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WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010) - The University of Waterloo has bestowed a double honour on its departing president David Johnston, Canada’s Governor General Designate, by naming the university’s bustling research and technology park and a new international student award after him.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010) - International adoption experts and advocates will attend a special University of Waterloo summit in next week in Stratford to discuss the current and future status of intercountry adoptions, a global phenomenon involving more than 38,000 adoptions annuallly and billions of dollars every year.

The Intercountry Adoption Summit: State of Intercountry Adoption will be held from Thursday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept. 26 at the Arden Park Hotel.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010) - Beckie Scott, the first North American woman to capture a cross-country skiing Olympic gold medal, will discuss the practice of clean sport among other topics during the University of Waterloo's Friends of the Library lecture and authors event next week.