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$25 million gift brings uOttawa campaign total to more than $226 million
OTTAWA, May 8, 2007 — The largest fundraising campaign in the history of the National Capital Region has exceeded all expectations. More than a year ahead of schedule, the University of Ottawa has surpassed its $200 million objective; in fact, with the announcement of a major transformational gift today, the Campaign for Canada’s university has now raised more than $226 million.
A donation of $25 million from Ian Telfer, an MBA graduate, launches a new era in management studies at the University of Ottawa. Telfer, who is a well-known Vancouver business and community leader, has directed his gift to the School of Management. This represents the largest single gift to the University and the largest individual donation to a Canadian business school. The faculty will be renamed the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa in his honour.
"The reason I am so proud to support the School of Management at the University of Ottawa is because I have experienced firsthand the positive impact the School can have on the lives of its alumni,” says Telfer. “Over 30 years ago the School of Management made an investment in me - now it’s my turn to return the favour and make an investment in the School."
Ian Telfer’s contribution is the most recent in several years of extraordinary donor support to the Campaign for Canada’s university. His support, added to that of Paul G. Desmarais, Shirley Greenberg, Stephen Jarislowsky, Sara and Zeev Vered, the J. W. McConnell Family Foundation, IBM, BMO Financial Group, Husky Energy, CIBC and thousands of other alumni and organizations have fuelled the most important fundraising effort in uOttawa’s history and by far the most successful ever in the National Capital Region.
“By investing in talented students, researchers and educators and in enhanced laboratories and modern buildings, donors are expressing their confidence in the University of Ottawa’s ability to help shape our country’s future,” says President and Vice-Chancellor Gilles G. Patry. “The Campaign’s remarkable success has raised the philanthropic bar at our university to new heights.”
