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

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LIFETIME GIVING

As CIFAR approaches our 40th year, we wish to honour the lifetime commitment of donors who believed in our bold vision to inspire new directions of inquiry, accelerate discovery, and yield breakthroughs across borders and academic disciplines.

Benefactors' Circle

The Benefactors’ Circle recognizes the extraordinary philanthropic commitments of donors whose lifetime giving exceeds $1 million.

$20,000,000 and above

The Azrieli Foundation

$10,000,000 – $19,999,999

RBC Foundation

Anonymous donor (1)

$2,500,000 – $4,999,999

BMO Financial Group

Gerald Heffernan

Ivey Foundation

Lawson Foundation

Manulife Financial

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Bruce H. Mitchell

R. Howard Webster Foundation

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

Arthur J.E. Child Foundation

Canada Life

CIBC

CP

General Motors

The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation

Glencore

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Richard W. & Donna Ivey

The Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation

J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Michael & Sonja Koerner

The Lawrence & Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation

Magna International Inc.

Max Bell Foundation

Margaret & Wallace McCain

MDA Inc.

Molson Foundation

Power Corporation of Canada

Scotiabank

TD Bank Group

Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

Trottier Family Foundation

Vale Canada Limited

Believers

$500,000 – $999,999

ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Atkinson Foundation

BCE

CN

Crabtree Foundation

David Dodge

Donner Canadian Foundation

Flair Foundation

George Weston Limited

Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky-Gluskin

Google LLC

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Nancy & Jon Love

Petro-Canada

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

Shell Canada Limited

T.R. Meighen Family Foundation

Weston Family Foundation

Anonymous donor (1)

$250,000 – $499,999

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Peter Allen

Alva Foundation

Arrell Family Foundation

James C. Baillie

John & Mary Barnett

Bowring Group Limited

Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation

CRB Foundation

Bruno Ducharme

Margaret & Jim Fleck

Gerdau Ameristeel

Anthony R.M. Graham

Hydro One

John Dobson Foundation

MacMillan Bloedel Limited

The McLean Foundation

Gilles Ouellette

Barbara Stymiest

Torstar Corporation

The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation

Anonymous donors (3)

$100,000 – $249,999

Andrew Peller Limited

Bealight Foundation

William Blundell

Cecily & Robert Bradshaw

Val & Dick Bradshaw

CCC Group

Canfor Corporation

CGI Group Inc.

Chawkers Foundation

Tony Comper

Olivier Desmarais

N. Murray Edwards

Fiera Capital Corporation

Fondation Céline et Jacques Lamarre

Morten N. Friis

GE Canada

The Gordon Foundation

Nancy & Richard Hamm

Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier

Geoffrey Hinton

Chaviva M. Hošek

HSBC Canada

Imperial Oil Limited

Jacobs Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.

Joseph Louis Rotman Charitable Foundation

Sheryl & David Kerr

Koerner Foundation

Liberty Mutual Canada

MacMillan Family Foundation

Maple Leaf Foods

National Bank of Canada

Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter

Placer Dome Inc.

Precarn Incorporated

PwC Canada

The Rockefeller Foundation

Dr. Molly Rundle & Stephen Lister

SDSN Association

S. M. Blair Family Foundation

Sun Life Financial Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.

Allan R. & Shirley I. Taylor

Technion Canada

TELUS

Texas Industries Inc.

Torys LLP

Tula Foundation

Alfred G. Wirth

William L. Young & Ruth T. Dowling

Anonymous donors (2)

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2021 SUPPORTERS

CIFAR is grateful to donors making multi-year commitments (in italics) and gifts in the 2021 calendar year.

Visionaries

$1,000,000 – $4,999,999

The Azrieli Foundation

RBC Foundation

Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

$500,000 – $999,999

The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The Molson Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999

Arrell Family Foundation

BMO Financial Group

Canada Life

Gerald Heffernan

Jacobs Foundation

Donald K. Johnson

Michael & Sonja Koerner

The Lawrence & Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation

MacMillan Family Foundation

Magna International Inc.

