wallingford Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1930, 74 bedspaces, Female only - Size: Small
    • Wallingford, England
      Wallingford

      Wallingford is a small market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in Oxfordshire, England....
       was the birthplace of William Davies, benefactor in 1920 of as Wallingford Hall as a women's Residence during McMaster's years in Toronto
      Toronto

      Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
      . The present Wallingford Hall perpetuates the name.
  • Whidden Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1961, 333 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named to honour Howard P. Whidden
      Howard P. Whidden

      Howard Primrose Whidden was a Canadian churchman, member of Parliament, educator, scholar and editor of Canadian Baptist.Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, became a Baptist minister in Dayton, Ohio and likely knew John D....
      , whose effective leadership of McMaster spanned the years of the University's complicated move from Toronto
      Toronto

      Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
       to Hamilton in 1930.
  • Woodstock Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1970, 293 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
    • Named to recall the memory of Woodstock College, in Woodstock, Ontario
      Woodstock, Ontario

      Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County, Ontario in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 kilometres southwest of Toronto, Ontario, north off Highway 401 , along the historic Thames River ....
      , a precursor of McMaster University.


The McMaster Residence System is composed of CAs (community advisors) who provide guidance and help the transition to university life for many first year students. CAs are highly trained Housing and Conference service employees and enforce policies which the university has put in place. CAs also provide programs for students that touch on one or more of its four pillars approach: Academic, Awareness, Social, and Wellness. Residence Students are represented by the IRC (Inter Residence Council) . Each building has 2 reps which program entertaining activities for students, facilitate social interaction, and represent student opinion to the upper administration.

"Israeli Apartheid" Controversy

Students at McMaster University are forbidden to use the term "Israeli Apartheid" when debating the conflict in the Middle East. The university refused a request for permission to print and hang a banner usng the phrase in the university’s student centre to promote Israeli Apartheid Week, a series of lectures and events that’s held on more than 20 campuses. University spokespersons said that the request was denied because the sign was “testing the boundaries of freedom of speech for one party, verses use of offensive and inflammatory language as interpreted by another.” The decision drew praise from the local Jewish community and the Jewish Students Association. Campus Pro-Palestinan group denounced what they claimed was an unjustified act of censorship.

Notable Alumni and Faculty




Chancellors and Presidents


Chancellors

From 1888 to 1949, the head of McMaster was given the title Chancellor.

In 1949, George P. Gilmour became both President and Chancellor, and in 1950 his title changed to President and Vice-Chancellor. From that time onward, the University had both a Chancellor as well as a President and Vice-Chancellor.

(*)In the interval between the retirement of Chancellor MacVicar and the appointment of Chancellor Rand, the Faculties of Art and Theology were organized under the Chairmanship of Dr. Rand and Dr. Goodspeed, respectively.

  1. 1888-1890 Malcolm MacVicar
  2. 1890-1892*
  3. 1892-1895 Theodore Harding Rand
    Theodore Harding Rand

    Theodore Harding Rand was a Canadian educator and poet.Rand was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in 1835. A Baptist, Rand attended Acadia College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, which had been founded by the Baptist community in 1838....
  4. 1895-1905 Rev. Oates C.S. Wallace
  5. 1905-1911 Alexander C. McKay
  6. 1911-1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon
    Abraham Lincoln McCrimmon

    Abraham Lincoln McCrimmon was a Canadian academic and Chancellor of McMaster University.Born on a farm near Delhi in Norfolk County, Ontario, McCrimmon graduated from the University of Toronto in 1890....
  7. 1922-1941 Howard P. Whidden
    Howard P. Whidden

    Howard Primrose Whidden was a Canadian churchman, member of Parliament, educator, scholar and editor of Canadian Baptist.Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, became a Baptist minister in Dayton, Ohio and likely knew John D....
  8. 1941-1949 George P. Gilmour
    George Gilmour

    Professor George Peel Gilmour Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts , Doctor of Philosophy was a Canada university president. He was chancellor of McMaster University from 1941 to 1949, serving under the title of president and vice-chancellor....
  9. 1949-1950 George P. Gilmour
    George Gilmour

    Professor George Peel Gilmour Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts , Doctor of Philosophy was a Canada university president. He was chancellor of McMaster University from 1941 to 1949, serving under the title of president and vice-chancellor....
     - President and Chancellor
  10. 1950-1955 E. Carey Fox
  11. 1955-1960 Roy L. Kellock
    Roy Kellock

    Roy Lindsay Kellock, Order of Canada was a Canada Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Perth, Ontario, he graduated from McMaster University with a B.A....
  12. 1960-1965 Charles P. Fell
  13. 1965-1971 D. Argue C. Martin
    D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin

    D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1931 to 1934 as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario member....
  14. 1971-1977 Lawrence T. Pennell
  15. 1977-1986 H. Allan B. Leal
    Allan Leal

    Herbert Allan Borden Leal, Order of Canada, LL.M., LL.D., Q.C. was a Canada civil servant and academic. He was Deputy Attorney General of Ontario, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, and Chancellor of McMaster University....
  16. 1986-1992 John H. Panabaker
  17. 1992-1998 James H. Taylor
  18. 1998-2007 Melvin M. Hawkrigg
  19. 2007-present Lynton Wilson O.C.


Presidents and Vice-Chancellors


  1. 1950-1961 George P. Gilmour
    George Gilmour

    Professor George Peel Gilmour Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts , Doctor of Philosophy was a Canada university president. He was chancellor of McMaster University from 1941 to 1949, serving under the title of president and vice-chancellor....
  2. 1961-1972 Henry G. Thode
    Harry Thode

    Henry George "Harry" Thode was a Canada geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....
  3. 1972-1980 Arthur N. Bourns
    Arthur Bourns

    Arthur Newcombe Bourns, Doctor of Philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada was a professor of chemistry and a university administrator with a long association with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario....
  4. 1980-1990 Alvin A. Lee
    Alvin A. Lee

    Alvin A. Lee , B.A., Master of Arts , M.Div., Ph.D., is a literary critic. The majority of his academic career--some 39 years--was spent at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario; he served as University President and vice-chancellor of that university from 1980 to 1990....
  5. 1990-1995 Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace
  6. 1995-present Peter J. George
    Peter George (professor)

    Dr. Peter James George, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada economist and university administrator. He is currently president of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario....


See also

  • Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)
    Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)

    The Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13 , is a group of leading research-intensive universities in Canada. Formed over 10 years ago as an informal biannual meeting of university executive heads, the grouping is similar to the Australian Group of Eight , although it is not Incorporation ....


Histories of the University

  • Charles M. Johnston 'McMaster University, Vol. 1: The Toronto Years' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
  • Charles M. Johnston 'McMaster University, Vol. 2: The Early Years in Hamilton' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
  • Herb Jenkins 'Combining Two Cultures: McMaster University's Arts And Science Programme' (University press of America, August 31, 2004)
  • Paul Axelrod 'Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945-1980' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, September 1, 1982)
  • W.S.W. McLay, C.W. New and G.P. Gilmour. 'McMaster University, 1890-1940' (Hamilton, 1940)


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