Join COU’s President and CEO Bonnie Patterson on the Business News Network (BNN) this Thursday.

Patterson will be paired with Robert Tiffin, VP Students at York University, during their 30-minute segment entitled Issues.

The segment will be moderated by Michael Vaughan, BNN reporter and business journalist.

The discussion will focus on the fact that Ontario universities educate over 44 per cent of Canada’s university students, why an increasing number of jobs requires a postsecondary education, the advantages of a university education and how it leads to an increased employment rate for young people, as well as the return on a university education.

When: Thursday, Oct.28, 2010; 8 p.m.

Where: Business News Network

What: Bonnie Patterson and Robert Tiffin join Michael Vaughan to discuss the postsecondary education sector

If you miss the live transmission of the program, you can visit http://www.globecampus.ca/videos/right-choice-undergrad-studies/.

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For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Grass
Senior Director, Communications and Public Affairs
416-979-2165 ext. 261
416-707-6787
jgrass@cou.on.ca