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We express our sincere thanks to our supporters for helping us to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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LIFETIME GIVING

CIFAR is pleased to honour the lifetime commitment of donors who demonstrate a remarkable commitment and dedication to building a better future for all.

Benefactors' Circle

$20,000,000 and above

The Azrieli Foundation

$10,000,000 – $19,999,999

Brain Canada Foundation

RBC Foundation

Anonymous donor (1)

$5,000,000 - $9,999,999

MacMillan Family Foundation

$2,500,000 – $4,999,999

BMO Financial Group

Richard & Donna Ivey

Ivey Foundation

Lawson Foundation

Manulife Financial

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation

Bruce H. Mitchell

Power Corporation of Canada

R. Howard Webster Foundation

$1,000,000 - $2,499,999

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Arthur J.E. Child Foundation

Canada Life

CIBC

CP

General Motors

The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation

Glencore

Google.org

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation

J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation

Magna International Inc.

Max Bell Foundation

Margaret & Wallace McCain

MDA Inc.

Molson Foundation

Scotiabank

TD Bank Group

Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

Trottier Family Foundation

Vale Canada Limited

Believers

$500,000 – $999,999

ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Arrell Family Foundation

Atkinson Foundation

BCE

CN

Crabtree Foundation

David Dodge

Donner Canadian Foundation

Flair Foundation

George Weston Limited

Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky-Gluskin

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Nancy & Jon Love

Petro-Canada

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

Shell Canada Limited

Barbara Stymiest

T.R. Meighen Family Foundation

Weston Family Foundation

Anonymous donor (1)

$250,000 – $499,999

Peter Allen

Alva Foundation

James C. Baillie

John & Mary Barnett

Bowring Group Limited

Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation

CRB Foundation

Bruno Ducharme

The Fleck Family Foundation

Gerdau Ameristeel

Anthony R.M. Graham

Hydro One

Jacobs Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

John Dobson Foundation

Donald K. Johnson

Lister-Rundle Foundation

MacMillan Bloedel Limited

The McLean Foundation

Gilles Ouellette

Sun Life

Torstar Corporation

The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation

Anonymous donors (3)

$100,000 – $249,999

The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation

Andrew Peller Limited

Cecily & Robert Bradshaw

Val & Dick Bradshaw

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited

Canfor Corporation

CGI Group Inc.

Chawkers Foundation

Tony Comper

Olivier Desmarais

N. Murray Edwards

Fiera Capital Corporation

Fondation Céline & Jacques Lamarre

Janice & Morten Friis

GE Canada

The Gordon Foundation

Nancy & Richard Hamm

Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier

Geoffrey Hinton

Chaviva M. Hošek

HSBC Canada

Imperial Oil Limited

Rosamond Ivey

John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.

Joseph Louis Rotman Charitable Foundation

Sheryl & David Kerr

Jacqueline Koerner

Liberty Mutual Canada

Maple Leaf Foods

Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam

National Bank of Canada

NorandaFalconbridge

Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter

Placer Dome Inc.

Precarn Incorporated

PwC Canada

The Rockefeller Foundation

S. M. Blair Family Foundation

SDSN Association

Suncor Energy Inc.

Allan R. & Shirley I. Taylor

Technion Canada

TELUS Corporation

Texas Industries Inc.

Torys LLP

Daniel Trefler

Tula Foundation

Alfred G. Wirth

William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling

Anonymous donors (3)

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2023 SUPPORTERS

CIFAR is grateful to all of our donors who made multi-year commitments (in italics) and gifts throughout the 2023 calendar year.

Visionaries

$5,000,000 +

MacMillan Family Foundation

$1,000,000 – $4,999,999

The Azrieli Foundation

Google.org

$500,000 - $999,999

The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation

$100,000 - $499,999

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Arrell Family Foundation

BMO Financial Group

Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation

The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation

Richard & Donna Ivey

Ivey Foundation

Jacobs Foundation

The Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation

Magna International Inc.

