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Boundless Possibilities
BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL
UOFT'S NEW CAMPAIGN
President David Naylor
Throughout the last century, our professors and their
students, supported by our excellent staff, developed
insulin and the electron microscope, discovered the
chemical laser and stem cells, redefined literary criticism,
modern media and the digital age, roamed the
world to uncover ancient civilizations, invented the
glycemic index and pioneered in fields as diverse as
organ transplantation and computer graphics. Today,
in total research output, the top three universities in
the world are Harvard, Tokyo and Toronto.
David Naylor in President’s Message, UofT Magazine
Winter 2012, p. 5
©Reprinted with permission from UofT Magazine
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Medicine and the health sciences are at a pivotal moment.
Never in history have we witnessed such an explosion
of knowledge in the biomedical sciences, nor have we
had such powerful tools at our disposal to understand
the underlying mechanisms of health and disease. With
this profound shift in knowledge, we have unprecedented
opportunities to pre-empt, modulate, and even
eradicate some of the world’s most common illnesses.
SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE IN MEDICINE AT U OF T
The University of Toronto is one of the few places
in the world with the comprehensive multidisciplinary
strength needed to address the most important challenges
in human health today.
The Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto
encompasses the education of medical leaders as well as
world-class biomedical research and discovery. This talented
network includes more than 340 faculty members and over
375 learners at all levels, located both on campus and at
our six fully affiliated and two partially affiliated teaching
hospitals. Very few universities - or cities, for that matter -
possess such a critical mass of expertise.
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This past fall saw the public launch of the University’s
new $2 billion capital campaign. Entitled BOUNDLESS,
the campaign is about exploring boundless possibilities
for global leadership and societal impact.
 President David Naylor (left), Chancellor David Peterson (centre) and Vice-
President (Advancement) David Palmer are surrounded by students as they
launch the University of Toronto’s new fundraising campaign. (Photo by Caz
Zyvatkauskas)
The campaign has targeted substantial funding
towards faculty recruitment and retention, student
programming and financial aid, research and programs,
and infrastructure. By theme, funds from the campaign
will prepare UofT faculty, students and staff to be global
citizens as we build global fluency, shape student life and
learning, and ensure access and opportunity.
To meet the global challenges facing the University,
the campaign will support new knowledge and pioneering
research, foster prosperity through invention and
innovation, drive breakthroughs in human development
and health, address energy, sustainability, and the environment,
to help us build successful societies.
Over the coming year, the Faculty of Medicine will
incorporate this theme into major public activities and
we look forward to officially launch the BOUNDLESS
MEDICINE campaign, at which time we will announce
our goal as well as our key public platforms.
For more information about the BOUNDLESS campaign
please visit www.boundless.utoronto.ca.
Darina Landa
Senior Development Officer,
University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
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