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REPORT TO OUR
COMMUNITY 2015
A Mile In
Their Shoes
Dr. Eugene Chang describes his journey
from cancer patient to cancer rehab expert
Driven
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DETERMINATION
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MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
BOLD
Tenacity
courage
Inspired
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A message from Dr. Peter Pisters,
President & CEO, University Health Network
To Our Donors,
This is my first opportunity to
thank all the donors to the Toronto
Rehab Foundation. Your support
means that our caregivers, scientists
and educators can continue their
important work in preventing injury
and providing support for people
needing rehabilitation to enjoy their
lives. Toronto Rehab has earned
a global reputation for excellence
in rehabilitation medicine and the
gratitude of many for the work that
improves lives following injury or
illness. In this report, the Foundation
highlights some of their stories so that
you may appreciate the difference
being made through your support.
In my short time at University Health
Network (UHN), I have personally seen
the incredible array of state-of-the-art
services offered to patients and the
extraordinary spectrum of research
that Toronto Rehab conducts. Indeed,
the remarkable clinical and research
teams in action at Toronto Rehab
exemplify its pivotal role in our society.
Toronto Rehab’s research will help
prevent accidents and health
conditions causing a rehabilitation
hospital stay. Everyone at
UHN contributes to a healthy
community and supports citizens
in understanding their role in
maintaining their lifelong health. The
scientists, educators and caregivers at
Toronto Rehab can uniquely help us
accomplish this goal.
of medicine, prompts us to go even
further in carrying out research. I
am enormously impressed with the
Toronto Rehab team, the facilities
that further its work, and the care that
helps patients regain their lives.
As many know, I returned to Canada
because I am committed to a system
supporting all citizens’ health and
care for those who need it. As donors
to Toronto Rehab, you share this
commitment. In the years ahead,
your contributions to our work will
be amply rewarded through Toronto
Rehab’s impact on all Canadians’
health and well-being.
There is enormous strength in
delivering rehabilitation as an integral
part of the care given to people
at our acute care hospitals. This
integration, an important contribution
to the understanding and practice
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A message from Cindy Yelle,
President & CEO, Toronto Rehab Foundation
At Toronto Rehab, with our donors
as partners, we dare to be great.
We are not your typical health-care
institution. We provide our patients
with the tools to overcome some of
life’s biggest challenges: a spinal cord
injury, stroke, cancer, and much more.
There is a distinct feeling when you
set foot inside of Toronto Rehab.
Some call it a vibe. I call it family.
We build confidence, ability and
independence and help our patients
return to their families, return to
their homes…return to their lives. At
Toronto Rehab, our patients recapture
their potential. We treat the mind,
body and spirit, guiding our patients
along every step of their journey
to recovery.
That is not all we do. I am also proud
that Toronto Rehab is now ranked as
the world’s number one rehabilitation
research institute. Our scientists,
researchers and students are solving
everyday challenges to prevent injury
and illness, and developing new
treatments enabling patients to live
life to the fullest.
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For example, in this report, you
will read about Dr. Milos Popovic,
an engineer who has successfully
commercialized his innovative
MyndMove, which delivers electrical
stimulation to paralyzed muscles,
reproducing movement in arms and
hands. It took 20 years to develop and
is an example of Foundation support
at work, which propels clinical and
patient interaction, and real-time
testing of research innovations. Our
researchers recognize the very real
problems our patients face daily, and
work with them directly to make a
difference in the lives of thousands
just like them.
As many of those featured in
this report will state in their own
way, research is what helped
them transition from recovery to
discovery. For Dr. Eugene Chang,
this meant starting a whole new
discipline: physical rehabilitation
for cancer patients. For one-time
paraplegic Robert MacDonald, he
understands that advances in physical
rehabilitation techniques coupled
with his own fierce determination,
allow him to train for the upcoming
Scotiabank Half Marathon and give
back to Toronto Rehab. For Howard
and Dana Rocket, research gave them
back each other and ignited their fire
to assist stroke survivors.
Physical rehabilitation is not easy. It is
mentally challenging and physically
frustrating. Patients are hopeful, while
scared. Can I get better? Can I reclaim
my life?
The answer is: yes. It is the
Foundation’s purpose to accelerate
rehabilitation research and advanced
patient care to ultimately transform
lives. We cannot do it without you and
the many donors who have joined us.
We seek philanthropic partners who
want to stand with us in support of
our patients and who understand that
investing in research and patient
care equals a path to better living,
better lives.
That is why we do what we do. We
appreciate each and every one of you
and we hope you enjoy the Toronto
Rehab Foundation’s year in review.
A message from Bill Cunningham,
Chair, Toronto Rehab Foundation
As Toronto Rehab Foundation’s
Board Chair, I truly appreciate our
community’s generosity. Toronto
Rehab is considered the number one
rehabilitation research centre in the
world. This achievement is in large
part thanks to the support of our
donors and community.
With a constant but rewarding
challenge to source donations, we
are pleased to see Toronto Rehab’s
increased presence and profile.
Working with world-class clinicians
and scientists, we continue to look
for new ways of improving people’s
lives. There have been numerous
innovations and inventions that have
been supported and enabled, thanks
to your support of the Foundation.
MyndMove and BresoDX, for example,
have been notable achievements to
the credit of our multi-disciplinary
teams. We continue to explore the
commercialization of these new
products and innovations.
Our population is aging, with its
own special needs for physical
rehabilitation and higher expectations
for independent living. Our need
for dollars increases with each
passing year.
As we plan for our upcoming
campaign, there is abundant potential.
We are spending time and attention
in defining the Foundation’s needs
by creating standalone marketing
communications and grants
committees to ensure we remain a
best-in-class fundraising organization.
It has been an outstanding year, with
many achievements large and small.
We are extremely proud of how the
funds we attract achieve so much for
so many patients and their families.
Determined and courageous people
can increasingly return to productive,
active lives thanks to your generosity.
Toronto Rehab Foundation Board of Directors (as of June 30, 2015)
William A. Cunningham (Chair)
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Timothy W. Casgrain, C.M. (Past Chair)
Consultant to Skyservice Investments
Robert W. Blakely (Vice Chair)
President & CEO, Likrilyn Capital Corporation
M. Scott Wetmore (Treasurer)
Partner, Audit, KPMG LLP
Cindy Yelle (President and Secretary; ex officio)
President & CEO, Toronto Rehab Foundation
James Deeks (Director)
President, Primary Counsel Productions
Michael A. Eizenga (Director)
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
Joni Fernandes (Director)
Lynda Friendly (Director)
Lynda Friendly & Associates Inc.
Owen Lawson (Director)
Mark I. Litwin (Director)
President, Genterra Capital Inc.
Andrea Kale Marcus (Director)
Linda F. Mezon (Director)
Chair, Accounting Standards Board, Chartered
Professional Accountants of Canada
John O’Grady (Director)
Vice-President & Porfolio Manager,
National Bank Financial
Dr. Peter Pisters (Director; ex officio)
President & CEO, University Health Network
William J. Trotter (Director)
Senior Partner, Wm. J. Trotter & Associates
David M. Prussky (Director)
President, Patica Corporation
Dr. William Waters, C.M. (Director)
Grant D. Roebuck (Director)
Chief Executive Officer, Secutor Capital
Management Corporation
Mitchell J. Sanders (Director)
Partner, Goldman, Spring, Kichler & Sanders LLP
Catherine Strosberg (Director)
Dr. Gaetan Tardif (Director)
Physiatrist-in-Chief and Medical Program
Director – Toronto Rehab
Stephen W. Wetmore (Director)
Deputy Chairman,
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
RECENTLY RETIRED BOARD MEMBERS:
Carrie L. Cook
Carole Grafstein, C.M.
Lesley E. Gregory
Justine Jackson
Terrence J. O’Sullivan
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Dr. Eugene Chang
Canada’s 1st
Fellowship-Trained
Cancer Rehab Specialist
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Dr. Eugene Chang is unique. To say that he has walked a mile in a patient’s shoes is an understatement.
His experience as a cancer patient and survivor has defined his career, fuelling his passion and unwavering
dedication to superior patient care. He is the only physiatrist in Canada with post-doctoral fellowship training in
cancer treatment (at Houston’s famed M.D Anderson Cancer Center). That allows Dr. Chang to bring together the
world-leading Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital, a renowned cancer facility.
A cancer survivor, he went from medical resident to patient and then back again.
While a Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation resident at the
University of British Columbia, he
was diagnosed with acute myeloid
leukemia with myelodysplastic
syndrome. Following difficult
treatments for his leukemia, he
engaged in a self-rehab program,
including “light weights, walking,
tai chi, and basketball.” He was
“never given any recommendations
externally.” As a result, Dr. Chang has
a special and profound appreciation
for what patients experience.
“The first thing I had to learn to do
was stand,” Dr. Chang remembers.
“At the same time, I was just trying
to be alive.” Needing an oxygen tank
to breathe, this became a special
challenge that enlisted his fiancée,
Ashley, and many family members,
who added to his support group. “I
could not have done this without
them,” he said. Ashley and others
were there every step of the way.
To see the fit and active Dr. Chang
today, and think of him with oxygen
and a walker, almost defies belief.
