Sir George Williams University College, named after George Williams, founder of the original YMCA in London, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada. The Sir George Williams College became Sir George Williams University (SGWU) in 1948, when it received a university charter from the provincial government, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. SGWU expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. SGWU continued to hold classes in the
George Williams (lawyer) George Williams (lawyer) George John Williams is an Australian academic specialising in Australian constitutional law and Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales. At UNSW he also holds the title of Anthony Mason Professor of Law and Scientia Professor. He is also an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. Williams is a public commentator on public law issues, and writes a regular column in the "Sydney Morning Herald". Williams was born in Queenstown, a mining town in Tasmania, to father John Williams, an economic historian and unionist, and mother Shirley Murphy, an academic specialising in tax