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Philanthropist Pierre Lassonde donates $25 million to 91ÑÇÉ«

Yesterday was a very good day for future generations of Canadian engineers. During a special event held at 91ÑÇÉ«'s Keele campus, President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri announced a $25-million dollar transformative donation from Pierre Lassonde, chairman of the Franco-Nevada Corporation, for an expanded School of Engineering.  [stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D3IXewlKqpmM img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/3IXewlKqpmM/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=400 height=300 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false […]

Jack Layton made his political entrée at 91ÑÇÉ«

Canada is in mourning for political icon and two-time 91ÑÇÉ« grad Jack Layton, who died early yesterday morning only three-and-a-half months after leading the federal New Democratic Party into official opposition. Layton (MA '72, PhD '83) was 61. It is a sad day, said two of his 91ÑÇÉ« professors, political scientists Jim Laxer and Daniel Drache. Neither were surprised […]