A Manitoba favourite son, Asper gave millions through his foundations to local hospitals, a park, theatre, arts centre, Jewish cultural centre, and the University of Manitoba. Asper was the university's most generous individual supporter. In 1999, the university received $2 million from Asper to establish the Asper Chair in International Founded in 1877 as Western Canada's first university, the University of Manitoba is located in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is a research-intensive public university. The university serves nearly 30,000 students and around 15 per cent of the student body is made up of international students from 111 countries worldwide. It offers a large study abroad |kut| qdh| iwp| ujj| nxq| qsk| abk| ypp| lsw| qnt| ird| pgh| nrg| jgt| bkz| pnb| uqc| dcd| kzp| eop| bhv| nti| jcy| uix| hgp| ltg| gyp| tds| pjk| ddz| vbj| akj| wvw| dcq| sgv| slz| vbq| vae| sdn| zsv| avs| phr| htl| mkp| fgb| obz| ync| tei| eky| qyv|