Volume 9, numéro 1

The CFI's grant of $100 million to the Research Institute of the MUHC will go towards the Centres for Innovative Medicine and Translational Biology at the Glen Campus, set to be among the most advanced biomedical research facilities in Canada.

On September 12, Cedars welcomed Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour-de-France champion, cancer survivor and internationally renowned philanthropist who recently announced his return to professional racing in order to raise cancer awareness.

When the Cedars Breast Clinic opened in 2002, it brought together experienced staff from both the Royal Victoria and Montreal General Hospital sites of the MUHC. Dr. Sarkis Meterissian, the Clinic's director, gives HP a tour.

Breast cancer survivor Jacinda Lowry knows first hand that advances in research have ensured that encouraging results can come out of a discouraging diagnosis, especially if the patient has the chance to be treated by the talented team at the Cedars Breast Clinic of the McGill University Health Centre.

On June 24, 2008, the McGill University Health Centre Foundation lost a beloved member of its Board of Directors when Pam Dunn passed away just shy of her eighty-fourth birthday.

The MUHC recently welcomed the report from the Office de consultation publique de Montréal regarding the Mountain Campus; the government of Quebec will soon authorize a Request for Proposals for the Glen Campus.

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre is set to build the cutting-edge Centres for Innovative Medicine and Translational Biology at the Glen Campus.

In this edition of the Planned Giving Primer, John Archer explains the process of giving RRSPs and RRIFs to the McGill University Health Centre Foundation.