Major Gift News

Donation supports the Build: The Student Centre campaign for a reimagined student centre.

The anonymous gift is in honour of Branksome Hall’s seventh Principal, Karen Jurjevich, who is retiring in June. The gift will also support the new Innovation Centre and Student Theatre (iCAST), which will prepare students for careers in entrepreneurship, STEM and the Arts.

Donation supports the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (COSME) project in Kenya, which provides climate resilience and economic empowerment resources to women living in climate-vulnerable coastal communities.

Donation supported the new Paramedic Simulation Centre on St. Lawrence’s Cornwall campus.

Donation supports mental health services and will help fund a new bridging service that creates continuity of SickKids care from the Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids to communities where kids live.

This endowment will support students in NorQuest College’s practical nursing program at the Wetaskiwin campus.

Donation supports the We All Belong redevelopment campaign.

Donation supports the Bridge Future Redevelopment campaign, and will help bring modern equipment to Burnaby Hospital’s new campus of care.

Donation is to the Cancer Care Here at Home campaign and will support the campaign’s Research and Innovation Fund.

Donation is to the Coming Home campaign for the new Beedie Long Term Care Centre.

Donation supports the Energy Research Centre lab at Ontario Tech University.

Donation is to the Caring Together campaign, which aims to bring a new CT scanner to the Wingham and District Hospital.

Donation will fund the Girls Exploring Trades and Technology Camp, a summer program at the Notre Dame campus that provides girls and young women aged 12 to 14 with experience in skilled trades. The gift also funds the Canerector Foundation Scholarship in the Skilled Trades, which supports students enrolled in programs at the School of Skilled Trades and Technologies.

CN announced a pledge of $10 million over 10 years to support natural disaster relief initiatives across North America. To help deliver on the pledge, CN will partner with organizations such as the Red Cross and Team Rubicon.

Donation will support diagnostic imaging at Haliburton Highlands Health Services.

Donation will create a leadership program at the Faculty of Science to train the next generation of science leaders.

Donation is to the Coming Home campaign for the new Beedie Long Term Care Centre.

Donation from Irene Dubé and the late Leslie Dubé is to the Time to Rise campaign, to support the construction of the new Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus. A portion of the funding will establish an endowment for psychiatric nursing student awards.

Donation is over five years and will support programs fighting against poverty, including those focused on unemployment, housing and homelessness, mental health support, and women empowerment. The gift was received by United Way of Greater Toronto, and will support United Ways across Canada.

The FDC Foundation announced it would match donations up to $1 million made to the Transforming Tomorrow campaign.

Donation completes BC Cancer Foundation’s campaign for a new treatment suite at Kelowna’s BC Cancer Centre.

Grant from Fondation DRG, which supports meaningful opportunities for cultural exchange between Canada and France, for the Climate Adaptation, Resilience and Empowerment (CARE) Program, a joint initiative between the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, the University of Guelph, and Sciences Po in Paris, France. The program will drive cross-cultural graduate student training and faculty exchanges on the urgent issue of climate change

Donation establishes a chair in bladder cancer research.

Donation supports the reimagining of the 17-acre Humber River Health Finch campus, with a dedicated focus on closing the healthcare disparity gap in North West Toronto.

Donation supports Alzheimer’s research.

Donation from the late Harvey Hurrell will go toward general needs such as research funding and equipment procurement.

Donation will support emergency relocation, crisis response, and other forms of assistance for at-risk LGBTQI+ individuals.

Donation supports the Museum’s revitalization and expansion campaign project. Donation amount is unspecified.

Donation will support research aimed at cancer and brain health at Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

Donation establishes a fund for mental health and well-being initiatives for staff.

Donation will create the Team Canada Podium Awards, which will award Team Canada medallists at Paris 2024 and Milano-Cortina 2026 a $5,000 grant for each medal earned. Additionally, $100,000 will go to Olympic and Paralympic Next Generation Initiatives, to help fund the highest priority needs of the Canadian Olympic Foundation and the Paralympics Foundation of Canada.

Donation is over five years and supports Mission from MaRS: Better Buildings, a new initiative aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment.