“My own experience made me
think about what cancer patients
go through and I resolved to do
something about it,” he said, which
is why he became Canada’s first
fellowship-trained cancer rehab
physiatrist.
“Physical rehabilitation may not be
considered as important initially
for a cancer survivor compared to
someone with a fracture or spinal
cord trauma, but research is starting
to show us that it is,” he noted. “At
Toronto Rehab, we can improve
the quality of life for both types
of patients. This means a return to
independence and functioning in all
parts of life. ”
What do we need to move forward
with the joint discipline of cancer
rehabilitation? “Funding is what
will make it happen,” Dr. Chang
explained. “We need to develop
fellowships and improve education
for resident trainees. There must
be improved inter-professional
education for physicians, nurses
and allied health disciplines like
occupational and physiotherapists.
With the philanthropic support of
the community, we can fill these gaps
and link services.”
Dr. Chang is devoting his career to
making sure that happens here at
Toronto Rehab. As a result, we are
stronger and can provide more
broadly based and devoted
patient care. Given the resolve he
showed as a patient, there is no question he will now make major
advances in patient care.
Dr. Chang, his wife Ashley and three children
enjoy a moment in the sun
What is a physiatrist?
Physiatrists, medical doctors
specializing in rehabilitation, are
nerve, muscle, and bone experts who
treat injuries or illnesses affecting
movement. They have completed
training in the specialty of physical
medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).
Their focus is on the development
of a comprehensive program for
putting the pieces of a person’s life
back together after injury or disease.
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Never
Ever
Give
Up
Marcus Monteiro with Robert MacDonald
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Robert MacDonald
On December 8, 2013, a spontaneous decision
changed Robert MacDonald’s life forever.
“I fell 31 feet while on holiday,” he
said. “My injuries: 11 broken ribs, 10
cracked and two dislocated vertebrae,
punctured lung, lacerated kidney and
broken scapula.” Miraculously Robert
escaped the fall without any brain
damage, but the impact did leave him
paralyzed from the waist down. His
neurosurgeon’s diagnosis: ASIA B.
This meant a five per cent chance of
walking again.
“Our entire lives revolve around these
choices,” he commented later.
In all, Robert spent five months in
hospital, between critical care and
Toronto Rehab’s Lyndhurst Centre
for Spinal Cord Rehabilitation.
His Lyndhurst medical team was
extraordinary. They encouraged
him and celebrated every one of his
milestones during his recovery.
He remembers sitting in his room
thinking, “I need to pull it together, to
be brave and to work like I have never
worked before.” Robert’s prognosis
was grim; he remained optimistic and
believed in the power of the mind.
To stay positive, he wrote on a board
in his room “I will.” He repeated, “I
will” over and over. It became his
mantra to recover. He did not know
what “I will” meant at the time but
it motivated him to concentrate on
making progress.
Sometimes his mantra was not
enough and on those days the
medical team at Lyndhurst shined the
light of encouragement and helped
him through the ups and downs.
“Without the Lyndhurst team, I would
not be where I am today,” said Robert.
“When your body is taken away from
you, your future is put on hold. Toronto
Rehab helped me redefine my future
and myself. Without the state-of-theart facilities and medical professionals,
I would not have walked out of the
hospital on my own two feet.”
Lastly, Robert wanted to let everyone,
especially the families of those a
spinal cord injury has affected, know
how much his support network
assisted him during recovery.
His outside support network,
especially his family, was vital to
his recovery. His mother, a school
principal, had passed away some
years before. “She thought you
could do anything, and that was my
motivation.” I heard her say:
“Never ever give up.”
were there with me every step of
the way,” he said. “My dad would
videotape some of my Lyndhurst
sessions to show me my progress:
my first walk, for example. My small
successes inspired me to aim higher,
to focus, and truly believe in my
own potential.” Robert says that his
network was, without a doubt, one
of his most significant influences.
Families, friends, and colleagues do
not receive enough credit for their
influence. An injury like his involves
not just one person, but also his or
her entire network. It amazed Robert
to see how much support he had; it
genuinely prompted him to recover.
At Lyndhurst, Robert observed how
research equates to better patient
outcomes. The reality, however, is that
research requires private funding. For
that reason, Robert will raise funds for
Toronto Rehab by competing in the
2015 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Half-Marathon.
Imagine, just two short years ago
Robert thought he might not walk
again. “Thank you, Toronto Rehab for
my ability to recover and again enjoy
life so fully.”
“My dad, his wife, my sisters, my
extended family, and many friends
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Health-E
University
Dr. Paul Oh, Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Medical Director
At Toronto Rehab, we have expanded our mandate from providing sick care to focus
on health care. With approximately 1.4 million Canadians with cardiovascular disease,
our goal is providing the knowledge, tools and motivation to live long, healthy lives.
We aim to prevent the need for people to come into the hospital in the first place.
Health-E University is the first of its
kind. Bringing real life strategies and
wellness into the homes of people
worldwide, Health-E University will
change the way we approach chronic
disease management and prevention.
“Education must be long-term and in
order to be successful, we must make
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it fun. Trying to provide education
in hospital just after surgery is the
wrong time,” said Dr. Paul Oh, the
university’s founder.
Health-E University provides for
lifestyle modifications and exercise
strategies so patients can become
successful self-managers, living well
with their condition. It offers action
planning and goal setting, and has
been evaluated extensively for
outcome and behavioural change.
To reach a broader audience, we
have now translated modules into
Portuguese with plans to expand to
more communities.
Sabrina Iuglio, Mitch Yeatman, Jacilyn Yeatman, Rosanne Longo, Thomas Longo, Justin Longo
Inspiring Healthy Families
Health-E
University
Cardiac
College
Diabetes
College
Cardiac College, a subset of Health-E
University, which the Longo’s Family
Charitable Foundation generously
supported with a $250,000 gift, helps
people learn about their condition
and how to make positive lifestyle
changes. The On Track to Cardiac
Recovery fundraising walkathon also
provided funds for the College.
The Foundation supports continued
efforts to fund and establish other
Health-E University colleges. Our
next mission is to launch Diabetes
College…more to come next year.
Prevention
College
Dr. Paul Oh, one
heart at a time
Dr. Paul Oh is changing
the world, one heart
at a time. As a Toronto
Rehab scientist and the
Cardiovascular Prevention
and Rehabilitation Program
Medical Director, he has
studied the important
role education plays in
preventing and prospering
after a cardiac event.
The Longo’s Family Charitable
Foundation has maintained a legacy
of giving since 1956. In the early days,
philanthropy occurred by donating
produce or whatever could be given.
Now Longo’s is in a position to give
more. “We are there to serve the
business, not have the business serve
us,” says Rosanne Longo, Longo’s
Family Charitable Foundation
Spokesperson and Chair. “We are
thrilled to be a part of the Cardiac
College with Toronto Rehab. It was a
natural fit as our values are aligned.”
“Our goal is to help teach people
about healthy living and promote
healthy food choices,” Rosanne added.
“Cardiac College helps people take
control by changing their behaviours.”
To promote healthy eating, the
College produced an easily digestible
video for better learning.
“Some diseases can be minimized or
prevented through healthy eating,”
she also commented. “Food is at the
heart of things! We want to make it
easy for people to make good choices
and inspire healthy families.”
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Michael Landsberg Host, ‘Off the Record with Michael Landsberg,’ Rory Pederzolli and Dana Rocket, Co-Founders of Rocket Cycle
DRIVEN
Dana Rocket, rock star spin teacher
and motivator extraordinaire, enters
the room emitting charisma and
energy. Mother of four, entrepreneur,
leader of fabled, packed spin classes
for which there is usually a waiting
list, Dana cranks up the volume in
music she has personally selected
and gets the class going right away.
In October 1995, Howard Rocket, a
former dentist and a notable Toronto
health-care entrepreneur, was
playing touch football with friends.
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He fell and landed on his neck and
six weeks later, had a massive stroke,
with a blood clot lodged deep in his
brain. His life was saved at Toronto
Western Hospital; at Toronto Rehab
his life was rebuilt.
The toll on his family loomed large.
When illness touches someone, the
impact is far reaching. Dana Rocket
became her father’s touchstone.
“That first weekend, it appeared that
we were hours away from losing
him,” Dana recalled. “His left side was
paralyzed. I was only 19 and I had
this unwavering desire to help my
dad get better, it became my mission,
nothing else mattered.”
Howard Rocket became a ‘huge
fighter’ and refused to give up. He
had the courage to believe he would
lift his arm and dance with Dana on
her wedding day, three years after his
stroke. A goal he achieved! At Toronto
Rehab, he received a dedicated
team’s support, along with his family,
who encouraged him each day.
Rocket Ride 4 Rehab participants, Howard Rocket, Rory Pederzolli and Dana Rocket
“His will stayed strong and he was determined to get better and
succeed,” Dana remembered. Wanting others to learn from his
journey, he wrote an autobiography, A Stroke of Luck. Howard states
that his experience, although traumatic, changed him for the better.
“Every day is a gift. I cherish all the moments of my life.”
Recognizing that research advances patient outcomes, Howard
donated proceeds from the book to establish The Rocket Family
Upper Extremity Clinic at Toronto Rehab. In the Clinic, stroke
patients are focused on regaining arm mobility through Functional
Electrical Stimulation and other new treatments and innovations.
