Province to announce its contribution to U of M fundraising campaign

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Premier Greg Selinger will announce the provincial contribution to the University of Manitoba’s $500 million Front and Centre capital campaign at noon Friday in the engineering atrium.

The premier declined to say in an interview today if the province will give the university the $150 million it has requested.

But Selinger did say that the grants would be the largest provincial contribution ever to a postsecondary capital project in Manitoba, and would be spread out over seven to eight years.

“It will set the university on a course of excellence for the next generation,” Selinger said.

The university aims to raise $350 million from private donors in the campaign which runs until the spring of 2018. As of this month, Front and Centre had raised $215,294,636.30.

Selinger said that the provincial money would not be specifically targeted, but said that among the U of M’s priorities, the government is especially interested in promoting indigenous education, research, and graduate students, and sets as a high priority having more women studying science.