Manulife Financial

Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation

The Molson Foundation

Power Corporation of Canada

R. Howard Webster Foundation

RBC Foundation

Scotiabank

Sun Life

Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

Trottier Family Foundation

Leaders

$50,000 - $99,999

Flair Foundation

John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation

Donald K. Johnson

Max Bell Foundation

Bruce H. Mitchell

Barbara Stymiest

The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation

$25,000 – $49,999

Alison Fisher Fund

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Rosamond Ivey

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Lister-Rundle Foundation

McCall MacBain Foundation

Gilles Ouellette

Anonymous (1)

Knowledge Circle

$10,000 - $24,999

The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation

David Dodge

Fiera Capital Corporation

Nancy & Richard Hamm

Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier

James Hinds

Suzanne Ivey Cook

Jacobs Family

Sheryl & David Kerr

Jacqueline Koerner

McLean Group

Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam

Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter

Irfhan Rawji

Stephen J. Toope

William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling

Anonymous donor (1)

$5,000 - $9,999

Frank Barker

William Blundell

Scott Bonham

Tim & Sheila Casgrain

Dominic D’Alessandro

Derek & Adrienne Fisher

Susan Fox & Mike Schnekenburger

Trisha Jackson, in memory of Syd Jackson

Chonnettia Jones

John & Sidney Madden

Anne McLellan

The Midloch Foundation

Ann Rooney & Jim Artindale

Indira Samarasekera

Daniel Trefler

Damon & Stevi Williams

$2,000 - $4,999

James C. Baillie

Arnaud Bellens

Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.

Brenda Eaton

John Hepburn

Marietta Hurst

Barb Jackson & Rob Keyes, in memory of E. Sydney Jackson

Vahan & Susie Kololian

Claude Lamoureux

The Linda Judith Reed Foundation

Leslie McCarley

Mitchell Family Fund

Gail Regan

Michael & Renae Tims

Friends

$1,000 - $1,999

Beverley Brennan

CANARIE Inc.

Rebecca Finlay

Melvyn Goodale

Janet E. Halliwell

Joanne Harack

Dick & Lois Haskayne

Carol D. Kirsh

David Laidley

Zaylin Lalji & Paul Dhalla

Spencer Lanthier

Troy & Rosalyn Manthorpe

Jennifer Mauro

Jennifer Moore Rattray & Stacy Dainard

Roger & Maureen Parkinson

Robert Potter

Doina Precup

Susan Schafron

Elissa Strome

Louis Taillefer & Louise Brisson

Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire

$500 - $999

Ross Bates

Shiraz & Nurjehan Bharmal

Jim Burge

Peter Farwell

Pascal Germain

Russell Hiscock

Sara & Scott Lamb

Robert McGavin

Ronald Pearlman

Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein

Anonymous donor (1)

Under $500

Jane Anderson

David Angell

Patricia Baird

Craig Barlow

Harry Baumann

Philippe Boucher

John Burnett

Amy Cook

Véronique Dault

Patricia Duncan

Lesley Evans

Jordana Frankel-Sable

Liang Fu

Bruce Gaulin

Kate Geddie

David Goldbloom

Allison Harell

 

Terrence Higgins

Nancy Howe

Ingrid Kern

Alice Ko

Bryan Kolb

Will Kymlicka

Hugo Larochelle

Monika Lenkiewicz

S J L’Hirondelle

Kevin Lubberts

Qiong Ma

Jennifer Marczak

Simon Miles

Nicole Miller

Muriel Ostenberg

Lloyd & Pat Posno

Shannon Rafferty Terry

Donald S. Rickerd

Subir Sachdev

Carole Salah

T. Ann Smiley, in memory of William Blundell and Gerald Heffernan

Olav & Constança Sorenson

Terrell Sprecher

Wanda Stephens

Sam Sutherland

André-Marie Tremblay

Carolina Tropini

Leigh Valliere

Christopher Warnock

Allan Warrack

Anonymous donors (13)

The Fraser Mustard Legacy Society

CIFAR thanks the following donors for sharing their intention to leave a Legacy gift in their Will.

Elizabeth Gerrits

Richard Ivey

Lawrence Tanenbaum

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GOVERNMENT

CIFAR is grateful for commitments and investments made between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.

Canada

$25,000,000 AND ABOVE

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

The International Development Research Centre

$500,000 - $1,000,000

GOUVERNEMENT DU ALBERTA

GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC

Ministry of Technology and Innovation

Fonds de recherche du Québec: Nature et technologies sector; Santé sector; Société et culture sector

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PARTNERS

The British Academy

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Genome British Columbia

INRIA

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC - Taiwan)

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

If you have any questions about this listing, or if your recognition wishes have changed, please contact giving@cifar.ca or 647.951.5709.

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