A number of Canadian universities are disassociating from Huawei, amid concerns about the tech giant’s affiliation with the Chinese military.
The University of Waterloo said on May 4 that it will be terminating research collaboration with Huawei after their contract expires this year. The move is to “safeguard scientific research” at the school, according to the university’s Vice President for Research Charmaine Dean.
Several other top Canadian universities that are members of the Group of Canadian Research Universities (U15)—an association of 15 leading research universities across Canada—said they are following this trend to disengage with Huawei.
The University of Montreal said it informed Huawei last February that it won’t be extending their partnership after it expires in December 2024. The company is currently providing $3.9 million in funding for one research collaboration with the university’s Department of Informatics and Operations Research, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email statement….