PH Consul General in Toronto Meets University of Toronto Vice-Provost

Philippine Consul General to Toronto Orontes Castro (left) with University of Toronto International Student Experience Vice-Provost, Associate Vice-President and Professor Joseph Wong at the University of Toronto on 24 February 2020. (Toronto PCG photo)

TORONTO 03 March 2020 – Philippine Consul General to Toronto Orontes Castro paid a courtesy call on University of Toronto International Student Experience Vice-Provost, Associate Vice-President and Professor Joseph Wong on 24 February 2020. 

Among the issues discussed during the meeting were the plan to teach Filipino language at the university’s ASEAN Center with the support of the Filipino community in Toronto, as well as future collaborative projects between University of Toronto Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Dr. Tammy Sage, and professors of the University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB).

The meeting was also a follow up of the previous meeting that Consul General Castro, UPLB Chancellor Fernando Sanchez, Vice-Chancellor Rex Demafelis and Vice-Chancellor Portia Lapitan had with University of Toronto officials in November 2019. END

Philippine Consul General to Toronto Orontes Castro (rightmost) with the University of the Philippines Los Banos delegation led by Chancellor Dr. Fernando Sanchez Jr. (center), Vice-Chancellor Dr. Portia Lapitan (second from left), and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Rex Demafelis (leftmost) and University of Toronto Department of Chemistry and Impact Centre Director Professor Dr. Cynthia Goh (second from right) at the University of Toronto grounds on 28 November 2019. (Toronto PCG photo)

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