Our Impact in 2021-2022
Your support is having a vast impact on patient care, research and teaching at the MUHC. Thanks to you, our physician-scientists are innovating in the lab to improve patient care at the bedside.
With the help of our dedicated donor community, the MUHC Foundation has grown...
The MUHC Foundation and the Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation integrate to boost support for the hospital.
Following three years of partnership with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation, the RVH Foundation officially changes its name to the MUHC Foundation.
"At the MUHC Foundation, patients and their families are at the heart of our mission, and we understand the importance of having world-class patient care available to them when they need it most."
– Julie Quenneville, President and CEO, MUHC Foundation
The $10M Dream Big. Breathe Easier campaign is launched in support of the MCI.
Together, we launch the $5M Dream Big: Lachine Hospital campaign.
Your support is having a vast impact on patient care, research and teaching at the MUHC. Thanks to you, our physician-scientists are innovating in the lab to improve patient care at the bedside.
We are so grateful to our donors for believing in our expert scientists, passionate clinicians and the lifesaving care at the MUHC. We are pleased to recognize just a few of the many impactful gifts we received in fiscal year 2021–2022.
This extraordinary anonymous gift is providing crucial funds to enable modern approaches to nursing practice, heart health and surgical innovation.
The Jones family is supporting the Montreal Chest Institute to help patients breathe easier.
Suzanne Legge Orr and R. Jeffrey Orr's gift created the Legge Orr MI4 Leadership Award.
“Montreal is this great centre for medical research. We can make a real difference by supporting the MUHC. Our city came together to build this hospital, and now we are supporting the research happening inside.”
–R. Jeffrey Orr
TD Bank Group’s gift is improving health care access in remote communities by using AI to read and prioritize medical scans.
The Albert and Florence Aziz Family Foundation gave to purchase critical equipment for the diagnosis of genetic diseases, which are not well understood.
The Canadian Cancer Society gave their Emerging Scholar Award to cancer researcher Dr. Julia Burnier.
“We are determined to increase our investment in research, technology and innovative solutions that are focused on helping to provide equality of access to health care.”
–Sylvie Demers, Chair, Quebec Market, TD Bank Group
The Mike & Valeria Rosenbloom Foundation’s gift supports vision care for cancer patients.
Since the Dream Big Campaign launched in October 2020, we have raised over $100 million to provide life-changing care, help patients live happy, healthy lives, and fund innovative research that will create the cures of tomorrow. Thank you for dreaming big with us.
Infectious disease experts Dr. Don Sheppard, Dr. Donald Vinh and Dr. Dao Nguyen made dozens of media appearances in 2021 to provide accurate, up-to-date information on the COVID-19 pandemic. They are members of the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4). Learn about MI4’s amazing work to combat infectious diseases.
News about powerful patient stories, innovative research and generous donations appeared in media of all kinds. We invite you to look back on some of our top headlines from the past year.
After over a year without any gatherings, the MUHC Foundation is delighted to have hosted and partnered with a number of virtual and in-person events in 2021.
“Infectious diseases—like COVID 19—are among the greatest threats to humanity, and have been from time immemorial. Our ability to survive these diseases is one of our species’ greatest achievements. We are proud to lead the Solve Humanity’s Deadliest Puzzles campaign to ensure that the most dangerous infectious diseases are treatable and survivable now and into the future.”
—Heather Munroe-Blum and Claire Trottier, Solve Humanity’s Deadliest Puzzles Campaign Co-Chairs
“Infectious diseases—like COVID 19—are among the greatest threats to humanity, and have been from time immemorial. Our ability to survive these diseases is one of our species’ greatest achievements. We are proud to lead the Solve Humanity’s Deadliest Puzzles campaign to ensure that the most dangerous infectious diseases are treatable and survivable now and into the future.”
—Heather Munroe-Blum and Claire Trottier, Solve Humanity’s Deadliest Puzzles Campaign Co-Chairs
Our Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that includes members from the medical, scientific, academic and business communities. These dynamic leaders ensure that we maintain the highest standards with regards to ethics and best accounting practices.