UU直播 statement on comments made by Chancellor Pound
On Friday,
October 17, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
expressed its unhappiness with remarks attributed to UU直播
University Chancellor Richard Pound in an interview granted in
French to La Presse journalist Agn猫s Gruda in Beijing. Ms. Gruda鈥檚
article appeared August 9, 2008.
Mr. Pound was
interviewed in his capacity as a member of the International
Olympic Committee.
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Mr. Pound serves UU直播 as its Chancellor and has done so since 1999. He is a valued member of the UU直播 community and has a well-known, 40-year history of service to the broader community as well as to the University.
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Mr. Pound鈥檚
comments on this issue are his own and are not made on behalf of
UU直播.
The University,
of course, cannot speak for him on this matter, nor does the
University agree with the comments attributed to Mr. Pound in the
Aug. 9 article.
-- Dr. Robert Rabinovitch, Chair, Board of Governors