

MESSAGE FROM ANDREA FREEDMAN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - BGU CANADA
REGIONAL EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS

MONTREAL MAIN EVENT 2024 A HUGE SUCCESS!
On June 17th, BGU Canada in Montreal launched the Quebec-Israel Universities Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund to help foster collaborative initiatives between Quebec universities and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The evening featured top entrepreneurship experts from Israel and Quebec including the Co-Founder of BGU's Yazamut 360 Entrepreneurship Center, Dana Gavish-Fridman, Managing Director of Banking at RBCx, Ann No Delaide and serial entrepreneur, Mickael Kanfi.

INTRODUCING THE HEARTBEAT OF EDUCATION CAMPAIGN:
HELPING ISRAELI PARAMEDICS EARN A DEGREE
Ben-Gurion University Canada – BC and Alberta Chapter is proud to launch the Heartbeat of Education Campaign – Supporting Israeli Paramedics’ Academic Journey. Join us in transforming the lives of Israeli paramedics through education. Our new campaign aims to raise funds for scholarships that will send these essential workers to university, enabling them to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency Medical Services.


BECOME A SPONSOR OF THE WAY FORWARD GALA
The Way Forward Gala will be held on December 1st in Toronto. The gala will raise much needed funds for several critical programs at BGU that offer students, staff and faculty, and the greater Negev community, the psychological support desperately needed for them to heal from the events of October 7th.
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BGU IN THE NEWS

NSO Group co-founder launches AI institute at top Israeli University
The Record

Professor Michael Meijler awarded $1.2 million grant from The Human Frontier Science Program
Study indicates people underuse their visual working memory
Medicalxpress.com


Shattering another glass ceiling: Professor Sarab Abu-Rabia Queder receives Honorary Doctorate from Weizmann Institute of Science
Ben-Gurion University scientist to contribute to the eradication of Polio
EurekAlert.org

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV MOURNS
The entire BGU community is stricken by grief and mourning at the loss of our students, staff and faculty who were murdered and killed in the line of duty during the Iron Swords war.


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