A Toronto philanthropist is offering up $1 million to help keep the Ontario Science Centre open for the summer following the abrupt closure of the beloved North York museum last week.
Sabina Vohra-Miller offered up the cash this week, just days after she said she and her seven-year-old son visited the museum.
She and her husband run the Vohra Miller Foundation, which she says already supports STEM-related initiatives, particularly for underserved communities.the provincial government announced that it would be immediately closing the museum “The fact that we’ve had no conversation about the entirety of the science centre is problematic. There have been no public consultations, no stakeholder consultations, no transparency,” Vohra-Miller told CP24.
Construction on the new science centre is slated to begin next year and the new site could welcome visitors as early as 2028, Premier Doug Ford previously announced.
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