PhD grad rejects diploma | theVARSITY.ca
His main issue of concern was the new Munk School of Global Affairs, launched after a $35 million donation from Peter Munk and his wife. Munk is Chairman of Barrick Gold, a mining company registered in Canada.
It was a sentence in the April press release, detailing the donation that upset Zoghi: “The Munk School positions U of T as a leading player in a broad range of subjects from water to cyber security.”
Zoghi alleges Barrick Gold is “known for water disputes around its gold mines” and mentioned an ongoing lawsuit between the company and the authors of Noir Canada, a book examining mining-related corruption in Africa.
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