Putting Our Higher Education Institutions at the Center of the Great Lakes Region’s Economic Success and Sustainability

Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Releases First Strategic Plan The Great Lakes Region is shared by the United States and Canada and comprises eight states, from New York to Minnesota, as well as two provinces, Ontario and Québec. Before these lands were settled however, for millennia this region of North America, or Turtle Island, has […]
Binational Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Launched

Universities of Toronto and Illinois System to Serve as Co-Founders and Co-Chairs For Immediate Release October 29, 2020 TORONTO, Ontario and CHICAGO, Illinois – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), the University of Toronto, and the University of Illinois System signed a Memorandum of Understanding officially creating and launching the binational Great […]
Bold Agenda for Cross-Border Skills Development, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North America’s Great Lakes Region Released

Immediate Release Cleveland, Ohio and Toronto, Ontario – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region released its report, Great Lakes, Great Minds: Setting the Stage for Higher Education, Business, and Government Collaboration in the Great Lakes to Drive Talent Development, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, which was funded by the United States Mission in Canada. “The […]