 Andrew Potter served as Director of the Montreal-based McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC)

In March 2017, Andrew Potter published an article in Maclean's in which he talks about the lack of solidarity within Quebec society.This article was decried and denounced at the provincial legislature of Quebec, and the administration of McGill tweeted that Potter did not represent the views of the university.A few days after the publication of his article, Potter distanced himself from elements of his article and soon after resigned from his position at MISC, while remaining an associate professor.