{"id":234087,"date":"2026-06-19T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/scotiabank-invests-2-5-million-at-queens-university\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:10:44","slug":"scotiabank-invests-2-5-million-at-queens-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/scotiabank-invests-2-5-million-at-queens-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotiabank Invests $2.5 million at Queen&#8217;s University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/news\/scotiabank-renews-partnership-with-queens-to-help-build-ai-ready-workforce\">Scotiabank Invests $2.5 million at Queen&#8217;s University<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/news\/scotiabank-renews-partnership-with-queens-to-help-build-ai-ready-workforce\">https:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/news\/scotiabank-renews-partnership-with-queens-to-help-build-ai-ready-workforce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-19 08:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.thewhig.com\">www.thewhig.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Scotiabank&#8217;s $2.5 Million Investment<\/strong>: Scotiabank has committed $2.5 million over five years to the renewed partnership with Smith School of Business at Queen\u2019s University to prepare Canada\u2019s workforce for the AI economy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Purpose of the Funding<\/strong>: The funding, through Scotiabank\u2019s community initiative ScotiaRISE, will support applied research, experiential learning opportunities, and continuing work at the Scotiabank Centre for Analytics &amp; 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