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 ====== University of Toronto ====== ====== University of Toronto ======
  
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 The **University of Toronto** is a Canadian research university based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]].  The **University of Toronto** is a Canadian research university based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. 
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 It hosts a number of institutes and colleges, including the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] and [[Massey College]]. It hosts a number of institutes and colleges, including the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] and [[Massey College]].
  
-===== Academia =====+===== History ===== 
 + 
 +==== COVID-19 ==== 
 + 
 +U of T received a $49,418 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "Training peers in motivational interviewing to increase vaccine confidence among healthcare workers in a large, urban healthcare institution."((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp)) 
 + 
 +On April 7, 2022, U of T and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] announced a new partnership to "develop new tools to prevent and treat [[infectious diseases]]," including in the realms of "molecular [[genetics]], biomedical engineering, [[biochemistry]] and beyond."((Kalvapalle, R. (2022, April 7). //U of T partners with Moderna to advance research in RNA science and technology.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/BCZIq)) 
 + 
 +===== Organization =====
  
 ==== Dalla Lana School of Public Health ==== ==== Dalla Lana School of Public Health ====
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   * [[University of Toronto Alumni Association]] (UTAA)   * [[University of Toronto Alumni Association]] (UTAA)
  
-Other notable donors are the following:+Other notable donors are the following:((//Presidents’ Circle Member Listing.// (2022, May 1). University of Toronto. https://archive.ph/xuXo9)) ((//Donor Listing.// University of Toronto Boundless Campaign. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://archive.ph/y9flp)) 
 + 
 +<WRAP column col4>
  
 == Academic == == Academic ==
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   * [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada]]   * [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada]]
   * [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH)   * [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH)
 +  * [[Disney Research]]
 +  * [[Durham University]]
 +  * [[International Life Sciences Institute]]
 +  * [[Massey College]]
 +  * [[McGill University]]
   * [[Sunnybrook Research Institute]]   * [[Sunnybrook Research Institute]]
 +  * [[University of Manitoba]]
   * [[University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association]]   * [[University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association]]
-  * [[Vector Institute]]+  * [[Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence]]
  
 == Auto and Aviation == == Auto and Aviation ==
  
   * [[Air Canada]]   * [[Air Canada]]
 +  * [[Ford]]
   * [[General Motors]]   * [[General Motors]]
   * [[Honda]]   * [[Honda]]
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   * [[BP Energy]]   * [[BP Energy]]
 +  * [[Chevron]]
   * [[Husky Energy]]   * [[Husky Energy]]
 +  * [[Petro-Canada]]
 +  * [[Suncor Energy]]
 +  * [[TC Energy]]
  
 == Consumer Goods and Services == == Consumer Goods and Services ==
  
   * [[Amazon]]   * [[Amazon]]
 +  * [[Costco]]
   * [[Loblaw Companies]]   * [[Loblaw Companies]]
 +  * [[Pharmasave]]
   * [[Procter & Gamble]]   * [[Procter & Gamble]]
 +  * [[SC Johnson]]
 +  * [[Shoppers Drug Mart]]
   * [[Walmart]]   * [[Walmart]]
  
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   * [[Barclays]]   * [[Barclays]]
 +  * [[BCE]]
 +  * [[BNY Mellon]]
   * [[Brookfield Partners Foundation]]   * [[Brookfield Partners Foundation]]
   * [[CIBC]]   * [[CIBC]]
 +  * [[Citi]]
 +  * [[Deloitte]]
   * [[Global Risk Institute]]   * [[Global Risk Institute]]
 +  * [[Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan]]
 +  * [[Hollinger]]
 +  * [[Hong Kong Bank Foundation]]
   * [[HSBC]]   * [[HSBC]]
 +  * [[Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada]] (IIROC)
   * [[KPMG]]   * [[KPMG]]
   * [[Manulife]]   * [[Manulife]]
   * [[Mastercard]]   * [[Mastercard]]
 +  * [[Merrill Lynch]]
   * [[National Bank of Canada]]   * [[National Bank of Canada]]
 +  * [[NorthWest Healthcare Properties]]
 +  * [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]]
   * [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]   * [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]
   * [[Scotiabank]]   * [[Scotiabank]]
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   * [[TD Bank Group]]   * [[TD Bank Group]]
   * [[TMX Group]]   * [[TMX Group]]
 +  * [[Vanguard]]
 +  * [[Western Union]]
  
