Major Gift News

Donation is to the MRI campaign.

Donation is for a scholarship for student athletes. For the next 10 years, one member of the Stingers football team and one member of a Stingers women’s team will each receive a $5,000 scholarship.

Donation is to the MRI campaign.

Anonymous donation supports Indigenous students and education. The endowed fund will be used to establish an annual entrance scholarship which will fund 10 scholarships yearly.

An anonymous JDRF Canada board member is matching all gifts of $5,000 and up made to the JDRF-CIHR Partnership to Defeat Diabetes made through the Campaign to Accelerate up to $1 million.

Donation was made to pay off the remaining amount of the mortgage for the Humanity Project’s location on St. George Street in Moncton.

Donation supports the need for advancements in mental health and addictions care, and will establish the Translation Research for Psychiatry Endowment.

Donation funds the fifth cohort of Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program.

Donation will support the TSO’s community engagement and education programs.

Donation is toward the construction of a new facility that will house the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health. The gift will also support programming and faculty development.

Donation from the estate of Bill and Kay Paul supported the MRI campaign.

Donation is over three years and will fund the creation of two new positions designed to improve access to culturally safe care for Indigenous individuals at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

Donation is to the It’s Our Future campaign, toward the new South Niagara hospital. $2 million of the gift will support mental health and addiction services, and $500,000 will support endoscopy equipment.

The Gibson family will match donations made in support of the Stevenson Memorial Hospital’s redevelopment project, up to $1 million. Funds will help purchase essential equipment, upgrade technology and complete critical renovations.

Donation kicked offed the Equip the Vic campaign, and will support the Victoria Hospital redevelopment and expansion, specifically helping to fund high risk maternal care through pre-natal outpatient, triage, and inpatient spaces for pregnant women.

Cansel donated Trimble Business Centre software, valued at $1.4 million to BCIT’s INSPIRE campaign.

Donation is to the Time to Rise campaign and supports the construction of the Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus.

Donation was made during the University’s Giving Day 2024 fundraising event in support of critical research, student success, Indigenous achievement and visionary spaces.

Donation supports the MRI campaign.

Donation is to the Glenbow Reimagined campaign.

$5.6 million will support the design and construction of the City of Fort Saskatchewan’s new aquatics facility, and $1.2 million will go toward an endowed reserve fund for the Access for Everyone program to provide equitable access to recreation, culture programs and city facilities.

Donation supports conservation efforts for the Prairie Potholes near Lacombe, Alberta.

$1.2 million of the donation will go toward the building fund, additional resources for the building of a community kitchen and funding for a refrigerated vehicle to help expand delivery services.

Donation supports STEM and skilled trades education pipelines for Indigenous students by collaborating with Trade Winds to Success, Indspire, and the University of Alberta’s I-STEAM Pathways and Indigenous youth participation in the DiscoverE program.

Donation is to the Just Add Water campaign and supports the construction the Saugeen Shores Aquatic and Wellness Centre.

Donation will establish a chair in English Literature.

USask alum Frederick Mulder donated 3 Pablo Picasso prints to the University.

Donation will double the number of cancer trials the Montreal Children’s Hospital is able to offer.

Donation supports the Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, and will enable advancements in treating blood-based cancers.

Donation launches BC Cancer – Kelowna’s Surgical Oncology Research Program.

Donation is to the Brighter Days Capital Campaign for the redevelopment of the South Shore Regional Hospital.

Donation is over five years and supports the MRI campaign.

Donation will launch Kids Help Phone’s Alberta Youth Mental Health Services Mapping Project, a three-year project to identify and address glaring gaps in access to youth mental health services in Alberta. The gift will also focus on advancing Kids Help Phone’s artificial intelligence infrastructure to enhance service delivery, reduce wait times and fill gaps in service with virtual solutions.

Donation will help Kids Help Phone scale its programs across Nova Scotia and throughout Atlantic Canada. The gift announcement notes that the J&W Murphy Foundation will triple all donations made to by people in Atlantic Canada until December 31, 2024.

Donation supports educational initiatives, with a particular focus on increasing art accessibility for newcomers and underserved youth. A portion of the gift will also support the construction of the new art gallery.

Donation supports the MRI campaign.

Donation will create two endowment funds to establish new scholarships for students experiencing learning disabilities. University of Guelph will receive $600,000, and University of Guelph-Humber will receive $400,000.

Donation will create the Lang Scholar program, fostering exceptional leadership among select students through a blend of innovative programming and mentorship opportunities.

Donation will support the previously named Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize, given since 2015 to British Columbia-based artists at the start of their careers.

Donation is to Mohawk College’s Centre for Professional Advancement, and will help create new education and employment opportunities as well as aiding employers with their recruitment and retention efforts.

Partnership supports CIFAR’s new African Women in Research Symposium in Kigali, Rwanda in January 2025. The initiative will build African research capacity and leadership skills, strengthening the careers of next-generation leaders, the institutions they are a part of, and building new pathways for women in science.

Donation was used to purchase a 38-acre property which will house a new rescue adoption centre.

Donation will improve mental health and addictions services for youth, children and families, including the creation of a dedicated mental health waiting room in the emergency department and the connection of eight integrated youth services sites.

Royal University Hospital received a new training mannequin through the donation. $50,000 of the donation will support the travels of the hospital’s trauma team to rural communities.

Donation will go toward the creation of an endowment to enhance dentistry activities and initiatives.

Donation supports the Equip the Vic campaign, and will help fund essential hospital enhancements including furniture, fixtures, and vital medical equipment.

Donation supports a new dental clinic.

Donation is to the Get Your Life Back Campaign.

The Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation matched donations between September 26th to October 6th up to $100,000 in support of providing essential aid to Ukrainians.

Donation is over five years, and goes toward the festival’s Fire Horse Award.

Donation supports the construction of two new homes in Prince Albert and Regina.

Donation will facilitate the digital transformation of the pathology and laboratory medicine program at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Donation supports the creation of a new institute of entertainment and media arts.

Donation is to the Just Add Water campaign and supports the construction the Saugeen Shores Aquatic and Wellness Centre.

Donation supports the new Windsor/Essex Acute Care Hospital, and will provide funding for equipment and technologies.

Donation supports a multinational sustainability education project led by the University of Saskatchewan.

Donation supports children’s breakfast programs nationwide.

Donation supports the college’s electric vehicle lab.

Donation kickstarts Breakfast Club of Canada and Walmart Canada’s 22nd annual campaign to raise funds for school breakfast programs.

Donation will establish four $5,000 scholarships to recognize and support self-identifying female students demonstrating leadership, passion, and aptitude in either Broadcasting or Police Foundations programs.