Rogers family establishes Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

TORONTO – The Rogers family has donated $130 million, the largest monetary gift ever made to a Canadian health care initiative, to establish the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.The donation will be matched with $139 million in additional funds combined from The Hospital for Sick Children, University Health Network and the University of Toronto for a total investment of $269 million.With facilities in the three participating institutions, the Centre will be the first in the world to bring together research, education and innovation in individualized genomic medicine, stem cell research, bioengineering, and cardiovascular treatment and management under one umbrella with a...