luchtschip schreef op 11 januari 2020 23:19:
Veel van de Canadezen, van Iraanse afkomst, in het neergeschoten toestel in Iran, waren hoog opgeleiden van diverse universiteiten in Canada.
The Iran plane crash dealt a huge blow to Canadian universities.
Here are some of the bright minds that were lost
university researcher developing a deeper understanding of a deadly microscopic parasite that causes a disease affecting millions.
A graduate student researching how climate change affects lake systems in southern Ontario.
And a college teacher who worked tirelessly to improve electrical engineering tech courses for students, whom he always welcomed to his office with a warm smile.
They are among 50 members of university and college communities across the country whose lives were cut short Wednesday when a jetliner crashed in Iran.
All 176 people on board were killed, among them 138 who were en route to Canada.
It’s estimated that 46 students, researchers and faculty from 19 universities, and four from three colleges, perished when the Ukraine International Airlines jet exploded.
"This is a national tragedy for Canada,”
www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/01/1...