2023–24 Donor and Giving Report

2023–24

DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

Fiercely Independent

OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THE FOUNDATION OF ALL WE DO TO MAKE WAY FOR THEIR FUTURE TOGETHER

At our Make Way Campaign launch in September 2023, our students painted rocks. They were recently poured into the very foundation of the Karen L. Jurjevich Innovation Centre and Theatre. As an integral design feature of this issue, they acknowledge that you, our donors, are the bedrock of our 121-year mission to advance excellence in girls’ education.

CLEAR A PATH THANKS TO YOU, THEY ’ RE COMING THROUGH

LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND CHAIR

What an amazing start to our 2024–25 school year! Our Welcome Back Carnival was a shining example of the singular Branksome school spirit, with more than 1,000 community members coming out to celebrate a dynamic leadership transition and kick off our 121st year.

Speaking of community, we wouldn’t be in such an incredible position without our amazing donors, who were such a special part of a banner year of fundraising at Branksome Hall.

In 2023–24, we raised more than $12.5 million, thanks to an astonishing outpouring of generosity. We’re ecstatic about the milestone $5-million gift last June, the largest in our history and among the largest to a girls’ school in Canada. In the lifetime of the Make Way Campaign, more than 1,800 community members have come together to support the future of girls’ education. We are so proud of this bold and united community!

Our strong culture of philanthropy plays a key role in sustaining and invigorating our students’ curricular and co-curricular activities, providing endless opportunities that define their passions and ambitions.

As we move ever more resolutely to future-proof our girls’ education and dissolve gender barriers that exist in the top careers of tomorrow, the Karen L. Jurjevich Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre (iCAST) is at the very heart of this vision. Building projects like this simply don’t happen without philanthropic support, and your impact on the future of girls’ education couldn’t be channelled more effectively. Nothing speaks more clearly to our community’s support for our students’ future than the success we have enjoyed thus far.

And we’re far from done yet. We’ll continue to Make Way until iCAST’s completion in the fall of 2025. To illustrate, our cover image offers a distinctly Branksome twist on the iconic 1932 photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper. This building is the embodiment of our innovative spirit—leading by example for other schools. Your support helps ensure Branksome Hall continues to be a catalyst—empowering and launching a new generation of learners and leaders. The original image contained men only; in this updated version, our girls are sitting on top of the world!

In these pages, we invite you to learn more about the tremendous impact of donations from our current and past community of parents and grandparents, amazing alums and employees, all of whom are stepping up for girls in so many ways.

In an age that makes constant demands on your attention and philanthropic resources, we’re profoundly grateful for your decision to prioritize our students’ success and Branksome’s enduring future. On behalf of our graduating class, who received a combined 724 offers from 113 universities across four different countries—not to mention $4.3 million in scholarship offers—and those students who will benefit hugely from the impact of your support in the years to come, thank you for being part of our Branksome community!

2023–24 BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Mona Malone (Chair)

Don Guloien (Vice-Chair)

Clara Angotti

Chad Bayne

Karen Blott

Rod Bolger

Michael Bratty

Karen CORDES Woods’99

Harry Culham

Michael Gans

Eva Lau

Daniel Moore

Alex MORTON’09

Tricia “C.K.” PURKS Hoffler’80

Kurankye Sekyi-Otu

Sachin Shah

Claire STURGESS’91

Christine WATSA McLean’99

We express our gratitude to our departing Board members for their years of contributions:

Harry Culham

Eva Lau

We welcome our incoming Board members: Clementine Chang

Tawfiq Popatia

LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS

Devon DOMELLE Parsons’95 is our incoming BHPA President.

The Branksome Hall Board of Governors upholds our vision, mission, valued and strategic priorities. We thank them and value their adherence to the highest standards as they continually drive transformational change and shape our school’s bold and innovative plans for the future.

Mona Malone Board Chair

Grace McCallum Principal

WELCOME BACK CARNIVAL

MAKES

WAY FOR PRINCIPAL GRACE M c CALLUM

It’s a much-anticipated annual tradition, but this is surely the first time our annual Welcome Back event has included a Brazilian conga line with festive drumming and dancers.

More than 1,000 students, parents, alums and community members embraced the Brazilian theme to welcome our eighth principal, Grace McCallum, her husband, Chris, and daughters Lila and Avery, from the American School of Brasilia in Brazil and back to Canada (Grace hails from Miramichi, N.B.).

Make Way Campaign Chair Claire MacNamara announced the grand total to date: $32,729,325! Thank you to all our donors whose gifts contributed to this historic outpouring of giving with incredible impact on transformational girls’ learning. And we’re not stopping now! Our donors are also accelerating momentum for broader community participation—because we’re not done yet. With a goal to raise an additional $5 million in 2024–25, Branksome will raise the bar both on philanthropy to girls’ schools and on their representation in male-dominated careers.

With iCAST at the centre of our three funding priorities (along with the Opportunity Fund and Financial Assistance), our donors aren’t just supporting bricks and mortar. They’re also supporting the creativity and innovation the space will make possible, and the profound impact it will have on both our daughters and the broader community.

grand total raised to date was revealed at our Welcome Back Carnival on Sept. 13.

PRINCIPAL GRACE M c CALLUM

THANKS DONORS

A special reception before the Carnival was a wonderful opportunity for our most generous donors to meet with our new principal before heading out to celebrate. Principal McCallum (above) also had a chance to share a communal toast to Make Way’s leadership donors.

