CANADA
PRIME MINISTER · PREMIER MINISTRE
January 22, 2016
Dr. Benjamin C.M. Fung
Dear Dr. Fung:
It gives me great pleasure to offer you my warmest congratulations on being awarded a Canada Research Chair.
The recognition that your peers have shown you with this Chair is a sign of the promise your research holds for the future of Canada. It attests to your intellectual rigour, commitment to research excellence, and the impact of your work on advancing knowledge.
Our government believes that scientific knowledge has a central role to play in informing policy choices. You can be proud that your innovative and exciting discoveries have made you a leader in your field and are contributing to the betterment of society.
Sincerely,
The Rt. Hon. Justin P.J. Trudeau, P.e., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada
~McGill Office of the Bureau de la Suzanne Fortier, PhD Principal and Vice-Chancellor principale et vice-chanceliere Pnncipa[ and Vice-Chancel/or
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March 14, 2016
Prof. Benjamin Fung School of Information Studies Faculty ofArts 3661 Peel, Room 301 Montreal, Quebec H3A lXl
Dear Benjamin,
I write to congratulate you on being awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity. What a wonderful tribute to your talents and achievements. Felicitations!
The Canada Research Chair Program is an important initiative for McGill, allowing us, through the CRC Chairholders, to achieve research excellence in the natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, and the humanities and social sciences.
Your work brings an immeasurable contribution to the University's position as a world-class institution of research, higher learning, and advanced training. As Principal of McGill University, I am proud of you and your success.
Sincerely,
~()0f\M) f/J~ Professor Suzanne Fortier
c.c.: Prof. Hudson Meadwell, Dean (Interim), Faculty of Arts Prof. Jim Engle-Warnick, Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies), Faculty of Arts Prof. Kimiz Dalkir, Acting Director, School of Information Studies
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