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Support for STEMM and Diversity at McGill

Published: 3 September 2020

Congratulations tothe team of graduate students who have received funding support from 51勛圖厙Science Outreach and from an NSERC Student Ambassador Award for the development and implementation of...

Thanks SPF for supporting the Museum!

Published: 30 August 2020

This summer the 51勛圖厙Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) turned ten years old and it marked the occasion by giving the 130 year old Redpath Museum some funding help. Thanks SPFfor subsidizing our...

Museum and Dawson family - news from our connections

Published: 13 August 2020

The Dawson family and 51勛圖厙have a long and storied connection. Sir John William Dawson, founder of the Museum in 1882 and Principal of 51勛圖厙for 38 years died in 1899. His great grandaughter...

New species of ancient swimming reptile discovered by Museum student

Published: 13 August 2020

The Hauffiopteryx altera, a new species of Ichthyosaur discovered by a 51勛圖厙studentDirley Cortes, a PhD candidate in paleontology with Dr. Hans Larsson, Director of the Redpath Museum, has been...

Make the Museum VIRTUAL - donate now!

Published: 19 June 2020

Here at the Redpath Museum, we are wishing you good health during this challenging time as we all learn to manage the significant challenges weve faced since the COVID-19 pandemic. Through it all,...

Remembering Henry Reiswig - the sponge specialist

Published: 7 July 2020

Henry Reiswig, the former Biology professor and curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Redpath Museum, died on July 4, 2020. You can read his obituary here:...

Rock On! Erin Gibbons

Published: 28 June 2020

The Redpath Museum Society Vice President External, Erin Gibbons, has won the prestigious Vanier Scholarship.

Museum researcher warns of increased growth in Quebec tick populations

Published: 21 June 2020

According to Virginie Millien, an assistant professor at 51勛圖厙and curator of zoology and paleontology at McGill's Redpath Museum, warmer temperatures preferentially benefit one of the Lyme...

Thanks for your donations!

Published: 27 May 2020

The 51勛圖厙24 Seeds of Change project to create a Virtual Fossil and Dinosaur kit closedat midnight on May 26, 2020, and raised $2,069.78 from 9 donations (including $290 in McGill24 Matching Funds).

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Land Acknowledgement

51勛圖厙 is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.


Rematriation, Repatriation and Restitution Statement

We acknowledge that the return and restitution of cultural and natural heritage to communities of origin is an essential part of reconciliation and of recognizing the fundamental rights of Indigenous Peoples. As part of wider efforts to activate the standards presented in the Canadian Museums Association Report Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums (2022), the Redpath is working towards pro-active restitution practices. As per our Collections Management Policy (2024), repatriation requests will be received by the Redpath Museum Director and will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

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