Prof. Toope began a two-year term as chair of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada’s board of directors.
The announcement was made on 25 October at AUCC’s membership meeting in Montreal, at which Prof. Toope provided an address to mark the Association’s centenary. He succeeds outgoing AUCC chair Michel Belley, rector of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, who has been chair since 2009.
AUCC’s membership is made up of university presidents, rectors and principals representing the interests of their 95 institutions across the country. Twelve members serve on the board of directors, along with the Association’s president Paul Davidson.
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