Major Gift News

To support the centre’s revitalization. The donors made the gift in honour of their mother, Jenny Belzberg. The gift was described as ‘transformational’ but the exact value was not publicized.

To create an endowment fund to support health research at the hospitals and university. The institutions have said that the money will create the Juravinski Research Centre to further examine cancer, mental health, lung and respiratory care, and diseases of aging. The donors indicate that the gift, in the form of an investment, will mean the organizations collectively receive up to $5 million per year in perpetuity after their deaths. Juravinski Research Centre. The Juravinskis have donated more than $50 million to causes in Hamilton prior to this gift.

For heart research over the next three years. The donation is a renewal of the partnership forged four years ago as a part of Canadian Pacific’s community investment program, CP Has Heart.

For a new athletic facility. The gift is conditional on a municipal construction fee being waived.

For the development of a new clinic to facilitate kidney transplants.

For a new student residence. The residence will be named Parent House.

The gift, over five years, includes $900,000 in cash and in-kind support for research and innovation quality; $193,000 in student recruitment and scholarship funding; and $750,000 for new equipment.

For a new Acute Care Tower.

To help teachers and students across the province get hands-on education about the marine sciences.

For the Department of Religious Studies. The gift will establish a permanent fund at McMaster for the ongoing study of Buddhism and will create the Numata Visiting Scholar Program in Buddhist Studies. Numata Visiting Scholar Program in Buddhist Studies. This is the largest donation the department has received to date.

For new equipment. The anonymous donor has been a supporter for years, and tends to give quietly.

For the Canadian Artists in Venice Endowment. The gift will support the production of major exhibitions at the Canada Pavilion for the artists chosen to represent the nation at the Biennale di Venezia. Galerie Weinbaum Family Gallery.

For the final phase of construction of the Montreal Heart Institute’s EPIC Centre. The gift will allow the creation of a new research unit at the Centre.

To support STARS operations in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

For a new health clinic within the Ottawa Mission. DYMON Health Clinic. DYMON is also providing insight into the construction of the new clinic.

To double the capacity of Mount Royal’s family Indigenous Housing Program from four to eight families. The gift will allow for necessary upgrades to facilities and will provide bursaries to help make housing more affordable for students in the program.

To support communities in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick affected by the floods in spring of 2019. The Intact Foundation has also committed to matching employee donations to any Canadian Registered Charity providing flood relief efforts.

To support entrepreneurs through a new three-year entrepreneurship program. Scotiabank Entrepreneur-in-the-Making program.

To help construct the new hospice. Campaign co-chairs Ross McDougall and John Williams each announced a $100,000 gift at the launch of the Heart and Home Building Campaign.

To support long-term care. Mylan Chase Long-Term Care Unit. Chase, who died in 2018 at the age of 96, was a resident of long-term care. The gift was announced during the closing stages of the Radiothon for Life.