Total Number of Donors 2023–24 ONLY

Total Raised 814

$1.05 MILLION

Annual Fund Giving Total GIFTS OF $1–$24,999

$10,922,116

Major Gifts Total GIFTS OF $25,000+ CASH AND PLEDGES 2023–24

$12,534,479

$32,729,325

Total Raised to Date

TRIBUTE CAMPAIGN FOR KAREN JURJEVICH

After 26 years as Branksome Hall’s seventh principal, it was a long, emotional and altogether unforgettable goodbye to Karen Jurjevich. An unprecedented groundswell of philanthropic support from around the world and every corner of the Branksome community resulted in donation levels previously unseen at Branksome. Here’s a recap of Karen’s Tribute Campaign, and why so many felt compelled to give in honour of a principal who had such a transformative impact on the school and generations of its people. ▲

Celebrating Principal Karen Jurjevich (centre) and the announcement of the historic $5 million gift for the naming of the iCAST. Pictured left to right: Prem Watsa, Jean Cloutier, Wendy Cecil, Peter Singer, Mona Malone, Jim Christie, Raj Chandaria, Tim Price and Anthony Graham.

HISTORIC $5-MILLION GIFT IS LARGEST IN BRANKSOME HISTORY

It was huge news about a record-setting gift in support of the Make Way Campaign in May.

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This gift was a celebration of Karen Jurjevich’s 26-year tenure of remarkable leadership and supported her final passion project. The Karen Jurjevich Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre (iCAST) was thus named and funded and will forever stand as the final chapter in her transformative legacy.

Additionally, more than 300 alums from around the world, past and present parents and grandparents, as well as colleagues and friends of the school, stepped up to raise an additional $1.5 million for a total of $6.5 million in support of Karen’s Tribute Campaign, including significant gifts.

A special thank-you is due to the Tribute Committee chairs, including former Board Chairs Wayne Barwise, Wendy Cecil, Raj Chandaria, Jim Christie, Jean Cloutier, Tony Graham and Peter Singer. Along with other community members and Board Chair Mona Malone, they played a pivotal role in galvanizing support for this initiative.

The gift was announced at a special farewell gala on May 4 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, where colleagues and community members feted Karen and the final feather in her cap of Branksome “firsts,” which also included ushering in the IB World School Programme, establishing Branksome Hall Asia and building the Athletics and Wellness Centre.

“We are sincerely grateful for this historic gift in support of girls’ education and to all our donors who have boldly united to create a legacy of transformational learning befitting this extraordinary leader,” says Board Chair Mona Malone. “Throughout her life and career, Karen has championed girls’ education and opportunity. We’re never afraid to lead, and there aren’t enough buildings named to honour women. Again, on that front, too, we’re proud to lead the way.”

Thanks to a total of $6.5 million raised for the Tribute Campaign for Karen Jurjevich, the Karen L. Jurjevich Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre was funded and named as a lasting legacy in her honour.

KAREN JURJEVICH’S INTERNATIONAL FAREWELL TOUR

Farewell tours aren’t just for rock stars!

Karen’s final year included a whirlwind visit with colleagues, alums and parents at Branksome Hall Asia and a series of wellattended branch receptions outside Canada, including in Seoul and Hong Kong in March and in New York and London in April.

So many alums came forth from across Europe, Asia and the U.S. to support Karen’s Tribute Campaign. They honoured a principal who personified the school’s reputation for taking risks and leading from the front, making it possible for Branksome to do things no other school had ever done—and for the students inspired by her leadership to model her unique, energetic and entrepreneurial-minded approach.

“As Karen’s tenure comes to a close, it is our chance to show Karen how thankful we are for all she has done to transform Branksome,” said U.S. Tribute Representative C.K. PURKS Hoffler’80. “With our students and alums always at the forefront, she has helped build a school and community that is rivalled around the globe.”

Thank you to our other International Tribute Representatives who gave their time to work on this historic initiative: Claire ANGUS’83, Findlay CAPLAN’12, Bridget HORNE Colman’87, Louise PRICE Doyle’98, Rosamond PRICE Minson’94.

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Karen Jurjevich hosted her final Branch Reception in the U.K. on April 29.

EMPLOYEE TRIBUTE CAMPAIGN

After 26 years of Principal Jurjevich's leadership, it was time for an appreciative outpouring of staff and faculty generosity.

Hats were off to Karen, literally, at a very fond, and often teary, final farewell party on June 21. Employees were invited to “saddle up for a shindig like no other to tip our hats, dust off the cowboy boots and don your finest denim” for a westernthemed “Soo Do.” (If you know, you know that Karen proudly hails from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a.k.a. “the Soo.”)

It was the culminating celebration in a year that saw an outpouring of employee generosity towards Karen’s Tribute Campaign. Denim was also the exception to workwear on two special “Jeans for Jurjevich” days in April and May, where the price of the hall pass was a campaign contribution.

Great appreciation to those Employee Tribute Committee members, including former employees, who enthusiastically led this fundraising effort: (front row, left to right) Sandra BOLTÉʼ73, Michelle Iwata, Edith Louie, Chevon Cragg, Judith FRIENDʼ75; (back row, left to right) Andrea Mills, Danielle Bourgon, Deepa Raj.

▲ Employees wore "Jeans for Jurjevich" to raise spirit and funds in April and May. ⊲ Employees signed this cut-out of Karen at her “Soo Do” on June 21.

“WHY I GAVE”

So many community members have stepped up to honour Karen and her gifts for leadership, friendship, strength of character and strategic vision. Here are just a few of their reasons for giving to her Tribute Campaign.

