TORONTO, November 30, 2011 – Mamdouh Shoukri, York University President & Vice-Chancellor delivered the keynote address at the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Forum Tuesday morning. 

Shoukri shared York’s plans of building the Lassonde School of Engineering with the audience that was composed of engineering students, educators and industry professionals, whose collective goal is to improve the educational experience for engineering students province wide.

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York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada’s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 55,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as 240,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 10 Faculties and 28 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation. 

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