Donation from Allan Slaight Breakthrough Fund follows previous $50-million donation to Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation from the Slaight family in 2013
A Toronto hospital that is one of the world’s Top 5 cancer-research centres has received a $50-million gift to find treatment breakthroughs for the disease and advance recruitment.
“Allan would have loved everything this gift stands for – it reflects his curiosity, creativity, and his belief that talented people will accomplish remarkable, magical things when they are empowered to do so,” Gary Slaight said in a news conference. Allan SlaightThe gift, which isn’t tied to a specific research outcome, is being donated at a time when cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in Canada.
Dr. Aaron Schimmer, director of the research institute at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a professor at the University of Toronto whose work focuses on leukemia, said the fund will bring and keep the next generation of elite cancer researchers, educators and caregivers. The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre currently treats more than 200 different types of cancers, including some of the rarest. It also houses 183 oncologists, 72 cancer surgeons and 575 nurses.
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