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LAURENTIAN UNIVERSTIY DOWNTOWN PROPOSAL
Dominic Giroux, President of Laurentian University provided a presentation regarding a proposal for Laurentian University to build a Downtown Barrie campus. Mr. Giroux described Laurentian University and commented that he believes creating a Downtown Barrie campus responds to the community’s needs. He examined a number of statistics concerning university participation rates within the City of Barrie comparing them to the provincial average. Mr. Giroux explained that Laurentian University’s Board of Directors has approved a long-term capital plan for a campus in downtown Barrie and envisions the university opening in 2020. He outlined why the university believes Barrie as a good fit and described how the university proposes to make the proposal a reality. Mr. Giroux provided economic impact estimates from an Economic Impact Study completed by KPMG and described the return on investment he believes will occur if the university is built. He s...
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