Université de l'Ontario français

I went to the park today. Good day to be there. Hamilton's Francophone community was having a little do - music, food tents, booths for various orgs etc. It seems many of our local Francophones came here from the Caribbean - so the music was pretty darn good. They were jammin'! I looked around -- and found there's a new University in these parts!

I live in Hamilton - and I know French - but this one was completely new to me. Looks like a fledgling start. It's 47 miles from here, in Toronto, (Pop. 3 million) and the address is downtown on Jarvis St - so I'm guessing, not your traditional stately buildings and rolling, leafy campus at this stage. Seems right now, they're offering short certificate programs and just a few Bachelor's degrees - including an interesting one in Urban Environmental Studies.

It's all here: https://uontario.ca/

 

Ford tried to cancel that university (among other funding for Franco-Ontarians) and the backlash was so swift he had to backtrack: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4919026

He didn't fund the university but it still got founded.

 

In his first term, I tried to cancel Ford, but obviously it didn't work... (sigh) Four more years...