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President of the University of Toronto to address Economic Club of Canada

May 2, 2013

OTTAWA, ON — Cana­da is at increas­ing risk of los­ing ground glob­al­ly in research per­for­mance – a key fac­tor in attract­ing, train­ing and retain­ing the tal­ent on which our capac­i­ty for inno­va­tion depends. In Bud­get 2013 the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment sig­nalled a very wel­come inter­est in rein­forc­ing excel­lence in post-sec­ondary research. Pro­fes­sor Nay­lor will make the case for a Cana­di­an research excel­lence fund as a prac­ti­cal response to ensure our long-term eco­nom­ic and social pros­per­i­ty.

EVENT DETAILS

WHO: David Nay­lor, Pres­i­dent, The Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to

WHAT: Address to the Eco­nom­ic Club of Cana­da, “Glob­al Research Excel­lence: How Cana­da Can Com­pete and Win”

DATE: Tues­day, May 7, 2013

TIME: 11:45 am — 1:30 pm

WHERE: The Fair­mont Château Lau­ri­er, 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa
(Map: http://goo.gl/maps/MLxYA)

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To con­firm your atten­dance or for more infor­ma­tion, con­tact:

Natasha Hope Mora­no, B.A. (Hons.), MA
Vice Pres­i­dent
The Eco­nom­ic Club of Cana­da
8 York Street, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 5S6
Tel: 613–369-4363
Fax: 613–686-6568
morano@economicclub.ca