<p>If you don’t have working knowledge of French you’re pretty much confined to volunteering/working on campus or in enclaves in the western parts of the city such as Westmount.</p>
<p>McGill’s affiliate hospitals are good places to get medical research experience. They’re located in different parts of the city (with the exception of the Royal Victoria Hospital) so you’ll get to experience other parts of Montreal if you do end up doing research at any of those institutions.</p>
<p>As for non-medical experience try the Yellow Door. It’s a community organization, right next to campus and does a lot of good social work. The Yellow Door always need volunteers to help out with different projects. Volunteering there was one of the highlights of my time at McGill.
[Welcome</a> to the Yellow Door!](<a href=“http://www.yellowdoor.org/english.html]Welcome”>http://www.yellowdoor.org/english.html)</p>
<p>Furthermore, there is no dearth of student run clubs that do social work, since there is no dearth of wannabe med kids at McGill!</p>