February 2015
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
HÂþ» University announced today that former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan (P.C., O.C., A.O.E.) will become its next chancellor. A celebrated politician, lawyer and academic, McLellan will officially be installed as HÂþ»â€™s seventh chancellor on Monday, May 25 during HÂþ»â€™s spring convocation season.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
HÂþ» University and its main food services provider, ARAMARK, today received the first delivery of seafood purchased through Off the Hook -- a community-based fishery co-op whose members use “hook and line†and other environmentally friendly fishing methods. It marks the first time a large institution has purchased seafood through the program, currently managed by the Ecology Action Centre.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Recent research conducted by HÂþ» University’s Faculty of Agriculture indicates a high prevalence of a green crab pathogen now being found in lobsters in some Atlantic Canadian locations.
HÂþ» University is honoured to join the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) to celebrate Dr. Axel Becke, a professor in the Faculty of Science, and his pioneering achievements in the field of computational chemistry. Dr. Becke will be awarded with the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The Directors of the MacEachen Institute for Policy and Government announced today a donation to HÂþ» University in the amount of $2.25 million. The donation will be used to establish a public policy and governance institute at HÂþ» in the name of the Hon. Allan J. MacEachen.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
HÂþ»â€™s Faculty of Agriculture will lead a Government of Canada-funded initiative that aims to help train the next generation of Ethiopian farmers and to lead $18 million international development project in Ethiopia.