At 48, the high-tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Groupe 3737 takes on a new volunteer role as the university's 14th chancellor, for a five-year term.
The grant will pay for animal modeling and virtual-reality equipment to enhance and facilitate learning for students at a new Veterinary Simulation and Virtual Reality Centre.
Eight Université de Montréal professors are elected Fellows of the RSC, while three others will join the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
New UNESCO Chair Shin Koseki is passionate about politics, social justice and sustainable development. He plans to step up efforts aimed at improving quality of life.
The British-Canadian economist and former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor addressed over 1,350 attendees in a video call from London to the Université de Montréal community.