Kevin Reed is a man on a mission to get free university tuition for the children of Canada's fallen soldiers, an initiative he's dubbed Project Hero.
The Toronto-based businessman, who recently took on the role of honourary lieutenant-colonel of an army reserve unit in southwestern Ontario, is approaching schools one by one with the idea and so far he has a 100 per cent success rate.
"My perfect world, by this fall, is to have most, if not all, the Canadian universities on side for this," said Reed.
Reed was inspired to start Project Hero after talking to retired general Rick Hillier, the former chief of defence staff who stepped aside last year and became chancellor of his alma mater Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador. Hillier's plan of getting free tuition for the children of fallen soldiers is well on its way at Memorial, and Reed asked if he could run with the idea and bring it to his own alma mater, the University of Ottawa.
Allan Rock, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Ottawa, said the school was immediately attracted to the concept. It didn't take long for the school to approve the idea, and on Tuesday the university is formally announcing its free tuition offer.
Monday, 29 June, 2009
Free tuition for children of fallen soldiers
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