The New Vic project aims to repurpose part of the former Royal Victoria Hospital site into a new sustainable development campus for McGill University. In 2019, Quebec ceded part of the property to the University, and committed $475 million to assisting the school with the site’s transformation. The ambitious project involves extensive renovation of the existing buildings, as well as excavation of the grounds.

Although McGill University acknowledges that its campus “has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples,” its promoters have consistently ignored  the concerns of the Mohawk Mothers, who are the traditional caretakers of the land.