“If you define yourself only by money and success,” Dana Rocket
commented, “then you are poor and your journey is long. But if you
look at the quality of the people around you, then your life is rich
and sweet.” One of the people surrounding her is Howard Rocket,
her father, working away tirelessly on his recumbent bike as
living testimony of what real philanthropy is and the good that
it can accomplish.
Rocket Ride
4 Rehab
In April 2015, the inaugural Rocket Ride 4
Rehab Spinathon raised over $131,000 for the
Rocket Family Upper Extremity Clinic. Over
100 riders joined celebrity guest co-instructors,
TV personalities: Michael Landsberg and Steve
Anthony, along with football great Michael
‘Pinball’ Clemons in an afternoon of fun and
fitness, all for a common goal.
The Rocket Clinic directly connects new research
discoveries to patient care. Each year, over
300,000 Canadians survive strokes. Our goal is
to develop technologies and treatments to help
people recover and recapture their potential.
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Dr. Milos Popovic:
Rock Star
Scientist
The 2014 UHN
Inventor of the Year
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research
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Dr. Milos R. Popovic, the 2014 University Health Network
(UHN) Inventor of the Year, understands that one person
discovering a major advance is something from Thomas
Edison’s time. What has not changed, he believes, is
the need for “the courage to try different things and
take risks.” Donors enable our scientists to harness that
courage and take those risks.
Dr. Popovic, Toronto Rehab Chair
in Spinal Cord Injury Research
and Professor at the University of
Toronto’s Institute for Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, is
both an electrical and mechanical
engineer by training. At Toronto
Rehab, master problem solvers like
engineers help create solutions for
health care. Our extended team
approach brings together a great
variety of disciplines including not
only engineers but also medical
doctors, scientists, therapists and
nurses, all working in a collaborative
environment.
At UHN’s Annual General Meeting,
Dr. Popovic was honoured for
his creation of MyndMove: a
commercialized product that
non-invasively delivers electrical
stimulation to paralyzed muscles,
reproducing movement in arms and
hands. This technology, by means of
neuroplasticity, helps stroke, spinal
cord and traumatic brain injury
patients regain voluntary movement
in upper extremities. Simply put,
MyndMove is a game changer, just
like its inventor.
As Dr. Popovic will tell you, the award
with his name on it results from 20
years of effort and significant donor
support. He acknowledges a large
team of more than 60 engineers,
medical doctors, therapists, business
advisors, investors, lawyers and
most importantly patients. “Contact
with patients is essential to this
process,” he says. “Everyone played
a critical role in enabling this
technology’s development and
commercialization.”
The Toronto Rehab model can
clearly dominate the world with the
advances already achieved. And what
that means is attracting more and
better scientists, all of which require
more funding. With philanthropic
support, inventions like Dr. Popovic’s
can continue to provide patients
here and around the world with
opportunities to regain their lives.
MyndMove, a non-invasive therapy,
combines patient participation,
therapist expertise and a functional
electrical stimulation (FES) device
to restore voluntary hand and arm
function in patients suffering from
upper-limb paralysis.
The best way to imagine MyndMove’s
impact is trying the following. Put
one hand in your pocket and then
open a water bottle and drink out
of it, take a bank card out of your
wallet and withdraw $20 from an
ATM machine, put sun screen on your
face, ears and neck, and brush your
teeth. Then imagine your hand in a
pocket for the rest of your life. This is
how many stroke patients feel today.
Now imagine that you can move
your hand. This is what MyndMove
therapy accomplishes.
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Dr. Mark Bayley
Attracting the World’s
Brightest Minds
At Toronto Rehab Institute, we are
proud to attract some of the world’s
most accomplished and promising
minds. In this report we congratulate
Dr. David Alter as the inaugural
Toronto Rehab Chair in Cardiac
Rehabilitation, while welcoming
Dr. Mark Bayley as the incumbent
Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired
Brain Injury (ABI) Research. Research
Chairs expand rehabilitation
science’s horizons, helping retain
our position as the world’s top
rehab research centre.
Participants, sponsors, volunteers
and supporters of the Foundation’s
annual On Track to Cardiac Recovery
walk founded the new Cardiac
Rehabilitation Chair through their
extraordinary fundraising efforts.
They met Dr. Alter at February’s On
Track event. He shared his recent
breakthrough study: “Why Sitting
is Hazardous to Your Health, ” which
revealed that the more time people
sit during the day, the higher their risk
of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and
death, regardless of regular exercise.
Dr. Alter, a Senior Scientist with
our Cardiovascular Prevention and
Rehabilitation Program, helps heart
disease patients improve their health
and fitness by making lasting lifestyle
and behavioural changes. His research
spans many disciplines including
cardiovascular rehabilitation,
health services and outcomes,
clinical epidemiology and social
determinants and more recently,
music and medicine.
The Saunderson appointment allows
Dr. Bayley to advance three main
research fields: neurological recovery
of both cognitive and physical
function after a brain injury; guidance
for clinicians via user-friendly
applications for smartphones and
lastly, online rehabilitation delivery
systems to optimize cost-effectiveness
and quality of life outcomes after a
brain injury.
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Meredith and William Saunderson
Dr. Bayley has already made
significant contributions to brain
injury treatment worldwide. As
Medical Director of our Brain &
Spinal Cord Rehab Program, he leads
several research projects examining
how researchers and clinicians can
work together to provide exemplary
patient care and provide strategies to
promote neurological recovery.
A generous donation from William
and Meredith Saunderson in 2013
created the Saunderson Family Chair.
Prompted by a family member’s need
for brain surgery, their gift supports
research into brain injury causes and
prevention, as well as rehabilitation
treatments that improve recovery.
The Ralph M. Barford Foundation
Discovering New
Approaches to
Multiple Sclerosis
Thanks to transformative funding
from the Ralph M. Barford Foundation,
the newly established Elizabeth S.
Barford Research Fund will provide
enhanced care to patients living with
Late-Stage Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The Fund represents Toronto Rehab’s
significant intensification as a worldleading MS rehabilitation research
and treatment hospital. The Fund
will not only help discover new
approaches to MS treatments, but will
also ensure that patients everywhere
will face fewer barriers. With better
access to the best care, they can live
the best lives possible.
Dr. Tania Bruno directs the program at
Toronto Rehab’s Rumsey Neuro site.
Her life passion, improving the quality
of life and health outcomes of those
living with MS, was clearly evident to
the Barford Foundation.
“Dr. Bruno‘s tireless dedication
to her work with mid- and latestage Multiple Sclerosis patients
is inspiring; patients can and do
benefit enormously from her care
and that of her committed team,” said
Beth Malcolm, Barford Foundation
Chair. “Toronto Rehab showed us
how to leverage our investment
in this underserved area, reducing
bottlenecks and waitlists, as well as
producing valuable and necessary
research over a multi-year period. We
are delighted with our donation to
its MS clinic.”
With one of the world’s highest MS
rates, one in every 500 Canadians
suffers from the disease. Every day,
three more Canadians are diagnosed
with MS, the most common
neurological disease affecting young
adults. MS creates many challenges
for patients and those who care
for them.
The newly established
Elizabeth S. Barford
Research Fund will provide
enhanced care to patients
living with Late-Stage
Multiple Sclerosis.
As Ontario’s only MS-dedicated
rehabilitation outpatient facility,
Toronto Rehab fills the gap in treating
people with MS’ progressive stages.
We are pioneering a new therapy
model incorporating a holistic
approach to symptom management.
Thank you to the Ralph M. Barford
Foundation for its vision and
generosity in supporting MS
treatment’s future.
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The new Hull-Ellis Concussion
Clinic on the 10th floor of Toronto
Rehab’s University Centre is part of
the Brain and Spinal Cord Rehab
Program, providing specialized
rehabilitation for those living with
the effects of brain injury, stroke,
neurological conditions and spinal
cord injuries.
Left: Ron Ellis and Dennis Hull
Left to right:
1. Serge Savard, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden
2. Alex Vaccari, Arlene Manankil-Boyce, Scott Moir, Cindy Yelle, Tessa Virtue, Richard Woods
3. Paul Henderson
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UP!
HEADS
There is a clear opportunity to
improve access to specialized
concussion care in Ontario. “It is
our duty as health professionals
to enhance system change,”
explained Dr. Mark Bayley,
Medical Director, Brain and Spinal
Cord Rehab program and newly
appointed Saunderson Family
Chair in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Research. “Donor support is helping
to expedite essential changes in
concussion treatment.”
Under Dr. Bayley’s direction, the new
Hull-Ellis Concussion and Research
Clinic will offer and evaluate a full
spectrum of care and interventions.
Directly connecting new research
discoveries to patient care, its
team of physicians, researchers,
physiotherapists and psychologists
include Dr. Paul Comper, a Toronto
Rehab neuropsychologist and NHL
Players’ Association consultant.
The new clinic honours two Canadian
hockey greats. On October 1, 2014
more than 700 guests and Canadian
sporting legends gathered for TWIINS:
A Toast to Ron Ellis and Dennis Hull.
Over $700,000 was raised through the
TWIINS gala. Guests at the TWIINS gala
included hockey hero Paul Henderson,
TV’s Brian Williams, skating champion
Catriona Le May Doan, rower Marnie
McBean and hockey stars the great
Bobby Orr, Darryl Sittler, Tie Domi
and more.
