October 18, 2011 Toronto Roundtable: The Diminishing Quality and Competitiveness of Ontario’s Universities – Can the System be Fixed?
Dr. Harvey P. Weingarten became President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) on July 1, 2010. Prior to his role at HEQCO, Harvey Weingarten was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calgary from 2001 to 2010. When he left that position, the University of Calgary wrote the following about his presidential legacy: “Harvey Weingarten ended his term as the University of Calgary’s seventh president on Dec. 31 2009. He left the university a far better place than when he arrived almost nine years before. Under his leadership, the university increased access, invested in students, recruited world-class faculty and attracted record amounts of research revenue and philanthropic support. There were so many sod-turnings as a result of the billion-dollar capital growth plan he launched that he kept a shovel on hand in his office. A relentless agent of change, he pushed for excellence across campus. Throughout it all, he never lost sight of the goal: do what’s best for students.”
To read a copy of Dr. Weingarten’s remarks, click here.
