Murtaza Haider clearly grasps the nature of his assignment to create and lead a cities institute that will be "the envy of the world."
When he takes on his new position this summer as the inaugural Radhe Krishna Gupta Executive Chair in Cities and Communities in the Alberta School of Business, he plans to pull together the best minds at the University of Alberta to envision what a thriving city of tomorrow will look like starting with Edmonton.
"Edmonton has the potential to be a city of three million," says Haider. Connected to Calgary by high-speed rail, the region could become "the next economic zone of seven to eight million people who will help drive the nation's prosperity."
