Canada's Prime Minister praises Waterloo’s brilliant, innovative minds on world stage

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Trudeau praises Waterloo’s brilliant, innovative minds on world stage

By Beth Gallagher

Marketing and Strategic Communications

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau singled out the University of Waterloo for being a great source of “brilliant minds and brilliant ideas” in a speech to world leaders and business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos,Switzerland.

“Why does Silicon Valley look to (the University of Waterloo) as a great source of brilliant minds and brilliant ideas? Well, it has high intellectual standards, of course,” said Trudeau. “And it values entrepreneurship. But diversity is its indispensable ingredient