Manulife Financial

Gilles Ouellette

Lawrence Pentland & Nora Aufreiter

Power Corporation of Canada

R. Howard Webster Foundation

Scotiabank

Trottier Family Foundation

William L.Young & Ruth T. Dowling

Leaders

$50,000 - $99,999

Arthur J.E. Child Foundation

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation

Kyunghyun Cho

David Dodge

Flair Foundation

John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation

Max Bell Foundation

Bruce H. Mitchell

The Young Fund at Hamilton Community Foundation

$25,000 – $49,999

Alan Bernstein & JoAnn Breitman

Scott Bonham

Val & Dick Bradshaw

Olivier Desmarais

Fiera Capital Corporation

Richard W. & Donna Ivey

Koerner Foundation

Irfhan Rawji

Ann Rooney

Dr. Molly Rundle & Stephen Lister

Indira Samarasekera

Barbara Stymiest

Damon & Stevi Williams

Knowledge Circle

$10,000 – $24,999

Bealight Foundation

Morten N. Friis

Anthony R.M. Graham

Nancy & Richard Hamm

Charles Hantho & Eileen Mercier

James Hinds

Rosamond Ivey

Suzanne Ivey Cook

Jacobs Family

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Sheryl & David Kerr

McLean Group

$5,000 – $9,999

Frank & Julie Barker

William Blundell

Peter Bowie

Barnie & Bill Cowan in memory of Peter Bentley

Dominic D’Alessandro

Derek & Adrienne Fisher

Fondation Céline et Jacques Lamarre

Barbara L. Jackson & W. Robert Keyes, in memory of E. Sydney Jackson

Trisha Jackson, in memory of Syd Jackson

John C. Madden

Anne McLellan

Patricia Meredith & Stephen Karam

Midloch Foundation

Moffat Family Fund

Daniel Trefler

$2,000 – $4,999

Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc.

Brenda Eaton

Rebecca Finlay

John Hepburn

Marietta Hurst

Carol Kirsh

Claude Lamoureux

The Linda Judith Reed Foundation

Leslie McCarley

Rob McDiarmid

Mitchell Family Fund

Doina Precup

Gail Regan

Sumitra & Ananth Seshan

Michael & Renae Tims

Alfred G. Wirth

Pauline Yick

Friends

$1,000 – $1,999

Beverley Brennan

Canadian Rotographics Limited

Mark Daley

P. Ducros & Associates

Elizabeth Gerrits & Gordon Evans

Joanne Harack

Dick & Lois Haskayne

David H. Laidley

J. Spencer Lanthier

Troy & Rosalyn Manthorpe

Robert Potter

Penny Rubinoff at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

Susan Schafron

Elissa Strome

$500 – $999

Ronald Barr

Shiraz & Nurjehan Bharmal

The Brooks Family Charitable Fund

Jim Burge

Pascal Germain

David Hartwick

Joseph Heitman

Russell Hiscock

Morgan Lay

Catherine Letendre-Perreault

Jennifer Marczak

Jennifer Mauro

Robert McGavin

Catherine Riddell

Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein

Jason Stajich

Josanne White

Anonymous donors (3)

UNDER $500

Jane Anderson

David Angell

Dr. Patricia Baird

Harry Baumann

Sebastian Bodart

Amy Cook

Lesley Evans

Elke Goebel

Nicole Goossens

Derek Hanna

Terrence Higgins

Nancy Howe

Criselda Lagokos

Margaret Lefebvre

Sara Ly

Michael MacDonald

Dawn McKeown

Simon Miles

Robert Morrison

Susan Pfeiffer

In memory of Giorgio Piscitelli

Lloyd & Pat Posno

George Prodanou

Shannon Rafferty-Terry

Donald S. Rickerd

Avril Robinson

Carole Salah

T. Ann Smiley

Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation

Wyatt Tessari

Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire

Stephen Thomson

JP Udo

Leigh Valliere

Ymma Marie Villacastin

Allan Warrack

Kelly Zorzi

Anonymous donors (11)

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 W. Ivey

Lawrence Tanenbaum

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GOVERNMENT

CIFAR is grateful for commitments and investments made between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Canada

$25,000,000 AND ABOVE

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

The International Development Research Centre

$1,000,000 - $1,999,999

GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC

Ministère de l'Économie et de l’Innovation

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

$100,000 - $499,999

GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA

Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation

International

GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

If you have any questions about this listing, or if your recognition wishes have changed, please contact [email protected] or 647.951.5709.

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