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Alongside our partner foundations, we have awarded over 100 research grants to deserving researchers whose projects are increasing our knowledge of medicine, all for the betterment of our patients and community.

On October 2, 2019, the Montreal General Hospital Foundation held its first edition of Hockey 911, a fundraising event featuring hockey legends such as Bob Gainey, Yvan Cournoyer, Chris Nilan, Trent McCleary, Serge Savard and Scotty Bowman alongside Montreal General Hospital doctors who work with Montréal Canadiens hockey players. This event raised more than $400,000 to support the MGHF’s CODE LiFE Campaign.

In June 2019, the Opal application won the Prix d’excellence du Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux for the quality of its technology and its significant impact on the lives of the patients who use it. The Montreal General Hospital Foundation is proud to have contributed to this innovative project thanks to the …

Music is powerful. It can invigorate, comfort and heal. It provides people with a sense of community and belonging. Music can also help you care for your mental health. Starting July 2019, people are invited to use #Thanks2Music to take part in the online conversation highlighting the role of music in caring for our mental …

Thanks to you, we raised $15.9 M in donations during the 2018–2019 fiscal year and we have been able to support our medical teams in their research projects and development of clinics and programs centred on patients and their experiences.

The 2019 edition of the PHARMAPRIX AIMEZ. VOUS. Course pour les Femmes raised $221,820 for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation, in support of the Mental Health Mission of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).

It is with sadness that we share with you the news of the death of Dr. Douglas Kinnear, on May 11, 2019. Dr. Kinnear was a key figure of the Montreal General Hospital, where he spent the majority of his career and where he established the first Gastroenterology Division in Canada. He was founding member …

The importance of nurses in our health care system is undeniable. At the Montreal General Hospital, they contribute greatly to the excellent care that we provide to our community and they play a key role in various medical teams.

Breast cancer affects women and their femininity, often leaving them feeling that their womanhood has been diminished by the disease. A person’s entire life is shaken by such a diagnosis. Then things happen fast: treatment, surgery and if appropriate, reconstruction after the mastectomy or lumpectomy. When treating breast cancer , priority is given to oncology …

Researchers from the MGH are part of the multidisciplinary team that was recently selected for funding through Cancer Research UK’s (CRUK) Grand Challenge competition: a 20 million British pounds grant to explore the links between chronic inflammation and cancer.