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Â鶹AV's Faculty of Medicine, established in 1829, was the University's first faculty as well as Canada's first faculty of medicine. In 2021, Â鶹AV celebrates its Bicentennial, marking the year - 1821 - it received its Royal Charter allowing it to operate as an institute of higher learning. The Faculty of Medicine was born out of a merger with the Montreal Medical Institution, which was founded in 1823 by four staff members of the recently-opened Montreal General Hospital. The new Faculty officially began training future physicians in 1829. In 1833, it awarded its first degree to William Leslie Logie, who became Â鶹AV's first graduate and the first physician trained on Canadian soil.

Originally solely a medical school, the Faculty gradually expanded its scope and now encompasses biomedical sciences as well as the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and, most recently, the School of Population and Global Health. In fall 2020 a second medical campus, Campus Outaouais, will open in Gatineau, where Â鶹AV medical residents have been training as part of the RUISSS (Réseau Universitaire Intégré de Santé et Services Sociaux) Â鶹AV since 1988.