GREAT PAST, GREATER FUTURE

ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 2018–2019 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018–2019

RUH Foundation Board of Directors

ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 2018–2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018–2021 Back row (l-r): STRATEGIC PLAN Tyler Pochynuk, Director of Operations, Clark Roofing (1964) Ltd. Nilesh Kavia, MBA, CPA, CMA, Executive VP of Operations, Affinity Credit Union Dr. Marek Radomski, Vice-Dean of Research, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan OUR VISION Member at Large Doug Osborn, Partner, MLT Aikins LLP Inspiring Health-Care Philanthropy Ad Hoc Member CEO Arla Gustafson, Royal University Hospital Foundation Mike McKague, Associate, Precedence Private Wealth OUR PURPOSE Chair Don Neufeld, Executive Chairman, J&H Builder’s Warehouse To create excellence in health care Mark Loeppky, President, FFUN Motor Group by raising funds that anticipate and respond to needs for innovative research, Sharon McDonald, Private Banker, RBC Wealth Management education and patient care at Royal Vice Chair Irene Boychuk, FCPA, FCA, Partner, EY LLP University Hospital. Front row (l-r): Valerie Arnault-Pelletier, Aboriginal Coordinator, College of Medicine, OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES University of Saskatchewan • Grow Fundraising Programs to Joe Vidal, President, Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. Maximize Impact on Investment • Inspire Innovation and Efficiency Past Chair Dr. Paul Babyn, Physician Executive, Provincial Programs, Saskatchewan Health • Build and Nurture Strategic Partnerships Authority • Tell the Royal University Hospital Story Kaylynn Schroeder, Retired REPORT OF THE VOLUNTEER CHAIR AND CEO

Donors like you are helping to save lives every day at Royal University Hospital. Your generosity touches so many individuals, from the patients who receive care to the medical professionals who treat them.

Thank you for your continued confidence in the work we do on your behalf at RUH. Together, we are providing our world-class medical teams and researchers with the tools they need to more quickly and effectively care for the most critically injured and ill patients from across the province.

Your support of the Foundation since our inception in 1983 has been truly phenomenal. Thanks to you, a total of $140 million has been raised and invested to support transformational patient care, innovative (l-r) Arla Gustafson and Don Neufeld research and continuing education at RUH. and staff professional development, training have chosen to support the Foundation. This cumulative total is the largest made by and research. Your generosity has saved lives in the past, any hospital foundation to one hospital in the is saving lives today and will save lives for province, and would not have been possible In addition, donor support in the wake of decades to come at RUH. without your extreme kindness. the tragic Humboldt Broncos accident was instrumental in the establishment of It is with much gratitude that we say thank Your generosity in support of the the Legacy Fund for Trauma Care at Royal you for your generous donations to the 2018 – 2019 Great Past, Greater Future University Hospital in memory of the lives Foundation. Together, we are making certain Campaign raised $10.8 million to address lost and for those lives saved and changed that Saskatchewan families, including yours, priority needs at RUH. In total, $9,852,944 forever on April 6, 2018. As funds are raised have access to the best care possible when was granted to the Saskatchewan for the $5 million Legacy Fund for Trauma the unforeseen or unimaginable happens. Health Authority and the University of Care, we will be able to support our medical Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine to teams over the next 10 years and accelerate From everyone at the Foundation – our Board create a dedicated Trauma Observation the Trauma Program at RUH that currently of Directors, volunteers and hardworking Unit; upgrade the technology in the Cardiac provides care to 1,000-plus trauma patients staff – we thank you for your support and Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs; each year. your continued commitment to ensuring establish new programming for people living patients and their families from across the with chronic illnesses; and fund physician RUH has a great past and greater future in province have the care they need when every large part because of donors like you who second counts.

Don Neufeld Arla Gustafson RUH Foundation Board Chair RUH Foundation CEO

1 A YEAR IN REVIEW A MESSAGE FROM Great Past. Greater Future. Royal University Hospital, through decades of dedicated work Over the past year, with the support of your by its physicians, nurses and staff members, Foundation and donors, we were able to has established a proud history of providing enhance the care for our patients, clients, innovative patient care to the residents of residents and families by investing in a fund Saskatchewan – a tradition that continues dedicated to a Trauma Observation Unit and today and will carry on well into the future upgrades to the Cath and Electrophysiology thanks to the generosity of donors to Royal Labs, as well as further investments to a University Hospital Foundation. variety of chronic care initiatives. These investments increase the quality of care for Even before its formal opening in 1955, our citizens. then-University Hospital had positioned itself as a world leader in the treatment The Humboldt Broncos tragedy was a of cancer when the world’s first Cobalt-60 significant event which brought to light the Cancer Therapy Unit was installed during very real, tangible difference that donor the Hospital’s construction in 1951. Later that dollars can make. RUH’s medical teams, staff year, a 43-year-old woman was the first to and volunteers - with support of Foundation undergo treatment. She lived for a further 47 donors through the initial funding for RUH’s years to the age of 90, apparently cured of Trauma Program, purchasing state-of-the- her “incurable” cancer. art equipment like the O-arm, and physician Scott Livingstone Fellowship training and staff development opportunities – provided an incredible

The tireless work of Royal University response and remarkable care to those Hospital (RUH) Foundation staff and the involved in the horrific collision. contributions of many donors make very Every day, the Foundation passionately real and tangible difference to the lives of fosters incredibly generous support from the people we serve each and every day. The the community for technology, education, Saskatchewan Health Authority’s partnership research and equipment that make a with the Foundation helps us in our efforts to difference for our patients, our physicians provide seamless, high-quality care for every Sylvia Fedoruk and the first Cobolt-60 and our employees. resident of Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan, University Archives and Special Collections, MG 372, Harold Johns Collection, Photographs, On behalf of the Saskatchewan Health Fedoruk with Unit and Patient Royal University Hospital Foundation has Authority’s board of directors, senior provided support for 35 years, raising more leaders and every physician, employee and Since then, over the years our Hospital than $140 million for various areas of our volunteer, I extend my gratitude to you for has earned a worldwide reputation for the hospital including diagnostic imaging, cardiac your support and commitment to excellence innovative research, education and patient care, pediatrics and trauma care. With your in health care. care its physicians and medical teams have help, we have strengthened the services we undertaken related to kidney transplantation, deliver and enhanced the care we can provide Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders, to the people we serve. heart and stroke care, aneurysm coiling, Scott Livingstone, CEO reconstructive microsurgery, Deep Brain Saskatchewan Health Authority Stimulation, the LiveWell Chronic Disease Management Program, and remote-presence technology and robotics, to name but a few. Two years ago, Dawne Banda’s body was many at RUH including the Emergency, hijacked by a blood clot that had established Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Care itself in her brain and caused a major stroke. Unit team members, as well as my West Winds Primary Health Centre care providers “My life could have easily ended that night,” and the Coronary Artery Rehabilitation group says Dawne, who was 69 at the time. “The at the Field House.” amazing medical teams at the hospital, along with support from donors to RUH Foundation, As a result, Scott is very grateful to have been ensured that the specialists, medical teams given another chance “to eat better, exercise and equipment were in place when I needed more, live life in the moment and walk my Dr. Haissam Haddad them the most.” daughter down the aisle this summer.”