You are the reason we chose Branksome Hall, Karen! We wish our girls could become women like you— intelligent and elegant, ambitious and charming. Thank you for what you have done for the school, making it such a beautiful and outstanding environment for our girls.

Helen Luo (Jennifer QU’18 and Victoria’26)

iCAST itself is a phenomenal building project. What it will give the students is beyond what I could have imagined when I was at Branksome. But it’s Karen’s vision. So it’s important to acknowledge that this is her legacy and that she came up with this idea.

Louise PRICE Doyle’99

Karen has never forgotten what it’s like to be young and to have goals and dreams. She’s incredibly aware of the elements you need to get to the point where you’re ready to strive for your dreams. She’s also amazing at recognizing that in people as well, even if it’s not obvious to them. We’re not only recognizing Karen and the extraordinary things she has done for Branksome. In a sense we’re also recognizing women. There’s something special about Branksome, and I think it’s very important to recognize when greatness has happened—and this is one of those cases.

Bridget HORNE Colman’87

Karen and I started at Branksome Hall the same year! She has contributed so much to education globally with Branksome Hall Asia, and she has dedicated 26 years of her life to the school here in Toronto. Through her leadership, this remarkable role model for women has changed my life and shaped my career. She has an ability to anticipate changing times and prepare for the unknown. She lives by the vision and mission of our school and always has everyone’s best interests at heart. She has equipped generations of students, employees and alums to develop the skills, insight and imagination to shape a better world.

Edith Louie, Instructional Leader, Mathematics, and Admissions Associate

SHAPING THE COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AT BRANKSOME HALL

I worked for 11 years at Apple Canada. On my first day at Apple, no one was around. It was just me and my Mac and an iPad, nothing else. The message? If you’re waiting for someone to tell you what to do, you’re in the wrong place. Start asking questions!

That’s what iCAST is about. You have the opportunity to shape your learning experience. When a student has an idea to explore or a problem to solve, our community of educators can support and nurture it.

iCAST gives students the opportunity to think about challenges in daily life as they build the grit and persistence to embrace multiple failures before they achieve success. James Dyson built 5,127 prototypes of his vacuum before he got it right! All ‘technology’ is just a new solution to a real-world problem. For example, consider the battery, the Tesla, or if you go further back, the Gutenberg Press, which allowed people to print pages quickly.

To get there, the integration and synergy between the various design spaces and the Noodle business accelerator in iCAST is going to be powerful. And the exploration of the arts also intersects with technology. Visual art is a language. Computer code is a form of language. We need to be mindful of the connections students can make between disciplines. iCAST will teach students that every subject can inform, inspire and be part of the same thing–innovation.

Kevin Goodridge, Chief Innovation Officer, Branksome Hall

GET TO KNOW KEVIN

Apple Ace

Kevin worked with Apple Canada for 11 years, most recently as an educator on the Leadership and Learning team, helping school districts create unique technology-based solutions. As co-chair of Black@Apple, he advanced Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program delivery.

From Education to Entrepreneurship

In addition to setting out as an entrepreneur in freelance web development and Internet startups, he worked in education extensively, as director of IT at St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School and director of new media at Appleby College.

Full STEAM Ahead

Kevin loves the arts! He started his teaching career as a media, music and visual arts teacher at the Bishop Strachan School and holds a double bachelor of education and musical arts from Western University. (He plays clarinet, saxophone and all the band instruments!)

Daria LEE’24 and Cate MIRVISH’24

Robotics has been a staple of extra-curriculars, but with the Robotics Lab in iCAST, so many more students will be inspired to try it and maybe find that they’re passionate about it. In the past we had to actively seek it out, but now everyone will be able to be aware of and interact with technology, meet student mentors and other experts and figure out their paths. It’s amazing that there will be such a large space devoted to STEM in the school, with the STEAM Lab and the Woodworking and Metal Shops. We didn’t have access to iCAST ourselves but we’re really excited for what’s to come. Our advice? Don’t be afraid to get involved, and be curious about every opportunity, even if you’re terrified at the start!

Daria and Cate were the 2023–24 co-heads of the Robotics Team; Daria was also chair of the STEAM Council and was the only Graduating Year student to earn an Emerald Pin, the highest award for commitment to performing arts. Daria is studying Mechanical Engineering with Management at the University of Manchester. Cate is studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia.

i CAST: END-USER MEETINGS HELP INFORM STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Think of it as a multi-level playground for imaginative ideation—with all the tools, faculty support and expert input needed to invent almost anything. Thanks to a series of end-user meetings last winter, student leaders and faculty came together to discuss how best to optimize iCAST for cross-disciplinary learning and curricular integration. Our debaters are anticipating the opportunities of the Pitch Space. Our Robotics Club heads can’t wait to bust out of their current classroom space and start preparing for competitions in the Robotics Arena. Others said: I can’t wait to create virtual-reality content in the Media Studio; It’s going to be amazing to have a dedicated Robotics Arena!; So, Noodle [our business incubator] is going to have a permanent pop-up space?; iCAST is so beautiful! And the tension grid hanging high above the flexible Studio Theatre space allows students to design and execute incredible lighting set-ups for all kinds of performances. After a well-attended informal student session, with a “fly-through” video presentation featuring animated architectural renderings, one student won’t be the last to say: “That tension grid is fire!”

MAKING WAY FOR i CAST

SUSTAINING A FAMILY LEGACY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Joel and Melissa Feldberg have named the Centre for Entrepreneurship within iCAST. It includes both headquarters for our Noodle business incubator and the Ideation Garage.

