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Tamils - a Nation without a State
Canada -
கனடா
- an estimated 300,000 Tamils live in Canada -
Eelam Tamil Student accused by US of 'terrorism'
wins leadership award at Canadian University
[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 May 2008]
[see also
Witnessing
First Hand the Devastation of the Tsunami - Suresh
Sriskandarajah, Canada, 5 February 2005 and
Suresh Sri - A Taste of N.E. Sri Lanka ]
Called role model by Professors and peers, Suresh
Sriskandarajah, an MBA student at
Wilfrid
Laurier University in Canada who is facing charges of
"terrorism and links to Liberation Tigers," won the prestigious
'CIBC (Calgary Business Information Centre) Leaders in
Entrepreneurship Award' which carries a monetary value of
$5000. The criteria for selection includes academic performance
and student need, the campus newspaper
CordWeekly said.
“The university recognizes the principle in law of the
presumption of innocence,” explained
Kevin Crowley, Associate Director of Public Affairs at Laurier,
the paper said.
“As long as there’s no immediate danger to surrounding students,
the university assumes that the allegations are just
allegations,” Mr Crowly added.
Dean of the School of Business and Economics (SBE) and
Chair of the SBE Award Committee Ginny Dybenko said that he
was selected because he met the strict criteria and was weighed
fairly against the other candidates, according to the campus
paper.
“He’s just been an exemplary role model on all levels,” the
paper quoted Dybenko as saying.
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