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How technology can make you healthier
Canadians are facing a health crisis. Cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes are all on the rise. So many of us just don’t move enough, in fact, data from Health Canada suggests that 80 per cent of the population is physically inactive. Physical inactivity is...
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Give the gift of health: Life after loss
Dennis Carranza has faced more than his share of healthcare challenges. At 42 years old, he is rebuilding his life after undergoing a heart transplant earlier this summer. The Montreal born son of physician parents was training for a half-marathon when he first...
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The future of pharmacy: interdisciplinary and innovative
Innovative, dedicated, and patient-oriented: those are just some of the qualities used to describe renown pharmacists Franҫois Schubert and Marie Pineau. Marie was pharmacist-in-chief at the Montreal General Hospital – the first female in the history of the department...
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Julie Quenneville named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award
Julie Quenneville, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation President, has been named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner. The Top 100 Awards pay tribute to outstanding women across Canada who have...
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Enchantée 2018
On October 18, 2018, over 200 guests attended the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation’s second annual Enchantée cocktail dinatoire, co-chaired by volunteers Cynthia Price Verreault, JoAnne Kelly Rudy, and Anna Capobianco-Skipworth. The event...
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Celebration of Life 20th anniversary
On October 12, 2018, over 350 guests attended the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation’s annual Celebration of Life dinner-dance. Chaired by Rosa Shields, an organ transplant recipient, and President of the MUHC Organ Transplant...
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LEADERS: Tomorrow’s philanthropists
Rory Bertrand describes himself as a “born and raised” Montrealer. The National Bank portfolio manager grew up in the residential West Island community of Baie d’Urfé. Rory studied Engineering before completing a joint Master’s degree in Investment Management and CFA...
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Research shines bright at the MUHC
On October 3, the annual Research Awards Ceremony took place at the Centre Mont-Royal in downtown Montreal. Hosted by the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC) and the partner Foundations of the MUHC, close to 100 awards were distributed to some of the hospital’s...
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