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\"Mamdouh

Mamdouh Shoukri<\/p><\/div>\n

York Region is the most populous municipality of its kind in North America without a university within its borders. York University has grown up over the past 55 years literally on York Region\u2019s doorstep.
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So last December, when the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) released its Major Capacity Expansion Policy Framework<\/a> designed to ensure that more students have access to quality learning closer to home, York University saw this as a unique opportunity to grow and to expand its already strong relationship with York Region \u2013 with a new university campus.
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On the same day as the March Senate meeting, York\u2019s President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri announced that MTCU had issued that day a formal Call for Proposals (RFP), and he shared with senators that York University intended to submit a proposal to MTCU to build a new campus in York Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two principles fundamental to York\u2019s proposal are that a new campus must support York University\u2019s mission and academic plan, and it must be fully funded by government and external partners,\u201d said Shoukri. \u201cIt is clear that MTCU\u2019s RFP process to select those universities that can develop new campuses or expand existing ones will be highly competitive. We want to be among those chosen by ensuring that we put forward the most powerful and compelling proposal possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

York University has initiated a process to select one partner municipality and site to create a primary campus in York Region. \u00a0As the first step in that process, on April 17, York U has invited prospective municipal partners in York Region to demonstrate how they would propose to partner with and support the University in establishing a new campus in York Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a strong, supportive municipal partner is a vital first step for us,\u201d said Shoukri. \u201cBut in my view, our strongest competitive advantage differentiating York University is the ability to include Seneca College as our academic partner in providing joint and collaborative degree programs as well as shared student services. Seneca is already on board and very supportive, and you can be sure that we will highlight and leverage the multiple benefits of our very successful working relationship.\"<\/p>\n

Prior to the MTCU Call for Proposals, the president also formed a steering committee made up of senior representatives from York and Seneca. This group is now fully engaged in planning how best to position and prepare York University\u2019s submission. In addition, they are committed to ensuring that the York University community is aware of and understands what this unique opportunity to build a new campus can mean for York\u2019s future. Information<\/span> sessions that will provide an opportunity for the York community to learn more about this opportunity and ask questions <\/span>are now being planned for late April or early May. Detailed information will be provided via YFile<\/em> as soon as the dates, times and locations are confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential for a new York University campus in York Region is one more significant development in the University\u2019s overall York Region strategy, to forge strong connections between the University, Seneca College and all of our surrounding municipalities,\u201d said Shoukri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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