“What of skills can we give students that will be useful for the next 50 years?” “The McGill Commitment, essentially, is to help students and provide students with what we call a 21st-century education,” Dyens said. Since its conception in Fall 2015, the Commitment has organized its initiatives into four pillars that embody Dyens’ vision for McGill’s future: International campus, innovative academics, leading research, and fostering self-development. The McGill Commitment, a project spearheaded by the Office of the Deputy Provost Student Life and Learning Ollivier Dyens, has gained significant traction after being granted a $300,000 yearly fund from the Office of Provost and Vice-Principal Academic Christopher Manfredi in May 2016.