Most of us know Ellis and Hull for long
and distinguished hockey careers.
Few can forget their character and
determination in pivotal roles during
the 1972 Summit Series against
Russia, a contest that changed the
face of hockey.
“I had my share of concussions and
my doctors believe it led to some
problems with depression I’ve had
later in life,” said Ellis. “So it’s very dear
to my heart.”
While there are currently a number of
treatments to manage the symptoms
of concussion, little is known about
advancing the recovery process. The
new Hull-Ellis Concussion & Research
Clinic is hoping to change that.
On June 11, 2015, Michael ‘Pinball’
Clemons welcomed over 100 guests
to the new Clinic’s grand opening
celebration. These included TVO’s
Steve Paikin, and Sports Hall of Famers
Ken Dryden, Bill White, Dr. Ron Taylor
and Russ Jackson.
Part of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Rehab program, the new 10th Floor
Hull-Ellis Concussion Clinic at Toronto
Rehab’s University Centre provides
specialized rehabilitation for those
living with the effects of brain injury,
stroke, neurological conditions and
spinal cord injuries.
Recently, sports concussions have
garnered media attention and
rising public concern. Unfortunately,
concussions are not exclusive to
sports but are often a result from
falls and workplace injuries. They are
increasingly prevalent in the elderly
population.
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Toronto Rehabilitation Institute:
2015 Research Fact Sheet
ABOUT THE TORONTO REHABILITATION
INSTITUTE
Toronto Rehab, the world’s top rehabilitation research centre, is
also Canada’s largest adult rehabilitation hospital. Toronto Rehab’s
research labs are located at four sites: University Centre (550
University Ave.), Lyndhurst Hospital and Toronto Rehab’s Cardiac and
Stroke Centre (Rumsey Road) and the Bickle Centre (Dunn Ave).
Research Areas
Toronto Rehab’s research program solves problem in three areas:
1. Prevent disability
2. Restore function
3. Enable independence
SELECTED RESEARCH
ADVANCEMENTS
Reducing stair falls:
Dr. Alison Novak’s research helped
rewrite the Building Code of
Canada to make stairs safer. The
changes are expected to save 39
lives and prevent 33,000 injuries
in the first five years. Novak A, et al.
Appl Ergon. 2015
Recovery from Paralysis:
FOUNDATION
The Toronto Rehab Foundation proudly supports research,
education and care that provides active, healthier and more
independent living for Canadians and people around the world.
Senior Scientists
Trainees
& Researchers
(PhD & Fellows)
118
232
Research
Funding
$8,650,762
Dr. Milos Popovic, through Toronto
Rehab’s start-up company MyndTec
Inc., developed MyndMove – a
technology that helps patients
recover from stroke-related arm
and hand paralysis. Kapadia NM, et
al. J Child Neurol. 2014
A Good Night’s Rest:
Untreated sleep apnea increases
the risk of stroke, heart attacks and
road accidents. To address this,
Dr. Hisham Alshaer invented a
game-changing device to diagnose
sleep apnea at home. Alshaer H,
et al. Sleep med. 2013
Stand to Gain:
Peer-Reviewed
Publications
389
Space
64,515 sq. ft.
NOTE: all data are accurate as of 2013-2014
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Dr. David Alter found that the
longer people sit, the greater their
risk of dying of or developing heart
disease, Type II diabetes or cancer.
Biwas A, et al. Ann Med. 2015
Did you know?
TORONTO REHAB IS...
#1
world-renowned
Rehabilitation
Research Institute
Largest
Brain Injury
Rehab program
in Canada
1st program
in Canada to
receive Program
of Distinction
from Accreditation
Canada (2010,
with repeat in
2012) for stroke
rehabilitation
Canada’s largest
rehabilitation centre
for people living with
MS
Toronto Rehab recently
launched Cardiac College:
the world’s first virtual
learning institute for
Cardiac Rehab
Toronto Rehab will be the first in Canada
to incorporate nocturnal Hemodialysis in
a Complex Continuing Care setting
spinal cord
Largest
Rehabilitation hospital in Canada
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Thank You to Our Generous Donors
We wish to thank all donors
who have cumulatively
donated $5,000 or more to
Toronto Rehab Foundation
prior to June 30, 2015.
$5,000,000+
Judith R. Wilder
Anonymous (1)
$1,000,000-4,999,999
Timothy & Sheila Casgrain
Sheryl & David Kerr
The Fred A. Litwin Family Foundation
George & Anne Ploder
RBC Foundation
William & Meredith Saunderson
Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
Sun Life Financial
$100,000-999,999
Aecon Group Inc.
ARAMARK Canada Ltd.
Estate of Hazel May Arnold
The Harold E. Ballard Foundation
The Ralph M. Barford Foundation
Bayshore Home Health
Bergmanis, Preyra LLP
Estate of Richard C. & Ora J. Berkinshaw
J. P. Bickell Foundation
E. W. Bickle Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
David & Patti Bragg
Gerald & Susan Brockelsby
Estate of Thomas William Butler
Canadian National Railway Company
Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada (CHFC)
The Caring Foundation
CIBC
City of Toronto City Council, Toronto Health Care Fund
Jamie S. Coatsworth & Christine Gillespie
Dean Connor & Maris Uffelmann
David & Lynn Coriat
Estate of Joan Elizabeth Crocker
James H. Cummings Foundation Inc.
Deloitte.
The Dominion
Enbridge Inc.
Extendicare (Canada) Inc.
EY
Falconbridge Limited
Roger & Kevin Garland
Gary & Sandra German
Gluckstein Lawyers
James Rutley Grand Memorial Fund at the Toronto
Community Foundation
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Pamela R. Hallisey
Mary & Graham Hallward
Estate of Robert A. Heaney
Himelfarb Proszanski
Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation
iA Financial Group
Imperial Oil Limited
Intact Foundation
Janssen Inc.
Edward & Alice Kernaghan
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Estate of Arthur William Kirkpatrick
Estate of Bernice Korman
KPMG Canada
Arthur & Sonia Labatt
Owen Lawson
Estate of Jeffrey Laycock
Levinter & Levinter LLP
Loblaw Companies Limited
Longo’s Family Charitable Foundation
The MacMillan Family
Manulife Financial
Marquest Asset Management Inc.
Mazin & Associates PC, Lawyers
The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
McLean Budden Limited
McLeish Orlando Lawyers
Linda F. Mezon
Kristin Morch & Albert Pace
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
Neinstein & Associates LLP
Nexans Canada Inc.
Noranda Foundation
Northbridge Financial Corporation
Oatley Vigmond Lawyers
Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada
Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Philips Respironics Inc.
Estate of David Walter Page Pretty
Andrew & Valerie Pringle
PwC
Estate of William Ramsay
Rick Hansen Institute
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Howard Rocket
Gretchen & Donald M. Ross
Rotary Club of Scarborough Bluffs
The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Provincial Command
Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Scotiabank
Michael Shannon, Morse Shannon LLP
Singer Kwinter Lawyers
The Slaight Family Foundation
The St. George Society of Toronto
Barbara Stymiest
Estate of Ilonka Seder Szabolcsi
TD Bank Group
Thomson, Rogers Barristers and Solicitors
TMX Group Inc.
The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Volunteer Association
Estate of Helen Mary Watson
Paul & Carolyn Weiss
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
Stephen Wetmore
Will Davidson LLP
David Williams
Milton Winberg
The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation
Estate of Jennings David Young
Anonymous (5)
$50,000-99,999
Richard A. Abboud
AGF Management Ltd.
Alcan Inc.
James Archer-Shee & Mary Matthews
The Atkinson Charitable Foundation
Barrick Gold Corporation
Bell Canada
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Bogoroch & Associates, Barristers & Solicitors
Richard J.G. Boxer
Brascan Corporation
Edward Bronfman Family Foundation
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Canadian Pacific Limited
CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company
Cliffstar Corporation
Gordon H. Cowperthwaite
Rob Cudney
William A. Cunningham
David Denison & Maureen Flanagan
Devry Smith Frank LLP Lawyers & Mediators
The Drummond Foundation
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.
The Harry E. Foster Charitable Foundation
General Mills Canada Inc.
L.E. Glazer Family
Diana & Larry Goad
Estate of Margaret Mary Harris
H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd.
Henderson Structured Settlements LP
Hillcrest Auxiliary
John Labatt Limited
Kellogg’s Canada Inc.
George Linton
Robert & Patricia Lord
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Rebecca McKinnon
The McLean Foundation
Medavie Blue Cross
Mercer (Canada) Limited
Ronald H. Meredith-Jones
Estate of Roy Gerald Mimms
The Mulvihill Family Foundation
National Bank Financial
Gordon Nixon
Estate of Helen Doris Gardiner Phelan
Estate of Mary Elizabeth Pitt
Ram & Usha Ramkumar
RBC Investments
John & Pamela Richardson
Mark & Sarah Rochon
The W.P. Scott Charitable Foundation
Sears Canada
Shell Canada Limited
Arnold Shniffer
Shoppers Drug Mart
Estate of Allan Thomas Squier
StuCor Construction Ltd.
