UN University for Peace closed its doors

[EnviroTO]

I don't remember hearing that funding had fallen through for this project. It seems that this part of the waterfront project is cancelled. I wonder where the funding was supposed to come from and why it didn't show up?

www.toronto.upeace.org/

 

[bizorky]

That story slipped by under the radar.

 

[prometheus the supremo]

maybe someone felt that the funding was beter spent on war & destruction? :eek

 

[andreapalladio]

Had they ever done anything?

 

[EnviroTO]

Yes, some international students were in Toronto as part of the U of Peace program and the classes were held with the help of a U of T department. They were hoping to be able to develop something more permanent but I imagine it would be hard to compete with the economics of Costa Rica.

 

[SD2]

I remember hearing about this initially, but then it pretty much dropped off the radar.

It's unfortunate things didn't work out.

 

[interchange42]

We should have fought tooth and nail for this!

beligerent 42

 

[unimaginative2]

The head of the U Peace was Maurice Strong, a friend of Paul Martin's who pushed for the Toronto site for a new campus. With Martin gone, and Toronto's support for the project barely tepid, I wouldn't be surprised if it has fallen through. I'll ask around, since it's entirely possible that it's still slowly working its way through.