“Chronic diseases are the leading cause of The Foundation, since its inception in death in Canada and approximately 89% of 1983, through the generosity of its donors us will ultimately pass away because of a has raised more than $140 million to chronic illness,” says cardiologist Dr. Haissam support transformational patient care, with Haddad, Provincial Head of Medicine for investments ranging from “small” (but hugely the Saskatchewan Health Authority and comforting) things such as blanket warmers the College of Medicine, University of to major equipment purchases that include Saskatchewan. the province’s first MRI scanner, as well as enhanced research and training opportunities Dawne Banda and her grandchildren In our province, about 257,000 residents for physicians and staff members at RUH. or 23% of the population are living with at Dawne’s surgery, considered the most least one major chronic disease that causes During the 2018–2019 Great Past, Greater major advancement in stroke treatment significant suffering, necessitates frequent Future Campaign, more than $10.8 million in two decades, was performed by a hospital visits and leads to premature death. was raised to create a dedicated six-bed multidisciplinary team led by donor-funded In addition, the number of people living with Trauma Observation Unit, purchase new fellowship recipient Cerebrovascular and multiple chronic illnesses continues to grow technology and equipment for the Cardiac Endovascular Neurosurgeon Dr. Mike Kelly each year, with a corresponding increasing Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs, in RUH’s new state-of-the-art angiography impact on health services utilization. fund Community Mental Health Endowment biplane suite that too had been funded enhancements, and support numerous One of the exciting new initiatives being through the generosity of Foundation donors. physician fellowships, staff training championed by Dr. Haddad is a pilot Today, Dawne continues to live opportunities and applied research initiatives. Cardio-Oncology Clinic at RUH that will independently in her own home, sharing take a multidisciplinary team approach in special moments with family and friends and navigating the often complicated interplay enjoying the independence that comes with between cancer and illnesses of the heart. again being able to drive. “Having cancer and successfully being treated for it doesn’t mean the risks related Scott Bray pauses while discussing “the to other conditions go away,” explains Dr. summer of his heart’s discontent” and the Haddad. three separate life-threatening cardiac events he underwent in August 2018. He adds: “Thanks to the generosity of Scott Bray (third from right) and family Foundation donors, RUH will be able to “I didn’t want to die; there was still too move forward with innovative research, new much life to live,” says Scott, who underwent In addition, funds were invested to establish comprehensive assessment and lifestyle minimally invasive procedures in which or pilot 12 new quality improvement and programs, and equipment that will have a three stents were inserted in his heart in programming initiatives for people living positive impact on so many in our community the newly upgraded donor-funded Cardiac with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, and province living with chronic disease Catheterization Lab. heart disease, stroke, cancer, cystic fibrosis, today and for years to come.” epilepsy, and more. “I am alive today because of the lifesaving skills and superb care and attention of so 3

COMFORT AND SAFETY FOR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY PATIENTS

On April 27, 2018, Allan Zabraczki took his technology. The unit has a large washroom Guenther, and the Sunesis Foundation, to place at the podium. He scanned the crowd with shower, as well as a comfortable waiting name but a few, and a lead transformational facing him – political representatives, health- area for family members. gift of a $1-million matching gift from care providers, news reporters and a handful Irene and Leslie Dubé (opposite with RUH of extremely generous individuals. Everyone Approximately 3,000 emergency department Foundation CEO, Arla Gustafson). in the room knew the significance of the patient visits were directed to the MHAU celebration that day, an event made possible for assessment and treatment during the because of the generosity of donors to Royal unit’s 11 months of operations in 2018-19 University Hospital Foundation. according to Lisa Collard, SHA’s Director of Emergency Services in Saskatoon. Allan, who has suffered from Bipolar Disorder most of his life, thanked those in attendance for their support in building I am not a seven-bed Mental Health Assessment Unit (MHAU) for people arriving at Royal defined by University Hospital with a mental health A bed in the MHAU made cozy with an emergency. my disease. afghan handmade by Irene Dubé “Having this unit available for those with The Dubés are keenly aware of the a mental illness will mean they can be I am still the importance of supporting health care in treated in a space that will feel highly our community. Over the years, they have comforting and safe, which will contribute same person. donated more than $4.5 million to RUH to a better experience overall,” said Allan, a Foundation in order to address pressing patient advisor for the Saskatchewan Health Prior to the opening of the MHAU, priorities at the hospital. Their strong Authority (SHA) and involved in the planning approximately 11% of mental health and commitment to and investment in RUH has of the MHAU built adjacent to the current addiction patients left the ER without being helped transform health care for patients and Emergency Department at RUH. seen by a physician. The opening of the their families in Saskatchewan and the health MHAU has seen that number decline. professionals who care for them.

“The temporary Mental Health Assessment In recognition of their support, the MHAU’s Unit enhances the patient and family family waiting area has been named “Irene’s experiences by providing a quiet, calm Place.” The wall mural in the unit carries a assessment and treatment environment,” very special inspirational statement that says Collard. was inscribed by Irene 10 years ago on one of the building beams in the then under “Because mental health patients now are construction 65-bed in-patient Irene and being assessed and treated in a private Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health: I am setting and in a more timely manner, we have Allan Zabraczki not defined by my disease. I am still the same seen a significant reduction in the number person. of patients leaving without being seen,” she The MHAU provides individuals requiring adds. Together with donors like the Dubés and so emergency mental health care with many others from across Saskatchewan, treatment space in an environment that The $2-million Mental Health Assessment we are making a world of difference in the does not further compromise their mental Unit was built and furnished through lives of those requiring and receiving mental well-being. Patients are assessed and treated donations from Great West Life, London Life health assessment and treatment at RUH. in comfortable private rooms outfitted with and Canada Life, Dakota Dunes Community the latest in monitoring equipment and other Development Corporation, Elmer and Anne

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LIGHTING THE WAY

A classic desk lamp. It was a fitting memento latter years he served as the department’s Disorders Fund will continue building and for a person who for more than 45 years Clinical Research Director and Resident growing capacity within the psychiatry has given hope and brought light to many Research Support. He has authored or co- medical community in support of clinical thousands of patients during their darkest authored more than 100 research papers and excellence in mood disorder research and hours. As well, that person has helped guide given presentations and lectures around the patient care. members of the medical community at Royal world. University Hospital, throughout the country Like many others, Psychiatrist Dr. Bienca Lau and around the world in their education, As a reflection of Dr. Bowen’s kind spirit and has much respect for Dr. Bowen as a clinician, research and careers. his continued passion for his work, he and researcher and teacher. his wife, Dr. Angela Bowen, have generously Psychiatrist Dr. Rudy Bowen (opposite with donated $50,000 to establish the Dr. Rudy “Rudy was the most senior clinician in wife Dr. Angela Bowen), a world-renowned Bowen Mood Disorders Fund as part of Royal the department but one could always feel pioneer in the use of cognitive behavioural University Hospital Foundation’s Community his genuine openness for friendships that techniques that are now the standard for Mental Health Endowment (CMHE). extended to include psychiatrists in my specialty practice for treatment of anxiety cohort who looked up to him as an academic and mood disorders, was the recipient of grandfather,” says Dr. Lau. “I counted on Rudy Hope. Healing. Belonging. Purpose. the lamp at a retirement tea in his honour in for his honest opinion in clinical cases, as Thousands of lives have been changed thanks January 2019. It was presented to him by well as in his assessment of non-clinical to donor support of the Royal University Dr. Marilyn Baetz, Department Head, situations. He showed ongoing interest in Hospital Foundation’s Community Mental Psychiatry, who studied under Dr. Bowen my growth as a junior colleague not only by Health Endowment. Because of donor as a resident and then worked with him as a direct mentoring, but through his search for support, people living with mental illness colleague collaborating on research related and acceptance of my opinion in his clinical might get a healthy meal, learn life skills and to religion and mental health. questions as well.” find casual employment at Crocus Co-op, “Dr. Bowen’s passion for the practice of access emergency shelter at The Lighthouse, Dr. Lau adds: “Every day I ponder the gifts psychiatry is reflected in his longstanding and heal and learn in a supportive Rudy has given me, our colleagues, our dedication to evidence-based clinical practice, environment at McKerracher Centre. patients and the future of psychiatry in education and research,” says Dr. Baetz. “He Saskatchewan.” The CMHE was created 10 years ago as has quietly but passionately pursued the a $2.5-million legacy through the “Future Dr. Bowen’s clinical service, dedicated patient highest level of mental health care for the in Mind” campaign, which raised $10.28 care and pioneering research have created an residents of Saskatchewan while maintaining million to build the 65-bed in-patient unit at inspiring legacy. That legacy will live on for a full-time clinical practice, research the Irene and Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental years and decades to come through the Dr. career and substantial administrative Health. Rudy Bowen Mood Disorders Fund. responsibilities.” Since its inception, the CMHE has granted He joined the Department of Psychiatry at $452,000 from interest earned on the $2.5 the University of Saskatchewan and Royal million fund to 27 mental health programs University Hospital in 1973 after completing offered at Royal University Hospital and his undergraduate degree at McGill in community-based agencies. In addition, Montreal and his residency at Queen’s in CMHE has granted $109,000 for mental Kingston, plus a year at Queen’s College in health-focused research. Research today Dublin. looks toward changing psychiatric treatment Dr. Bowen was appointed Clinical Director for patients. Last fall, the Tori Hanson Fund and CMHE supported Mental Health Literacy Training of the Psychiatric In-Patient Unit at RUH As part of the Community Mental Health for counsellors and teachers in 1990. He was Department Head of Endowment, the Dr. Rudy Bowen Mood Psychiatry from 1994–2001. During the

