McGill signs five agreements during China trip

November 6, 2014

By McGill Reporter Staff

McGill’s Vice-Dean of Life Sciences, Philippe Gros (seated right), and Fudan University’s Wen Chen sign the agreement between the two universities as Jacques Daoust, Quebec’s Minister of Economy, Innovation and Exports (standing, left) and Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard look on. / Photo: Patrick Alleyn
McGill’s Vice-Dean of Life Sciences, Philippe Gros (seated right), and Fudan University’s Wen Chen sign the agreement between the two universities as Jacques Daoust, Quebec’s Minister of Economy, Innovation and Exports (standing, left) and Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard look on. / Photo: Patrick Alleyn

Joining Quebec Premier Phillippe Couillard on a mission to China at the end of October, McGill’s Vice-Dean of Life Sciences, Philippe Gros, signed four agreements with research partners there, while Occupational Health Professor Paul Héroux signed a fifth.

Gros represented Principal Suzanne Fortier on the trip. Héroux joined the mission because of his extensive collaborations with researchers in China. McGill’s presence on the trip was designed to strengthen relationships with key partner universities in Shanghai and Beijing and to promote McGill’s research and innovation strengths in order to develop new partnership opportunities.

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November 6, 2014