UNB, UFV, UCalgary receive funds from TD Bank

Several Canadian postsecondary institutions have received funding from TD Bank Group’s corporate citizenship platform: The TD Ready Commitment. The University of Calgary and University of New Brunswick were among the 15 beneficiaries of the $10M TD Ready Challenge: UCalgary received $750K for its Math Minds model, while a partnership between the University of New Brunswick’s McKenna Institute, the Joint Economic Development Initiative Inc, and the Ulnooweg Education Centre’s digital acceleration program received $750K for research on addressing the pandemic’s effects on schools. The University of the Fraser Valley’s Community Health and Social Innovation Hub also recently received $225K from the TD Ready Commitment to use AI and social companion robots to reduce social isolation and loneliness. Newswire| UFV| Nation Talk (UNB) Note: Archived stories may contain dead links or be missing source links.