Organization
The University of Winnipeg is a provincially and privately funded post-secondary institution with undergraduate and a growing number of graduate programs including Canada's only masters degree in development practice with a focus on Indigenous development, as well as a Professional, Applied and Continuing Education and a high school division.
It has had six presidents since 1967 and one as an acting president for one year.
- Dr. Wilfred Lockhart (1967–1971)
- Henry Duckworth (1971–1981)
- Robin Farquhar (1981–1989)
- Marsha Hanen (1989–1999)
- Constance Rooke (1999–2003)
- Patrick Deane (2003–2004; acting president)
- Lloyd Axworthy (2004 to present)
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Famous quotes containing the word organization:
“Prostitution is the most hideous of the afflictions produced by the unequal distribution of the world’s goods; this infamy stigmatizes the human species and bears witness against the social organization far more than does crime.”
—Flora Tristan (1803–1844)
“The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.”
—Joan Baez (b. 1941)
“Your organization is not a praying institution. It’s a fighting institution. It’s an educational institution right along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!”
—Mother Jones (1830–1930)