Balsillie attracts high-profile academic from uToronto

Renowned academic and best-selling author of The Upside of Down, Thomas Homer-Dixon, has announced that he will leave the University of Toronto for a new position at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo.  Homer-Dixon's appointment is another high-profile feather in the cap of the school, which is funded by Waterloo's Research in Motion, and has been called the "Harvard of the North."  Homer-Dixon was attracted by the chance to "shape an institution that is going to have a huge influence on Canada."