Sandra Rotman
Canadian philanthropist
Sandra Ann Rotman, , is a Canadian philanthropist and community leader.
Overview
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.
Community work
Sandra Rotman has served on the boards of several Canadian institutions in the arts, health and education:
Vice Chair – Rotman CAMH Social Enterprise Development / Rise Asset Development 2011–present
Vice Chair – Ontario Heritage Foundation 1998–2004
Board of Trustees – University Health Network 1998–2008
board of directors, Art Gallery of Ontario 2004–present
Sotheby's Canada International Advisory Board 2002–present
Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum – Honorary Chair 1990–present
Contemporary Curatorial Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario 1985–2000
board of directors, Toronto International Film Festival 1989–1998
board of directors, National Ballet of Canada 1987–1993
Health and life sciences
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.
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 focuses on global health through translational research on malaria, through ethics, social and cultural research.
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