On the Aboriginal claims relating to the transfer of the site, the OCPM emphasizes that “the possible presence of ancient or more recent burials should be treated with deference”.
Here is what emerges from the OCPM’s report, unveiled Tuesday morning following the consultations carried out by the organization during the fall of 2021.
Since moving the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) to another location in 2015, McGill University has been working on a $700 million project called the “New Vic” to turn the old hospital into a place for social research. and environmental.
The 14-hectare site, located on the side of Mount Royal, includes 17 pavilions. The parcel that could be donated to McGill by the Government of Quebec represents approximately 15% of the site.
ILLUSTRATION PROVIDED BY THE SOCIÉTÉ QUÉBÉCOISE DES INFRASTRUCTURES
Buildings of the old hospital
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The McGill University project involves six buildings of the former hospital complex. Of this number, three will be restored, the others will be demolished because they are too dilapidated to be rehabilitated.
More than 3,000 people could work and study in the space, which is expected to be completed in 2028. The room where rows of beds used to be would be converted back into study space. The parking lot in front of the entrance would be replaced by a large green space. Green roofs, common areas and skylights are planned.
Request from an Aboriginal group
Last March, the Mohawk Mothers group filed a motion in the Superior Court of Quebec to stop the redevelopment work of the former hospital, as long as the site has not been the subject of meticulous archaeological excavations. The group suspects the presence of unmarked graves in the area of the Allan Memorial Psychiatric Institute, where secret medical experiments “funded by the CIA” were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s.
Questioned on the sidelines of a press conference on Tuesday, the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, stressed that the City welcomed the recommendations of the OCPM.
“We have already indicated our intention to proceed with a lot of humanism,” she said. You have to do things the right way, to make sure what happened on the site, what is on the site and to be able to move forward. We want this project to see the light of day and we want it to be exemplary. »
The Friends of the Mountain group, for its part, was satisfied to see that the site will not be sold to private interests.
“It is important to keep natural environments in the public domain so that the entire population can enjoy them,” comments Maryline Charbonneau, spokesperson for the organization.
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Isabel Ducas
The Press
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On the Aboriginal claims relating to the transfer of the site, the OCPM emphasizes that “the possible presence of ancient or more recent burials should be treated with deference”.
Here is what emerges from the OCPM’s report, unveiled Tuesday morning following the consultations carried out by the organization during the fall of 2021.
Since moving the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) to another location in 2015, McGill University has been working on a $700 million project called the “New Vic” to turn the old hospital into a place for social research. and environmental.
The 14-hectare site, located on the side of Mount Royal, includes 17 pavilions. The parcel that could be donated to McGill by the Government of Quebec represents approximately 15% of the site.
ILLUSTRATION PROVIDED BY THE SOCIÉTÉ QUÉBÉCOISE DES INFRASTRUCTURES
Buildings of the old hospital
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The McGill University project involves six buildings of the former hospital complex. Of this number, three will be restored, the others will be demolished because they are too dilapidated to be rehabilitated.
More than 3,000 people could work and study in the space, which is expected to be completed in 2028. The room where rows of beds used to be would be converted back into study space. The parking lot in front of the entrance would be replaced by a large green space. Green roofs, common areas and skylights are planned.
Request from an Aboriginal group
Last March, the Mohawk Mothers group filed a motion in the Superior Court of Quebec to stop the redevelopment work of the former hospital, as long as the site has not been the subject of meticulous archaeological excavations. The group suspects the presence of unmarked graves in the area of the Allan Memorial Psychiatric Institute, where secret medical experiments “funded by the CIA” were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s.
Questioned on the sidelines of a press conference on Tuesday, the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, stressed that the City welcomed the recommendations of the OCPM.
“We have already indicated our intention to proceed with a lot of humanism,” she said. You have to do things the right way, to make sure what happened on the site, what is on the site and to be able to move forward. We want this project to see the light of day and we want it to be exemplary. »
The Friends of the Mountain group, for its part, was satisfied to see that the site will not be sold to private interests.
“It is important to keep natural environments in the public domain so that the entire population can enjoy them,” comments Maryline Charbonneau, spokesperson for the organization.
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