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PARKINSON’S EXPERTS AT HOME AT ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Bill Peterson had a plan. If ever there was Dr. Ali Rajput, who grew up and was rate his suitability for DBS. After seven anything seriously medically wrong with educated in Pakistan, joined the University years of keeping an eye on Bill’s advancing him, he planned to head straight for the of Saskatchewan medical faculty in 1967 and Parkinson’s, Dr. Alex Rajput decided it was Mayo Clinic. Bill had never been there; didn’t served as Professor and Head of Neurology. time for him to be referred to neurosurgeon know how it operated or what it cost. He just In 1968, he founded the Saskatchewan Centre Dr. Alex Vitali. knew that if he was really sick, he planned to for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders at be treated at the Mayo. Royal University Hospital. Bill describes his condition at the time: “On my magical medication, I was functioning For his first 58 years health wasn’t a major The senior Rajput’s son Dr. Alex Rajput relatively well, at least for the two-hour issue, but in year 59 everything changed. (opposite with Bill Peterson) is Director of increments between doses of the expensive, What finally convinced Bill to make an that Centre, which is contributing to the annoying, nausea-inducing, sleep-disrupting appointment to see his family doctor worldwide effort to solve the mystery of drugs. Bill off medication couldn’t do much of surfaced “at a lousy golf game.” Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor (known anything: I couldn’t walk. stand nor swallow a as Diefenbaker disease) and other movement drink of milk. I could barely talk.” “On the sixth hole my right arm stopped disorders. Follow-up care with the Rajputs’ working: it refused to swing,” says Bill. “When patients is extensive and all clinical and video Bill entered RUH Christmas Eve week to I went to my family doctor, who’s looked after data are well preserved. More than 590 undergo six hours of DBS surgery. He was me for the past 30 years, it took him no more of their patients have donated their brains awake during the majority of the procedure than 60 seconds to deliver the diagnosis: postmortem and the “brain bank” at RUH is in order to answer questions and perform Parkinson’s disease.” the largest and best resource of its kind in the certain tasks to make sure the electrodes world. Dr. Alex Rajput is also Division Head of were being positioned correctly in the part of True to his longtime plan, a few weeks Neurology in the Department of Medicine. the brain causing the symptoms. later Bill and his partner Paul Lavoie were and recipient of the 2018–2019 Nutrien welcomed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, “Prior to my surgery, the last time I left RUH Chair in Clinical Research awarded by RUH Minnesota. Its Parkinson’s expert welcomed had been in a wheelchair,” says Bill. “But Foundation. them and asked where they were from. now, thanks to the surgery, amazingly and RUH Foundation established the Dr. Ali with much gratitude to the Rajputs, Dr. Vitali “Saskatoon,” replied Bill. Rajput Endowment for Parkinson’s Disease and the DBS surgical team, and Foundation donors, I am regaining control of my body.” The specialist responded without hesitation, and Movement Disorders Research after receiving $1.6 million to fund world-class “What the hell are you doing here?” The time in surgery for a patient like Bill research in perpetuity, making RUH and has now been significantly reduced because “Well, you’re the expert and this is the Mayo.” Saskatoon a global hub for studying the of the generosity of donors Rita and Bob human brain in relation to movement “True, but the best Parkinson’s people in Mirwald and Bill Peterson and disorders. Today the fund is $3.6 million. North America are in Saskatoon, the Rajputs, Paul Lavoie, who altogether donated at Royal University Hospital. Isn’t that in One of the newest advances for people $100,000 to purchase a specialized carbon- Saskatoon? Get back home to Saskatoon and living with Parkinson’s is called Deep Brain fibre Radiolucent Operating Table for use see the Rajputs.” Stimulation (DBS). How does it work? A small with the donor-funded O-arm imaging battery-operated device placed under the equipment, making RUH the first hospital in The Rajputs have dedicated their careers to skin below the collarbone sends continuous Canada to perform O-arm-guided Deep Brain improving the quality of life for Parkinson’s electrical pulses through electrodes to the Stimulation surgery using this table. patients. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive brain to decrease Parkinson’s symptoms. brain disorder affecting more than 130,000 Bill’s healing journey continues and he Canadians, including approximately 4,000 All Bill Peterson wanted this past Christmas reports seeing signs of improvement every residents of Saskatchewan. Common was to receive the DBS treatment. A few day – all thanks to donors from across symptoms include tremor, slowness and months prior to his potential surgery, Bill Saskatchewan and Canada and around the stiffness. was taken off his medications in order to world.

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HONOURING LIVES LOST AND CHANGED

Royal University Hospital Foundation donors consisting of a trauma-trained emergency To honour the lives lost and changed as make a world of difference when people need department physician, surgeons, nurses, a result of the Broncos tragedy, the RUH help urgently and desperately – as they did respiratory therapists, medical imaging Foundation has established a Legacy Fund on the evening of April 6, 2018. technicians, a phlebotomist, an ECG for Trauma Care. The immediate outpouring technician, a social worker and a unit of donations from our community and across “Events such as the Humboldt Broncos assistant. the country in support of our medical teams tragedy force us to reflect on the fragility of and hospital led the Foundation to create this life, the exceptional and compassionate care “The gravity of this tragedy did not affect me fund and form a plan to fundraise $5 million. provided by countless medical professionals until the next morning when the intensity of in our hospital and community, and the the Code Orange was over,” says During the upcoming decade, the Legacy generosity of Foundation donors as we do Dr. Sothilingam. “Words cannot express my Fund for Trauma Care in honour of the everything we can to send patients home to gratitude and pride for what I witnessed that Humboldt Broncos will support priorities their loved ones,” says Dr. Ivar Mendez, the night from my colleagues and what they did such as Fellowships for sub-specialists, Fred H. Wigmore Professor and Head of the assisted by the support from the Foundation equipment purchases, and research and Department of Surgery. and its donors.” capital upgrades to accelerate the Trauma Program at RUH. Initiatives include: Thanks to donor support of the Foundation’s In addition to funding the Trauma Program GREATE.R. Campaign, more than $28 million pilot, donors to The GREATE.R. Campaign also • An annual provincial Trauma Lecture was raised to support trauma, emergency had purchased new innovative equipment delivered by a leading North American and critical care priorities at Royal University and technology that supported the medical Trauma Specialist. Hospital. teams in the care the patients received that evening and in the weeks that followed. • Annual Fellowships to be awarded In September 2015, the Foundation provided to support sub-specialist training in $500,000 supported by a leadership A leadership donation of $1 million made by Trauma Care at leading health-care donation of $300,000 from the Don and the Joseph Alfred Remai Family Foundation institutions in North America. Janet Neufeld Family Foundation to pilot had been invested to purchase a next- a dedicated Trauma Team program in our generation state-of-the-art O-arm medical • Ongoing funding to support Schwartz Emergency Department. Following a six- imaging unit for the Operating Room that Rounds and Critical Stress Incident month evaluation, the Trauma Program was used heavily throughout that weekend Management training for staff at RUH. became a permanent program at the hospital. by orthopedic and spine surgeons. • An annual Trauma Care Research Grant Its processes and procedures were in full to support and promote internal and force the night of the Humboldt Broncos As well during that unimaginable time, a new external trauma-related research accident. angio-biplane suite and medical imaging equipment used by the neurosurgeons, activities. Dr. Niroshan Sothilingam (opposite), Medical monitor upgrades in the Intensive Care Unit, • Provision of $2.5 million for equipment Director of RUH’s Trauma Program, was and a new OR Waiting Room for family were and new technology for advanced settling in for a quiet weekend with his in steady use. trauma and emergency resuscitation family on April 6 when the phone rang. He and care. quickly made his way to RUH. “All of us in health care and in academic institutions appreciate the generosity of the The immediate impact and legacy of the Upon his arrival, a Code Orange trauma people of Saskatchewan,” says Dr. Mendez. Legacy Fund for Trauma Care will be seen response was in full force. Medical teams “Their contributions greatly facilitate our tomorrow, next year and far into the future. throughout the hospital were ready and work of caring for patients, educating the The lives lost and lives changed forever on waiting for the accident survivors. next generation of health-care professionals that fateful day April 6, 2018, will not be and creating new knowledge through forgotten within RUH, the province’s busiest In the Emergency Department, each patient research and innovation.” was assigned a dedicated trauma team Trauma Centre.

