Healthcare Innovations

15 Jun, 2021

Impact of Schroeder Foundation Felt Across Canada

Over $22 million gifted to medical and education initiatives with total multi-year commitments of over $80 million.... more
5 May, 2021

The Schroeder Foundation is helping St. Michael’s Hospital break down barriers to health care for people experiencing homelessness.

The Schroeder Foundation has made a major investment to pilot the Homeless Outreach Coordinator program (aka the Navigator program) and break this cycle of illness and hospital readmission. ... more
5 May, 2021

The Schroeder Foundation is helping St. Michael’s Hospital stop “Canada’s disease” in its tracks.

St. Michael’s, with a major investment from The Schroeder Foundation, is set to become one of the world’s top centres for MS research, education and patient care.... more
5 May, 2021

No more siloed medicine: The Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre at St. Michael’s is pushing the frontiers of integrated care.

The Schroeder Foundation has made a landmark investment of $22.125 million to establish The Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital, and usher in a new era of integrated precision medicine.... more
24 Mar, 2021

Campaign for the Walter and Maria Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre

Join our $42-million campaign so we can do what no one has done before. We’re creating a centre where the world’s top specialists treat the toughest brain and heart cases — together.... more
24 Mar, 2021

In-Home Dementia Intervention, a program under the direction of Dr. Robin Green and Dr. Kathy McGilton at Toronto Rehab.

The Schroeder Brain Institute will help to deliver new and innovative clinical approaches through the use of artificial intelligence, smart home systems, advanced sensors and robotics in rehabilitation. ... more
12 Mar, 2021

Dementia Rehab, the Schroeder Brain Institute will target specific areas of rehabilitation

The Schroeder Brain Institute will target specific areas of rehabilitation, which include activities of daily living, language and communication, social interaction, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, pain and physical disability.... more
24 Feb, 2021

Advancing Innovation through the Centre for Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (“CRANIA”)

The aim for CRANIA is to be the recognized leader in an exciting new field of medicine that restores or improves patients' function by correcting abnormal electrical or chemical activity in the brain.... more
5 Nov, 2020

The Schroeder Foundation supports St. Michael’s efforts to tackle COVID-19.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Toronto last spring, The Schroeder Foundation rallied behind St. Michael’s Hospital’s efforts to tackle the global public health crisis, with a major gift to the Courage Fund.... more
9 Oct, 2020

$25-million gift will create new arthritis institute at UHN

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability globally. To address this growing crisis, the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, launched with a $25 million donation by philanthropists Walter and Maria Schroeder, will help UHN's innovative arthritis program become a world-class hub for innovation in research, education and patient care.... more
26 Feb, 2020

The Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre renovations brings a new catheterization lab

The first phase of renovations to The Walter and Maria Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre has come to completion with the upcoming opening of the brand new Catheterization Lab 3 inside St. Michael’s Hospital.... more
26 Nov, 2019

Generous Gifts: How Medical Funding is Used

Watch and learn how the generous donations from the Schroeder Foundation have advanced Canada’s medical and research fields.... more

GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT

24 Mar, 2021

Campaign for the Walter and Maria Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre

Join our $42-million campaign so we can do what no one has done before. We’re creating a centre where the world’s top specialists treat the toughest brain and heart cases — together…. more