In a Canadian first, Apple CEO Tim Cook sits down with CTV鈥檚 Your Morning for an exclusive interview to discuss his company鈥檚 new partnership with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
The interview is slated to air on Tuesday morning.
Cook, who is visiting Canada for the first time, arrived unannounced in Toronto on Monday. The tech CEO stopped in at the Apple Store in Toronto鈥檚 CF Eaton Centre, where students from Charles Gordon Senior Public School in Scarborough were taking part in a coding class.
Cook and Apple just announced a major partnership with the Malala Fund to support girls鈥� education.
The Apple CEO discusses how that partnership came together in his chat with Your Morning鈥檚 Ben Mulroney.
Cook says it ultimately came down to 鈥渟erendipity,鈥� because he just happened to be visiting Oxford University for another purpose.
鈥淚 knew that it was her first term there and I reached out to her and asked if she鈥檇 take a meeting,鈥� he said.
Cook says the two found common ground quickly, and moved from discussing possibilities to working out the terms of how they would partner up.
鈥淚t鈥檚 one of those rare points in time when you begin to talk to somebody, you know instantly you鈥檙e kindred spirits in something that鈥檚 really really important,鈥� he said.
The Malala Fund aims to raise money to educate 130 million girls around the world who are not in school.
Apple is proud to support the courageous, visionary in advancing every girl鈥檚 right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Together we鈥檙e committing to expand the reach of and provide secondary school opportunities to girls around the world.
鈥� Tim Cook (@tim_cook)
I am grateful to my friend Tim and for investing in our dream of a world where every girl can choose her own future. Together we will support the incredible girls we met in Beirut and millions like them around the world.
鈥� Malala (@Malala)
