{{Short description|Political science professor and principal}} '''Christopher P. Manfredi''' (born 24 March 1959) is a professor of political science. He was a former acting Principal (2022–2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Manfredi named Interim Principal of McGill|url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/christopher-manfredi-named-interim-principal-of-mcgill/|website=McGill Reporter|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=March 23, 2026}}</ref> and Provost and Vice-Principal Academic (2015–2026)<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Manfredi looks back on a decade of projects and progress |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/christopher-manfredi-looks-back-on-a-decade-of-projects-and-progress|website=McGill Reporter|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=March 23, 2026}}</ref> at McGill University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Manfredi named Provost-designate|url=http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/12/christopher-manfredi-named-new-provost/|website=McGill Reporter|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=January 12, 2015}}</ref> From 2006 to 2015 he served as McGill's Dean of Arts.<ref>{{cite news|title=With Christopher Manfredi, Dean of the Faculty of Arts|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/05/entrenous/|accessdate=4 February 2011|first=Owen|last=Egan|newspaper=McGill Reporter|date=26 October 2006}}</ref> He studied at the University of Calgary and received his PhD from Claremont Graduate School. His research focuses on the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref>{{cite book|last=Manfredi|first=Christopher P.|title=Judicial power and the charter: Canada and the paradox of liberal constitutionalism|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Don Mills|isbn=0195415043}}</ref>
==Controversies== In 2024, Manfredi made the decision to cancel a semester of the McGill Faculty of Law in order to prevent the school's faculty from unionizing. In response, the school's students union stated that "It has now become clear that McGill recklessly jeopardizes our semesters and the quality of our education in pursuit of its own interests."<ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 2024 |title=McGill threatens to cancel law school semester if faculty union strike continues |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-law-students-semester-1.7338079 |work=CBC News |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref> During the strike, he inadvertently copied a law student and journalist on an internal email to President Deep Saini and Dean Robert Leckey, writing, "Are our students incapable of reading?" and that “I’m a bit worried about the people we’re sending into the legal profession.”<ref>{{cite web|title=McGill's No. 2 apologizes for 'disrespectful' email about law student in reply blunder|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgills-no-2-apologizes-for-disrespectful-email-about-law-student-in-reply-blunder|access-date=27 April 2024|date=26 April 2024}}</ref> The message, which appeared to question student ability amid widespread support for the strike, drew criticism from faculty and students. Manfredi apologized, though neither Saini nor Leckey publicly distanced themselves from the remarks.
In April 2024, after Manfredi liked a tweet on Twitter defending Dave Chappelle for making jokes at the expense of trans people, the student group Queer McGill launched a "Remove Manfredi" campaign.<ref>{{Citation | last = Lee | first = Eliza | title = Queer McGill launches petition demanding removal of Provost and Executive Vice-President Christopher Manfredi| newspaper = The Tribune | date = 9 April 2024 | url = https://www.thetribune.ca/news/queer-mcgill-launches-petition-demanding-removal-of-provost-and-executive-vice-president-christopher-manfredi-09042024/ | access-date = 13 November 2024}}</ref>
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