Willard & Ann Sutherland
David & Ann Taylor
Estate of William J. Thompson
Estate of Jean R. Thomson
TransCanada PipeLines Limited
Unilever Canada
Vale
Luc Vanneste
Estate of John William Walker
Weston Bakeries
Florence & Mickey Winberg
Albert & Petra Wu
Yorkville Asset Management Inc.
Anonymous (3)
$25,000-49,999
A. Lassonde Sales Group
A.S. May Powell Corporation
Acosta Canada
Estate of George Jackson Addison
Allergan Inc.
Angus Consulting Management Ltd.
Aon Consulting Inc.
Argus & Hollinger Inc.
The Bitove Corporation
Blue Rodeo Productions
BMO Employee Charitable Foundation
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Richard J. Boxer
The Braund Management Group Incorporated
Estate of Alice Dolorese Cameron
Campbell Company of Canada
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
Cangap Lending Corp.
Capuchins of Central Canada
Carwell Construction Ltd.
Chinook Group
Coca-Cola Bottling Ltd.
Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc.
Coloplast Canada Corporation
ConAgra Foods
Cott Beverages Canada
S. David Craig & Donna Piccinin-Craig
Crombie Kennedy Nasmark Inc.
Nora Cullen, M.D.
Arthur Dalfen
Danone Inc.
DuPont Canada Inc.
The Eaton Foundation
Edwards Charitable Foundation
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.
Howard J. Fergusson & Family
Geoff Fernie, PhD & Bonnie Fernie
Estate of Ina Mae Gall
Gay Lea Foods
Laurie Ann Goad
Sidney H. Goldhart
Goldhart Investment Group Inc.
Goldman Sachs Canada Inc.
The Honourable Jerry & Carole Grafstein
The Miriam and Harold Green Family Foundation
Estate of Ida Zella Groat
H.C.S.O. Foundation Inc.
Margaret M. Harris
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
Estate of Tatsuo (Ted) Hayashi
Honda of Canada Manufacturing
The Hope Charitable Foundation
Estate of Emily Annie Hopewell
HSBC Securities (Canada)
Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc.
ING Bank of Canada
Instinet Canada Ltd.
International Semi-Tech Microelectronics
Invacare Canada Inc.
Italpasta Limited
Jackman Foundation
Janes Family Foods Ltd.
Jones Apparel Group Canada
Harvey & Marsha Joseph
Maury Kalen
McKenley Kidd
Kimberly-Clark Inc.
Jane Kinney
Sheila Kirshenblatt
Kraft Canada Inc.
Labatt Breweries Ontario
Estate of Archie Lamont
Lang Michener LLP
Clifford Lax
Daniel Lee
Philip Lind
London Life Insurance Company
Macquarie Group Foundation
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc.
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Donald & Avril Martin
McCain Foods (Canada) Ltd.
Catherine & Gordon McCauley
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
Sidney Mendelson
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation
Minto Foundation Inc.
Moore Corporation Limited
Nancy Ralph & Associates
Nestle Canada Inc.
The Odan / Detech Group Inc.
Ogilvy Renault
Paul Oh, M.D.
Onex Corporation
The Pepsi Bottling Group
Piller Sausages & Delicatessens Ltd.
Robert Pitfield
Reckitt Benckiser (Canada Inc.)
Felicia Ross
Victoria Ross
S.C. Johnson Wax
Santa Maria Foods Corporation
Saputo Cheese G.P.
Saputo Dairy Products
Scott Paper Limited
Serono Canada Inc.
Simon Zucker & Associates
Estate of Phyllis Olive Beatrice Sivell
The Philip Smith Foundation
Speight Van Nostrand & Gibson Limited
Gaetan S. Tardif, M.D. & Monica Branigan, M.D.
Telus
Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.
David & Joanne Thring
Towers Watson
Estate of Fred Underhill
Unico Foods Ltd.
Sheila Waengler
Joie P. Watts
Michael Wekerle
Scott & Marjorie Wetmore
Gregory Whittaker
William M. Dunne & Associates Ltd.
Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada
Joan & Bob Wright
Cindy & Paul Yelle
Frances Zahra
Zurich Canada
Anonymous (5)
$10,000-24,999
20 Vic Management
2008120 Ontario Inc.
A&M Cookie Company Canada (Colonial Cookies)
A C Nielsen Company of Canada
Ab HUR Oy
Michael Abbott
Adams Brands Inc.
Agropur Fine Cheese
Algoma Orchards Limited
David Alter, M.D. & Family
Alzheimer Society of Canada
Hossein Amani, M.D.
Amico Patient Care Corporation
Donald & Noreen Angus
Anne S. Angus
Apotex Inc.
Aqua Star
Arjo Canada
Susan M. Armstrong
Bert Arnold
Aviva Canada Inc.
Estate of Walter J. Barr
Peter Bartes
Bayer Inc.
Mark Bayley, M.D. & Suzanne Smith-Bayley
Robert S. Bell, M.D.
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DID YOU KNOW that each year, 50,000 Canadians experience a stroke?
Toronto Rehab helps Canadians regain their independence so they can live life to the fullest.
Bell Canada, Employee Giving Program
Anna & Pietro Belvedere
Benchmark Benefit Solutions Inc.
Best Foods Canada Inc.
Better Beef Limited
The Birks Family Foundation
The Black Family Foundation
Blaney McMurtry LLP
The Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company of Canada
The Bradstreet Family Foundation
Catherine Bratty
British Columbia Packers Limited
Rob & Teresa Brouwer
Tania R. Bruno, M.D.
Anthony S. Burns, M.D.
Buttcon Limited Contractors & Engineers
Barbara Butterwick
Calstone Inc.
Charlotte M. Cameron
Canada Bread Company Limited
CanadaHelps.org
Canadian Italian Golf Association
Canadian Spinal Research Organization
Canadian Tire Real Estate Limited
Caneast Foods Ltd.
Anthony & G. Elizabeth Capon
Estate of Paul Anthony Capon
Capp Shupak Lawyers
Cardiac Care Network
Carranza LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cavendish Farms
Centa Construction Limited
Central Park Lodges Ltd.
The Centre for Education and Training
Centrecorp Management Services Limited
CFMT-TV
Michael E. Charlton
Connie Chen
Estate of John Chiasson
Chudleigh’s
Clover Leaf Seafoods Inc.
Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.
Collins Barrow Toronto LLP
Colors Fruit (Canada) Inc.
Compaq Canada Inc.
Paul Comper, PhD
Confederation Life Insurance Company
Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical
Cognitive Research
Dermot G. Coughlan
Natalie Cournoyea
Randolph W. Cousins
Philip Cowperthwaite & Susan Hunter
The Harold Crabtree Foundation
Robert R. Cranston
Catharine Craven, M.D.
Purdy & Beatrice Crawford
Creative Wealth Management Group Inc.
Robert Cronin
Crown Life Insurance Company
Crown Taxi
CS Capital Limited
CTV Television Network Ltd.
CTVglobemedia Inc.
Cuddy Food Products
Dare Foods Limited
Bill & Julie Deeks
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Estate of Louise Helen DeSpirt
Dimpflmeier Bakery Limited
Dominion Coal-Building Supplies Ltd.
W. Bruce Drake
Dundee Wealth Inc.
E*Trade Canada
E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd.
The John David & Signy Eaton Foundation
Effem Inc.
EHN
Michael Eizenga
Electro Source Inc.
J. & S. Elliott
Emergis
Evangelista Barristers & Solicitors LLP
John & Gay Evans
Excel-Care
Exchange Solutions
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Anthony & Shari Fell
Jennifer A. Ferguson
Joan Ferrie
Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd.
Fireman Steinmetz LLP
First Professional Management
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Nora Flannigan
Forum Equity Partners Inc.
Estate of Thomas F. Foster
Four Seasons Hotels Limited
FPI Ltd.
Estate of Paul Russell Frasca
FUJIFILM Canada Inc.
Andrea, Paulo, Giovanni & Isabella Furlan
GE Canada Inc.
General Motors of Canada
Genuine Health Inc.
Georgia Gerring
Giddy Yoyo Inc.
Alastair Gillespie
Gillette Canada Inc.
John P. Ginou
Give & Go Prepared Foods Ltd.
Bernard Gluckstein
GMP Securities L.P.
Gold & Associates
Barry J. Goldlist, M.D.
Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream
Goodmans LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Estate of Colette Elizabeth Graham
Estate of Jean Grant
Louis Green
John R. Gregory
H. H. Angus & Associates Limited
Richard & Nancy Hamm
Estate of Ewart Max Harbour
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Harts Upholstered Products Co. Ltd
Bill & Jan Hatanaka
Mary Hatch
Gabriel J. Hayos
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Foster Hewitt Foundation
Sheila & Howard Hicks
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart & Storie
Jean E. Hill
Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada
Richard L. Holbrook
R. Brian Holmes, M.D.
Hostess Frito-Lay
Douglas & Karen Houston
Howie, Sacks & Henry Lawyers
HTX.CA-The Health Technology Exchange
Hudson’s Bay Company
Reg Hunter
Estate of Doris Hutton
Andrea Iaboni, M.D.
IBM Canada Ltd.
IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund
ICE River Springs Water Co. Inc.
Interpaving Limited
Investors Group Inc.
Irving Tissue / Les Papiers Irving
Richard Isaac, M.D. & Brian Sambourne
Rosamond Ivey
The Richard Ivey Foundation
Henry N. R. Jackman
Arthur & Judy James
Colin James
Donald James
Bill Jardine
JC Clark Ltd.