Donation supports the campaign for a new sport, leisure and recreation facility in Swift Current.

Donation supports an equipment upgrade and renovation to the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab.

At the Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s Westshore gala Miracle on the Mountain in support of a new CT scanner, Craig Mearns announced he would match all donations up to $500,000.

Donation is to the Keep Life Wild campaign, for RHV’s expansion.

Mid Island Co-op is matching $1 million toward the new BC Cancer centre in Nanaimo.

Donation will help replace existing Reverse Osmosis System, which is used in kidney dialysis machines.

Donation supports mental health and addictions care at the PRHC’s Mental Health & Addictions Crisis Response Unit.

Donation will support Hope Air’s mission of providing approximately 4,500 medically necessary travel arrangements for residents in financial need in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Donation from the estate of Evelyn Oberg will be invested in an endowment fund, providing annually 15 awards of $2,000 to students in horticulture and sustainable agriculture programs in the Faculty of Science experiencing financial need.

Donation was made as a part of the Back the Build campaign, and supports the purchase of a new CT scanner.

Donation supports the renovation of Radville Laurier Regional Park.

Donation from the RBC Foundation will enable HSN to provide state-of-the-art simulation training to front-line nurses entering the workforce through two programs: Novice Nurse Workshops and the SIM-2-You program.

The RBC Foundation pledged $1.2 million over four years to address a need for skilled nurses inside UHN’s emergency departments.

Donation is toward the purchase of new mammography technology for the SC Johnson Departments of Medical Imaging and Diagnostics.

Donation from ScotiaRISE will contribute to the establishment of the Land Based Learning and Reconciliation Initiative that aims to create a dedicated space on campus for learning, community engagement and the promotion of Indigenous traditions and teachings.

Donation will advance the health and wellbeing of women and children, and will see the new Women’s & Children’s Hospital named after the Shah family.

Sun Life’s commitment over three years supports mental health programs for at-risk and marginalized youth at two partner organizations. George Hull Centre for Children and Families will receive $320,000 over two years to support the expansion of the George Hull Centre for Children and Families’ innovative Feeling Explorers social emotional learning program. Unsinkable will receive $730,000 over three years to support the 12-week mental health program, Unsinkable Youth, which is developed, designed and delivered entirely by youth.

Donation from the Suncor Energy Foundation will support Aurora Research Institute’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (ARI STEM) Outreach Team for the next four years.

Donation supports the creation of a new state-of-the-art campus centre, slated to open in 2027.

Donation is to launch the Migrant Teen Navigator Program in Montreal and Toronto. The program is estimated to support approximately 200-300 migrant teenagers and their families over the next two years.

Donation is to organizations focused on wildfire and disaster relief prevention across Canada. Donation will e split equally between First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS) of British Columbia, University of Alberta Wildfire Analytics Team, CLIMAtlantic, and GlobalFire.

Donation supports the redevelopment of the Fernie Skate Park.

Donation supports the construction of the new Temerty Discovery Centre.

Donation is over five years and will support the work of Dr. Michael Strong toward a potential cure for ALS.

A £2.7 million donation by The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation will allow UCL to acquire a centre which will provide care to people living with rare dementias.

Donation supports the HERE is Where Cancer Meets its Match campaign.

Mark Woodall and Judy McKague made a $250,000 matching gift at the annual Peace Arch Hospital Gala.

Donation supports the oncology campaign at Penticton Regional Hospital.

Donation supports communities, families and children in Alberta through the PGA TOUR Champions tournament, formerly the Shaw Charity Classic. Additionally, until the end of August 2024 donations pledged through Rogers Birdies for Kids will be matched up to 50% through the program’s matching pool.

Donation will create the Shannex Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthy Aging, and establish the Shannex Research Lab in AI and Healthy Aging.

Donation will establish the Shannex Research Chair in Aging Transitions, the Shannex Aging Lab, the Shannex Long Term Care Summer Institute, and Care of the Older Adult Certificate and scholarships.

Donation will establish the Shannex Research Chair in Workforce Wellbeing, which will be located within a future Shannex licensed long term care home and adjacent to MSVU’s Nova Scotia Centre on Aging.