A professor at MUN’s Grenfell Campus is urging the federal government to step in and make the Harlow campus a “beacon of connection” and not “a missed opportunity.”
Memorial University announced earlier this year that it is divesting itself of a number of pieces of property including the Harlow campus – established in the UK in 1969.
Dr. Gerard Curtis has written Prime Minister Mark Carney and other federal officials to help maintain the “growing” and “meaningful links” between Canada and the UK through the Harlow campus over the last half century.
Curtis is imploring federal leaders to “step in and help reimagine Harlow Campus” as a “launch pad for stronger international relationships.”
MUN’s Harlow Campus (Memorial University)
He maintains that the cost of maintaining Harlow would be “miniscule” but the rewards “invaluable.” He believes there’s time to work something out.
He told VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan that “we’ve been told it’s to be sold off August 31st, but in fact, they can’t sell it off right away, because they have to get certification from the Canadian federal government before they can begin that.”
“That has to be cleared so, that’s probably going to take a few months. So then on top of that, once they try to sell it off they have to offer it to another educational institution for six to nine months before they can put it up for private sale. So that’s extending the timeframes out a bit.”