 == Food Services == == Food Services ==
  
 +  * [[Cargill]]
   * [[Coca Cola]]   * [[Coca Cola]]
   * [[General Mills]]   * [[General Mills]]
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   * [[Nestle]]   * [[Nestle]]
   * [[PepsiCo]]   * [[PepsiCo]]
 +  * [[Sysco]]
  
 == Government Agencies == == Government Agencies ==
  
   * [[BDC Capital]]   * [[BDC Capital]]
 +  * [[Cancer Care Ontario]]
 +  * [[City of Toronto]]
 +  * [[Government of Canada]]
 +  * [[National Institute of Nutrition]]
   * [[Taiwan Ministry of Education]]   * [[Taiwan Ministry of Education]]
  
 == Health Care Facilities == == Health Care Facilities ==
  
 +  * [[Baycrest Health Sciences]]
   * [[Mount Sinai Hospital]]   * [[Mount Sinai Hospital]]
 +  * [[Saint Elizabeth Health Care]]
   * [[SickKids]]   * [[SickKids]]
 +  * [[St. Michael's Hospital]]
 +  * [[Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care]]
  
 == Infrastructure == == Infrastructure ==
  
   * [[Aecon]]   * [[Aecon]]
 +  * [[Canadian National Railway]] (a [[Bill Gates]] company)
  
 == Non-Profits == == Non-Profits ==
  
 +  * [[Aga Khan Foundation]]
   * [[Aga Khan Trust for Culture]]   * [[Aga Khan Trust for Culture]]
   * [[ALS Society of Canada]]   * [[ALS Society of Canada]]
 +  * [[American Endowment Foundation]]
 +  * [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
   * [[Burroughs Wellcome Fund]]   * [[Burroughs Wellcome Fund]]
 +  * [[Canadian Cancer Society]]
 +  * [[Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research]] (CANFAR)
 +  * [[Canadian Medical Association Foundation]]
   * [[Canadian Urological Association]]   * [[Canadian Urological Association]]
   * [[Colorectal Cancer Canada]]   * [[Colorectal Cancer Canada]]
 +  * [[CURE International]]
 +  * [[Cystic Fibrosis Canada]]
 +  * [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]]
   * [[Foundation to Promote Open Society]]   * [[Foundation to Promote Open Society]]
 +  * [[Health Research Foundation]]
 +  * [[Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada]]
   * [[March of Dimes]]   * [[March of Dimes]]
   * [[Nanjing New City Charity Foundation]]   * [[Nanjing New City Charity Foundation]]
   * [[OMeGA Medical Grants Association]]   * [[OMeGA Medical Grants Association]]
   * [[Ontario HIV Treatment Network]]   * [[Ontario HIV Treatment Network]]
 +  * [[Ontario Pharmacists Association]]
 +  * [[Open Society Institute Soros Foundation]]
   * [[Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation]]   * [[Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation]]
 +  * [[PSI Foundation]]
 +  * [[Rx&D Health Research Foundation]]
 +  * [[Schwab Charitable Fund]]
 +  * [[Seattle Foundation]]
 +  * [[Silicon Valley Community Foundation]]
   * [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation]]   * [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation]]
 +  * [[Temerty Foundation]]
 +  * [[West Park Hospital Foundation]]
 +  * [[Women's College Hospital Foundation]]
 +  * [[World Congress on Thyroid Cancer]]
  