Joel Feldberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Furniture Group, and Melissa Feldberg, Family Physician and Investigating Coroner, Central West Region

We invested in iCAST because it is such a unique space that will enhance the girls’ learning opportunities in ways that didn’t exist before. Entrepreneurship is particularly important to us since we own and operate a family business established by my father almost 60 years ago. Canada was built on the success of so many entrepreneurs from that era. We need to continue to foster that entrepreneur mindset to enable our students and our country to thrive and compete on a world scale, today and in the future. We are most excited for the creative opportunities that will be available for both Eden and Lucy, using leading-edge technology in an environment that will foster inspiration and collaboration outside the typical classroom. Having access to a multimedia Studio Theatre, robotics and other media applications will allow them to discover and develop new interests, enabling them to understand the Innovation Mindset, to prepare them for university and beyond.

(Eden, Grade 10; Lucy, Grade 7)

THANK

YOU FOR

MAKING YOUR MARK WITH OUR STEPPING STONES DONOR WALL

▲ Our Stepping Stones Donor Wall will feature 3D acrylics, custom engraved by donors who wish to leave their legacy in iCAST.

MAKING THEIR MARK. MAXIMIZING THEIR IMPACT.

Ian and Gail Brooker, and Kimberly and Ashlyn Carter

We have such a long history with Branksome Hall. My [Ian’s] mother, Jane MORGAN Brooker’37, went to Branksome and so did Gail’s sister, Sue WILLIAMS Beverley’61. So when our daughter, Kimberly [Branksome’s Executive Director of Enrolment Management], told us about the Stepping Stones as a way to commemorate our legacy with the school, we knew it was a perfect way to honour all the generations who benefited from this exceptional institution while supporting the future of girls’ education.

We’re so supportive of Branksome Hall because of how it impacted our daughter. We value this community because it set up Kimberly for a wonderful life. Among the highlights, she was a Clan Chieftain and loved co-curriculars like hockey and the symphony orchestra. The school really encouraged the girls to be the best they could be. Of course, it’s evolved since then, especially its academic standing.

When we attended the Noodle Expo [the tradeshow where Senior & Middle School student entrepreneurs in this business accelerator program show off their ventures] in April, it really blew us away— watching the students build their own businesses and learning about the products they’d developed.

[Our granddaughter] Ashlyn is in JK and she is very outgoing. We know she’s absolutely going to thrive at Branksome, engaged in this wonderful environment and these incredible opportunities.

(Parents of Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96; grandparents of Ashlyn, JK)

GOING PLACES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

In 2023–24, we were the champions in so many sports and on top of the “Worlds” in public speaking, tallied up star showings at Canadian math competitions, found time to put on some amazing shows and much more.

Our graduating class received a combined 724 offers from 113 universities across four countries (40 per cent from the U.S., 49 per cent from Canada and 11 per cent from overseas)—not to mention $4.3 million in scholarship offers! Their achievements were remarkable: six Ivy League acceptances; six direct-entry medical program offers; over two-thirds entering competitive STEM programs and top business schools; and one-third joining prestigious arts, humanities and social sciences programs.

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Green Jewels is a recycled jewellery company and the first profitable Noodle company to sell its wares outside Branksome at various markets. It also shares 15 per cent of profits with Fridays for the Future Toronto, a youth-led grassroots environmental charity. Founders Apple and Jordin are definitely both doing good and doing well. They are also donating 15 per cent of their profits back to Noodle, to give back to the program that supported them.

Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs Are Thriving (and Giving Back) with Noodle

⊳ We were the CISAA champions in seven sports, including Junior Ultimate Frisbee, U13, U14 and Junior Tennis and Junior Volleyball, U14 Cross Country and Intermediate Squash.

It’s a good thing Noodle will have a new permanent home in iCAST because the popular business incubator keeps expanding. Participation more than doubled in 2023–24. When launched for Grades 7–12 in May 2020, 13 students on five teams test-drove the ambitious 38-week program. Now, 90 Grades 7–12 students in 41 companies are involved. At a two-day Dragon’s Den –style pitch on April 10 and 11, companies pitched for a portion of funds, based on need, with 16 receiving a share. Additionally, our Noodle Expo on April 24 showed our community that our girls are getting set to close the gender divide in entrepreneurship. Impressive guest speakers were Kaitlin and Lauren GRIERSON’22, founders of TreesCO2, a tree-planting venture that won the inaugural Noodle pitch contest. Now at Queen’s University, they shared how their connections and partnerships with Noodle shaped and helped direct their current successes. In March, the Noodle Jr. Tradeshow showcased the Noodle feeder program, now in its second year, for students in Grades 4–6 students, with 13 companies and 36 students.

Fibonacci Math Contest winners Amira, Victoria and Vianna

School-Wide Star Showings for Math Competitions

Six Pi-Landers Math Club members placed first in the Canadian Team Mathematics Contest (CTMC) at Pickering College in April. To support students in fostering a love for math, dedicated math faculty organize and host 20 local, national and international math contests each year. The rigorous three-part contest was a success for Angela (Grade 12), Catherine, Alana, Janice and Sylvia (all Grade 11) and Erica (Grade 10). “Sometimes students see problem-solving as an individual activity, but team competition showed me how collaborating to solve a problem can be fun,” says club co-head Janice. Graduating co-head Angela took her math to the next level at the University of Waterloo, after scoring 90 out of 100 on the Euclid Math Contest (part of the application process), the best result from a Branksome student in over 25 years! Not to be outdone, in November, Grade 6 students Amira, Victoria and Vianna tallied up impressive results in the Fibonacci Math Contest! Amira was crowned Canadian champion and Team Branksome finished second nationally.

