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Five research chairs dedicated to enhancing the health and care of seniors are being established at the University of Waterloo and Kitchener’s Conestoga College, thanks for a $4-million donation from former UW professor Ronald Schlegel.
This adds to an initial $2-million donation Schlegel made to found the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA).
"I am pleased to provide funding to promote research in aging that will improve the quality of life and quality of care for our seniors," Schlegel says. "Research and innovation lead the way in advancing other areas in society and we must invest with equal of higher priority in our seniors. They are the ones who ... more

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