 | This article has an unclear citation style.(November 2017) |
Sandra Ann Rotman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sandra Frieberg May 10, 1938 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, Canadian philanthropist |
| Spouse | Joseph Louis Rotman |
| Children | Janis, Kenneth |
Sandra Ann Rotman, CM OOnt , is a Canadian philanthropist and community leader.
She and her late husband, Joseph Rotman (O.C., LL.D), frequently directed their philanthropy to support Canadian institutions in the arts, health care and education. Over the course of 20 years, the Rotmans served on many boards and donated more than $90 million to charities.
In 2006, Sandra Rotman was honored with the Order of Ontario, and in 2007 was awarded an honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto. [1]
Sandra Rotman has served on the boards of several Canadian institutions in the arts, health and education:
Rotman is a long-standing supporter of health institutions in Canada. The Rotmans supported the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, which researches aging and dementia, in Toronto for close to three decades. In 1989, they established the Rotman Research Institute to study cognitive neuroscience and to translate the most recent research directly to benefit patients. Also at Baycrest, she created the Sandra A. Rotman Program in Neuropsychiatry. [2] [3]
For more than two decades, Sandra Rotman has been a contributor to the University Health Network in downtown Toronto as a board member and a donor.
Established by both University Health Network and the University of Toronto, the Sandra Rotman Centre [4] focuses on global health through translational research on malaria, through ethics, social and cultural research. The centre hosts the Grand Challenges Canada federally funded program. The University of Toronto also hosts the Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy and the Rotman School of Management.
Rotman is an advocate of mental health issues. After being treated for anxiety, she worked with the Rotman School of Management to create Rise Asset Development in 2009. [5] Rise Asset Development provides free business mentoring and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for health supports, providing assistance to entrepreneurs living with mental illness and addictions. [6]
Sandra Rotman is a major benefactor to the National Ballet of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company, the Israel Museum, the Toronto Symphony and the Toronto International Film Festival. She also founded the Louis Applebaum Visitorship in Film Composition at the University Of Toronto School of Music.
Sandra and Joseph Rotman helped to found the Elinor and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theater, [7] an annual award where the winning Laureate receives $75,000 and selects an emerging artist to receive a $25,000 Protégé Prize.
Rotman attended Toronto Teachers College, graduating in 1958. In 1960–61, she studied Fine Arts at Barnard College in New York. She continued her studies at the University of Toronto, receiving her BA in 1975.
In 2006, Rotman was created a member of the Order of Ontario, and in 2007 she was awarded an honorary LL.D. by the University of Toronto. [8]
In advance of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the Rotmans were selected to be torchbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Run in Toronto on December 17, 2009. [9]
The Rotmans received the Outstanding Philanthropists Award from The Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2009. [10]
In 2010, the Rotmans received the Beth Sholom Brotherhood Humanitarian Award. [11]
In 2013, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for her leadership in support of health care and the arts, notably as a driver of initiatives in global and mental health". [12]
She married Joseph L. Rotman in 1959; they have two children, Janis and Kenneth. [13] She lives in Toronto, Canada.
The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management is the University of Toronto's graduate business school, located in Downtown Toronto. The University of Toronto has been offering undergraduate courses in commerce and management since 1901, but the business school was formally established in 1950 as the Institute of Business Administration. The name was changed to the Faculty of Management Studies in 1972 and subsequently shortened to the Faculty of Management in 1986. The school was renamed in 1997 after Joseph L. Rotman (1935–2015), its principal benefactor.
Frances Lankin,, is a Canadian senator, former president and CEO of United Way Toronto, and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister in the NDP government of Bob Rae between 1990 and 1995. From 2010 to 2012, she co-chaired a government commission review of social assistance in Ontario. From 2009 to 2016, she was a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
David Ross Beatty, C.M., OBE, MA, CFA is a Canadian businessman and academic. He serves as a Director of FirstService, Walter Energy and Canada Steamship Lines. He is currently the Conway Director at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Over his career he has served on over 35 Boards of directors and been Chair of 8 publicly traded companies.
Louis Siminovitch was a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs exploring genetic roots of cancer.
Daniel Trefler is a Canadian economist who is currently the J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is among the most influential and frequently cited economists worldwide.
Christine Hart is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1986 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Joseph Louis Rotman,, was a noted Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Rotman was the founder, benefactor and member of many successful organizations, such as the Clairvest Group Inc., the Rotman Research Institute, the Rotman School of Management, and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Throughout his life, he received three honorary degrees, as well as an induction into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. He is well-regarded for donating his time and financial assistance to numerous philanthropic causes including the arts, education and healthcare.
Lawrence M. Tanenbaum is a Canadian businessman and chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). He owns a 25% stake in MLSE through his holding company Kilmer Sports Inc.
Bruce Bunji Kuwabara, is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of the firm KPMB Architects. He is an invested Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the RAIC Gold Medal. He is Board Chair of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
Peter Alexander Singer, OC, FRSC, is Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization.
Kevin Kain is a tropical disease expert based at the Toronto General Hospital, at which he serves as Director of the Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine. He is a Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, the Director of the Sandra A. Rotman Labs at the Sandra Rotman Centre, and holds a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Parasitology.
Richard William Nesbitt is a Canadian financial executive currently managing KalNes Capital Partners' partner. Previously, he was the president and CEO of Global Risk Institute in Financial Services. In addition, in cooperation with the London School of Economics, he leads the creation of a new research institute, The Inclusion Initiative At LSE, which is mandated to improve diversity and inclusion in the industry. He is also an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto. He teaches a Rotman School of Management course entitled "How Banks Work: Management in a New Regulatory Age." Richard is also chair of the advisory board of the Mind-Brain Behaviour Hive at the same university.
Rise provides microfinancing and mentorship to entrepreneurs living with mental health and addiction challenges who are interested in pursuing self-employment. Business loans, leases, and other investments are offered depending on the stage of development, needs and capacity of each business. Rise provides business financing up to $25,000 throughout Ontario, with financing averaging from $3000 to $5000. The Rotman School of Management and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health participate in advisory functions, lending their respective expertise for business mentoring and mental health supports and services to the benefit of Rise clients. In January 2012, Rise received the Social Entrepreneurship in Mental Health Equity Award for Toronto social enterprises advancing mental health equity.
Dale Howard Lastman is a Canadian lawyer who serves as Chair of Goodmans law firm. He is the elder son of the late Mel Lastman, who was Mayor of Toronto from 1998 to 2003.
Sandra Hanington was the Master of the Royal Canadian Mint. She was appointed to this position on February 11, 2015 and resigned on July 1, 2018. She was the fourth woman to serve in this capacity. Prior to her appointment, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in 2014. She is also a recognized Canadian philanthropist, having previously served on the board of Kids Help Phone and co-founding Jack.org, a mental health organization. Hanington currently resides in Toronto with her family.
Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that uses a Grand Challenges model to fund solutions to critical health and development challenges in the developing world.
John Norman Lavis is a Canadian physician based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University, where he founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum. He is co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).
Allison Britt Sekuler is an American neuroscientist. In 2019, she was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women.
Paula Ann Rochon is a Canadian geriatrician. She is the Retired Teachers of Ontario/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto.