Sheldon Levy appointed Interim President of University Canada West
Order of Canada recipient Sheldon Levy has been appointed Interim President and Vice-Chancellor of University Canada West (UCW).
Sheldon Levy was recently the advisor to Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Mary Ng, on the issue of scaling up small and medium-sized businesses. He also serves as a strategic consultant and special advisor to Knightstone Capital Management Inc.
“We are thrilled that Sheldon Levy will be joining the leadership team at University Canada West,” said Cyndi McLeod, Chair of the UCW Board of Governors and CEO of Global University Systems Canada, UCW’s parent company. “He brings a wealth of experience and an impressive track record of leadership to UCW.”
Mr. Levy served as President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson University from 2005 to 2015. During that time, he drove the creation of the Digital Media Zone (DMZ), an early-stage incubator for student entrepreneurs, which has since become an international success.
Mr. Levy is also a founder and advisor to Ryerson Futures Inc., an accelerator that has exported the DMZ concept to such locations as Calgary and Mumbai.
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LSBF Singapore has been awarded the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Award for Most Positive Workplace Collaboration, a national recognition that celebrates organisations that foster outstanding collaboration between employers, employees, and teams to create positive workplace cultures.
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LSBF India has partnered with with KPMG in India for the delivery of select modules within its Professional Certificate in Data Analytics & AI and Professional Certificate in Cyber Security programmes.
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The University of Niagara Falls Canada recently celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art VR Lab, a learning environment designed to bring students’ coursework to life. The multipurpose, high-tech space dedicated to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) learning is the centrepiece of a newly completed 10,837-square-foot expansion.
The University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) Dubai has launched the Green Futures Forum, a new platform designed to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of a more sustainable future.
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has launched twelve fully online postgraduate master’s programmes in collaboration with FutureLearn, marking Italy’s first partnership between a traditional university and an international online learning platform.
The University of Law announced a new strategic partnership with Lancaster University, bringing its postgraduate legal training programmes to Lancaster from September 2026.
