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February 2, 2017
Aaron Persad is one of 11 U of T alumni named to the Canadian Space Agency’s shortlist of candidates to become Canada’s next two…
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July 7, 2015
Aaron Persad was on a teleconference call June 28 with his employer, a company that does contract work for NASA, when he saw the news on his phone…
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November 18, 2014
For Aaron Persad, ‘reach for the stars’ is far more than a clichéd phrase on a graduation card. “It may sound a…