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Catherine Callbeck installed as UPEI chancellor

SaltWire Network | Posted: Oct. 1, 2018, 6:40 p.m. | Updated: Oct. 1, 2018, 6:40 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Catherine Callbeck gets installed as the ninth chancellor of UPEI with UPEI president and vice-chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, left, and outgoing chancellor Don McDougall during a ceremony at Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday. Callbeck, a Central Bedeque native, has a long political career where she served as an MLA, MP, senator and was also the first woman premier to be elected in Canada.
From left, UPEI president and vice-chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Catherine Callbeck and outgoing chancellor Don McDougall. - Contributed

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Catherine Callbeck was installed as the ninth chancellor of UPEI by the university's president and vice-chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, left, and outgoing chancellor Don McDougall during a ceremony at Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018.

Callbeck, a Central Bedeque native, had a long political career during which she served as an MLA, MP, senator and was also the first woman premier to be elected in Canada. 

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