11 THANK YOU! We would like to acknowledge and thank these special individuals, organizations, corporations, businesses and anonymous friends who donated to the Royal University Hospital Foundation during the fiscal year of April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019:

$2,500,000+ Dollarama Inc. Anita Chakravarti and Parm Lalli Anonymous Friend Estate of Raymond Germaine Robin Chapman Handy Special Events The Clancy McGerrigle Medical Aesthic $1,000,000 – $2,499,999 J&H Builder’s Warehouse Scholarship Fund Hospital Home Lottery Joule Inc. College of Medicine Minnie Kreizenbeck College of Medicine - Department of $100,000 – $999,999 Lalonde Family Foundation Medicine - Academic Members Irene and Leslie Dubé Foundation Maison Birks College of Medicine - Department of Surgery Joseph Alfred Remai Family Foundation Manos Restaurant Concentra Bank Don and Janet Neufeld and Family MD Financial Management Inc. Kelly and Robin Coverett Pochynuk Family / Clark Roofing Nutrien Mark and Catherine Cresswell Wilson and Florence Quail Douglas and Irene Osborn and Family CTV Saskatoon Gordon and Jill Rawlinson Estate of Richard Ozipko D & M Images Robert Steane Rawlco Radio Ltd. Dakota Dunes Community Development Suer & Pollon Mechanical Partnership Richard and Agnes Corriveau Foundation Corporation Brent and Megan Thoma Saskatoon Community Foundation Endowed Daniels-Wingerak Engineering Ltd. Estate of Metro Yaychuk Donor Funds Dawn-Wynne Davies Estate of Eveline C. Schuster Violet and Tony Day $50,000 – $99,999 SEVA International Charitable Foundation Bill Dean and Deborah Dubé-Dean Rudradeo and Angela Bowen Denis and Terry Sirois Deloitte LLP Estates of Annie Cross and Bruce McEwan Spark Creations & Bookings Ltd. Carlyn Denton Estate of Brian Day and The StarPhoenix Gene and Adele Dupuis Marsha Delouchery Day Al and Marie Toews Edwards Edwards McEwen Architects Ltd. Estate of Gordon Kurbis W. Brett Wilson and Canoe Financial Eecol Electric (Sask.) Ltd. Estate of Lynn McLean Ens Auto Midtown $1,500 – $9,999 Vanessa and Cyprian Enweani Rita and Robert Mirwald Seth and Marla Adams and Family Annette Epp and James Flath Mervin and Arlene Rumpel Associated Radiologists LLP EY LLP Atmosphere Interior Design Inc. f:11 Photographic Design Ltd. $25,000 – $49,999 The Barn at Wind’s Edge Federated Co-operatives Limited CIBC Barndog Productions Inc. Felesky Flynn LLP Delta Bessborough Varunkumar Bathini and Rachana Bodani Janet Ferguson Estate of Rev. Canon Lewis Frank Gill Gary and Mary Bauer Tammy and Cam Forrester Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Benefaction Foundation Fraternal Order of Eagles - #3395 Auxiliary Malcolm and Marilyn Leggett Peggy and Kelvin Benko G Squared Holdings Leverick Family Foundation Bruce and Barbara Berscheid Gift Funds Canada Novatex Graphics Inc. Jody and Michael Bischoff Global Good Network Sheila Osborn Baby Thomas Boechler Memorial Fund* Venkat and Sudha Gopalakrishnan Vetha Paine Charles Bolton Arla A.L. Gustafson Bill Peterson and Paul Lavoie Borden United Church Jeremy and Joanne Haigh Estate of Annie Rurak Irene Boychuk Harden & Huyse Chocolates Brian and Kathy Turnquist Estate of Dr. Murray Brown Hatch Ltd. Buckberger Baerg & Partners LLP Frank Hohn $10,000 – $24,999 T.D.R. and Beverley M. Caldwell Stuart and Mary Houston Paul and Elizabeth Babyn Cameco Corporation Eugene and Cathy Hritzuk CMA Foundation Neil and Cindy Cameron Hutterian Brethren Corp. - Clear Springs Canpotex Limited Jancy Holdings Ltd. Janssen Inc. Saskatoon Media Group Naheed Bardai and Ayisha Kurji Rose Jarman, George T. Jarman and Saskatoon Wash World Inc. Manolis and Genevieve Barlas Zenon G. Kotelko SaskTel Shawna Bauman Gerry Kilduff* Evelyn Sawchuk Tammy Beauregard Kieron Kilduff and Mona Nasser* Schaan Healthcare Products Inc. Shari and Gord Bedient Malcolm and Alexandra King Ralph and Margaret Schneider Lois Beggs Klassique Designs Kaylynn and Darrell Schroeder Brenda and Vern Bennett Koenig and Associates Inc. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. BHG Investments Todd Lahti* Ruth Simington Sandra Blevins and Nowell Seaman Nan Lee Nicolette Sinclair Rochelle Blocka LivaNova Skye Planning Group Inc. Joseph and Deborah Blondeau lmno. Daniel and Karen Smith Board of Education of the Saskatoon Loraas Disposal Services Ltd. Stella Spanos and Rick Hillestad School Division No. 13 Diane Lutz Isidore and Arlene Steckler Andrew Boddy Valerie and Ken Lypka Jeanie Story Donald Bourassa Scott MacKay Suncoast Enclosures Edward Bourassa J. Fergall Magee and Man-Po Wong Beata and Peter Szkup Rene Bourassa Lawrence and Sandra Magee Walter and Mary Tait Boychuk Construction Ltd. Estate of Ruby Mainprize Taylor Lexus Toyota Betty Brennan Darcy Marciniuk and Carla Krochak Thomas R. & Laura Smith Foundation Patricia Broberg Linda M. Martin Dorothy Thomson Brockville General Hospital Celine Matchee Patty and Tim Timmerman Suzanne Bronkhorst Sharon and J. Scott McDonald United Way Centraide Ottawa Mary Louise Brotherthon Walter and Margaret McNabb University of Saskatchewan Simonne Brown Rennie McQueen and Joan Bannister The W Law Group LLP Albert and Fay Buettner Medicine Shoppe Ross Wallster Faye Burgess Medtronic of Canada Ltd. David and Debbie Wendland Canadian Tire - Preston Crossing Mister Print Western Sales Robert and Helen Card Mr. Pallet Western Sales (1986) Ltd. Erica Carlton Linda Ness Shirley Wilmot Fred and Karen Catterall NexGen Energy Ltd. Simon Wong Don and Nadine Charabin Nils and Ruth Hellstrom Foundation Hugh and Claire Wood Curtis Chicoine North Ridge Development Corporation* Jocelyn and Jeffrey Zurakowski Brian and Darlene Cocks NSC Minerals Ltd. Anonymous Friends Lisa Collard Michael and Patty Olenchuk College of Medicine - Department of Orano $500 – $1,499 Psychiatry Jaclyn Perrot Affinity Credit Union Joan Collins Perth & Smiths Falls Medical Staff Society Shahid Ahmed Robert and Koreen Conly Peter Golf Holdings Sarah Alford Michael and Charlotte Coote Don and Judy Poon Gary and Gwen Allan George Cornfield PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Dennis and Renee Anderson John and Lesley Courtney RBC Foundation Eric Anderson Grant and Jean Currie RBC Wealth Management PH&N Janet Anderson Donna Cyr Investment Counsel Estate of Robert Anderson Douglas and Veronica Dagenais Rick Rodyck Todd and Kelly Antill Carrol Davis Erin Ross* Daphne Arnason and Leo Bourassa Kellie Davis Desiree Rouleau Terra Arnason Millicent Dawson S.O. Asher Consultants Ltd. Bert and Betty Anne Ayers Jaime DeKelver Sask. Liquor and Gaming Authority Penny Babbings Giovanni Di Raddo* Charitable Gaming Grant Rino Bacchetto Glen and Paulette Delisle Saskatchewan Blue Cross Marilyn Baetz Alfred Dibb Saskatoon Express Jim Baird Janea Dieno Saskatoon Fastprint Ltd. CeCe Baptiste Rosalie and Brian Diesen

