Year in Review 2020 - 2021

Dean's Circle

The Dean’s Circle is a donor-supported, rapid response fund set up to specifically help Ted Rogers School students. This past year, we have seen increased excitement from Advisory Council members, with new members joining the Dean’s Circle. The group now has a total of 32 members. One of the recipients of the funds made available through the Dean's Circle, Milad Moghaddas, shared with us the impact philanthropic support has made in his life.

To hear more of Milad’s triumphant story of how philanthropic support made a difference, we invite you to see him speak about it in this video (external link)  at 4:28-7:02 

“I am grateful for the immediate support provided by the TRSM Covid Relief fund (supported by the Dean’s Circle). Beyond its monetary value, the financial support I received was symbolic for me because it affirmed that one’s dedication, focus and perseverance will yield notable results and rewards. Thank you to the Ted Rogers School community for recognizing my potential and devotion to my education, and providing me the necessary tools and resources to thrive and achieve my most ambitious goals.” 

Milad Moghaddas, BComm - Entrepreneurship and Strategy, 2021

Student Philanthropy

Our students see how gifts can have an immediate and powerful impact in the lives of current and future students. The Ted Rogers Student Society, a student-led group who has provided a continuous stream of philanthropic support for the past decade, has made a donation of $30,000 to assist students with financial need. These funds will look to assist students who need financial help and are not able to enroll in the Winter term without these additional funds.

In addition, Toronto Met Sales Student Covid Relief Fund, a student-led initiative, has raised $3,638 to date. The money raised will support Ted Rogers School students enrolled in a sales course and/or the sales leadership program based on financial need. The culture of philanthropy within student-led groups is constantly growing, and we are excited to continue to highlight this incredible work. 

Business Career Hub

Co-op

The Business Career Hub is helping countless students to land their dream jobs with Canada’s top employers. Shaping diverse global leaders through experiential education is a leading priority for our business school, and we are proud to share that because of the partnership with Barrick Gold Corporation, we were able to do just that. In fact, 90% of Co-op students receive a full-time job within three months of graduation. In the Summer 2021 term, we secured 1,005 work terms (out of 1,162 scheduled) resulting in an 86.5% employment rate, and nearly $12 million dollars in student earnings. Our successful Bootcamps program has also crossed a new milestone of engaging more than 25,000 participants since September 2020 to develop the skills demanded by industry.

Bootcamps

In addition, the Ted Rogers School is excited to share a new partnership we have with Microsoft Canada to enhance our Bootcamp program. As part of Microsoft’s CanadaSkills program, our Bootcamp graduates will now receive Microsoft Credentials when they complete our MS-related Bootcamps. 

Investments in Technology

We have received a $200,000 Anonymous gift to support the building of a student services portal within Ted Rogers School’s Salesforce platform. This new Student Services Portal using Community Cloud will transform the efficacy and efficiency of our student services. The Ted Rogers School is committed to providing students with the support they need to overcome the challenges they face, better adapt to the demands of postsecondary education and provide guidance they need to succeed. Because of this gift, we will be able to ensure our students’ success through cutting edge technology. 

Thanks to a generous donation renewal, Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software) has made a gift-in-kind of retail software valued at $3.34 million to Retail Management. This renewed software donation helps Retail Management students to continue to have access to industry-leading software that will help set them up for career success, and is emblematic of an almost twenty-year relationship with the company.

National Institute on Ageing (NIA)

Building on societal need to rethink the growing and evolving need of our ageing population, the NIA is dedicated to enhancing successful aging across the life course, with a mandate to consider aging issues from a broad range of important perspectives, including those of financial, physical, psychological and social wellness. 

To help sustain the NIA’s efforts to change how society treats some of its most vulnerable members - our aging population of seniors, we have received a number of gifts this past year. These include:

• $2.25 million from an Anonymous donor
• $300,000 gift from Essity Canada
• $100,000 gift from Telus Health (making both Essity and Telus Health Lead Partners of the NIA)
• $100,000 gift from new Founding Partner RTO/ERO Foundation - Retired Teachers of Ontario
• $72,000 gift from the LIFE Institute
• $50,000 sponsorship from Home Equity Bank
  

The NIA is deeply grateful to our partners for their generous contributions of time, knowledge, resources and funding. It is through their continued support and collaboration that we are able to engage in the important work of making Canada the best place to grow up and grow old.