Incoming students of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba will be welcomed into the province’s business community tonight at the fourth annual Ignite Award dinner.

Around 850 people are expected to attend the event at the RBC Convention Centre in downtown Winnipeg, 410 of whom are new students — record attendance for both categories, according to organizers. The gala will honour 2025 Ignite Award recipient Gail Asper, who spearheaded the establishment of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

The purpose of the event is two-fold, said Connor Egan, chair of the dinner organizing committee and a board member of the Young Associates of the Asper School.

“The primary purpose is welcoming these new Asper students to the Manitoba business community,” he said. “It’s their

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