MEDIA ADVISORY: Glendon College breaking ground on new facilities Monday

TORONTO, Sept. 17 /CNW/ - York University's Glendon College will officially break ground on new facilities during a ceremony on Monday, Sept. 20 at 9am.

The facilities will enable Glendon to become the Southern Ontario Centre of Excellence for French-Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education.

The Government of Ontario is investing $20 million toward improvements which will enable Glendon to provide better access to French-language higher education for francophone learners in southern Ontario, as well as anglophone students wishing to study in French, and strengthen the delivery of collaborative French-language university and college programs. The funds will be used to construct a new building attached to Glendon's York Hall, details of which will be announced at the ceremony. 

Glendon College is the only institution in southern Ontario that offers a range of university programming in French. It is located at the intersection of Bayview and Lawrence Avenues.

What:	Groundbreaking ceremony for the Glendon Centre of Excellence for French-Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education
When:	Monday, Sept. 20th, 9am
Where:	Lobby of York Hall, C Wing (Southwest entrance), Glendon College, York University, 2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto
Who:	Remarks: Hon. John Milloy, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Paul Genest, Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Associate Secretary of the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Francophone Affairs Mamdouh Shoukri, York University President and Vice-Chancellor Kenneth McRoberts, Principal, Glendon College

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Media Contact:
Keith Marnoch, Media Relations, York University, 416 455 4710 / [email protected]