Media Advisory - Canadian University Delegation to Visit Swiss Post-Secondary Institutions

OTTAWA, March 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Canada recently signed the Joint Statement on Science, Technology and Innovation, an agreement to promote collaboration between Canadian and Swiss institutions in science, technology, innovation research, and education.

From March 25-29, The Conference Board of Canada's Quality Network for Universities will lead a delegation of Canadian university leaders on a study tour of Switzerland's top post-secondary education institutions and research institutes to help foster and enhance collaboration between the two countries. The tour will make stops at the University of Bern, ETH Zürich, the University of Zürich, EPF Lausanne, CERN in Geneva, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and the University of Basel.

When: March 25-29, 2018                                                

Where: University of Bern, ETH Zürich, University of Zürich, EPF Lausanne, CERN in Geneva, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, The University of Basel

Who: Participants include:          

• Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic (interim), University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Philippe-Edwin Belanger, Directeur, Service des études supérieures et postdoctorales, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
• Ron Burnett, President and Vice Chancellor, Emily Carr University of Art & Design
• Graham Carr, Provost and VP, Academic, Concordia University
• Eric Eich, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Academic Affairs, University of British Columbia
• Sal Ferreras, Provost and VP, Academic, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Susan Giroux, Associate VP, Faculty, McMaster University
• Noreen Golfman, Provost and VP, Academic, Memorial University
• Steve Grundy, Provost and VP, Academic, Royal Roads University
• Rob Haché, VP, Research & Innovation, York University
• Peter Keller, Provost and VP, Academic, Simon Fraser University
• Christine Kyburz, International Relations, swissuniversities
• Maureen McDonald, Dean of Science, McMaster University
• Matthew McKean, Associate Director, The Conference Board of Canada
• Gabrielle Morrison, VP, Finance & Administration, St Mary's University
• Urs Obrist, Senior Science and Technology Counsellor, Embassy of Switzerland in Canada
• Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer, Senior Advisor to the President, Strategic Initiatives, University of Waterloo
• Val Walker, VP Talent and Skills, Business Council of Canada
• Heather Zwicker, Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research, University of Alberta

For the full schedule visit: https://www.conferenceboard.ca/docs/default-source/education/qnu-study-tour-2018-final-program.pdf?sfvrsn=a92f7c13_2

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For media interview coordination, contact [email protected].

Partners for this study tour include swissuniversities, the Embassy of Switzerland in Canada, and Presence Switzerland.

SOURCE Conference Board of Canada

or media interview coordination, contact: Natasha Jamieson, Media Relations, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: [phone] ext. 307, E-mail: [email protected]; or Juline Ranger, Director of Communications, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: [phone] ext. 431, E-mail: [email protected]