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And every one of them is a testament to your generosity.

Jenny Shin
Mark Cooper
Paying it forward

Daniel Grzymisch became a monthly donor after Sunnybrook saved his life – twice

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NA operating room filled with or staff
Behind the scenes of a life-saving surgery

Sunnybrook’s vascular team and a grateful patient recount the first surgery in the Blake & Belinda Goldring and Family Hybrid Operating Room

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Jenny Shin
Immense gratitude
Team Sunnybrook saved Jenny Shin’s life after she suffered a severe stroke and broken neck
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Building safer communities

Sunnybrook’s Centre for Injury Prevention and Toronto Community Housing are teaming up to save lives

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Debbie and Jeff Gifford speak with a doctor
Making cochlear implants more accessible

Debbie and Jeff Gifford know the struggles of living with hearing loss. Now, they are helping Sunnybrook support more patients

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Mark Cooper
When family and friends come together

Mark Cooper says he has seen more than his share of familial cancer, and if there’s one thing he’s learned: research is impacting lives

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Unique partnership

Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre and the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch collaborated to educate others on COVID-19 care.

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Honouring a true leader and friend
Family and friends of Jonny Kellock came together to launch a fundraising effort in his name.
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Devlin DeFrancesco stands holding a racing helmet
Racing for the tiniest babies

“I owe my life to Sunnybrook,” says professional race car driver Devlin DeFrancesco

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Dr. Arjun Sahgal and Karen Cotnam
Inspiring advances in cancer care

One of many patients taking part in clinical trials at Sunnybrook, Karen Cotnam’s experience inspired her to become a donor

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William Cheng hosted a once in a lifetime dinner curated by Michelin-star Chef Masaki Saito in partnership with the renowned Chef Didier.
When a love of food meets fundraising

William Cheng and Chef’s Circle are transforming lives, one unforgettable meal at a time

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New Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre under construction
Community support helps build a bold new centre.

Through unique matching gift and awareness campaigns, Sunnybrook’s community has rallied together to support the new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre

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Murad Wancho
The future of youth mental health

Sunnybrook's first-ever Youth Advisory Council is amplifying the voices of young people

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Stephanie Bergman with her dog
A novel treatment option for depression

Stephanie Bergman shares her experience with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Lending his voice

Former Lieutenant Governor David Onley shares his experience with Sunnybrook’s MR-Linac

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Taking action

Philanthropist Denham Jolly has a lifelong history of giving back

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Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre

Revolutionizing the future of brain and mental health care in one state-of-the-art facility

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Innovation to impact

Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Program performed two firsts with the TAVI device for Leib and Linda

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Hope for the future
Innovative first-in-Canada treatment option for OCD is helping Matthew Ho live a life he once thought impossible
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Connecting patients

Aaron Hou and his friends rallied to give patients with COVID-19 a tool to safely communicate with loved ones

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Jennifer Tory Trauma Recovery Clinic

This innovative model of care was a vision years in the making

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Special delivery
Danielle and Akeem Richards celebrate the first birthday of their twins after a challenging pregnancy
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Breaching the blood-brain barrier

Focused ultrasound targets areas of the brain and body far beyond where a scalpel could go

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Lasting legacy

Terry O’Sullivan has always found time for Sunnybrook as a donor and volunteer

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Brain resilience and recovery

Dr. Sandra Black and her team are uncovering relationships between dementia and the brain’s microvasculature

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Walking tall

After the Yonge Street tragedy, Cathy Riddell is back on her feet

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Joining forces

Joe Azzopardi and Anne Madden are teaming up to support breast and prostate cancer research

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Precision technology

For the first time in Canada, Sunnybrook is offering MRI-guided brachytherapy for patients with bile duct cancers

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Making a difference

David is proud to support Sunnybrook – “the little hospital that grew” – each month

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Close to his heart

Hardworking, principled and generous, Israel Gewertz donated his entire estate to Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Program

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The future of rehabiliation research

Donor support is helping to advance the work of researchers at St. John’s Rehab researchers

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Engaging youth
New, enhanced services at Sunnybrook’s Family Navigation Project are supporting more young people like Sam Medland
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Transformative treatment

Sunnybrook’s Holland Bone and Joint Program is leading the way on innovative procedures that treat serious knee problems while preserving knee joints

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Indelible mark

Silent auction of tattoo art puts smiles on the faces of residents at Sunnybrook’s Veterans Centre

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Then and now

75 years of innovation at Sunnybrook

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