13 Karla Domashovitz Carla Holinaty Patricia Lingel Diana Domm Smythe Kerry Horkoff Monique and Darrell Lischynski Amanda Doucette George Horton Little Shop of Flowers Emily Drever Lorraine Hrynuik Veronique Loewen Tracy Duff Shelley Hubble London Drugs Foundation Alan Duguid and Sylvia Farrant William and Audrey Hughes Elizabeth Longmire William and Suzanne Dust Hutterian Brethren - Dinsmore Jose and Matilde Lopez Janna Dutton Hutterian Brethren - Kyle Delbert Lowe Stacy and Christa Dybvig Hutterian Brethren - Milden Dave and Valerie Lukash Earl’s Kitchen & Bar Hutterian Brethren - Pennant Kathy Lyle Elmer and Anne Guenther Jean and Gus Jacek Theresa Ma End of the Roll Jordana Jacobson Shirley and Tom Maltman Etceteras Ladies Boutique Inc. Sharleen Jahner Janelle Mansfield Barry and Ellen Fahn John Jamieson Natalya Mason Lois Fedrau Erik Jestin M. Margaret Massey Terri Feltham Kate Joa Dan McAvoy Judith Fenu Kate Johnson J. Scott McDonald* Charlene Ferguson Kelly Johnson A. Keith and Marylin McIntyre FFUN Motor Group and the Loeppky Family Meghan Johnson McKee Farming Co. Ltd. Len and Isobel Findlay Ron Johnson Sheryl McKee Kerry Finucan and Lynn Peterson Wilmar and Marjorie Johnson Donald S. McKercher* MacKenzie Firby Phyllis Johnston and Lewis Heuchert Lynn McNally Dennis and Dianne Fisher Arlene Jorgenson Yvette McPherson Rob Forrest Selliah-Chandra Kanthan and Rani Kanthan Keith and Joanne Meszaros Courtney Forseth Laurie and David Karwacki Mid-West Group of Companies Élisabeth Foucault Dailene Kells Rachel Mielke Sheryl and Vic Fox Dan and Patti Kemmer Marian R. Miller Joyce Gale Donald and Gladys Kemmer George Mitten Lisa Gastel Kemptville District Hospital Carol Morris Lorna Gibson Melanie Kenny Jean and Ron Morrison Terry Gibson Kenroc Building Materials (Saskatoon) Ltd. Vittoria Mule Lionel Gilbertson and Gwen Wurm Christopher Kent and Mary Marino Carol Murphy Golf Family Fund* KHSC Hotel Dieu Site Operating Room Tom and Gail Nieckar Sabrina Golf and Graham Myers Peter Kilburn Jim Nowakowski Christine Gordon Marilyn and Allan Kinloch Cathy and Vince Orr Gregory and Carmen Graham Boris and Marie Kishchuk Murray and Carol Osborn John and Sherry Grainger Richard and Shawna Kliewer Segun Oyedokun Jolene Gress Wendy Klingenberg Alice Paradis Lesley and Dion Grimard Ron and Barbara Klombies Parktown Enterprises Mervin and Judith Grzybowski Ineke Knight Shaunt and Diane Parthev Kirsty and Bryan Hack Stanley and Roshan Knight Dallas Pearson Spence Hardy Bernadette Koenig Dorothy E. Perehudoff Harehope Farm Ltd. Ted Kosteniuk Jennifer Pereira Glenn and Simone Harris John and Doretha Kowalishin Amanda Perrot Ruth and Ernest Harvey KPMG LLP Olive Perverseff David and Mary Hastings Maureen Kreick Gaye and Larry Peters Tricia Haugen and Brice Wunsch Paul Kyba Pharmasave Central Cydney Hayes Lab Holdings Ltd. Bill and Betty Porter Ted Henson Family Fund* Kara Lackie Primrose Dental Lindsay Hill Lisa Laskowski and Jeffrey McLaughlin Oksana Prokopchuk-Gauk and Mykola Gauk Hillberg & Berk Neil and Cheryl Lavoie Quinte Health Care Roland and Beverley Hobbs Judy and Jeff Lehne Gary Randall Donald and Patricia Hoey Greg Lightfoot Carrie Rayat Rhein Holsteins Inc. Huey-Ming Tzeng Gunter and Inga Bohlmann Susan Riehl United Way of the Lower Mainland Wanda Boon Catharina Roach Andrew and Kristine Urmson Aaron Bourassa Robertson Trading Ltd. Valley Centre Farming Co. Ltd. Thomas and Pat Bowman Rossnagel Family Fund* Geerdina Vandertuuk Tracy Brand Ronald and Marie Roth Anita Veikle Pamela Bremer Anne Ruholl Timothy Vetter Sylvia Bronsch William Ryan Joe and Debbie Vidal George Brown Ryde YXE Cycle Studio Inc. Mirna Vrbancic Marion and Gordon Brown Orest and Pauline Sadownick Janet Walters M. Shayne Burwell Lisa and Mike Sands Annabelle Wanson Margaret Caldwell Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Gerard Wappel Wilfred and Pearl Campbell 101108071 Saskatchewan Ltd. Kathryn Warden and Peter Stoicheff Mike Carey* Saskatoon 60 Plus Hockey Pam Watt S. Blaine Carruthers The Saskatoon Club Bruce and Kate Waygood Mia Cavanagh Saskatoon Co-operative Association Limited Family of Gene Wenaas Cenovus Employee Foundation The Saskatoon Stroke Recovery Association Sharleen West Leslie and Patricia Chasmar SaskTel Centre Westend Dental Chel Salonspa Daryl Schatz* Linda and Wayne Whatley Natalie Chipak Daryl and Leah Schatz Sharon Wiens and Steve Wilson Vance and Leanne Chow Marilyn J. Scutt Michelle Wildeman and Kurt Huber Clandinin Accounting Ltd. Irene and Larry Seiferling Sue and Kurt Williams Patricia and Carl Clark Nora Seime Kevin and Gail Wilson Richard and Irene Clark Songul Serafi The Wireless Age Carl Coates Jacqueline Shaw Alice Wong and Tony Zuck Jennifer Crane Drs. Susan and Dean Shaw Terri Woods Carolyn Debelser-Mayson Shane and Audrey Sheppard Wyant Raceway Betty Ann and Clint Deobald Patricia Sheridan Hui Zhong Xu Monique Devine Sifton Family Foundation Deana Zimmerman Hernandez Anne-Marie and Doug DeWeert Barry Singer and Janice Gingell Lynn Zinger Leonard Dinter Kerrie Skillen Audrey Zucker-Levin and Michael Levin Robert Dodds Ron and Loretta Skopyk Anonymous Friends Kirstie Dow Elizabeth Sliwa Keith Downey Bill Sowa $250 – $499 Blaine Duncan* Jodi Spelay and Pete Hartridge 4 Cats Arts Studio Lesley Dwyre* Julie Stakiw Lenore Abraham Leo Elder Richard Stevenson Derald and Irene Ahner Elk Ridge Resort Alixandra Stoicheff Alchemy Clothing & Salon Ernest H. Epp Robert and Sandra Stromberg Cameron Allen Escape Hair & Nail Salon Stuart Commercial Inc. Anthology Home Collection Eberhard Fass James Sunstrum G.N. (Arnie) and Jan Arnott Lawrence and Shirley Fay Stanley and Gladys Svoboda Assiniboia Bakery Rosanne Fidler Synergy 8 Community Builders Craig and Patricia Ayers Floor Covering Direct Ltd. Brian and Raymonde Tarry Phyllis Baker Forever Captured Photography Elaine Terris Leo and Virginia Baribeau Foursight Supply Company Duane and Donna Thompson Mary Ann Bartel D. Brian Fowler Emina Torlakovic Myrtle Baxter Tena Friesen Touchstone Development Corporation Carole Birtch Murray Fulton and Leona Theis Gee Tsang B’nai Brith 2012 Orest Chorneyko Rhonda Gilbert Sean Turner We’re Proud of You Fund* Gail Gill-Elliott Two Fifty Two Darryl Bochard Greayer and Joanne Glasman Jody Tyson John and Candace Boersma Kathy Grant Nerissa Tyson John and Fay Boersma Jason Guenther