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Come One, Come All!

Arts events offered something for everyone. As the Senior & Middle School Integrated Arts Team’s mission statement reads: “We ignite artistic wonder and empower our community to connect while creatively exploring the shared human experience.” That they did! Highlights included the Senior School’s production of She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, exploring “the geek and warrior within us all,” in November, and the Middle School production of Soundscapes by Claudia Haas and Sarah Kraning, an exploration of neurodiversity, in February. (Both were held at the Aga Khan Museum’s theatre while iCAST construction continues.) At the Junior School, students shone in performances, including the Grades 1 and 2 production of Cinderella in May and the Grades 5 and 6 musical performance of The Little Mermaid in November. Our Diploma 2 Visual Arts Exhibition in April offered a fascinating peek into our students’ creative evolution, featuring their artworks spanning JK to Grade 11.

In addition to winning “Worlds,” Class of ’24 valedictorian Anna earned a prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship and is studying public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Grade 12 Student Anna GAGEʼ24 Crowned World Champion at 37th Worlds

When 117 of the best speakers in the world come together, there’s no disputing it will be a world-class debate. At the 37th World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships, hosted by Canberra Girls Grammar School in Australia last April, Anna Gage made it to the finals in all four events—debating, impromptu speaking, interpretive reading and prepared speech. Her persuasive speech on “evergreening” addressed how pharmaceutical companies prolong patents to vital medication. Anna was named this year’s overall World Champion, the first time a Branksome student has won since 2010, when Zeenia FRAMROZE’11 took the top spot.

The Senior School production of She Kills Monsters was held at the Aga Khan Museum in November.

MAKING WAY FOR i CAST

THE POWER OF DOING

Chad Bayne, Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, with wife Dana

Technology has become more pervasive in everyday life, and as the pace accelerates, it’s more important than ever to be fully tech-literate. We need our daughters to be immersed in an environment where it can become second nature. There is nothing like iCAST in Canada—where students have it all readily available. It’s a real game-changer.

I always talk about the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration and project work at the university level, but it’s an incredible opportunity to have this all in one building at such a young age. To problem-solve, you need engineering and design and creativity all working together, but you also need to factor in how the real world works. You can build the best mousetrap, but if it doesn’t suit the user, you haven’t solved the problem. It’s essential to draw together different viewpoints and user experiences to create innovative products and solutions. For example, [my daughter] Lesley took a filmmaking course. But imagine if she were working on a film in the iCAST Media Studio with actors from Branksome’s drama program? That’s how you gain inspiration—from the synergy between those two programs.

iCAST will allow faculty to teach differently with this amazing range of hands-on tools at their disposal. Everyone gets excited about doing, like actually doing lighting for a theatrical production. You may not end up in a related career, but exposure to opportunities to build and do so many creative and tech-driven projects produces an invaluable knowledge base and makes every student more well-rounded, whatever career they choose to pursue.

(Anna and Lesley, Grade 5)

IN POSITION FOR THE JOB MARKET OF TOMORROW

John Ruffolo, Founder and Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity, with wife Carryn

We’re witnessing the fourth Industrial Revolution as we move from a labour-focused economy to a digital economy. If we want our kids positioned where the puck will be tomorrow, we need to make that investment early. Related to that is the change in what it means to be an ‘employee.’ We’ve moved from the days of lifelong employment to a situation where, at some level, everyone will have to be an entrepreneur, selling their own service and employing other contractors.

By offering the hands-on design and technology-based skills so essential for tomorrow, iCAST opens these opportunities for our daughters. They’ll be ready to embrace a career that involves innovation or entrepreneurship. Even for students who aren’t necessarily interested in science, technology, entrepreneurship and math (STEM), parents might not realize that their daughters just need to know how to leverage technology. You don’t need to code, because over the past 30 years it has become ‘drag and drop.’ Do you need to know how a car works to drive one? iCAST is going to teach students how to use technology creatively and enable it.

Innovation and entrepreneurship are two great career choices. iCAST will help our students get hooked early, and this is why Carryn and I invested in this building. Rome is so excited about embracing the opportunity to explore it. She doesn’t want to be a coder, but she may want to build a company. When I grew up, success was dictated by my ability to be a professional, a doctor or lawyer. That was the absolute pinnacle. Now, 30 years later, being an innovative thinker takes you to the top of the pyramid. It’s a fascinating shift.

(Rome, Grade 10)

ANNUAL FUND

The Annual Fund is the bedrock of our fundraising. Capital projects such as iCAST simply can’t happen without philanthropic support. In 2023–24, 60 per cent of donors made their Annual Fund gift to support iCAST.

Additionally, Annual Fund gifts also support school life, including curriculum development, financial assistance, the Athletics program, arts instruction and resources, and many vibrant co-curricular activities such as the Model UN Club. While tuition supports the school’s operations, the Annual Fund is pivotal to ensuring an exceptional education for our students.

THE ANNUAL FUND HAS THREE FUNDING PILLARS: i CAST, THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

YOU MADE WAY FOR A RECORD YEAR! THANK YOU TO ALL PARENTS ANDGRANDPARENTS—PAST AND PRESENT—ALUMS, FACULTY AND STAFF WHO HELPED RAISE $1,051,043

FOR THE 2023–24 ANNUAL FUND.

(See complete Giving Highlights on page 10.)

