Major Gift News

Donation will crate a new research chair in aging at Mount Royal’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. The new chair will work with MRU’s existing Chair in Older Adult Health and will undertake research on aging and develop solutions to enhance quality of life for older adults.

Alinea committed to matching corporate donations made to the More Than Just a Business campaign from May through July 2024.

Donation supports the campaign for the Belleville YMCA branch’s Centre for Life facility.

As a result of the anonymous donation, the Okanagan Village Housing Society announced plans for an affordable housing project at 6545 Okanagan Landing Road called A Place to Call Home.

Donation of securities to fund a new preschool building at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

The anonymous donation is from a grateful patient, and supports the Foundation’s goal of purchasing a new CT scanner.

Donation supports the Miles to Go Campaign, as well as plans for a Ronald McDonald House in Prince Alberta.

Donation is to help establish TMU’s new School of Medicine in Brampton.

Donation supports the endowing of the Team Nicky Hospital Chair in Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant.

Donation from the late David and Wendy Betts supports the previously named Betts/Wilbur Memorial Scholarship.

Donation supports the Master of Conservation leadership program, and will create six new entrance scholarships, three second-year scholarships, and four fellowships for incoming PhD and post-doctoral students, as well as provide 10 travel grants to assist students with attending the field school residency. The gift will also allow the program to bring a senior conversation leader to the University.

Donation supports the Moments Matter Even More campaign.

In support of the opening of London Children’s Museum’s new location, Canada Life committed to matching donations made to the Museum until November 30, up to $100,000.

Donation will allow for the Encore Club’s continued operation.

Donation is to Mount Royal University’s Transitional Vocational Program. The funding will be used over five years to support students in the program through bursaries. The donation will also enhance current programming and technology, develop new courses, and ensure access to student supports.

Donation is to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and will fund the building of UBC’s Food and Beverage Innovation Centre.

Donations of $1,200-$9,999 made to United Way Greater Toronto until November 15 will be matched, up to $1 million.

The Kress Family has made a $1 million donation to West Park Foundation that will be recognized by naming UHN’s West Park Healthcare Centre Diagnostics and Imaging Laboratory the Kress Family Diagnostic Centre.

Donation supports relief efforts in the Southeastern United States following hurricanes Helene and Milton. Donation is in USD.

Renewed commitment for the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, which includes funding for the Co-operative Retailing System Chair in Co-operative Governance until 2029.

Donation is to the Smith School of Business and will create two new awards that will support female graduate students pursuing careers in artificial intelligence, and faculty members advancing Indigenous reconciliation through their research.

Donation is to establish a fund at the Faculty of Science, and will provide scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in ocean sciences, marine biology, oceanography, and marine affairs.

Donation is to expand the work of the Institute for Global Public Health to identify barriers and improve access to life-saving family planning and maternal and newborn health goods and services in priority regions. Donation is in USD.

Donation will create a permanent endowed fund supporting pediatric cardiology education. The Dr. Jean-Claude-Fouron Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Fund will finance international fellowships, allowing doctors from underserved regions to receive advanced training at CHU Sainte-Justine.

Donation will establish a new centre for early childhood development to provide more support and resources for children with learning or developmental difficulties.

Donation supports the redevelopment of Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness.

Donation will go toward supporting the Academic Success Centre and developing a new Cultural Transitions Program aimed at helping international students adjust to life in Vancouver.

Donation supports the campaign to build UHN’s new surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital.

Donation is from the Hebron oil project and its largest stakeholder, ExxonMobil, and will support climate change and sustainability programs.

Geoffrey Hinton stated he donated half of his share of funds awarded when he received the Nobel Prize for physics (approximately $1.45 million) to Water First.

Donation is for a new Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory, which will further the study of atmospheric science in Canada.

Donation is the leading gift to Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s latest campaign, It’s Time for Surgical Innovation., and supports the acquisition of Vancouver Island’s first surgical robot.

Donation establishes an endowment to support students facing financial barriers.

Donation will support the Regional Cardiac Care Centre, and other local health care initiatives. Approximately $4 million will go toward the construction of a third catheterization suite at St. Mary’s General Hospital.

Donation establishes a fund to help promote music for youth in Témiscamingue.

Donation will name Prince Albert’s new indoor recreation centre for the next 25 years.

Donation will help pay for the Temerty Discover Centre, and a new forensic psychiatry building.

Donation is toward building a new therapeutic rooftop garden at the IWK health Centre.

Donation is over 10 years for the naming rights the new sport, leisure and recreation facility in Swift Current.

Donation establishes a fund in support of the South Simcoe 4-H Association. The fund money will be disbursed to South Simcoe 4-H Association and to the Ontario 4-H Foundation’s general endowment fund beginning in 2025.

Donation will support cancer care advancements such as digital pathology and breast seed localization.

Donation will support a number of initiatives with a specific focus on students in the Electrical Engineering Technology program.

Donation from the RBC Foundation is toward the Prairie Innovation Centre initiative, and will support the expansion of Assiniboine College’s greenhouse facilities and advance its Greenhouse in a Box research project.

Donation is in support of students in physics and medicine, and includes support for paid high school internships in UNB’s physics department, undergraduate scholarships in physics, and scholarships for students graduating from UNB into Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick’s physician education program.

Donation is a part of the Act Faster Than Disease campaign, and supports Indigenous wellness with, by and for Indigenous peoples.

Donation supports the Be What the World Needs campaign, and will create a chair in Precambrian Critical Minerals Systems in the Department of Geological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science.

Donation was announced at the Autumn Evening for Autism event to benefit QuickStart.

Donation will help build the future home of the Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, and create a wellness program for hospital staff, professional staff, learners and volunteers as well as patients, their families and the community.

Bell Textron Canada announced a donation of 1,800 aircraft components, valued at $6.2 million to the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies to support the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering program.

Christine Tutssel and Rob Holl committed to matching all donations made to the Here for You in the Highlands campaign from September 23 to October 31.

Donation supports the new $170 million fundraising campaign.

Donation supports the new $170 million fundraising campaign.

Donation supports paediatric oncology. Majority of the gift will go toward precision medicine in oncology care, and the Verspeeten family asked a portion be used to purchase two Panda Warmers for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital.

Donation is a part of Vichy Laboratories newly launched Hormonall program, and will fund women’s health research and close gaps in the care women receive.

Donation is for the establishment of a new After Hours Peer Support Centre in the Wyckham House Student Centre.

Donation supports the town’s affordable housing project.