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At age 101, Hazel McCallion renews role as 茄子直播 Mississauga special adviser

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At age 101, Hazel McCallion has been reappointed as a special adviser to the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Serving as mayor of Mississauga for 36 years, McCallion is an occasional guest lecturer, advises on strategic development and has been working with 茄子直播 Mississauga鈥檚 Institute for Management and Innovation to develop a master鈥檚 degree in urban innovation and development, as well as a non-credit training course for those aspiring to enter public service.

鈥淚 am delighted that we are continuing our partnership with Mayor McCallion,鈥 said Alexandra Gillespie, vice-president and principal at 茄子直播 Mississauga. 鈥淗er encyclopedic knowledge of politics and Mississauga is an invaluable resource as we continue to build for the future.鈥

A long-time advocate for 茄子直播 Mississauga, McCallion is also the namesake of the campus library and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto in 2010. In her final year as mayor, the university paid tribute to her service with an original musical based on her life called She Shoots! She Scores!

In her 12 terms as mayor, Mississauga grew from a suburb of 250,000 people to Canada鈥檚 sixth-largest city with a population of more than 800,000 and more than 50 Fortune 500 company headquarters.

In addition to her 茄子直播 Mississauga reappointment, McCallion also received a second honour to mark her recent birthday on Feb. 14: Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the 18-kilometre Hurontario LRT line linking several local transit systems will be named the Hazel McCallion Line.

鈥淓veryone knows Hazel,鈥 said Ford, praising McCallion as a 鈥渢rue icon.鈥

McCallion was first appointed to the 茄子直播 Mississauga position in 2015 under then-vice-president and principal Deep Saini, following McCallion鈥檚 retirement from public office in 2014.

Saini praised her at the time as having 鈥渓ong been a champion of higher education and its role in building a globally competitive local economy.鈥

McCallion鈥檚 term as special adviser runs until Feb. 8, 2023.

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