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N.S. campaign promotes universities

Government, universities sell province as “University Capital of Canada”

Universite Sainte Anne professor Christine Igot and other university representatives celebrate the province's announcement.

Provincial officials and representatives from all of Nova Scotia universities declared Nova Scotia the “University Capital of Canada” at a news conference this afternoon.

It’s the government’s latest effort to promote the province’s universities.

Nova Scotia Come To Life, the province’s self-promotion project, is also launching a national campaign with the new message. Universitie Sainte-Anne Professor Christine Igot says they are hoping to encourage students from across the country to choose local universities.

Later this month they will visit Ottawa and Toronto.

Transportation and Infastructure Renewal Minister Bill Estabrooks was representing Premier Darrell Dexter at the event. He said Nova Scotia aims to lower tuition levels to the Canadian average in the next year.

According to a Statistics Canada report released in October, Nova Scotia’s tuition average is $5,696. The Canadian average is $4,917.

Not everyone at the event was enthusiastic, however. Students from the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Federation of Students were on hand as people left the event, passing out flyers demanding tuition reductions.

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