• March 25, 2010 Launch of the CHUM’s modernization project with the announcement of selected proponent for construction of the research centre project and the groundbreaking ceremony.
  
• July 10, 2009 – Submission of technical proposals by the bidders for construction of the CHUM research centre.
  
• May 19, 2009 - Public Consultation Meeting aiming to hear every person or body wishing to express an opinion.
  
• March 30, 2009 - Opening for the Request for Proposals phase for construction of the CHUM.
  
• May 2008 – Opening of the Request for Proposals phase for construction of the CRCHUM.
  
• November 14, 2007 – Choice of candidates for the CHUM and CRCHUM Request for Proposals. The consortiums Accès Recherche CHUM and AXOR-Dalkia are chosen.
  
• October 12, 2007 – Reception of the applications submitted in response to the Request for Qualification for the choice of potential public-private partnerships.
  
• June 27, 2007 – Opening of the Request for Qualification process for the choice of potential public-private partnerships.
  
• June 18, 2007 – Announcement of the choice of approach to be used to realize certain components of the CHUM (the CHUM and the CHUM research centre—CRCHUM), as a public-private partnership.
  
• March 29, 2007 – Submission of the report of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OPCM).
  
• November and December 2006 – Submission of the CHUM 2010 project to the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OPCM), based on a preliminary concept, three thematic workshops and the submission of briefs.
  
• November 2006 – Unveiling of the CHUM Functional and Technical Program (FTP). The FTP explains down to the smallest detail all functions to be taken on by the CHUM and all associated activities. Start of work to define the technical specifications according to the FTP.
  
• April 7, 2006 – Official launch of the operational phase of the projects. Submission of costs, confirmation of how the projects are to proceed and authorization to undertake preliminary work before construction.
  
• March 24, 2005 – Official announcement for the construction of the future CHUM at 1000 Saint-Denis.
  
• February 28, March 1, 2 and 3, 2005 – Hearings of the special parliamentary commission.
  
• February 15, 2005 – Unanimous adoption of a resolution by the CHUM Board of Directors to mandate the Chair of the CHUM Board of Directors, his Deputy Chair and the Chair of the CHUM 2010 committee, in addition to the Director General, to present the CHUM 2010 file before the parliamentary commission with respect to the objectives decided upon at the December 6, 2004 session.
  
• February 10, 2005 – Announcement of a parliamentary commission on the choice of location of the future CHUM by the Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec.
  
• February 2, 2005 – Submission of the Couture-Saint-Pierre report.
  
• January 7, 2005 – Creation of a committee to analyze two development projects for the CHUM: one at 1000 Saint-Denis and the other at the Outrement rail yards, made up of two independent experts, Armand Couture and Guy Saint-Pierre.
  
• December 9, 2004 – Submission of the joint report of the CHUM and Université de Montréal to the Minister of Health and Social Services of Quebec.
  
• December 6, 2004 – Unanimous adoption of the resolution of the CHUM Board of Directors to leave it to the government to decide between the scenarios proposed by the CHUM and the Université de Montréal, while respecting the guidelines identified by the CHUM since the beginning of the project.
  
• June 29, 2004 – Submission by the Rector of Université de Montréal of its plan for the “Cité du savoir et de la santé” on the Outrement rail yards site to the CHUM Board of Directors.
  
• June 23, 2004 – Submission of the recommendation of the Minister of Health and Social Services to the National Assembly, confirming the abandonment of the construction project at 6000 Saint-Denis, thus favouring the 1000 Saint-Denis site.
  
• December 15, 2003 – Submission of the implementation plans for the CHUM and MUHC to the Minister of Health and Social Services.
  
• October 29, 2003 – Constitution of the Commission d’analyse des projets d’implantation du CHUM et du CUSM, co-chaired by Daniel Johnson and Brian Mulroney.
  
• April 14, 2003 – Change of government. The Liberal Party of Quebec takes power.
  
• January 22, 2002 – Inauguration of the site at 6000 Saint-Denis.
  
• December 19, 2001 – Renewal by the Cabinet of the memorandum of understanding concerning the establishment of Montreal teaching hospitals, the CHUM and the MUHC, on two separate sites.
  
• May 24, 2000 – Creation by the Government of Quebec of the Société d’implantation du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (SICHUM), a proprietary corporation with the mission to design, plan and build, at 6000 Saint-Denis, an innovative, cutting-edge health campus to house all the activities, staff and clienteles of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal.
  
• January 25, 2000 – Announcement by the Minister of Health and Social Services of the establishment of the CHUM in a new building on a single site at 6000 Saint-Denis, at a cost of approximately $700 million.
  
• December 17, 1999 – Announcement by the Premier of Quebec, Lucien Bouchard, and the Minister of Health and Social Services, Pauline Marois, of the government’s decision to proceed with the plan for a university hospital centre on a single site.
  
• October 1, 1996 – Legal merging of the three hospitals.
  
• September 1996 – Signing of a memorandum of understanding by the directors of the three institutions and representatives of the MSSS, Université de Montréal and the Régie régionale de Montréal Centre, valid until December 2001, defining the general parameters of the configuration of the CHUM.³
  
• February 1, 1995 – Cabinet decision to set up a university hospital for adult medicine affiliated with Université de Montréal, made up of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Notre-Dame and Saint-Luc hospitals.²
  
• 1988 – The board of inquiry into health and social services (the Rochon Commission) points out the need to develop specific policies to rationalize the development of university hospital centres.¹

¹ SICHUM, Vers un CHUM au 6000 Saint-Denis : Un défi de transformation, February 2003, p.7.
² CHUM 2010 proposal, final report, December 2003, p. 7.
³ SICHUM, Vers un CHUM au 6000 Saint-Denis : Un défi de transformation, February 2003, p.8.