ÐÓ°É´«Ã½

2009-2008

News Release

REF NO.: 209

SUBJECT: Significant funding announcement coming for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University

DATE: August 6, 2009

      Dr. Christopher Loomis, president and vice-chancellor pro tempore of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, along with Tony Clement, federal minister of Industry, and Dr. Eliot Phillipson, president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, will make a major funding announcement for ocean research at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ next week.
      A news conference will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 10:30 a.m., in the Challenger Room, second floor of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), located in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove.
      Media agencies are invited to attend.
      Parking is available in the OSC parking lot.

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