Investment Impact

The returns generated from the Endowment help support promising students, innovative programs and faculty-driven research at the University of Toronto. Here is a selection of investment impact updates from recent UTAM annual reports.


Advancing Environmental Science

The annual Beatrice and Arthur Minden Symposium on the Environment, hosted by the University of Toronto’s School of the Environment, welcomes the public to a series of…

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Exploring Global Communities

The new Chair in Tamil Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough was made possible by a grassroots campaign that raised $3 million from more than 3,800 donors – among…

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Expanding Cultural Understanding

In 2023, the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) received an endowed gift from Gyan and Kanchan Jain and their family to support the study of Jainism, the ancient…

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Nurturing Successful Careers

Established at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) in 2011, the Pynn Family Paleontology Award helps outstanding undergraduate students in financial need pursue…

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Supporting Environmental Studies

At the University of Toronto Scarborough, two endowed scholarship programs enable talented graduate students to pursue careers in environmental science and join the growing…

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Exploring Constitutional Rights

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights fosters learning, research and advocacy on a range of contemporary constitutional law and litigation issues in Canadian…

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Ensuring Children’s Well-being

As the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family, Prof. Ramona Alaggia of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work is able to amplify the impact of her…

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Driving the Innovation Economy

Prof. Dan Breznitz, the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, has earned global recognition for showing how innovation transforms rapid-growth industries and entire communities.

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Encouraging Future Achievers

Scholarship winner Katherine Dolan, a co-op student in physical and environmental sciences at U of T Scarborough, can focus her energy on pursuing her academic goals.

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