OPPORTUNITY FUND

Our donors give for all sorts of personal reasons that are meaningful to them. And, we also need—and thank— those donors who provide funds designated for general purposes in response to student needs throughout the school year. Their generosity provides resources for renovations and upgrades, guest speakers and enhanced curricular and co-curricular experiences.

Lisa Kruger and Alex Pizale

With so many giving opportunities, we chose to give to the Opportunity Fund because we felt the school is in the best position to allocate resources to its advantage. Since her first year at Branksome, Astrid has truly loved everything about the school, and we’ve especially been blown away by her teachers. We don’t have backgrounds in science ourselves but Astrid loves it, and she has even set up a lab in her room with a microscope! We gave because we are giving back to something larger–an entire community that also includes Astrid’s older cousin! Since Astrid started at the school in JK, we have realized that the opportunities for academic and personal growth are just so phenomenal. We’re giving back because we’re so happy to have a partner in Astrid’s upbringing, not just in her education but in her emotional and social growth as well.

(Astrid, Grade 1)

OPPORTUNITY FUND

Here are some of the interesting, popular, entertaining and elevating ways our donors to the Opportunity Fund made a tremendous impact on our students’ experience.

Model United Nations Primed Tomorrow’s Leaders

It was a jam-packed year for our future stateswomen! Our Branksome Model UN team had a successful conference at The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) in the Netherlands in January. Our donors allowed 13 of our most advanced Model UN delegates to travel there to debate and create resolutions for important world issues such as human rights, international security and disarmament, and climate change. Branksome is honoured to have been continuously invited to this conference for many years, along with the most academically prestigious schools around the world.

In April, students took on Cornell MUN at one of the most competitive Ivy League MUN conferences in North America, in Ithaca, N.Y. The delegates learned about international relations by leading debates about significant world issues and passing innovative resolutions.

The Shows Goes On … Thanks to Our Donors

The Annual Fund continues to enable Branksome Hall’s school-wide calendar of student performances at the Aga Khan Museum’s auditorium, including the Middle School production of Soundscapes by Claudia Haas and Sarah Kraning, an exploration of neurodiversity, in February. See more under “Student Achievement,” page 24.

Blue Sky Thinking? Enter Red Sky

Middle & Senior School students have a unique opportunity to partner with Red Sky Performance, an internationally renowned Canadian Indigenous dance, theatre and music company. Students first engaged with the innovative community partnership in September and will continue to do so throughout the 2023–24 school year. Further collaboration is scheduled throughout the school year.

Heydon Park Formal

Thanks to our donors’ support and our community’s efforts to provide unused formal wear, Branksome hosted a prom for the students of Heydon Park Secondary School on June 7. Heydon Park is TDSB’s only small, student-centred public high school for young women, transgender and non-binary students, dedicated to the common goal of ensuring students reach their full potential. Fuelled by a clothing drive to provide formal wear, led by faculty and student leaders, the night was an authentic prom experience. It allowed students to celebrate the achievement of high school graduation without the barrier of cost and upheld a key school value, Sense of Community.

Supporting Healthy Friendships

Navigating conflict in peer relationships is never easy but skill-building can help young girls ride the waves. Expert guest speaker Dr. Wendy Craig returned to the Junior School in January to speak to parents as part of the donor-funded Well-Being Series. A Canadian leader in bullying prevention and healthy relationships. Craig is a Professor of Psychology at Queen’s University and Scientific Co-Director of PREVNet, a network of scholars and practitioners devoted to healthy relationships and bullying prevention.

Equipping Our Rowers

Rowing Canada selected our rowers, alum Thea LAPHAM’24 and current students Sabrina and Jaime, as crew members for the Canadian team. They competed in the CanAmMex Regatta in Mexico in August, and in the 2024 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario, in August.

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Junior School Head Emily MacLean, Dr. Wendy Craig and former Director, Well-Being and School Counselling, Carolyn Mak at the Junior School in January.

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Left to right: Dr. Mira Gambhir, Angela David, Red Sky Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, Rania, Karen and Duo. Red Sky Performance is collaborating with our theatre, music and arts students to create an innovative interdisciplinary opening for iCAST.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS LIFE LESSONS IN GENEROSITY AND LEADERSHIP

What a meaningful way to say goodbye to the Junior School. Now in its third year, the Grade 6 Legacy Fund enables parents and students to demonstrate a shared commitment to health and well-being while building community and a lifelong appreciation for the power of giving back. All decisions for purchases were entirely led and approved by the Grade 6 students themselves, a tremendous lesson in advocacy, empowerment and leadership.

Thanks to the generosity and leadership of our parent volunteers, the fund provided resources to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), including sports equipment for the lower field; a guest speaker on the healthy use of social media, a topic the Grade 6s overwhelmingly agreed would be of most value to their peers; a makeover with soft furniture for the Forum; and online resources to incorporate SEL into the classroom.

“This initiative not only enriches the Junior School but also teaches the students valuable lessons in philanthropy, teamwork and leadership,” says Aida Schwan-von Brasch, mother of Amelie, who served on the fundraising committee for the initiative.

Her fellow committee parent Molly Watsa, mother of Chloe, also enjoyed the sense of camaraderie as they modelled the power of working towards a shared fundraising goal throughout the year. “Branksome does a wonderful job of raising support, but it creates such a unique and powerful sense of community when parents themselves also set such a positive example for our children about the importance of community involvement and support.”