The Jeff Healey Band
Susan Jewell
Edith & Kenneth Jewett
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
Estate of Mildred Cecile Johnston
The Julie-Jiggs Foundation
K-Bro Linen Systems Inc.
Ronald Keren, M.D.
James W. & Ruth Kerr
KIK Corporation Holdings Inc.
Estate of Jacob M. Kirshenblatt
Estate of Kenneth Lawrence Kleinsteiber
David L. Knight
Knights of Columbus
Kodak Canada Inc.
Kodak Canada Inc. Employees Chest
Kretschmar Inc.
Murray Krock
Lafarge Canada Inc.
Robert Lam, M.D.
Lantic Sugar Limited
The Art Latcham Charitable Foundation
The Lawson Foundation
Lax O’Sullivan Scott Lisus LLP
LEA Consulting Ltd.
John Lederer
Louise Lemieux-Charles
Dayle Ann Levine
Marianne Levitsky
Estate of Susan B. Lind
Lindt & Sprungli Canada Inc.
Winston & Stephanie Ling
Marilyn & Douglas Linton
Natalie & Sidney Liswood
Alexander Lo, M.D.
Charles Lombard
London Guarantee Insurance Company
Denis Love
The George Lunan Foundation
Lyndhurst Gift Shop
Bruce S. MacGowan
Mackenzie Financial Charitable Foundation
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William MacKinnon
Maclean Hunter Limited
MacPherson/Carr Family
John Madden
Arlene Manankil-Boyce
Manifest Communications Inc.
Maple Lodge Farms
Malcolm & Andrea Marcus
Estate of Elly Marks
Maynards Industries Ltd.
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Lynda McColl
McCormick Canada Inc.
I.A. McEwan, Q.C.
Colleen McGillivray, M.D.
William McLean
Judy McLeod
Estate of Gary Ralph McMackin
MED2020 Health Care Software Inc.
Medisystem Pharmacy Ltd.
Mellon Bank Canada
Menkes Developments Inc.
Menu Foods Limited
Merrill Lynch Canada Incorporated
Janet & Roland Michener
Microcomputer Science Centre Inc.
Alex Mihailidis, PhD
MintoUrban Communities Inc.
The Minute Maid Company Canada Inc.
Molson Indy Festival Foundation
Susan Monteith
John Moore
F. K. Morrow Foundation
MTS Allstream Inc.
Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada (MROC)
Murphy Hilgers Architects Inc.
Nabisco Limited
National Trust
The Nesbitt Family
Newcourt Credit Group Inc.
Newell Rubbermaid
NHL Foundation
Clifford Nordal
Normerica
Northstar Research Partner Inc.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
O&Y Enterprises
Olymel/Flamingo S.E.C / L.P.
Ortho Canada Medical Products
Alborz Oshidari, M.D.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Terrence O’Sullivan & Corey Simpson
P & H Foods
P.O.F. Productions
Pactiv Canada Inc.
Sheila D. Paradi
Parmalat Canada
Parmalat Dairy & Bakery Inc.
Par-Pak Ltd.
Barbara & Peter Pauly
Jennifer & Yezdi Pavri
PCL Packaging Corp.
Estate of David Robert Peacock
Pentax Canada Inc.
Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd.
Pharma Plus Drugmarts
Pillsbury Canada Limited
Pioneer Electronics of Canada Inc.
Placer Dome Inc.
Milos Popovic, PhD
Premcorp
Presidential Gourmet Corp.
President’s Choice Financial
Timothy R. Price
Principal Marques Inc.
Prism Partners Inc.
Proctor & Gamble Inc.
Puresource Inc.
The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited
Raptors Foundation
Ruth Redelmeier
RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada
Robin Hood Multifoods Inc.
Gerry Rocchi
Rogan Foundation
Rogers Group of Companies
Rogers Partners LLP
Lee Rorabeck
Joel Rosenthal
Martin Rosenthal
Evan Ross & Aviva Wittenberg, Noa & Talia
Estate of John Bell Ross
Estate of Mary Anglim Ross
Rotary Club of Etobicoke
The Rotary Club of Toronto
C. I. Roveto
Royal & Sun Alliance Canada
The Royal Canadian Legion General Wingate
(Ontario No. 256)
Royal Insurance Company of Canada
Sam Sarick
Samuel Group of Companies Ltd.
Dmyant S. Sangha
Robert M. Schlosser & Family
The S. Schulich Foundation
ScotiaMcLeod Inc.
Janet A. Scott
Seaforth Creamery Inc.
Shah Trading Co. Ltd.
Sheridan Platinum Group
Sibley & Associates
Catherine & Peter Singer
SkyDome Corporation
Slaight Communications Inc.
Estate of Nathan B. Smith
Southam Inc.
Estate of Mary Alice Spaulding
St. Marys Cement Corporation
Standing Ovation
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Catriona M. Steele, PhD
Gregory Steers
John & Sharon Stewart
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Harvey & Cathy Strosberg
Summit Technologies Inc.
Sun Media Corporation
Suncor Inc.
Sutts, Strosberg LLP
D’Arcy Sweeney
Swiss Re Life & Health Canada
T. McConnell Sales and Marketing Ltd.
Warren Tang
Donald Taylor
Bachir Tazkarji, M.D. & Hala Idlbi
Jay Telfer
TFI Food Equipment Solutions
The Printing House Ltd.
Therapist’s Choice Medical Supplies Inc.
Thomson Terminals Limited
S. Chum Torno
Toronto Blue Jay Baseball Club
Torstar Corporation
Marilyn A. Tory
Torys LLP
Estate of Lillian Massey Treble
Tree of Life Canada Inc.
Tridel Enterprises Inc.
Trinity Development Group Inc.
Victoria Trohak
Trophy Foods Inc.
Turner Fleischer Architects
Ultima Foods Inc. - Yoplait
Unisource Canada Inc.
University of Toronto
Urban Electrical Contractors
Alex & Meredith Vaccari & Family
Janet & Peter van Nostrand
Helen E. Van Zeyl
Karima Velji
VNU Inc
W. Ralston (Canada) Inc.
David Ward
Diana Weatherall
John G. Weir
Wellington West Capital Markets Inc.
Western Creamery Inc.
Westmoreland Sales
Estate of William Henry Whitehair
Jane Williamson
Willow Heights Estate Winery
Chuck & Libby Winograd
Larry & Anne Wright
Wrigley Canada Inc.
Lesley & John Wylie
Xerox Canada Inc.
Joanne & Jim Zee
Heather Zimcik, M.D.
Archie Zuliani
Anonymous (6)
$5,000-9,999
A.P.M. Landmark Inc.
ACE Bakery Limited
Adair Morse LLP
Adapt-Able Design
ADP Brokerage Services Division
Elaine Aimone
Estate of Dorothy Aldridge
Aris & Tamara Alexander
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Allseas Fisheries Inc.
Alte-Rego Corporation
Lisa & William Andrade
Aqui Esta
James B. Armstrong
Aronovitch Macaulay Rollo LLP
Artel Inc.
Aspen Ridge Holdings
Associated Brands Inc.
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
The Atlas Corporation
Avnet Technology Solutions
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DID YOU KNOW that 85,556 Canadians are affected by a spinal cord injury each year?
Toronto Rehab’s Lyndhurst Centre, the largest spinal cord rehab hospital in Canada,
is developing new technologies that allow patients to recapture their potential.
Backerhaus Veit Ltd.
George Banyasz
Barbados Beach Club
Emilie Bares
Barwell Food Sales Inc.
BBDO Toronto
BEI One Love Productions Inc.
BEI Pact Productions Inc.
Belzberg Technologies Inc.
The Benjamin Foundation
Bennett Jones LLP
Veera Bharatwal, M.D.
Biscuits Leclerc Ltd.
Bizerba Canada Inc.
Blackmont Capital Inc.
Blaiklock Inc.
Blue Stripe Properties Inc.
BMI Construction Co. Limited
Carol Boettcher
Bon-EE-Best Eggs
Borden Foods Canada Corporation
Borden-Catelli Limited
Murray Bosley
Gilles Boudreau
Douglas Bradley, M.D.
Dennis M. & Nomi Brans
Betty O. Brisbin
Jean Brissenden
Peter Broecker
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Karyn Brooks
Bruce Edmeades Sales Limited
Ilze A. Brunins
Vicki Bryson
Joanne Bugaresti
Karen L. Burgess
Burnbrae Holdings Ltd.
Douglas Burns
Arnold Cader
Canada Packers Inc.
Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons
Canadian National Exhibition
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Carfinco Income Fund
Carriage House Companies
Carrier Canada
Estate of Clarence D. Carruthers
Cave Spring Cellars Partnership
Centennial Foods
Allan C. Chartrand
Chauss, Mellow Walk Footwear Inc.
Cheeseborough-Ponds (Canada) Inc.
James T. Chestnutt
Eleanor J. Chestnutt
Jenny Chin
Khui Chinwala
John A. Chisholm
Raphael K. Chow
Christie Brown & Co.
John Church
Cineplex Entertainment LP
Clarica Life Insurance Company
The Clorox Company of Canada
Paul F. Cobb
Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
Estate of Rose & Ilda Cohen
Colliers International
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Desiree Colombo
Esther Commins
Concord National Inc.
