University of Waterloo Agrees to Host Canada's Second Confucius Centre
The University of Waterloo has reached an agreement with China's Ministry of Education to establish Canada's second Confucius Institute. The Institutes are a Chinese initiative to increase the number of Chinese speakers globally, while also promoting Chinese culture and history.
Canada's other Confucius Institute is located at The British Columbia Institute of Technology. I imagine Waterloo's worldwide reputation for its excellent computer science program likely had an impact on the decision about where to locate the Institute.