Do you feel this may further ostracize us from the Montreal and QC communities?

No, I do not think any of the possible actions which I would be advocating for, that fall under the Planned Special Projects linked to ASAP 2012 for the next five years, have any negative consequences on the McGill-Montreal or McGill-Quebec communities. The mission of McGill, as stated on their website,  is “the advancement of learning through teaching, scholarship and service to society.” Seeing as service to society is in their mission statement, I do not think they would allow restoring McGill’s renowned reputation to get in the way, nor do I think doing anything that would ostracize us from the Montreal and/or QC communities would in fact help restore the renowned McGill reputation.

McGill’s Mission can be found here: http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/mission