Universities, as fertile ground for the exchange and exploration of ideas, have often been the sites of social resistance and progressive movements. This collection of objects from the particularly racial decades of the 1960s and 1970s bears witness to myriad social and political movements at McGill. They represent protests against the Vietnam War and Apartheid, advocacy for women’s rights and Black liberation, and opposition to tuition fee increases and the removal of mature trees from campus.
Opération libération publication, [1970-1971]. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-030). 
McGill Women’s Union pin, undated. McGill University Archives, (2016-0001.11.7). 
“Stop the blockage, stop the bombing” protest literature 1960-1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-114). 
Birth control handbook, 1970. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-01-278). 
Black Students’ Association meeting poster, 1971. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-009). 
South Africa solidarity day programme, 1964. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-114). 
Teach-in on the Holocaust ephemera, 1970. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-015). 
Tuition hike open forum poster, 1972. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-010). 
Teach in flyer, 1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-01-018). 
Afro-Asian Youth Movement ephemera, 1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-015). 
Freedom of public assembly ephemera, 1968. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-030). 
Poster for protest against removal of trees for construction of Mathematics Building, 1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-033). 
Schedule of events, Conference to Defend the Rights of the Quebec Nation, 1960-1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-114). 
Demonstration ephemera, International Day against the U.S. War in Indochina, 1971. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-009). 
Canadian Party of Labour poster, 1970. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-009). 
Fascism in Iran conference poster, 1972. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-010). 
Abortion repeal referendum poster, 1972. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-02-010). 
Letter asking for support for McGill moratorium, 1969. McGill University Archives, MG 4319 (4319-01-018). 
Rally during the students’ protest against fee rise, [1965]. McGill University Archives, McGill University Archives Photo Collection (PR019790).
