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McGill University

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Review: Agent reviewedLast checkedJul 18, 2026Last changedJul 18, 2026Claims6Sources6Latest releasepublic-release-20260715-005Release records1
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Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

McGill University currently has 6 source-backed claim records and 6 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 18, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 1 newly extracted claims, 1 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for McGill University. Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Newly extracted claims are tracker additions and are not necessarily newly published by the university. Source snapshot changes show hash changes for the same source URL and are not by themselves policy changes.

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McGill University combined release diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # McGill University AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot Commercial Data Protection is listed for McGill University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, e588a0db0e5d): McGill IT Services says McGill offers a secure Commercial Data Protection version of Microsoft Copilot for McGill-related tasks. McGill chose that version because it conforms to University privacy and data-protection standards; access is in Microsoft Edge with McGill credentials. The public version should not be used for McGill-related purposes.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z
47 ## Source snapshot hash changed
58 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
6-Source https://www.mcgill.ca/it/article/microsoft-copilot-and-general-guidelines-using-generative-ai-tools snapshot 6a06d152c92249754ca83bad9b00f7abf5879c581fa10bd3408f3b3db83440d9
7-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z
9+Source https://www.mcgill.ca/it/article/microsoft-copilot-and-general-guidelines-using-generative-ai-tools snapshot e588a0db0e5d8bc1d10fd68d3ff9e58b420ea115fe64879742189eebce61ea58
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted1Source snapshots1Source text0
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McGill University public-release-20260715-005 diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

+5-2
11 # McGill University AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot Commercial Data Protection is listed for McGill University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, e588a0db0e5d): McGill IT Services says McGill offers a secure Commercial Data Protection version of Microsoft Copilot for McGill-related tasks. McGill chose that version because it conforms to University privacy and data-protection standards; access is in Microsoft Edge with McGill credentials. The public version should not be used for McGill-related purposes.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z
47 ## Source snapshot hash changed
58 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
6-Source https://www.mcgill.ca/it/article/microsoft-copilot-and-general-guidelines-using-generative-ai-tools snapshot 6a06d152c92249754ca83bad9b00f7abf5879c581fa10bd3408f3b3db83440d9
7-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z
9+Source https://www.mcgill.ca/it/article/microsoft-copilot-and-general-guidelines-using-generative-ai-tools snapshot e588a0db0e5d8bc1d10fd68d3ff9e58b420ea115fe64879742189eebce61ea58
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T20:23:43.896Z

Claim changes

6 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot Commercial Data Protection is listed for McGill University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

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teaching

McGill recommends that instructors explain to students in their course outline what the appropriate use or non-use is of generative AI tools in the context of that course. The use or non-use of these tools should align with the learning outcomes associated with the course.

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ai_tool_treatment

McGill explicitly rejects DeepSeek AI for McGill-managed or research-funded devices, rejects Read.AI and other AI meeting bots for McGill use, and says tools not mentioned in the available AI tools list are automatically considered rejected.

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academic_integrity

McGill's Provost-endorsed principles state that instructors remain responsible for comporting themselves according to the highest standards of academic integrity in their use of generative AI tools. Instructors must be explicit in course outlines about the expectations for use of generative AI tools and may set limits on their use in assessment tasks.

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ai_tool_treatment

McGill lists Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as an available AI tool for staff, faculty, and students, and says a secure version with enterprise data protection is available for all McGill users.

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privacy

McGill guidance says users should mitigate potential privacy concerns by removing personally identifying information when using AI tools, be careful with sensitive or restricted material, and avoid using Personal Health Information (PHI) or Payment Card Industry (PCI) data with AI tools.

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Source snapshots

6 source attributions