The Bellairs Research Institute located on the Caribbean island nation of Barbados was founded in 1954, as a field-station for McGill University. Initial funding was from a bequest by British naval commander, Carlyon Bellairs, for whom the institute is named. Bellairs is located in Holetown, next to Folkstone Park, steps away from the beach.

Initially founded as a marine biology field station, it is also currently used for undergraduates to partake in a Barbados Field Study Semester (BFSS). Environmental Engineering, International Development Studies and Environmental Studies are some of the areas it caters to.

Bellairs has been a site for epidemics of dengue fever several times. In 2003, 6 of 20 Canadian students who stayed at the institute for four months contracted the disease. ^*

The main campus of McGill University is based in the city of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada.

External links

• The Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University
• McGill University
• History of the Bellairs Research Institute
• Bellairs historical photos, newspaper clippings etc

McGill University | Saint James, Barbados