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OUR FOUNDATIONS UHN FOUNDATION
Navigating Change
Building resilience, flexibility and strength in the face of global challenges
Over the past year, our community faced global the Institute. The data will be used to fuel
crises, uncertainty and change. Despite these the development of personalized therapies.
challenges, UHN Foundation rose to the occasion The Schroeder Pain Assessment and
by fundraising $156 million and contributing Rehabilitation Research Centre ($7.2 million)
$112.4 million to UHN. This support is enabling will be based at the KITE Research Institute
our exceptional medical staff, trainees and and led by Dr. Dinesh Kumbhare. It will enable
researchers to advance care and discovery. With world-class chronic pain research to be integrated
over 109,000 donations this year, many of us, into care for the first time in Canada.
including patients whose lives have been touched
by these efforts, are humbled and grateful. Below • Donald K. Johnson made an extraordinary
we highlight just a few of the unwavering donor $50 million investment to his namesake Donald K.
commitments and how they are transforming care: Johnson Eye Institute—the largest gift to vision
research in Canada. His donation will provide
• Two new investments made by Walter and long-term funding so that the Institute can
Maria Schroeder build on their historic $25 continue to attract world-class talent, accelerate
million donation in 2020 that established the vision research and improve patient care.
Schroeder Arthritis Institute. These investments
enabled the launch of two centres. The Schroeder • Helga and Antonio De Gasperis continued
Arthritis Advanced Therapy Centre ($6 a long tradition of supporting UHN with a
million) will enable researchers Drs. Sowmya new $10 million gift to advance care, education
Viswanathan, Christopher Kim and Christian and research to improve outcomes for patients
Veillette to track the outcomes of every patient suffering from acute and chronic disease in the
that receives advanced osteoarthritis care at areas of arthritis, spinal disease and cancer.
GRAND CRU CAR K ARAOKE FOR STEM CELLS
The 17 annual Grand Cru Culinary Wine Participants recorded karaoke performances and
th
Festival raised $5 million through four events shared them to raise over $600,000 for cardiac stem
at homes in Toronto. The funds supported cell research led by Drs. Gordon Keller and Michael
the work of Dr. Tirone David. Laflamme at the McEwen Stem Cell Institute.
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