Montreal investment firm steps up to feed health care heroes The Montrealer June 28, 2020 330 Employees at Jarislowsky Fraser fundraised to treat 500 essential hospital workers to a warm meal A group of employees at the Montreal-based firm Jarislowsky Fraser came together online to raise funds to suppo...
Alleviating parents’ fears over Emergency Room visits LiveEvents June 4, 2020 338 Alleviating parents’ fears over Emergency Room visits amid COVID-19: Showcasing the transformation of the Children’s Emergency Department Green Zone Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fear should never be a barri...
Prominent Montreal families come together to fight the pandemic with $4M donation to MUHC Foundation Kate Shingler April 26, 2020 1202 The Hewitt Foundation, the late Elspeth McConnell, and the Trottier Family Foundation combine their donations to fight COVID-19 Just days into 2020, researchers in Wuhan, China announced that a spike in pneumo...
A. Vogel gives $100,000 in matching funds to the MUHC Foundation Tara Simonetta Mann April 20, 2020 1016 West Island company and employees donate to fund COVID-19 research Mackie Vadacchino rises to every challenge. After losing both her parents at the age of 13, she put herself through university—the first in he...
What’s your reason? Run with the MUHC Foundation this year and support a cause close to your heart Kate Shingler February 6, 2020 1017 With the holidays behind us, many of us are embracing the New Year with fresh exercise and health goals. One way of ensuring we stay active and fit during the winter months is to train for an outdoor event that...
Fondation Yvon Michel raises funds in support of metastatic breast cancer patients Kate Shingler November 21, 2019 1308 The Yvon Michel Foundation is partnering with the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) Foundation to support an innovative new research project led by Dr. Peter Metrakos, Head of the Cancer Research Program a...
MUHC Foundation’s Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign will transform cardiovascular care Kate Shingler October 24, 2019 1740 On September 17, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation launched the Dream Big: Fix Broken Hearts campaign, a $50 million fundraising effort supported by campaign co-chairs Patricia Saputo, Patri...
Gratitude – a driving force to give back Casandra De Masi September 22, 2019 1612 If you ask Monica Flores, a grateful McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) patient, what motivated her and her partner Mathias to fundraise for the MUHC Foundation in honour of their twins’ first birthday, the...
MI4 is working to solve humanity’s deadliest puzzles Kate Shingler July 22, 2019 833 McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) A team of leading Montreal-area researchers are sounding the alarm, warning us that we as a society, are facing an apocalypse. It’s not the...
Q & A with McGill University Health Center CEO Dr. Pierre Gfeller Kate Shingler June 24, 2019 743 This month, President and Executive Director of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Dr. Pierre Gfeller marks his first full year on the job. A family physician by training, Dr. Gfeller has more than 3...
