Prof Yunus receives Canadian ‘Equitas Award’
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has recently received the prestigious Equitas Award for Human Rights in Montreal, Canada. The Chair of Equitas Board, Director in Residence at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Melissa Sonberg, presented the Award for Human Rights to Prof Yunus on May 28, said a Yunus Centre release on Tuesday. The award was made to Professor Yunus in 2011, but he has only been able to collect it last month in Montreal, according to a news agency.