MONTREAL, Dec. 7, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin
(TSX:SNC) is pleased to announce that it will make a financial
donation totaling $750,000 to two
leading hospital foundations, the McGill
University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Montreal Children's
Hospital Foundations.
"We are thrilled to support these institutions and the
incredible work they do in our community to help change the course
of medicine and ultimately, people's lives," said Erik Ryan, Executive Vice President, Strategy,
Marketing and External Relations, SNC-Lavalin.
A gift of $500,000 to the MUHC
Foundation will be used to support the Interprofessional Skills and
Simulation Network (ISSN). This program provides team-based
clinical training to all the MUHC's network of medical
professionals, which includes 5,500 healthcare professionals.
SNC-Lavalin's gift would help ensure the delivery of continuing
education, through simulation training, to the MUHC's medical staff
for years to come.
"Keeping critical skills sharp and updated are the very essence
of a teaching hospital. We are grateful to SNC-Lavalin for
recognizing the MUHC's excellence in this area,'' said Julie Quenneville, President of the MUHC
Foundation.
While a $250,000 gift to the
Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation will provide ongoing
support for their innovative Music Therapy Program.
"The Montreal Children's Hospital is renowned for providing both
cutting-edge care and innovative ways of treating its young
patients," said Renée Vézina, President of the Montreal Children's
Hospital Foundation. "Through their support of our novel and highly
effective music therapy program, SNC Lavalin is helping our experts
continue to find unexpected ways to heal, a practice embedded in
the Hospital's DNA and at the heart of our campaign to raise
$200 million."
SNC-Lavalin's approach to philanthropic giving aims to support
ideas and initiatives with the potential to stimulate progress and
build the future. Our goal is to have a positive impact on
communities, learning and innovation.
About the McGill University
Health Centre Foundation
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation
raises funds to support excellence in patient care, research and
teaching at the McGill University
Health Centre, one of the top university hospitals in Canada. Our Dream Big Campaign to change the
course of lives and medicine is raising millions of dollars to
solve humanity's deadliest puzzles: infectious diseases; end cancer
as a life-threatening illness; fix broken hearts through innovative
cardiac care; detect the silent killers—ovarian and endometrial
cancers—early; create the best skilled health care teams in
Canada; and much more. We are
rallying our entire community to solve the world's most complex
health care challenges.
About the Montreal Children's Hospital
Foundation
The mission of the Montreal Children's
Hospital Foundation is to inspire and mobilize the community to
support innovation in research, teaching and care at the Montreal
Children's Hospital, the pediatric teaching hospital for
McGill University's Faculty of
Medicine, and pediatric research at the Research Institute of the
McGill University Health Centre. The
Children's Foundation has launched the largest pediatric
fundraising campaign in Quebec's
history, with a goal of $200 million
to advance innovative projects that will help the Children's Find
Unexpected Ways to Heal. Since its inception in 1973, the
Foundation has raised over $500
million, which has transformed the lives of sick children
through innovative research and teaching projects, and cutting-edge
care. For more information, please visit
childrenfoundation.com.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911,
SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project
management company with offices around the world. SNC-Lavalin
connects people, technology and data to help shape and deliver
world-leading concepts and projects, while offering comprehensive
innovative solutions across the asset lifecycle. Our expertise is
wide-ranging — consulting & advisory, intelligent networks
& cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project
& construction management, operations & maintenance,
decommissioning and sustaining capital – and delivered to clients
in four strategic sectors: EDPM (engineering, design and project
management), Infrastructure, Nuclear and Resources, supported by
Capital. People. Drive. Results. www.snclavalin.com
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