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Dan Petru
Mark Pritzker
Neil Rieck
Glen Rycroft
Hope Sharp
Andrew Smith
Dietmar Sommerfeld
Dave Soock
Peter Suma
Nancy Theberge
Sree Ram Valluri
Peeranut Visetsuth
Dustin Windibank
Sam Znaimer
… plus 13 anonymous
Catalyzing Change:
The Bluma Appel
Community Trust
Diversity breeds excellence. When great minds
with diverse ideas come together, major advances
become possible. This principle has been a key to
Perimeter’s success: contrasting approaches to
fundamental questions are encouraged here and have
enabled important scientific discoveries.
In the 20
th
century, places from hospitals to boardrooms
to universities were transformed as significantly more
women entered the workforce. That transformation has
been slow to occur in physics, but Perimeter is trying
to accelerate it by providing outstanding opportunities
to female physicists and developing programs that will
encourage young women to choose scientific careers.
This year, we received our first gift to support women
in physics from The Bluma Appel Community Trust:
$35,000 per year over three years for the PSI master’s
program. This gift will give three talented young women
exceptional scientific training that will serve them well,
wherever their careers take them.
It is a fitting gift. A tireless Canadian philanthropist, Bluma
Appel was a champion for women in historically male-
dominated environments, such as politics and corporate
boardrooms. Her vision and generosity launched initiatives
which transformed society, and individual lives.
We are grateful to The Bluma Appel Community Trust for this
generous gift.
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The above reflects gifts pledged or received from
August 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
EMMY NOETHER CIRCLE
$250,000+
The Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation
$100,000+
The Bluma Appel Community Trust
GIFTS in CELEBRATION, HONOUR,
AND MEMORY
Carolyn Crowe Ibele, in memory of Dr. Richard A. Crowe
Leslie Donovan, in memory of Sheila Donovan
Leslie Donovan, in honour of Martyn Poliakoff
Michael Normand, in memory of Clarence John Normand
FOUNDATION DONORS
The Cowan Foundation
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
- Musagetes Fund
- The John A. Pollock Family Fund
IN-KIND GIFTS
Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc.
nienkämper
The Record Community Partnership Program
Steinway Piano Gallery
TVO
Westbury National Show Systems Inc.
PERIMETER INSTITUTE
PUBLIC PARTNERS
Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
Region of Waterloo
City of Waterloo
FRIENDS (continued)