The University of Toronto has received a $250-million donation, a "transformational" gift it says will be used for health-care research and medical innovation. "This incredible donation lifts Canadian philanthropy to a new level of vision and impact," said Meric Gertler, the university's president, at a news conference Thursday. "It will catalyze discovery across U of T's faculty of medicine and its network of partner and affiliated institutions." The university said it will rename its faculty of medicine after the donors, James and Louise Temerty. We will fund collaborations across U of T's network of world-renowned teaching hospitals and research institutes to make lasting, positive impacts on research areas from neurodegenerative disease to cancer to suicide prevention.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2020 20:12 UTC