University Canada West (UCW) is a private for-profit educational institution in British Columbia, Canada. University Canada West was established by David Strong, a former president of University of Victoria. Dr. Arthur Coren, is currently the president of the university. Founded in 2005, it was purchased in 2008 by the Eminata Group, which is based in Vancouver. The Eminata group also owns CDI College. Eminata is chaired by Peter Chung, a man convicted in 1993 in California for defrauding students at a computer school he ran.
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