 == Pharmaceutical Companies == == Pharmaceutical Companies ==
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   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:AbbVie]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:AbbVie]]
 +  * [[adMare BioInnovations]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alexion]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alexion]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alion Pharmaceuticals]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alion Pharmaceuticals]]
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   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Baxter]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Baxter]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]]
 +  * [[medical_technology_companies:Baylis Medical Technologies]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biogen]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:BioLegend]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:BioLegend]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biovail]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biovail]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bioventus]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Boehringer Ingelheim]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Boehringer Ingelheim]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bristol-Myers Squibb]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bristol-Myers Squibb]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Celgene]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Covidien]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Covidien]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:CSL]]
   * [[medical_technology_companies:Depuy Synthes]]   * [[medical_technology_companies:Depuy Synthes]]
   * [[Dow Chemical Company]]   * [[Dow Chemical Company]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eisai]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:EMD Serono]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Generex Biotechnology]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Genpharm]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Gilead Sciences]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]]
 +  * [[medical_technology_companies:HANSAmed]]
 +  * [[medical_technology_companies:Hologic]]
   * [[Iovate Health Sciences]]   * [[Iovate Health Sciences]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Ispen Biopharmaceuticals]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Knight Therapeutics]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Leo Pharma]]
 +  * [[LifeLabs]]
   * [[medical_technology_companies:Medtronic]]   * [[medical_technology_companies:Medtronic]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Monsanto]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novartis]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novartis]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novo Nordisk]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novo Nordisk]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Ortho Biotech]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Otsuka]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Paladin Labs]]
 +  * [[Patheon]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Psyched Therapeutics]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]]
 +  * [[medical_technology_companies:Stryker]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Synthes]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Takeda]]
   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Teva]]   * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Teva]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:UCB]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Verity Pharmaceuticals]]
 +  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Wyeth]]
   * [[medical_technology_companies:Zimmer Biomet]]   * [[medical_technology_companies:Zimmer Biomet]]
  
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   * [[Adobe Systems]]   * [[Adobe Systems]]
   * [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS)   * [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS)
 +  * [[Apple]]
   * [[AT&T]]   * [[AT&T]]
   * [[BCE]]   * [[BCE]]
   * [[BlackBerry]]   * [[BlackBerry]]
   * [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC)   * [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC)
 +  * [[Cisco]]
 +  * [[Cognizant]]
   * [[Comcast]]   * [[Comcast]]
   * [[Facebook]]   * [[Facebook]]
 +  * [[Fujitsu Laboratories]]
 +  * [[General Electric]]
   * [[Globe and Mail]]   * [[Globe and Mail]]
   * [[Google]]   * [[Google]]
 +  * [[Huawai Technologies]]
   * [[IBM]]   * [[IBM]]
   * [[Intel]]   * [[Intel]]
 +  * [[Meta]]
   * [[Microsoft]]   * [[Microsoft]]
 +  * [[Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories]]
 +  * [[Motorola]]
 +  * [[National Post]]
 +  * [[Nokia]]
 +  * [[NOVADAQ]]
   * [[NVIDIA]]   * [[NVIDIA]]
   * [[Postmedia Network]]   * [[Postmedia Network]]
   * [[Qualcomm]]   * [[Qualcomm]]
 +  * [[Reuters]]
 +  * [[Rogers Communications]]
 +  * [[Rogers Wireless]]
   * [[Samsung]]   * [[Samsung]]
 +  * [[Siemens]]
 +  * [[Snell Medical Communication]]
   * [[Stryker]]   * [[Stryker]]
   * [[Thomson Reuters]]   * [[Thomson Reuters]]
 +  * [[Toronto Star]]
 +  * [[Uber]]
 +  * [[Veritas]]
 +  * [[Walt Disney Company Foundation]]
 +  * [[Xanadu]]
 +  * [[Xeros]]
 +  * [[Xiaoju Science and Technology (Hong Kong)]]
 +  * [[Xilinx]]
  
-==== Pharmaceutical Companies ==== +</WRAP>
- +
-=== Moderna === +
- +
-On April 7, 2022, U of T and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] announced a new partnership to "develop new tools to prevent and treat [[infectious diseases]]," including in the realms of "molecular [[genetics]], biomedical engineering, [[biochemistry]] and beyond."((Kalvapalle, R. (2022, April 7). //U of T partners with Moderna to advance research in RNA science and technology.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/BCZIq))+
  
 ===== Link Dump ===== ===== Link Dump =====
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   * https://thevarsity.ca/2021/05/07/op-ed-university-of-toronto-should-end-partnerships-with-for-profit-pharmaceutical-companies/   * https://thevarsity.ca/2021/05/07/op-ed-university-of-toronto-should-end-partnerships-with-for-profit-pharmaceutical-companies/
   * https://www.staywell.charity/   * https://www.staywell.charity/
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 +{{tag>Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_funding}}
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