The Grade 6 Legacy Fund is the culminating project in values first learned at the JK level–supporting people who need it. For Junior School student leaders, the full year has been filled with opportunities to model leadership, including, as always, each student choosing books for the SEL reading nook in the Junior School Atrium. This year, for the external recipient of duplicate copies, the girls decided on Ronald McDonald House, associated with SickKids.

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With gratitude to the entire Grade 6 Legacy Fund Committee (back row, left to right): Heather Cooper (Nelly, Grade 6), Sholeh Popatia (Hannah, Grade 6; Leila, Grade 9; Amelia, Grade 3), Alaa Halem Matar (Maya, Grade 6; Maria, Grade 2), Elizabeth Denham (Marlowe, Grade 6; Everleigh, Grade 8); (front row, left to right) Molly Watsa (Chloe, Grade 6), Aida Schwan-von Brasch (Amelie, Grade 6).

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Thank you for removing financial barriers to provide talented students, regardless of their economic situation, access to a Branksome Hall education.

Financial Assistance amplifies our commitment to open our doors to diverse and promising students, regardless of their financial situation, enriching the learning environment for all with a range of perspectives and talents. Thanks to the efforts of our Reunion 2024 classes and our 2024 Graduating Class for allowing deserving students to fulfill their promise and dreams.

GRADUATING YEAR CLASS GENEROSITY

Class of 2024 Over-Achieved on Giving

As is tradition, efforts to fundraise collectively as a generous goodbye was part of the Graduating Year experience. The Class of 2024 raised a total of $81,523 towards the GY Bursary, far surpassing its original goal of $50,000. Thank you to all who joined in to cement the class legacy while forging a path for future students to achieve their own successes. As part of the effort, when students paid for their prom tickets in January, the GYs agreed that any money leftover from that account would be donated to the Class of 2024 Bursary, eventually totalling $5,000. The prom itself was a first-ever, and the Branksome Hall Parents’ Associations’ generous donations to the prom made this contribution of $5,000 possible.

Recognition and our gratitude are in order for those GY Class parents who led this collective effort: Michael Gans and Nancy Wittman (Leah); Caroline and Chris Newall (Madee); and Robin and James Porter (Jamie).

I’m here to provide students without the means to pay tuition fees to access the opportunities of a Branksome education.

Erin Wright, past parent

REUNION REPPING!

What a reunion year! We had 340 alums come back to school for Reunion 2024 and two days of celebration, May 31 to June 1. While it was our 4s’ and 9s’ time for hugs, laughter and catching up, it’s always a special tradition to enrich the fun with some meaningful fundraising efforts. And what a success it was, with $21,737 in total raised to support our Annual Fund priorities. A special shoutout is for the Class of ’04, which stole the show with the highest attendance rate, with more than half of its alums coming out to celebrate their 20th reunion.

Reunion Class Rep Meg BUSH Jansen’04 explains why her class shares such a special connection and why giving back remains so meaningful to this class after two decades apart:

Our 20-year reunion was a very special cycle. During previous reunions, we were living abroad, building our careers, getting married and having babies. This year was a moment to come together and reconnect. Many of our classmates found themselves back home–from Western Canada, New York, the U.K. The fundraising effort was about honouring our time together at Branksome Hall that has kept us bonded, even decades later. While the school partnered with us, we owned this initiative because it was our time to give back; we were joined together by our belief in the school and the benefit of our experience. Now my daughter, Laine’37, is at Branksome, and I know she will graduate with all the confidence, fearlessness and talents Branksome gave us to make our way in the world. The Class of ’04 is very much still ‘all in’ on Branksome.

(Laine, SK)

OUR COMMUNITY BUILDERS

Stepping up, leaning in and demonstrating excellence in engagement is what you all do best. We are so appreciative of your time and profound commitment to our values of Sense of Community and Making a Difference. As our school champions, you raised participation rates across so many initiatives, elevated spirit and enthusiasm in so many ways, and brought us all together to create a sense of collective ownership of our school community. We couldn’t do it without you.

THANK YOU TO BRANKSOME HALL’S ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION AND PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

2022–23 ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE

Honorary President

Allison ROACH’51

President

Alex MORTON’09

Vice-President, Engagement & Awards Chair

Sara AKBARI’09

Vice-President, Communications

Lisa Simone RICHARDS’02

Treasurer Alexandra BEHAL’12

Nominating Officer

Jacqueline CARL Greenfield’10

Secretary Nicole THORNBURROW Bryant’10

Members-at-Large

Kendra FITZRANDOLPH Barkman’03

Camille CLYNE’99

Priyanka DOGRA’16

Isabel RUBY-HILL’15

Lindsay STRANSMAN’08

Hubie YU’08

Maya ZUZEK’10

Co-Chairs, Young Alum Committee

Hannah LO’05

Patricia SU’13

Leadership Transitions

Jacqueline CARL Greenfield’10 moves to Member-at-Large.

Isabel RUBY-HILL’15 moves to Nominating Officer.

Past-President in 2024–25 Melanie ARGIROS Breder’08 is retiring.

Alexa LAENGERT’18 joins as a Member-at-Large.

