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WATCH: Billionaire Businessman Bob Gaglardi donates $10M to Thompson Rivers University

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 01 Mar, 2022 07:36 PM

WATCH: Thompson Rivers University in BC's Interior has received a huge donation thanks to the generosity of billionaire businessman Bob Gaglardi.

Gaglardi is the name behind Northland Properties, a global company under whose flagship are some of the most well known hotel chains, restaurants, and sports bars.

TRU has graciously named their business school after Bob Gaglardi. Hear from Dr.Michael Henry, the Dean of Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics on what this donation means to them as an educational institution.

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