Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto

The University of Toronto has chosen Toronto-based Montgomery Sisam Architects and U.K.-based Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios as the architects for the new Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The Honourable Bill Graham, Chancellor of Trinity College, has donated $5 million to the Centre for Contemporary International History.

In February, U of T reached out to alumni and friends in California who are playing a leading role in the Bay Area’s dynamic innovation economy.

Backed by eight visionary partners, the Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management aims to turn new technologies into profitable businesses.

U of T researchers have dominated many recent competitions in science and engineering—adding to the University’s disproportionate representation among Canada’s most significant awards.

The legacy of Canadian visual artist Doris McCarthy, who earned a BA at age 78 and died in 2010 at the age of 100, will continue to thrive at U of T Scarborough.

The University of Toronto and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation are delighted to announce the 16 inaugural Weston Fellows, recipients of Canada’s most prestigious awards dedicated to international experience at the doctoral level.

The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program has made an outstanding US$22.5 million gift to the University of Toronto. The gift aims to help educate and develop young scholars from Africa, preparing them to lead change in their communities.

The Boundless Campaign, with its themes of boundary-crossing opportunity, openness, inclusion, and impact, has resonated strongly with students who see in it a reflection of their own values and aspirations.

As we mark the first anniversary of Boundless, we see that the campaign and its core themes have taken root across the University’s divisions and within our community of alumni and friends at home and abroad. The result: the campaign recently surpassed $1.18 billion.

It has been a year of extraordinary momentum since the launch of Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto in November 2011. One year after the official public launch, we have raised more than $1.18 billion.

The installation of the Honourable Michael Wilson as the 33rd Chancellor of the University of Toronto marked the opening ceremonies of fall Convocation on the morning of November 12, launching a week of celebration for thousands of students, their families and faculty mentors.

University of Toronto Scarborough launched the largest fundraising campaign in its history with a celebration at Miller Lash House on November 14, 2012.

On the evening of November 5th, more than 100 students, faculty, volunteers, alumni and friends gathered at U of T’s Faculty of Dentistry to honour student award recipients and to launch the first phase of the Faculty’s $18 million campaign.

Nearly 400 students, family, donors, friends and faculty gathered to celebrate the launch of the $25-million campaign for U of T’s Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the Toronto Reference Library’s Bram and Bluma Appel Salon on Tuesday evening to recognize student achievement through the annual Student Awards Ceremony.

The Asia-Pacific launch of Boundless: the Campaign for the University of Toronto was celebrated recently at a gala event in Hong Kong.

The Centre for Jewish Studies has launched a public campaign with a major gift from the Tanenbaum family to enhance its impact as a vital intellectual cornerstone in the heart of Toronto and to complement the efforts to build one of the most vibrant centres for Jewish life in the world.

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of donors throughout the institution, the University is pleased to report that its Boundless campaign has reached $1.12 billion as of September 30th.

George Myhal (BEng 1978) is saying thank-you in a big way for his U of T education with a pace-setting $5-million gift to U of T Engineering’s campaign

Rosie MacLennan (BPHE 2011) knows how to deliver a top performance, on and off the trampoline. A few short months before winning Canada’s only gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, she was hard at work co-chairing a successful fundraising gala in support of the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

The New One program got started this fall at New College—celebrating its 50th anniversary this year— with the help of a generous $1-million gift from an outstanding graduate and strong supporter, Richard Rooney (B.A. 1977).

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the largest gift to the law school to date: a generous $10-million lead gift to the Building Campaign from the Honourable Henry N. R. “Hal” Jackman.

Looking to the future while celebrating a 160-year tradition, the University of St. Michael’s College launched a $50-million campaign on Sept. 29 in the heart of the historic campus east of Queen’s Park.

The University of Toronto has launched The Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development (IHD) — a bold and necessary response to the challenge of providing every child the opportunity to have the best start in life.

The Munk School of Global Affairs has celebrated the opening of a newly renovated and restored heritage building that doubles the amount of space available to its students, faculty and staff.

The Faculty of Music heralded an exciting new season of performances, lectures and master classes—and unveiled its campaign to extend the Faculty’s interdisciplinary reach, heighten its international profile and build its infrastructure.

The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering kicked off their $200-million campaign that will build on our reputation for excellence, and ensure our place among the world’s leading institutions for engineering education, research and innovation.

The Faculty of Medicine announced its $500-million campaign that will transform health care by training future leaders and putting scientific discovery into action.

The Rotman School of Management's expansion has officially opened. The new space doubles the amount of teaching, research, study, presentation and special event space.

Lynd Forguson loved University College, its intimacy, its diversity, its wonderful way of helping young people.

The University of Toronto has initiated a visionary matching program to boost the financial support available to its undergraduates.

Students were front and centre as U of T Mississauga unveiled its ambitious $60-million campaign that will prepare the campus for a new era of global leadership and societal impact.

Victoria University President Paul Gooch helped launch Vic’s “Imagination Unbound” fundraising campaign during a ceremony at Isabel Bader Theatre.

The campaign for the Faculty of Arts and Science will strengthen the University’s capacity to prepare global citizens and to meet the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century.

At the end of January, Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto surpassed $1 Billion in contributions.

With $17 Million raised, U of T’s Tanz Centre is half-way to its $31 Million Campaign goal. Reaching this milestone is, in large measure, a credit to the tireless work of fundraising co-chairs Mark Tanz (BA 1952 UC) and Lionel Schipper (JD 1956), who also happen to be the Centre’s most generous benefactors.

More than 200 alumni and friends of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law gathered on Nov. 29, 2011 to celebrate the launch of a $53-million building campaign to position Canada's number one law school for a future of boundless leadership, potential and vision.

Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of benefactors, the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport will open early 2015.

The following speech was delivered by President David Naylor at the launch event for Boundless: The Campaign for the University of Toronto, on November 20, 2011.

Nearly 1,000 alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff gathered in Convocation Hall on Sunday, November 20 for a special event marking the start of the public phase of the University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign—the University’s third in the last 30 years.

Watch the video introducing Boundless, the campaign for the University of Toronto.

The University of Toronto has unveiled Boundless, the largest fundraising campaign in Canadian university history.