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Celebrating ROM Supporters

Celebrating ROM Supporters

The ROM warmly welcomed close to 400 guests for its Chairs’ Reception on May 9, 2018. This annual event celebrates the ROM family of supporters and volunteers whose generosity enables world-class exhibitions, curatorial research and public programs for the community. Attendees enjoyed a private

Inspiring Brighter Futures

Inspiring Brighter Futures

Thanking our School Visits Bursary partners Each day at the Museum, inspiration takes hold in many incredible ways. For our visiting school groups, it can be a young student examining real specimens from our solar system in their hands, or being introduced to computer coding through innovative

Estate Spotlight: A Fashionable Legacy

Estate Spotlight: A Fashionable Legacy

As a biographer, Marian Fowler wrote volumes about people whose impact lasted well beyond their lifetimes. Now, through an estate gift to the ROM, she has established her own powerful legacy that will endure far into the future. Marian was born in Toronto in 1929. After graduating from Trinity

Keeping Philanthropy En Vogue

Keeping Philanthropy En Vogue

Jennifer Ivey Bannock as a fashion model in the 80s Jennifer Ivey Bannock has been a long-time friend and supporter of the ROM. A member of the Board of Governors since 2000, she has supported a diverse range of ROM exhibitions, galleries and programs. Stemming in part from her years as a fashion

How Younger Supporters Can Become Major Gift Donors with a Legacy Gift

How Younger Supporters Can Become Major Gift Donors with a Legacy Gift

Magid Girgis is a certified financial planner specializing in gift planning. We all have passions that fill our lives. Be it the arts, health care, education, poverty or the environment. We all have that internal need to give back to those institutions that drive our passions. Some will donate

Jonathon Borland

Jonathon Borland

Meet YPC Member Jonathon Borland What is your occupation? I’m relatively new to TD Securities where I support the head of Corporate & Investment Banking, but have been with TD for more than 10 years. What was the last book you read? I’m currently re-reading one of my favourite Haruki

A Lifelong Relationship

A Lifelong Relationship

As both a member and an employee, Connie Swenson has always felt a strong sense of connection to the Royal Ontario Museum. A native of Iowa by way of Chicago, she moved to Toronto with her family in 2008, after a brief sojourn in Alberta–and the ROM quickly became a big part of their lives. “As

Hennick Family donates $50 million to advance ROM’s strategic vision

Hennick Family donates $50 million to advance ROM’s strategic vision

ROM proudly announced today a $50-million donation from the Hennick Family Foundation – the single largest cash donation in its history. The Hennicks’ contribution will support a multi-year revitalization plan to advance a vision to an even more welcoming and inspirational focal point of art,

Beloved Assistant Curator Inspires Generous Gift to ROM Palaeontology Department

Beloved Assistant Curator Inspires Generous Gift to ROM Palaeontology Department

Janet Waddington was a cherished ROM staff member for over 40 years. Even after her passing in 2020 following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, her legacy continues to flourish, leaving a lasting impact on her colleagues and the Museum. “Janet had a deep passion for fossils,” says

New Children’s Book Brings Prehistoric Mammals to Life

New Children’s Book Brings Prehistoric Mammals to Life

“On the weekends, Molly’s grandma takes her to the museum. It’s a special time together to learn new things and explore ideas. Molly brings her notebook to sketch specimens and collect interesting facts. Grandma says the whole world is full of magic if you just look for it.” This excerpt