Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex

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Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex
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Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex
General information
Location1777 Outer Circle,
Mississauga, Ontario
OpeningNovember 1, 2011(13 years ago) (2011-11-01)
Owner University of Toronto
Technical details
Floor count4
Floor area5,960m2

The Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex (TDHSC) is an academic building in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Located on the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus, the building is home to the Mississauga Academy of Medicine (MAM), one of the four academies in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's MD program. It was built in 2011 as part of an effort to expand Ontario health care education, and is the only medical school location in Mississauga. [1] [2]

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The Faculty of Medicine is affiliated with Trillium Health Partners' teaching hospitals in Mississauga for students in the Mississauga Academy of Medicine. [3] Apart from MAM, the Health Sciences Complex houses the UTM Biomedical Communications program and the Department of Anthropology. It was designed by Kongats Architects Toronto, with funding provided by Carlo Fidani, Terrence Donnelly, and the Provincial Government. [2] Carlo Fidani donated $10 million for building costs, scholarships, and a chair in family and community medicine. Terrence Donnelly donated $12 million to building costs and scholarships. Capital funding for the project of $30.3 million was provided by the Provincial Government. The construction for the 5,960 square meter (64,153 square feet), four-storey building began the summer of 2009. [4] The building officially opened on November 1, 2011. [5]

A side view of the Health Sciences Complex Health Sciences Complex, University of Toronto, Mississauga.jpg
A side view of the Health Sciences Complex

The building was designed like a "stacked box," built on a slope between the Communication, Culture and Technology and William G. Davis buildings, with an elevated walkway built connecting to the latter. Inside the building are modern classrooms, seminar rooms, computer facilities, learning spaces and laboratories, a student lounge, and outdoor terrace. [6] [7]

Awards

The TDHSC was designed to achieve a North American LEED Gold sustainability designation [6] and received a 2012 Governor General's Medal in Architecture. [8]

See also

References

  1. Ogilvie, Megan (February 3, 2011). "Philanthropist donates $12 million to U of T Mississauga". Toronto Star.
  2. 1 2 "Building A Stronger Ontario". Government of Ontario. February 3, 2010.
  3. "Our partners". Trillium Health Partners. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  4. Stirling, Jane (November 7, 2011). "Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex, Mississauga Academy of Medicine Opens". University of Toronto Mississauga.
  5. Stirling, Jane (October 25, 2011). "University of Toronto to open Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex". University of Toronto | Media Room.
  6. 1 2 "Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex". Kongats Architects. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  7. "Mississauga Academy of Medicine". Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  8. "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2012 Recipient: Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex". RAIC | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved October 23, 2025.