Obituaries

In Remembrance: Ron Atkey ’66LLM Died on May 9 2017

Ron Atkey ’66LLM, 75, passed away on May 9, 2017.  During his nine months as Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration from 1979-1980, he set the nation on the path to accepting fifty thousand Vietnamese refugees.  More recently pushed for the admission of Syrian refugees into Canada.

The obituary was carried in the Toronto Star on May 19, 2017.

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