15 Norm and Elsie Halldorson Edwin W. Mohr Jose Tellez and Lizbeth Hernandez Ronquillo Chantel Hannah Mommy Connections Temple Gardens Hotel & Spa Gary Hanson Janet Montgomery D. J. and Sheila Thornton Donald Hart Bruce Morley Tommy Douglas After Grad Committee Derek and Amanda Hassen Gerard and Colleen Moroney Carl Tourand Lillie Heavenly Roger Morris Gordon Twigg Charles Hedlin Douglas and Yvonne Muir Janet Uchacz-Hart Cliff Heidel Julie Muir Union Gas Ltd. Paul Henderson Gladys Murphy Gerry and Debbie Unrau Valerie Hertz Mary Murphy* Beverly Vetter Angie Hicks Lila Neufeld Joe Vinter Maurice Hilderman Nina Lane Wellness & Nutritional Therapy Visions Salon & Spa Allan and Eleanor Hinde Alvina Pakula Dan and Rosemary Wasylyshyn Ingrid Hoehn Emilia Patenaude Wayne Watts and Peggy Gaillard-Watts Wilma Hoffinger Myong Patton* Jeff and Dorrell Weal R.M. and Marilynn Holowaty Tiffany Paulsen Ron and Joanne Weighill Mahbub-Ul Hosain Erik and Lisa PausJenssen Erin Wiens Trina Hritzuk and Carlos Villafuerte Robert Petersmeyer John and Mary Pat Will Stan Hunchak Planet Fitness Jayan Williams Gerald and Maryann Ife Christine Prudham Bill and Michelle Wright Frank and Catherine Iula Radisson Hotel Saskatoon Donald and Carole Wright John Kostyna Hospital Fund* John Ramsden Siu Wu Clark and Connie Johnson Lillian Regier Nora Yeates Joseph and Shirley Kawchuk Revive Clinic Wayne Younghusband Karyn Kawula Robert W. Richardt William Yu-Fang Chen David and Carolyn Keegan Tracy Rosner Anonymous Friends Donald Kennedy Garry and Ruth Ryan Linda Kirk Frank Sabuda Rita and Gordon Klimm Sandman Hotel Group Arnold and Lila Krause Saskatchewan Rush Krazy Kiley’s Saskatoon Fire & Protective Services Gordon and Susan Kreutzwieser Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan - Elaine and Alan Krieger Regina *Includes donations given through a Larry Kusisto Ellen Schmeiser Community Foundation, that provides Neela Lane Mervin Schneider designated gifts on behalf of donors to Henriette Le Strat Sebo Enterprises Ltd. Royal University Hospital Foundation. Leonard Lewko Darlene Shawchuk Kayla Lindenback Darren Lee Simons Special thanks also to the 1,979 donors Dennis Lokinger Oscar and Mary Slaght who made donations of less than $250 to London Health Sciences Foundation Dorothy Slawinski the Royal University Hospital Foundation. Lucky Bastards Distillers Ann Marie Smith Ian and Norma MacDonald Preston and Jane Smith Every effort has been made to ensure Iain and Shirley MacLennan St. Gregor Credit Union the accuracy of this donor list, but we Lori Markham F. James Steel acknowledge that errors may occur. Aniello and Nancy Marotta Waltraude Stehwien Neil and Linda Mathews Bill Stern If your name has been omitted or listed Les and Joanne Matsalla Marcella Stevens incorrectly, please accept our sincere Terry and Debbie McAdam Fern Stockdale Winder apology and inform us by calling Corinne McKay Gilbert Suignard 306.655.1984 or email [email protected]. Delores M. Mengering Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada* Michael Kors Sundog Arts Society Linda Mickalishen Swift Kick Enterprises MidWest Laser Centre Colleen Taylor REMEMBERING . . . a friend, a family member, a caregiver, a colleague who has touched your life and made the world a better place. The Royal University Hospital Foundation thanks those family members and friends who paid tribute to these special people between April 1, 2018, and March 31, 2019.

IN HONOUR OF Dr. Kelly Coverett Roshan Knight Betty Ronvel Emergency Department Staff Leila Lohonyai Michelle Street Niki Afseth Larry Flowers Layne Matechuk Mona Tam James G. Anderson Cecil and Christine Forsberg Melissa McLeod Dr. Jose F. Tellez Peter Barboluk Arla Gustafson Dr. Kotoo Meguro Karen A. Thompson Yvonne Blaquiere Garry Hamblin Neurosurgery Staff Timothy Thompson Dr. Rudradeo C. Bowen Spencer Hanson Dr. Erika Penz Dr. Dorothy J. Thomson Kim Byers The Humboldt Broncos Bill Peterson Gianna Toeckes Cardiology Staff ICU Nurses Val Pottle John Tompson Dylan Chipperfield Dr. Selliah-Chandra Kanthan Dr. Alex Rajput Dr. Mark Wahba Den Chow Megan Kells Dr. Ali H. Rajput Dr. Alexander Zhai Dr. Michael Kelly Gerard Rohs

IN MEMORY OF Adele Crocker Lois Jones Helen Pries Amy B. Crump Darla Kinaschuk Norma Pritchard Asher F. Adamson John Dawson Ronald and Rose Knight Dorothy Redmond Nahid Ahmad Brian Day and Joseph Kostyniuk Gayleen Reid Kelan Allen Marsha DeLouchery Day Zenon G. Kotelko Corey O. Renneberg Gerald Anderson Deceased College of Nursing Milton Kretah Freeman Reynolds Mark Anderson Professors Barbara Krieger Horst Ross Peter Balasch Peter F. Dyck Jeffrey LaBrash Iris Sabuda Lucy G. Barker Brandon Dziadyk Elizabeth Laing Kristen J. Saunders D. R. Bartel Doreen Farrant Gordon R. Laing Kimberly Sawchuk Dale M. Beavis Jack Gardiner John Loeppky Logan Schatz Kelly Bernhard Xander Garner Marilyn Marienhoff Susan Shimla Lawrence Bilokryly Benjamin R. Gerbrandt Dave Mark Greta Sleeva (Wright) Elfriede Boehmler Melanie Grace Jerry Markewich Jaren R. Spray Pieternella and Klaas Boersma Grant Guenther Denise Martens Marie Stevenson William Borsa Anne Hanson Clancy McGerrigle William W. Stevenson Adria M. Bosshart Tori Hanson Peter McLachlan Keith Stieb Leanne J. Boulet Dorothy Haroldson George McVittie Lloyd Strelioff Margaret A. Brennan Jack E. Hartshorn Henry T. Meredith Patrick L. Sullivan Honorine Brick Arthur Heschel Katja Meszaros Cliff Swenson Dayna Brons Wade Hindmarsh Julian Michayluk Lindsay Toles George A. Brown Beth Holderness Rhonda Michel Stefan Tran Victor Bujnowski Briar L. Holderness Darrell Morrison Bernard Van Norren Melba Burgoyne Dick Holderness Darlene Muir Galen Wahlmeier Thomas D. Caldwell Douglas Hollands Hazel Nelson Ben Waldron Abida Casambhoy Mary Honecker Brian Ness Keith Walters Sarah A. Caspell Marlene Horkoff Gabriel L. Neumeier Joseph Wandzura Ted Cherewyk Orville Horn Travis Nieckar Marie Wankel Allison Chorneyko William J. Hurrell Bonnie Nordgulen Irene Ward Lawrence Chron Erwin Janzen Brett W. Nordgulen Robert Woodcock Sharon L. Coates George T. Jarman Orville Olm Bryan Woods Bill Cook L. K. Jenkins Nelson Poole John T. Wright Sylvia Crawford Robert E. Jensen Marlene Popoff Lucinda Yaworski

