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Ms Dowdeswell met with Canadian staff and students and toured the award-winning Bartlett School of Architecture building, where she was shown the students鈥� individual work and crit spaces by Professors Alan Penn and Bob Sheil.

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Telling Ontario's story

Ms Dowdeswell began her professional career as a teacher and university lecturer and held increasingly senior positions in the Canadian public service. She also served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and was the founding President and CEO of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. In her Vice-Regal role, her two areas of focus are sustainability and Ontario in the world.

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