Sandra Rotman

Sandra Ann Rotman, CM OOnt is a Canadian philanthropist and community leader. She and her late husband, Joseph Rotman, O.C., LL.D, frequently directed their philanthropy as a couple to support Canadian institutions in the arts, health and education. Over the past twenty years, the Rotmans served on many boards and donated more than $90 million. In 2006, Sandra Rotman was honoured with the Order of Ontario and in 2007, was awarded an Honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto.[1] She married Joseph L. Rotman in 1959 and they have two children, Janis and Kenneth.[2] She lives in Toronto, Canada.

Sandra Ann Rotman
Born
Sandra Frieberg

(1938-05-10) May 10, 1938
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationTeacher, Canadian philanthropist
Spouse(s)Joseph Louis Rotman
ChildrenJanis, Kenneth

Community Work

Sandra Rotman has served on the Boards of several Canadian institutions in the arts, health and education:

  • Vice Chair - Rotman CAMH Social Enterprise Development / Rise Asset Development 2011–present
  • Vice Chair – Ontario Heritage Foundation 1998–2004
  • Board of Trustees – University Health Network 1998–2008
  • Board of Directors, Art Gallery of Ontario 2004 – present
  • Sotheby's Canada International Advisory Board 2002 – present
  • Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum – Honorary Chair 1990–present
  • Contemporary Curatorial Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario 1985–2000
  • Board of Directors, Toronto International Film Festival 1989–1998
  • Board of Directors, National Ballet of Canada 1987–1993

Health and Life Sciences

Rotman is a long-standing supporter of health institutions in Canada. She and her husband have supported the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto for close to three decades, helping to transform it from a home for the aged into a research institute in the broad area of aging and dementia. In 1989, they established the Rotman Research Institute to create knowledge in cognitive neuroscience and to translate the most recent research directly to benefit patients. Also at Baycrest, she created the Sandra A. Rotman Program in Neuropsychiatry.[3][4]

For more than two decades, Sandra Rotman has been a contributor to the University Health Network in downtown Toronto as a board member and a donor. [[The network comprises three Toronto teaching hospitals, Toronto General Hospital; Princess Margaret Hospital, the largest cancer hospital in North America; and Toronto Western Hospital. Together, the network amounts the largest medical centre in Canada. Established by both University Health Network ]] and the University of Toronto, the Sandra Rotman Centre focuses on global health through translational research on malaria, through ethics, social and cultural research The Centre hosts Grand Challenges Canada, a federally funded program. Recently, the centre announced grants to developing world vaccine advocates [5]

At the University Health Network and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is the Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy.

Rotman founded Rise Asset Development with a $1 million donation in 2009.[6] Rise Asset Development partners with the Rotman School of Management to provide free business mentoring and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for health supports, providing assistance to entrepreneurs living with mental illness and addictions .[7]

Arts

Sandra Rotman has served on the boards of several major Canadian arts institutions and is a major benefactor to the National Ballet of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company, the Israel Museum, the Toronto Symphony and the Toronto International Film Festival. Sandra Rotman founded the Louis Applebaum Visitorship in Film Composition at the University Of Toronto School Of Music. Both Sandra and Joseph Rotman helped found the Elinor and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theater, an annual prize of $100,000 to a director, playwright or designer who advances Canadian theater.

Education and honours

Rotman attended Toronto Teachers College graduating in 1958. In 1960-61, she studied Fine Arts at Barnard College in New York. She continued her studies at the University of Toronto receiving her BA in 1975.

In 2006, Rotman was created a member of the Order of Ontario, and in 2007 she was awarded an honorary LL.D. by the University of Toronto.[8]

In advance of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the Rotmans were selected to be torchbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Run in Toronto on December 17, 2009.[9]

The Rotmans received the Outstanding Philanthropists Award from The Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2009.[10]

In 2010, the Rotmans received the Beth Sholom Brotherhood Humanitarian Award.[11]

In 2013, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for her leadership in support of health care and the arts, notably as a driver of initiatives in global and mental health".[12]

References
  1. "The Rotman Family". University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Wiring the Brain, Literally, to Treat Stubborn Disorders". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  4. "Canadian depression treatment wins backing". The National Post. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  5. "Innovative ideas flourish in pilot program to promote demand for vaccination in developing countries". Sandra Rotman Centre. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  6. "Microloans for mental-health patients rolling out across Ontario". Globe & Mail. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  7. "Ontario invests in youth entrepreneurship through Rise Asset Development". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  8. "The Rotman Family". University of Toronto. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. "Grand Challenges Canada Board of Directors". Grand Challenges Canada. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  10. "AFP ANNOUNCES PHILANTHROPY AWARDS". Charity Times Magazine. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  11. "Humanitarian Award Dinner". Beth Sholom Synagogue. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  12. "Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". December 30, 2013.
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