Con-Drain Company (1983) Limited
Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital
Conwest Exploration Company Limited
Carrie Cook
George L. Cooke
Ronald Cooper
Gary & Eleanor Corlett
Cormark Securities Inc.
Corporate Foods Limited
Corporate Planning Associates
Harold Corrigan
Heather & Robert Coulter
Don & Marilyn Craig
Robert A. Cranston
Estate of Olive Elizabeth Creber
Credit Suisse First Boston Canada
John B. Cronyn
Beth & Jack Curtin
D’Angelo Brands Ltd.
Danson Inc.
Sylvia Davidson
Catherine Davis
Manuel De Amorim
W. R. DeGeer
Dell Chemicals
Delrina (Canada) Corporation Symantec
John Devlin
Joseph Dickstein
John Digby, M.D.
Digi Canada Incorporated
Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.
Dignity Transportation Inc.
Dominion Textile Foundation
Marshall & Dorothy Donaldson
Terry Donnelly
Dow Chemical Canada Inc.
Garth & Pearl Drabinsky
Dorothy Dunlop
The Edward Dunlop Foundation
Charles Dunstan
Trudy Eagan
Jim Ecclestone
H.J. Eiley
Elmira Poultry Inc.
Laszlo Endrenyi
Energizer Canada Inc.
Environics Communications Inc.
The Erin Mills Development Corporation
Eurovintage International Inc.
EvansMartin LLP Chartered Accountants
Export Packers Foods Limited
Expresco Foods
Elizabetta Fascio
Leonard Feigman, Q.C.
Mary L. Ferguson-Pare
Filigree Design
David L. Fingold
First Health Care Services Inc.
Firstservice Corporation
FlexITy Solutions Inc.
Gordon Fowler
Robert G. Franks
Suzanne Fraser
Choken Fukuhara
GaitRite
Jeremy Garbutt
George & Helen Gardiner Foundation
Emmanuelle Gattuso
Jack & Sybil Geller
Gemini Food (1989) Corporation
The General Accident Assurance Company
The Gibson-Armstrong Trust
Marcel M. Gingras
GlaxoSmithKline
Glow Productions Ltd.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.
Leonard Gold
Sheba Goldstein
Goodlife Fitness Club
The Wolfe & Millie Goodman Foundation
Goodrich Turbomachinery Products
Estate of Ethel Shirley Gossage
Gracious Living Industries Inc.
Grand River Poultry Farm Ltd.
Doug & Ruth Grant
Lesley E. Gregory
Estate of Walter John Gregory
Peggy H. Griffiths
Grimm’s Foods Limited
The Guarantee Company of North America
Guy Guimond
Linda Gupwell
H & R Developments
H.N. Construction Limited
Hallmark Cards Canada
Joan & Fred Hamilton
Michael Hamilton
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex
Hammerschlag & Joffe Inc.
Handi Foods Ltd.
Delia L. Hannon
Harco Publishing
Kevin S. Harper
William Harper
J. A. Harris
Health Bound Health Network
Stuart & Marie Henry
Paul Hickey
Karen Higgins
High Liner Foods Incorporated
Highview Residences & McCormick Home Foundation
April & Norbert Hoeller
Constance Howell
Estate of Josefa Christine Hull
Donald F. Hunter Charitable Foundation
James Huth
Edward J. Huycke
The Hylcan Foundation
ICORD
The Independent Order of Foresters
Instore Products Ltd.
Inter-Action Rehabilitation Inc.
Ippolito Fruit & Produce Limited
Italian Home Bakery Ltd.
J.D. Sweid Ltd.
J.E. Russell Produce Ltd.
J.J. Barnicke Limited
Hal Jackman Foundation
The Jackson Family Fund Jacques, Whitford and Associates Limited
Jaguar Mining Inc.
Jamieson Laboratories Ltd.
Jannock Limited
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Johnson Worldwide Associates Canada Inc.
Johnston Smith International Inc.
Laurent M. Joly
Juan Carranza Barrister & Solicitor
David B. Jubb
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Michael Kalles & Dana Rocket
Hon. Robert P. Kaplan
Minnie Kazdan
Kearsley Electric Limited
Rosemary J. Kennett
William & Leona Keough
Lloyd Kirk
Joan Kitchen
J. Korman
Mitchell Kostuch
Estate of John Michael Kuis
John Labay
Laidlaw Inc.
Charles Laidley
Laidley Management Corporation
Lancor Electric (1996) Ltd.
Langar Foundation
Carol Ann Langston
Spencer Lanthier & Diana Bennett
Robert Laurent & Family
Lavo Inc.
Leaside Secondary School
Leisureworld
Lerners LLP
Les Cuisines Rochette Inc.
Estate of Frances Levine
Eve Lewis
Lewiscraft Corporation
Michelle P. Li
Ki Kit Li
France Little
Audrey Leob & David Ross
Lonestar Vacuum Inc.
Lost Script III Productions Inc.
Estate of Mary Elinor Lott
Susan Loube
Karen P. Louie
Lovas Stanley/Ray & Berndtson Inc.
Wailan Low
J. Alexander Lowden
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
Allan MacDonald
Alan & Glynis MacGibbon
Loralee F. MacLean
Mady Development Corporation
William Malinsky
Maple Leaf Meats Inc.
Maple Leaf Poultry
George Mara
Mills L. Marrs
Marsan Foods Ltd.
Marsham International Food Brokers Inc.
Martin & Sheryl Teplitsky Services Limited
Joel E. Maser, M.D.
Maxims Limited Partnership
Evelyn Mayall
MC Integrated Inc
Scott McCain
Estate of Sadie McConnach
McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd.
Stuart McKay
McKinsey & Company Inc.
Brian McLaughlin
McMillan Binch Barristers & Solicitors
Alan & Ruth McNally
Gail & Fred McRobie
MDS Inc.
James Meekison & Carolyn Keystone
Michael & Kelly Meighen
Estate of Gerald Francis Merrick
Metroland
William P. Mico
T. Donald Miller Foundation
Minden Gross Grafstein & Greenstein LLP
Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods Inc.
T.F. Mohan
The Molson Companies
David Moore
Stephen Moore
Morneau Sobeco
David D. Morris
Morrison Lamothe Inc.
The Mortgage Insurance Company of Canada
Fiona S. Morton
Charles Moses
Motion Specialties
Carol Mulder
Anthony Munk
Ingrid Navidad
Peter Naylor
Nestle Purina PetCare
Neuro-Rehab Services
The New Zealand and Australian Lamb Company Ltd.
Sunny S. Ng
Northbud Distributors Ltd.
The Northpine Foundation
Northstar Aerospace Canada
Novopharm
Nursing & Homemakers Inc.
NuStep, Inc.
Oakrun Farm Bakery Ltd.
Office Equipment Company of Canada Ltd.
Ontario Electrical Construction Co. Ltd.
Ontario Hospital Association
Ontario Tree Fruits Limited
Joyce E. Osborne
Charles E. Otton
P.L. Foods Limited
Jennifer & Lou Pagnutti
Paladin Security Group (Ontario) Ltd.
Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
Carol Panasiuk
Panigas Group of Companies
Paradigm Capital
Estate of Alan Lorne Paterson
The Pathfinder Foundation
Patton Cormier and Associates
David A. Payne
Penfund Management Limited
Donald M. Penrose
John R. Percy
Perfect Son Productions
Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada
Estate of Mary Pollard
Mona Pope
Power Corporation of Canada
Prevention & Rehabilitation of Osteoporosis
Prism Medical Ltd.
Production Design International Inc.
Promotivate International Inc.
Provincial Sales
David M. Prussky
Puddy Bros. Limited
Christopher Purkis
The Q.E.H. Nursing Division
QTG
Quality Meat Group Ltd.
Isabella Ragen
Anne K. Randell
Ratiopharm
Raymond James Ltd.
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Rebanks Pepper Littlewood Boyd Architects Inc.
Redpath Sugars
Rehabilitation Management, Inc.
Paul A. Reinhart
Request Foods
Bruce Richmond
RIT Dragon Boat Team
Cedric E. Ritchie
Paul Rodwell
Margaret Rogers
Rogers Broadcasting Limited
Roll Form Group
Ronco Protective Products
Ronzoni Foods Canada Corp.
Ros-Bay Developments Inc.
Rosenbloom Groupe Inc.
John B. Ross
Rotary Club of Leaside Charitable Foundation
The Rotman Family Charitable Foundation
Roxon Medi-Tech Ltd.
James Ruderman
Estate of Sara Margaret Russell
Rybka Smith & Ginsler Ltd.
S & T Lavlin Engineers & Constructers
S.R.T. Med-Staff International Inc.
The Salden Foundation
Eric Sanderson
SC Johnson & Son Ltd.
SCA Hygiene Products Inc.
Sceptre Investment Counsel
Norah E. Schraivogel
Lawrence & Mary Jane Scott
Select Food Products Limited
Jan A. Seyfried
Sarah Shapiro
Firoz (Rose) Shariff
Robert D. Sheaffer
Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Charitable Foundation
Linda Sherwood
The David & Francine Shields Family Charitable Foundation
Shulton Canada Inc.
