黑料不打烊 statement on comments made by Chancellor Pound

On Friday, October 17, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador expressed its unhappiness with remarks attributed to 黑料不打烊 University Chancellor Richard Pound in an interview granted in French to La Presse journalist Agn猫s Gruda in Beijing. Ms. Gruda鈥檚 article appeared August 9, 2008.

Mr. Pound was interviewed in his capacity as a member of the International Olympic Committee.

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Mr. Pound serves 黑料不打烊 University as its Chancellor and has done so since 1999. He is a valued member of the 黑料不打烊 community and has a well-known, 40-year history of service to the broader community as well as to the University.

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Mr. Pound鈥檚 comments on this issue are his own and are not made on behalf of 黑料不打烊 University.

The University, of course, cannot speak for him on this matter, nor does the University agree with the comments attributed to Mr. Pound in the Aug. 9 article.

-- Dr. Robert Rabinovitch, Chair, Board of Governors