Every Step of the Way: Laurier Donor Impact 2020/21

Deborah MacLatchy Thank you. You’ve been there for Laurier and our students every step of the way through this very challenging year and I’m so grateful.

You supported the Laurier COVID-19 Emergency Fund, which allowed students to pivot to online learning and stay healthy while doing it.

You supported scholarships and bursaries to relieve student financial pressures and keep them in school.

You donated to the many programs and services that are close to your heart and essential to supporting our thriving campuses. For all this and more, I thank you.

I welcome you to learn more about what you and other donors have made possible this year by reading the stories and looking at the statistics below.

The Laurier community has an exciting year ahead. Laurier faculty and staff have put great thought and planning into ensuring Fall 2021 will be a safe and successful term for everyone, and we are pleased to welcome our largest incoming class, ever. Our donors are bringing us to the final stretch of the Making Space for Music campaign – with a little more help, we’ll be getting our shovels ready to expand and transform our Savvas Chamberlain Music Building. Everyone is talking about our exciting new Milton campus, which will feature innovative academic programming and research devoted to solving the environmental challenges of our future, and continue to build on our excellent multi-campus reputation.

We continue to strengthen our thriving community through our strong commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigeneity. We’re also listening to our students when they tell us what they need for their mental and physical wellness, and working to enhance supports in these areas. We have so much ahead of us in service of a better future, both at Laurier and in the wider world. I’m most grateful to count you among our champions.

Let’s keep the momentum going.

Sincerely,
Deborah MacLatchy
President and Vice-Chancellor
Wilfrid Laurier University

Giving in Action

Read our most recent inspiring impact stories.

Students supporting students: the Student Life Levy

'He lives now in the music' Alumna honours her son by supporting the Faculty of Music

Working together to support student mental health: LOCUS and the Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation

Beloved MPS student Walter Waganka honoured with memorial scholarship

Laurier’s Making Space for Music campaign reaches milestone

Braden Story's friends and family honour his memory with the Braden Story Memorial Fund

Sonny Kumpf Memorial Hockey Bursary surpasses fundraising goal

The Cosmetic Surgery Clinic of Waterloo supports Health Sciences students making a difference in their community

A legacy for leadership

Fourth-year Music student Sarah Stapleton on why she’s Making Space for Music

Jess Calberry (BA ’11) taps trees for mental health and finds a silver lining in liquid gold

The tangible things we built: Sean Taylor (BSc ’95) reflects on giving at Laurier

Laurier UXD student Christina Stiller applies skills to help Brantwood Community Services adapt during pandemic

Laurier Dean of Students offices distribute care kits ahead of final exam period

National Philanthropy Day 2020

Astrid Janson (BA '69, H.C. '16) supports students' confidence, curiosity and commitment

Donors contribute $770,000 to name Carruthers Practice Studios in honour of former Laurier Faculty of Music dean, Glen Carruthers

A gift from the Levene family names a new practice studio for their son Leejay

Laurier supporters will match donations made to campaign honouring retired Faculty of Music dean

CN renews commitment to support research and education at Centre for Supply Chain Management with C$500,000 donation

Got an idea? Accelerate it! RBC Financial group supports Laurier's student-entrepreneurs

The Laurier community comes together to support students through a global pandemic

Making Space for Music

A dream made possible

Passing on the gift of education to Future Hawks

Piti piti, ti pay pay, zwazo fe nich

A transformational experience

The Laurier you love is made possible by donors

Learn. Try. Do!

A once in a lifetime experience

Remembering Barry Kay

What did you learn about yourself today?

Stronger Together: Donor Impact 2020 Year in Review Video and Statistics

Laurier team takes first prize at inaugural Design for Change UX challenge

18 financial tips from Laurier's FinLit students

A Golden Hawk's letter to Laurier

Equitable Life announces endowment in honour of retiring President and CEO Ron Beettam

User Experience Design: The most important job you’ve never heard of

Waterloo Region entrepreneurs Margaret and Larry Marsland receive Laurier Philanthropy Award

I am so grateful: How student awards change lives.

Supporting Truth and Reconciliation on Laurier’s campuses

By the numbers 2020/21

2,600 unique donors gave $4,830,000.

$2,053,000 in awards granted to 1,100 students.

534 donors gave $200,000 through our Laurier COVID-19 Emergency Fund for students.

Parent donors raised $66,000 in support of student success.

Amount raised to support student mental health: $174,000.

265 donors gave $770,000 to name the Carruthers Practice Studios as part of the Making Space for Music campaign.

*Individuals are counted once and categorized according to the following hierarchy: Alumni, Our Laurier, Parent, Friends, then Students.

Dollar figures and donor counts are rounded.

DONOR IMPACT REPORTS

Donors help to ensure Laurier graduates are ready for the real world and ready to leave their mark. Explore how our donors continue to make an impact.

LAURIER PHILANTHROPY AWARD

The Laurier Philanthropy Award is an annual award presented in recognition and celebration of an individual, corporation or foundation whose generosity has contributed significantly to the advancement of Laurier.

Recipients of this award exemplify the true spirit of philanthropy. Through their direct financial support, leadership and donation of time, each recipient demonstrates a deep-seated and lasting dedication to the mission, vision and values of the university.

Celebrating 2021 Laurier Philanthropy Award Recipients, Margaret and Larry Marsland

2021 Margaret and Larry Marsland
2019 Randy McGlynn ’72
2019 Mike Stork ’77 & Hennie Stork ‘77
2018 Peter C. Ansley ‘66
2017 Roger and Edith Davis & family
2017 Marcia Powers-Dunlop BA ’69, MSW ’76
2017 Helen and Steve Kun
2016 Trevor Gardner ’98 & Cindy Gardner ‘98
2016 Millards Chartered Professional Accountants
2015 Ian and Hilary McLean
2015 Barry Schneider
2014 The Williamson Group
2014 Patricia F. Rae
2013 The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation
2013 S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
2012 WLU Alumni Association (WLUAA)
2012 The Lyle S. Hallman Foundation
2011 Fred Nichols
2011 City of Brantford
2010 The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
2010 Mary Stedman
2009 Robert Astley & Judith Astley
2008 Gerard McGrath
2007 Tom Motz