The Carolyn Sifton Charitable Foundation
Silani Sweet Cheese Ltd.
Betty & Paul Simpson & Ronald Rolls
Siskinds LLP
Brian J. Slattery
Robert & Olive Smith
Sobey’s Company Inc.
Sodexo
Sorrell Financial Inc.
Spinal Cord Injury Canada
St. Lawrence Cement Inc.
The Standard Life Assurance Company
Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Estate of Joseph S. Stauffer
Jeffrey Steckley
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Alec D. Stevenson
John M. Stewart
Stoneworth Ltd.
Vernon & Flora Strickland
Susan Martha Strong
Subway
Paul Sudolski
Alan D. Summerville
Sunrise Senior Living Services Inc. (Canada)
Sunrise Senior Living Services Inc. (Thornhill)
Mark Surchin
Randy Swan
Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. Architects Inc.
William Sylvester
Helen Szabo
Tagged Inc.
Patrick Taylor
TD Securities Inc.
Tech Data Canada Corporation
Teplitsky, Colson LLP
Terraplan Landscape Architects
Lesley J. Thacker
The News Group
Therapy Supplies and Rental Limited
Thermo Design Insulation Ltd.
Bill & Bronwen Thomas
David Thompson
Nancy Thomson
Timothy’s World Coffee
Tippet Foundation
TLS Inc./Thomas Large & Singer
Toronto International Film Festival Group
Toronto Orthopedic Appliance Services Ltd.
Toronto Rehab Medical Staff Association
Toronto West Stroke Network - University Health Network
Natalie K. Townsend
Transamerica Life Canada
Trans-Ocean Products Inc.
Trilon Financial Corporation
Trinity Plastic Products Inc.
Elsa Tse
UBS Securities Canada Inc.
Umbra
UNI Foods Inc.
Unitel Communications Inc.
University of Toronto - Office of Advancement
Robin Verduyn, M.D.
Milan Voticky
W. T. Lynch Foods Limited
William Ross Walker
Wallenstein Feed Charitable Foundation
Daniel Walters
Warren Bitulithic Limited
The M.M. Webb Foundation
Maurice Joseph and Louis Weisfeld Charitable
Foundation
Peter Weiss
Westmoreland Beaver Bible Class
Westmount Storefront Systems Ltd.
Estate of Arthur L. Whitehead
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
John Wildman
The Works Design Communications Ltd.
Lawrence Wright
Estate of Joan W. Wright
Estate of Gerald Ivan Miles Young
Estate of Angel and Dvora Zylberman
Anonymous (16)
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Toronto Rehab Foundation
Research Chairs
Chairholder: Dr. David Alter
Toronto Rehab Chair in Cardiovascular and
Metabolic Rehabilitation
Chairholder: Dr. Mark Bayley
The Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain
Injury Research
Chairholder: Dr. T. Douglas Bradley
The Clifford Nordal Chair in Sleep Apnea and
Rehabilitation Research
Chairholder: Dr. Susan Jaglal
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chair at the University
of Toronto
Chairholder: Dr. Alex Mihailidis
The Barbara G. Stymiest Chair in Rehabilitation
Technology Research
Chairholder: Dr. Milos Popovic
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chair in Spinal Cord
Injury Research
Group Initiatives $5,000+
Albert Pace & Kristin Morch Fundraising Reception
Bob Baun Celebrity Golf Classic
Bollywood Tribute Dinner & Dance in Honour of
Parviz Manji
Brainsgiving Comedy Night
Canadian Hairdresser’s Charity Golf Tournament
Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada’s Walk of Life
Clifford Nordal Chair in Sleep Apnea and
Rehabilitation Research
Coffey International Golf Tournament
Conquering Mt. Kilimanjaro
Cracked: New Light on Dementia
Dan Hill Benefit Concert for Toronto Rehab
Extendicare: It’s In Our Genes To Give Dinner
Extendicare Gala
Fundraising Breakfast, Hosted by Sun Life Financial
Fundraising Breakfast, Hosted by Deloitte.
Gala 1-18 Presented by Loblaws
G-O-O-O-O-O-A-L! Soccer Championship
Harvey’s Back Gala
HeartBeat Invitational Charitable Golf Tournament
Hearts on Bay, Hosted by Bennett Jones LLP
Hearts on Bay, Hosted by KPMG
Hearts on Bay, Hosted by RBC
In Honour of Barry Caplan
John Counsell Commemoration Fund
Kocisko-Le Muscadin Golf Tournament
Loblaw Properties Limited Golf Tournament
Lyndhurst Gift Shop
Marquest Investments Group Challenge
Mazin’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Night
Monster Bike Ride
On Track to Cardiac Recovery
REHABilitate REBUILD RESTORE
Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion
Rocket Ride 4 Rehab
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Sharwood Golf Classic
The St. George’s Society of Toronto - Red Rose Ball 2013
Thursday Night 4 Rehab
Tim Hick Golf Classic
Toronto Rehab Foundation’s Annual Gala
Toronto Rehab’s Giving Together Staff Campaign
Tribute Dinner, Live Auction & Wine Tasting—Rocco Piselli
Therapeutic Garden at Lakeside Long-Term Care Centre
TWIINS: A Toast to Ron Ellis and Dennis Hull
Will Davidson LLP Golf Classic
William A. Cunningham/ Deloitte. Challenge
Women & Health Fundraising Breakfast
We gratefully acknowledge the support
of donors to Toronto Rehab Foundation’s
heritage foundations:
Hillcrest Hospital Foundation
Lyndhurst Hospital Foundation
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation
Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto Foundation
Legacy Society
Toronto Rehab’s Legacy Society celebrates the
generosity of donors who have made a planned
gift to Toronto Rehab.
Peter Bello
Anthony & G. Elizabeth Capon
Jamie Coatsworth & Christine Gillespie
Marlene Hartley
Ronald Hibbert
Bill Isberg
Rebecca Kellman
Jennifer & Yezdi Pavri
Deanne J. Schenke
Branislav Stojicic
Judith R. Wilder
Anonymous (3)
Community Events 2014-15
Coffey International Golf Tournament
Cracked: New Light on Dementia
Extendicare Gala
CHFC Walk of Life 2015
Kocisko Annual Golf Tournament
Mazin’s Laugh Out Loud Comedy Night
Rocket Ride 4 Rehab
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Tim Hick Golf Classic
4th Annual Will Davidson LLP Golf Classic
TWIINS: A Toast to Ron Ellis and Dennis Hull
Tribute Honourees 2014-15
In Honour
Joel Barkin & Sarah Phillips
Sue Berger
Bobby Brown
Chris Channon
Israel Chojnacki
Christopher Dale
Karen Davies
Ken Dumond
Mark Felick
Marty Friedberg
Bill & Carol Hick
Tim Hick
Mary & Derek Keaveney
Rochelle Levine
Jordyn Lila
Fred A. Litwin
Morton Litwin
Jim Macdonald
Shirley Machmer
Ken & Renee Metrick
Ros Rewald
Katie Rock
Harvey & Cathy Strosberg
Barbara Stymiest
Audrey & Adrien Yap & Nusaputra
In Memory
Josefina Quijano Abdul
Thomas Antoniou
Viola Barnes
Winston Bohne
Dominic Gabriel Cianciusi
Gail Dodokin
Alexander Ednie
Laszo Endres
Carolyn Feldstein
Mahfam Ghahremani
Lucille Elizabeth Harper
Paul Hershoran
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hirshman
Vicki Johnson
William Johnston
Ben Kolisnyk
Fotini Kolivakis
Juliana Ka-Hing Lee
Keith MacPherson
Stuart Mayer
Dawne McCulloch
Gertrude (Buna) McGarva
Gary O’Hara
Alfonsina Paolo
Mike Pecore
Stephen James Plumb
Nurali Rahim
Virginia Marie Ricci
David Rozen
Margaret Shapiro
Doreen O. Skitch
Pearl Smith
Stanley Sniegula
Jean Daphne Sowerby (Burr)
We have made every
effort to ensure the
accuracy of this list.
Please contact us at
416-597-3040 or
[email protected] if your
name has been listed or
omitted in error.
A special thank you to the
extraordinary Toronto Rehabilitation
Institute Executive Team. Their
leadership is enabling new research,
discovery and enhanced patient
care that has and will continue to
transform lives.
1. Dr. Gaetan Tardif, Physiatrist-in-Chief and Medical Program Director, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
2. Susan Jewell, Senior Vice President and Executive Lead, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
3. Dr. Geoff Fernie, Vice President Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
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Tel: 416.597.3040
torontorehabfoundation.com
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Key Financial Highlights 2014-15
Philanthropy has a profound impact on our patients’ journey to recovery.
Pledges & New Gifts
Investment Revenue
$10,275,444 $1,759,633
68.1%
Major Gifts
$6,992,240
6.3%
7.5%
18.1%
Annual Fund
$648,896
Special Events
$773,408
Corporations
$1,860,900
*Does not include payments on previous
pledges or investment income
2014-15 Grants Made to Toronto Rehab
in hospital programs,
$3,443,635 invested
Research Chairs, annual support
in total grants
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Driven
Positive
undefeatable
recovery
DETERMINATION
Report to Our Community 2015 |
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
BOLD
Tenacity
courage
Inspired
support
discovery
strength
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