Empire Life works wonders and raises $273,000 for United Way
KINGSTON, ON–The annual Empire Life United Way campaign exceeded its goal of $270,000, raising $273,000 to benefit United Ways across Canada. The company matched employee and retiree pledges up to $125,000. “We chose the theme Working Wonders Together for our campaign this year because community is extremely important to us …
Diabetes Canada President and CEO joins Community of Canada’s Most Powerful Women Leaders
TORONTO, ON–Dr. Jan Hux, president and CEO of Diabetes Canada, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). She receives her award in the “Professionals” category, which recognizes women who are professionals in practice and are leaders …
Ninety Five percent of Canadians want to give gifts that have a lasting impact: Ipsos
From clean water to education, Canadians can give gifts that have the power to create lasting change MISSISSAUGA, ON–As Canadians search for the perfect gifts for their loved ones, a new Ipsos survey shows meaningful gifts with impact are what’s trending. The survey found that almost all Canadians (95%) want …
Campaign shines a light on critical need for Foster care (and not for the dog)
New Campaign for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada BURLINGTON, ON–Today, more than 30,000 children are waiting to be adopted from foster care in Canada. The hard reality is that too many children linger in care for years and age out of the foster care system without an adoptive family …
Hospital Research Spending Subdued
TORONTO, ON–Canada’s leading research hospitals, hospital networks and health authorities spent a total of $2.68 billion on research in Fiscal 2018 – a 2.9% year-on-year gain – according to Research Infosource Inc., which today released its annual ranking. Among the Top 40 Research Hospitals 24 saw their spending increase compared …
Benefit in Support of JDRF Canada a Beacon in Okanagan Valley Night
JDRF Starlight Gala Presented by RBC Shines in Kelowna Kelowna, BC–On behalf of the JDRF Starlight Gala Committee, JDRF would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for making the 14th Annual Gala an astonishing success. This year more than $119,000 was raised towards type 1 diabetes (T1D) research; what …
Symcor announces over $500,000 gift to Women’s College Hospital
Gift to support virtual care at WCH TORONTO, ON–Symcor, a major Canadian provider of services supporting clients through their digital transformation, has announced a $510,000 total multi-year commitment to fund research into cutting-edge virtual care solutions being evaluated by The Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual …
Pandora launches limited-edition charms for change in support of UNICEF
As part of a new long-term global collaboration, Pandora joins UNICEF in supporting the world’s most vulnerable children TORONTO, ON–Ahead of World Children’s Day on 20th November, Pandora will launch the limited-edition Pandora Me jewellery for UNICEF – as the first of many partnership activities to come. By wearing Pandora …
Women, racialized minority representation in Montreal’s senior leadership on the rise
Canadian Women’s Foundation backs study MONTREAL, QC–A new study shows that the representation of women and racialized minorities in senior leadership positions in the Greater Montreal Area (GMA) has increased since 2016 but both are still under-represented based on their proportion in the population. Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute and Canada …
FlightHub, Make-A-Wish Foundation Partner Once Again to Make Children’s Travel Dreams Come True
MONTREAL, QC—As a company focused on leisure travel, FlightHub is used to putting smiles on people’s faces and making their dreams come true. However, for the last few years, an initiative close to its heart has helped bring people joy in a very different way. This time around, FlightHub was …