17 ENDOWMENTS AND FUNDS FOR RUH Endowments give back year after year — an Donna and Tony Dagnone Endowment supports Mark Family Legacy Endowment provides funding investment in the health of future the RUH’s Inspiration Award, recognizing a staff for priorities of cardiac-related programs. generations. The principal sum remains member, physician or volunteer whose leadership Dr. Janet Markland Fund supports priorities for the untouched, while the distributable earnings serves to inspire others. Oncology Unit. are used to support a designated priority at Danae Dupuis Memorial Endowment provides Nutrien Chair in Clinical Health Research Royal University Hospital. Funds are held and funding for areas of greatest need. Endowment provides dedicated time for a disbursed according to the terms set out in Adrienne Eidem Memorial Scholarship researcher to undertake clinical research. the donor agreement. RUH Foundation Endowment supports a nursing scholarship in Orano Wish Fund Endowment funds the purchase manages a range of endowments and funds recognition of academic achievement and enhanced of small items that improve patient care, particularly valued at $16 million. health-care proficiency. items for which there is no alternate source of Donald Francis Endowment supports programs funding. Nahid Baltzan Ahmad and and services that aid in the diagnosis and/or Ostomy Endowment funds equipment and Dr. Marc Baltzan Endowment supports cardiology treatment of cancer patients. education for the Ostomy Clinic. and kidney research. Bernice E. (Betty) Godfrey Children’s Endowment Pharmaceutical Services Fund supports education, Vivian K. Asher Memorial Fund assists and Fund supports programs at RUH dedicated to the research and equipment in the Department of supports pharmacy education and research diagnosis and treatment of children who have Pharmacy. initiatives. suffered accidental injuries. Princeton Scholarship Fund provides educational Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health Endowment John C. (Jack) and Bernice E. (Betty) Godfrey Fund funding for nurses, licensed practical nurses and supports a physician specialist in Indigenous health supports the purchase of equipment for Unit 5000 other medical professionals. at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of for burn patients at. Medicine and Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Rajput Research Fund provides support for Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life Royal University Hospital. Parkinson’s disease and movement disorder Scholarship Endowment provides scholarships for research. Community Mental Health Endowment supports the education and training of medical personnel, innovative initiatives that improve the mental health Dr. Ali Rajput Endowment for Parkinson’s other than physicians, who work with patients. of individuals and/or raise awareness of mental Disease and Movement Disorders Research Helping Hands Endowment provides financial health and addictions. These initiatives include supports research into Parkinson’s disease and other assistance for patients and families in need research, education, programs for patients and their movement disorders. of essential items required as a result of their families while in hospital, patient support programs Royal University Hospital Auxiliary Legacy hospitalization. in the community and equipment for patient care. Endowment supports the priority purchase of The following five funds are named funds within the Bryan Isinger Pediatric Care Endowment provides medical equipment and furnishings at RUH as Community Mental Health Endowment: funds to support pediatric care and comfort well as funds annual Auxiliary scholarships and including equipment and furnishings. Dr. Rudy Bowen Mood Disorders Fund supports education. research and programming for mood and anxiety Sonja Jeffrey Memorial Fund supports medical SaskEnergy Centennial Research Fund in disorders. school residents at RUH pursuing specialized Children’s Health supports research projects at RUH training in dissociative disorders as a result of Lynn Sterling McLean Fund supports mental health for the betterment of children’s health. psychological trauma. and addictions research. Hartley Sommerfeld Memorial Fund supports Drs. Ivan Jen and Suzanne Yip Family Endowment, Tom and Nicole MacNeill Family Fund supports neurosciences. established in loving memory of their parents Jim clinical research and related patient treatment Jarret Stoll Trauma Fund for Royal University Kow Jen & Sue Lin Jen and David SimYip & programs in obsessive-compulsive disorders and Hospital in honour of the Humboldt Broncos Jean Yat Yip, supports cancer research and patient other spectrum-associated disorders including supports trauma priorities for patient of all ages. care as well as cardiac patient care. anxiety and phobias. Peter and Anna Zbeetnoff Memorial Endowment Marlo L. Kelly Memorial Endowment funds the Patricia and Lawrence Rychjohn Family Fund supports the annual Peter and Anna Zbeetnoff purchase of equipment in the Neonatal Intensive supports innovative programs for those affected by Memorial Drug Therapy Decision-Making Care Unit. mental illness and addictions in our community and Conference for physicians, pharmacists and nurse beyond. Bill Lemko Memorial Endowment funds the practitioners in Saskatchewan. purchase of equipment that improves cancer care. University of Saskatchewan Academic Psychiatrists Fund supports psychiatric research W. Gordon MacDougall Memorial Endowment and post-graduate psychiatric training. supports research, training and patient care. GUILD OF FRIENDS The following Guild of Friends members are a special group of donors who have made provisions in their estate plan through Wills, life insurance, charitable remainder trusts and other means to create a legacy of giving to Royal University Hospital Foundation that will continue long into the future:

The late Nahid Ahmad Joyce Gale Dan Kemmer Bill Peterson and Paul Lavoie Eric Anderson Arla A.L. Gustafson Myrna Knight William Pringle Dennis Balon Jennifer Guzak Tony and Joan Lalonde Mary Slaght & the late Oscar Slaght Peggy and Kelvin Benko Wilmer and Alice Hamp Kathleen Macey Barbara Surine Irwin and Stella Blehm George Horton A. Jean Mackenzie Neil Sutherland Regina Boskill & the late The late Marion Horton Katelyn Maurer Charles Boskill Donald and Patricia Taman Rose Jarman Herb McFaull Jamie Callin Hilda Voth Leona Johnson Margaret Petersen F.S. and V.J. Dagelis Anonymous Friends

LEGACY GIVING Lynn Sterling McLean was many things to this land and strove always to make it a many people: a caring, responsible employer; better place. a gifted, perceptive co-worker with an ever- fresh approach to solving complex problems; His generous spirit led him to include RUH a coach and advisor of endless patience; Foundation in his Will to establish the Lynn a source of strength and assurance in the Sterling McLean Fund, a named fund in the most difficult moments. He was a fearless, Community Mental Health Endowment aggressive, persistent advocate for those less (CMHE) to support mental health and able to assert themselves, and a rock-solid, addictions research. Each year RUH loyal, generous friend with a dry sense of Foundation awards grants for mental health humour who was always, always, always and addictions programming and research there. through the distributable earnings from the CMHE. A card-carrying member of MENSA; a world traveler with an encyclopedic knowledge of Lynn’s foresight will help improve care the global economy, the stock market and the for those affected by mental health and banking system; a mechanic of rare gifts who addictions in our community. could keep the oldest equipment running To discuss leaving a gift in your Will or against all reason: his interests were indeed contributing to the Community Mental diverse. Health Endowment for Royal University But of all his remarkable accomplishments, Hospital while still looking after your loved Lynn was most proud of the successful farm ones, please contact RUH Foundation’s Annual and Legacy Giving Officer, Lynn Sterling McLean operation he built; his life’s work. He loved Candace Boersma, at 306.655.6501.

19 VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GREEK GOURMET FEAST Elaine Vetter Delores Weiman Don Neufeld, Chair COMMITTEE Bronwyn Wiens Irene Boychuk, CPA, CA, Vice Chair Lois Wiens Dr. Paul Babyn, Past Chair Erin Ens, Co-Chair Diane Wiley Doug Osborn, Member at Large Patty Timmerman, Co-Chair Tasia Barlas Jody Bischoff RUH FOUNDATION GIFT AUDIT FINANCE Monique Devine Joan Tilk (GRATITUDE INTERNAL COMMITTEE Jenny Underhill FRIEND-RAISING TEAM) Nilesh Kavia, CPA, CMA, MBA, Chair COMMITTEE Dr. Paul Babyn WOMEN LEADING Irene Boychuk Stacey Anweiler Joe Vidal PHILANTHROPY Linda Baker COMMITTEE Carole Birtch DEVELOPMENT April Brown Rachel Mielke – Women Leading Alicia Carey COMMITTEE Philanthropy Volunteer Honourary Chair Lisa Collard Dr. Mary Kinloch – Women Leading Kelly Coverett Kaylynn Schroeder, Chair Philanthropy Volunteer Chair Jeff Danyliw Mark Loeppky CeCe Baptiste Christine Dawson Sharon McDonald Tammy Beauregard Anne-Marie DeWeert Don Neufeld Brenda Bennett Marilyn Gibson Tyler Pochynuk Lisa Collard Roseanne Glass Keith Rissling, Ad Hoc Member Samantha J. Gillanders Gillian Higgins Catherine Gryba Brenda Higgs GRANTING COMMITTEE Meghan Johnson Luiza Kent-Smith Janelle B. Mansfield Mike Losie Mike McKague, Chair Diana Pereira Scott Mildenberger Valerie Arnault-Pelletier Kaylynn Schroeder Pam Molnar Doug Osborn Alixandra Stoicheff Nadia Rodych Dr. Marek Radomski Jenna Ryan GIFT SHOP VOLUNTEERS Helen Sabadash PLANNED GIVING Judy Sabadash Brenda Assie Karen Schmidt ADVISORY COMMITTEE Joan Boehm Anna Shule Sarah Boucher Megan Simpson Herb McFaull, Chair Angelica Breland Deana Zimmerman Keith Pavo Kathryn Burnyeat Lynn Zinger Humphrey Tam Rosanne Cechonowicz Crystal Taylor Nina Gao Sarah Garden ROYAL BALL COMMITTEE Bob Gilewicz Renuka Gowda Zeba Ahmad, Co-Chair Khaing Htutt Shari Bedient, Co-Chair Rocky Lam Valerie Hertz, Co-Chair Judy Malinowski Laurie Karwacki, Co-Chair Linda McNabb Candace Boersma Palati Qinaer Suzanne Bronkhorst Shanza Saleem Kirsty Hack Shelley Sanford Amanda Lesser Kulwant Singh Cady Polishchuk Gabriel Siriany Linares Rhonda Speiss Bree Tyndall Lucia Vallejo AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

Due to the generosity of its donors, home Standards Program. Under this program, lottery supporters and event sponsors the Foundation’s policies and procedures and attendees, Royal University Hospital are evaluated to ensure they meet the Foundation recorded over $10.81 million of accreditation requirements relating to board revenue for the year ending March 31, 2019. governance, financial accountability and Grants made by the Foundation totaled transparency, fundraising, staff management $9.85 million and included $4.8 million and volunteer involvement. toward the new Adult Emergency Department which will open in the fall Thank you to our donors, volunteers and of 2019. These grants continue to have a supporters for helping to continue to positive impact on patient care, research transform health care at Royal University and education at Royal University Hospital Hospital. The full audited financial and within the College of Medicine at the statements can be found on our website at University of Saskatchewan, resulting in ruhf.org or by contacting the Foundation innovative health care in Saskatchewan. office at 306.655.1984.

