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CHAPTER 7
The Site Selection Committee
Peter Lancaster
“... the Fields Institute—and the other mathematical institutes of
Canada—have provided, and continue to provide, an
extraordinary stimulus to research in the mathematical sciences
across the country.”
My experiences with the Fields Institute go back to the
year before 1992 when it was founded. As I recall, the
Government of Ontario announced a competition among the
major universities of the province to provide a home for the
fledgling Institute. The winner of the competition would serve
as the permanent host. Applications were received by the
provincial government and an adjudication committee known
as the Site Selection Committee was formed. I had the
fascinating task of serving on the Committee. Its members
were:
1. Peter Nicholson, Chair of the Site Selection Committee,
Bank of Nova Scotia