Donations – research and teaching

Close up of Prof. Caroline Shenaz Hossein, in a black cardigan with a grey flower pattern, wearing a large bronze pendant

Doors Open

A new network will support research excellence, mentorship and collaboration among Black scholars at U of T

Students walking across a hallway, with someone being pushed in a wheelchair in the distance, all in sepia tone except for one woman in a blue jacket walking down the centre

A New Era in Medicine

How a historic $250-million gift to U of T will transform medical education–and improve patient care

Alessandra and Paul Dalla Lana standing beside a tree with Alessandra's arms clasped around Paul's shoulder

Twice the Impact

Paul and Alessandra Dalla Lana give U of T a second $20 million for public health and health-care systems

From left: Jeff Reading, Howard Hu, Lee Vernich and Earl Nowgesic have all been involved with U of T’s cancer study in the First Nation community at Northwest Angle 33.

A Community Grapples with Cancer

Researchers at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health have teamed up with a First Nation in northwestern Ontario to solve a generation-old medical mystery

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The Rotman School Scales Up

Tiff Macklem helped steer the Bank of Canada through the financial crisis, making it the envy of its global peers. Now, he aims to place the university’s business school among the world’s best

Students from the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study

Opening Doors

Gifts totalling $8 million for the newly named Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study will help position U of T as a global leader in the study of early human development

Illustration of an elderly person's face in puzzle pieces.

Defeating Dementia

Mark Tanz’s $5-million gift will support research into Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

Janice Stein, founder and director of the Munk School of Global Affairs

A Global Affair

Armed with $80 million in new funding, the Munk School aims to become one of the top international relations programs in the world

A Nobel Gesture

Dr. Oliver Smithies has created a visiting lectureship to inspire students

Making Peace

Donation gives students of social change opportunity to work in Sri Lanka

Good Karma

Buddhist group Tung Lin Kok Yuen, gives $4 million to U of T

Embracing Korea

Centre for Korean Students established with $3.2-million gift from the Korea Foundation

Stepping Up

HSBC Bank Canada Steps to University program opens the door to post-secondary education

Learning to Lead

Seminars and workshops bring alumni back share their expertise with students

Educating CEOs

Centre for Integrative Thinking gets $10-million boost from Marcel Desautels

Keeping Kids Safe

Donations will help fight Internet bullying and improve welfare services for children and their families

Beating Kidney Disease

Endowed chairs in nephrology aim to improve lives of two million Canadians affected by kidney disease

Kindling a Spark

Victoria College establishes professorship in honour of writer and activist June Callwood

Dollars & Sense

Deans, directors and principals report on how your campaign money has been put to work to create a better U of T

Helping Hands

An astonishing 112,819 donors gave to the Campaign for the University of Toronto. Here, a few explain why they contributed so generously

Allison Prole

Student Affairs

Donor contributions have helped make watershed changes to the student experience. How? Here are just a few of the thousands of stories

Progressive Programs

These three campaign-funded programs are enabling U of T students to experience unique learning opportunities

A Commanding Vision

Yes, the campaign raised $1 billion. But it also created a community committed to seeing U of T stand tall with the best in the world

Mapping U of T’s Success

A sampling of new programs, chairs and buildings that are changing the face of U of T, thanks to campaign dollars

Keeping the Faith

In a time of tight budgets, U of T’s Jewish Studies program succeeds by combining faith, scholarship and private funding

Defending the Arts

Chancellor Hal Jackman helps create $45-million endowment for the humanities and social sciences

The Last Scene

Last scene of all...is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything