The Honourable Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, will deliver the opening presentation tomorrow (Thursday, November 14) at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s and the Waterford Institute of Technology’s joint conference, The Role of Universities and Other Institutes of Higher Education in Economic, Social, and Cultural Development in Peripheral Regions. The conference begins at 8:00 a.m. at Memorial University’s Signal Hill Campus, St. John’s.

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