As part of its commitment to ethical, transparent and effective fundraising, the Nilesh Kavia, CPA, CMA, MBA Foundation is in the process of renewing Treasurer and Chair, Audit and Nilesh Kavia its accreditation under the Imagine Canada Finance Committee

Report of the Independent Auditor on the Summary Financial Statements

To the Board of Directors of the Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. Our opinion In our opinion, the accompanying summary financial statements of Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. (the Foundation) are a fair summary of the audited financial statements, on the basis described in the note to the summary financial statements. The summary financial statements The Foundation’s summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 comprise: • the summary statement of financial position as at March 31, 2019; • the summary statement of revenue, expenses, and changes in fund balances for the year then ended; and • the related note to the summary financial statements. The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations. Reading the summary financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon. The audited financial statements and our report thereon We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the audited financial statements in our report dated May 28, 2019. Management’s responsibility for the summary financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation of the summary financial statements on the basis described in the note. Auditor’s responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary financial statements are a fair summary of the audited financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

Signed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants Saskatoon, Saskatchewan May 28, 2019

21 SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. Summary Statement of Financial Position as at March 31, 2019 2019 2018 ASSETS Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 5,428,358 6,163,280 Pledges Receivable - current 155,762 838,359 Accounts Receivable 103,668 53,311 Inventory 123,221 107,919 Due from Other Funds 378,701 200,402 Prepaid Expenses 298,594 403,458 6,488,304 7,766,729 Investments 18,993,001 17,979,322 Other Assets Planned Giving 27,762 26,618 Pledges Receivable - long term 135,498 90,000 163,260 116,618

Capital Assets 195,251 210,963 $ 25,839,816 26,073,632

LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities $ 848,682 1,733,916 Grants Payable 3,478,815 1,671,537 Due to other Funds 378,701 200,402 4,706,198 3,605,855

FUND BALANCES Operating $ 2,788,340 4,819,777 Designated 2,420,052 2,489.754 Endowment 15,925,226 15,158,246 21,133,618 22,467,777 $ 25,839,816 26,073,632 Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. Summary Statement of Revenue, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Balances for the year ended March 31, 2019 2019 2018 REVENUE Donations $ 6,926,552 4,484,114 Donations - endowment 653,342 76,383 Events, gaming, other (gross) 2,160,018 2,242,492 Investment income 1,071,801 894,700 10,811,713 7,697,689

Fundraising, events, and administrative expenses 2,292,928 2,332,452

Net revenue available for granting 8,518,785 5,365,237

Grants 9,852,944 4,168,056

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses (1,334,159) 1,197,181

Fund balance, beginning of year 22,467,777 21,270,596

Fund balance, end of year $ 21,133,618 22,467,777

Royal University Hospital Foundation Inc. Note to Summary Financial Statements These summary financial statements have been prepared by management March 31, 2019 using the following criteria: a. whether information in the summary financial statements is in The summary financial statements are derived from the complete audited agreement with the related information in the complete audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting financial statements; and standards for not-for-profit organizations, as at March 31, 2019 and for the b. whether, in all material respects, the summary financial statements year ended March 31, 2019. contain the information necessary to avoid distorting or obscuring matters disclosed in the related complete audited financial statements, The preparation of these summary financial statements requires management including the notes thereto. to determine the information that needs to be reflected in the summary financial statements so that they are consistent, in all material respects, with Management determined that the statement of cash flows does not provide or represent a fair summary of the audited financial statements. additional useful information and as such has not included them as part of the summary financial statements.

23 SOCIAL MEDIA – ICYMI (in case you missed it)

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1. And the winner is... The UTERUS Project! 5. What a great evening! Thank you to everyone 8. Donor-funded Fellowship recipients. Dr. Suzie Congratulations to Candice Jackel-Cram and her for attending the 20th Anniversary Royal Studio 54 Harriman wrote to us to say “I am so thankful that the team of genetic counsellors and geneticists at Ball! #royalball #studio54 #fundraiser #yxeevents RUH Foundation supported my fellowship to come here. #RUH! The $100,000 Grant from donations to our #healthcare I can’t tell you how amazing it is to have this opportunity #WomenLeadingPhilanthropy program will pilot a and to not have all the financial stresses. Again, I can’t universal hereditary screening program of women with Longtime Royal Ball sponsor Novatex Graphics and guests tell you how much I appreciate your support in both my uterine cancer so that every woman will know if their “got down” at the 20th Anniversary Royal Studio 54 Ball! fellowship and my future with RUH.” cancer could affect their children and be given protective screening. The Foundation was able to support Dr. Harriman with a 6. Have you met Murphy? Murphy is the first St. John #philanthropy #womenwhodonate #transformative $14,000 Fellowship for her 3-month emergency trauma Ambulance Therapy Dog to visit a Canadian Emergency #healthcare training in Chicago. Cook County Hospital of the popular Department. He is one of 11 St. John Ambulance Therapy TV show ER was loosely based on the John H. Stroger Jr. Dogs to visit RUH each week. Murphy and his handler, Hospital of Cook County (formerly Cook County Hospital) Jane, visit Royal University Hospital each week on 2. We had a lovely albeit bittersweet visit with Jean where Dr. Harriman is doing her training. It is the busiest Mondays to help improve the health-care experience LaFleur today. Jean’s daughter, Vanessa Aubichon, was an ER and trauma hospital in the USA. RN on 6100 Oncology prior to her passing in 2013. Jean for patients and their families with plenty of cuddles for donated this beautiful Star Blanket – made by her friend everyone. The staff at RUH also look forward to visits She adds, “I am picking up a lot of valuable protocols – in memory of Vanessa and it hangs prominently across from Murphy and have named the day he visits “Murphy that I know will be great to incorporate into my practice from the very unit desk she sometimes sat at, when not Mondays.” and the Trauma Program at Royal University Hospital caring for patients. Vanessa’s compassion and dedication someday. Plus, just being exposed to more trauma is great Murphy and Jane are sharing their stories in this special to the nursing profession will be remembered. experience. I hope RUH Foundation donors think my time limited edition book aptly named “Murphy Mondays”. #gratitude here is as valuable as I do.”

Do you know someone who might enjoy reading about I know we do! Thanks Dr. Harriman for your commitment 3. Our #GreekGourmetFeast has begun! We are so Murphy’s time spent in the Emergency Department? You and passion for improving Trauma Care at RUH, honoured to have the support we do from our sponsors, can purchase your own copy of “Murphy Mondays” for Saskatchewan’s busiest Trauma Centre. hosts, partners and guests! $13.99 + tax at the Royal University Hospital Gift Shop @NutrienLTD in the main mall. The author has donated proceeds from @ManosOn8th book sales to RUH Foundation (Emergency Department 9. Leslie Worth, Manager of the LiveWell Program, and #gratitude and the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Rae Rivard, Dietitian for the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, join Dr. Julian Tam and Niki Afseth to support the purchase of a mobile spirometer in the CF clinic here at RUH. 4. Lloyd Postnikoff, President of J&H Builder’s Warehouse 7. Always happy to see our friend Lois Fedrau and her dropped in today with a $10,000 cheque on behalf of the daughter, Wendy Thomson. Lois, along with her friends in Help someone breathe a little easier by making a company to help purchase the mobile spirometer for the Watrous, knits, sews and purchases baby toques, socks, donation this GivingTuesday. Give online at ruhf.org. Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at RUH. So wonderful to have blankets and outfits for babies in the Neo Natal Intensive #GivingTuesdayCa #StretchYourGenerosity #gratitude such amazing community support in Saskatoon! Thank Care Unit at RUH. Check out these festive creations! Thank you J&H! you Lois! #gratitude #gratitude Publications Mail Agreement No. 41571019 RUH FOUNDATION STAFF RETURN UNDELIVERABLE ITEMS TO: Royal University Hospital Foundation CEO Arla Gustafson 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8 Chief Development Officer Lisa Sands Phone: 306.655.1984 Fax: 306.655.1979 Chief Financial Officer Jocelyn Zurakowski, CPA, CA Email: [email protected] Senior Development Officer Laura Herman Web: ruhf.org Major Gifts Officer Tricia Haugen Annual and Legacy Giving Officer Candace Boersma Events Coordinator Trina Hritzuk Communications Officer Daryl Oshanek Communications Michelle Morrison Operations Officer Mia Cavanagh Gift Shop Manager Shari Bedient Administrative Assistants Lisa Gaudet and Kirstie Dow Charitable Business Number: 11927 9131 RR001

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