#35: UNB Chancellor Wade MacLauchlan on the role of universities and education in our collective future

H. Wade MacLauchlan (LLB’81) is a well-known Canadian legal expert, academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. As premier of Prince Edward Island from 2015-19, he led an expansion and diversification of PEI's economy and the growth and rejuvenation of the province's population, while contributing to historic, regional initiatives in immigration, infrastructure and economic growth. Prior to politics, MacLauchlan was the longest-serving president of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1999-2011, and dean of law at the University of New Brunswick from 1991-1996.

In this episode:   

• How MacLauchlan got into academia and then politics 

• Insights into Atlantic Canadian policy on immigration and growth 

• The housing crisis and the solutions needed now 

• How higher education and university can do the most they can in a time of growth 

• The role of universities with respect to growth and immigration 

Links and resources:   

• Wade MacLauchlan 

• Announcement of MacLauchlan as UNB Chancellor 

Thanks to:   

• Our alumni host, Katie Davey 

• Music by alumni artist, Beats of Burden  

• Our alumni Affinity Partners, TD Insurance and Manulife 

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