Outside War Memorial Hall, University of Guelph, during summer convocation ceremonies<\/p>\n
\u201cA University of Guelph graduate can do anything.\u201d That was a key lesson from what Martha Billes calls her transformational education at the University of Guelph. She shared that message with new graduates during summer 2017 convocation ceremonies — her first as U of G\u2019s chancellor.<\/p>\n
She is the first U of G graduate to serve as chancellor.<\/p>\n
Billes, the controlling shareholder of Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd., is a 1963 graduate of the Macdonald Institute, one of U of G\u2019s founding colleges.<\/p>\n
The Canadian business icon and well-known philanthropist was installed as chancellor in June. During the ceremony, she reflected on U of G\u2019s role in her life, recalling her days as a \u201cMac girl\u201d and acknowledging former classmates among her audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was at Mac that our world broadened,\u201d she says. Her professors fostered a desire to learn, she says, \u201cbut more importantly, they were always pulling us forward and inspiring us to look way, way ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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