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>From: YUFA in
solidarity with CUPE 3903 [mailto:YUFA-CUPE@YorkU.CA]On
>Behalf Of Joy
Mannette
>Sent: January
9, 2001 10:31 AM
>To:
YUFA-CUPE@YORKU.CA
>Subject:
$$$$support for grad students
>
>
>Re:
>"Mister
Rogers", by Jennifer Wells. TORONTO LIFE. January 2001: 70-78.
>
>While The
York administration has been busy demolishing the university, U
>of T and
Ryerson received $25 million and $10 million respectively from
>Ted Rogers.
>
>"Safwat
Zaky is chair of what is now the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department
>of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. 'A gift of this size in many ways
>shows how the
department is viewed outside, that this is a place of high
>quality,' he
says. The majority of the University of Toronto funds will be
>focused on
the graduate school, $14 million in graduate scholarships at a
>time when
business is vacuuming up undergraduate students at appealing
>salaries.
'It's very important for us to offer a reasonable level of
>support for
students to complete their master's, their PhDs,' says Zaky.
>'The country
needs that. The university needs that. The students are the
>lifeblood of
the operation.'"