2023 –24 PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE

President

Karen Blott

Vice-President (Incoming President for the 24/25 year)

Devon Domelle Parsons

Treasurer Maria Semenko

Communications

Davida Aronovitch

Secretary

Nitin Deckha

Parent Socials Lead

Susan Austin

Community Engagement Lead (Senior & Middle School)

Nicole Antony

Community Engagement Co-leads (Junior School)

Grace Normandin

Raewyn Robbins

2023–24 Parents’

Association Members

Loren Ackerman

Heather Anderson

Awdah Arraf

Antonette Bareto

Caroline Bell-Ritchie

Alia Bisset

Nancy Bolger

Lara Butner

Carolyn Carragher

Aisha Champsi

Mary Chang

Donna Christo Warren

Lisa TWEEDY Clark’92

Madeleine Cooper

Ameera Dawood

Celine Devlin

Sonu Dhanju-Dhillon

Dejana Dua

Diane Grosskopf

Laura Hearn

Zaibeen Hird

Mehreen Irshad

Lisa Kruger

Christina Kwan

Chen Li

Claire MacNamara

Alaa Matar

Robynn McKenna

Jennifer Medland

Allison Mendes

Carolyn Moore Allas

Natasha Nestor

Caroline Newall

Nina Piatek

Lisa Pope

Brigida Pound

Stella Ren

Aida Schwan-von Brasch

Bina Shah

Carolyn Shaw

Claire Speedie

Craig Stovel

Kimberly IONSON Taylor’89

Farzana Tejani

Kenya Thompson-Leonardelli

Kate Timms

Molly Watsa

Vanessa Yeung

THE BEDROCK OF OUR FUTURE

FOUNDATION NAMED, ENDOWED AND EXPENDABLE FUNDS

Established in 2004, the Branksome Hall Foundation manages Branksome’s endowment assets—valued at $26.31 million in 2023–24.

The Foundation’s holdings are held and invested, with a disbursement provided to the school each year for priority projects and programming. Endowment income supports Student Financial Assistance, capital improvements, facilities maintenance, curriculum and program enhancement such as Arts, Athletics and Music, and school prizes and awards. We are grateful to our independent, volunteer board of trustees who oversee the Foundation and serve as judicious stewards of its resources. They are guided by the important trust placed in them by Foundation donors.

The Foundation’s holdings are held and invested, with a disbursement provided to the school each year. In 2023–24, that disbursement was 5 per cent and will remain at that level in 2024–25. To protect the endowment’s principal, any additional earnings above the disbursement are reinvested.

FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS

Scott Martin, Chair

Geoff Browne

Ashley CALDWELL’01

Jim Christie

Bridget HORNE Colman’87

Jackie NIXON Gowdy’03, Vice-Chair

Don Guloien

Larry Lowenstein

Tim Price

Ali Salahuddin

Eric Tripp

The 1976 Memorial Fund

Mary WILKINSON Angus’51 Bursary Fund

Edwina Baker Fund for Faculty Development

Barnett Family Endowed Bursary Fund

Barwise Family Endowed Fund

Ruth Bayne Leadership Through Action Fund

Rachel Phillips Belash Bursary Fund

Rachel Phillips Belash Professional Development Fund for Faculty

Bolté Family Endowed Bursary Fund

Bolté Family Endowed Fund (Learner Profile Award)

Sandra BOLTÉ’73 & John L. Burns Endowed Fund

Bowman Family Endowed Fund

Branksome Becomes Endowed Financial Aid Fund

Branksome Hall Alumnae Association Endowed Bursary Fund

Bolded funds have been established, renewed or amended in 2023–24

Branksome Hall Bursary Endowed Fund

Branksome Hall Endowed Fund for Music

Kathryn BUSH’63 Memorial Endowed Fund

Mary Purkis Carter Memorial Endowed Fund

Wendy M. Cecil Endowed Fund for Athletics

Chandaria Family Endowed Fund

Dominique CHEVALIER’90 Memorial Fund

Becca CLARK’17 Endowed Fund

Rebecca CHISHOLM Clarkes’66 Guest Writers Fund

Class of 1965 Endowed Fund

Class of 1986 Mental Health Initiative Fund

Class of 1993 Endowed Bursary Fund

Class of 1998 Endowed Bursary Fund

Class of 2017 Endowed Bursary Fund

Class of 2018 Endowed Bursary Fund

Class of 2019 Endowed Bursary Fund

Class of 2020 Emergency Needs Award

Class of 2021 Bursary Fund

Class of 2022 Endowed Fund

Class of 2023 Endowed Fund

Class of ’24 Fund

Class of 2034 Bursary

Cohon Family Endowed Fund

Bill and Ann Deluce Endowed Fund

Margaret Craig EATON Dunn’29 Endowed Fund

Harriet EASTWOOD’83 Endowed Fund

Fairbairn Endowed Fund

Donald Falconer Fund

Luella SCOTT Farmer’23 and Suzanne SCOTT Mitchell’23 Endowed Fund

Nicholas Fodor Extended Essay Prize Fund

Genovese Family Endowed Fund

Jean McDOUGALL Ghormley’13 Endowed Fund

Grade 6 Legacy Fund for Health & Well-Being

Graduating Class Bursary Fund

Anthony R. Graham Endowed Fund

Mary BECKER Grant’33 Memorial Prize Fund

Griffin MacDonald Family Endowed Bursary Fund

Hallward Scholarship Fund

Mary LESSLIE Hallward’74 Endowed Fund

Mary LESSLIE Hallward’74 Innovation Awards Fund

Sarah HAN’24 Award for Exceptional Co-curricular Music Involvement

Pippa HARRIS’78 Art Prize Fund

Pippa HARRIS’78 Bursary

Jeanne McKIGGAN Hawkins’26 Bursary

Caroline HELBRONNER’79 Endowed Fund

Vivian’04 & Joyce’06 HO Award for the Love of Music

The Eleanor MILLS Howe’49 Scholarship

Humphrey Family Endowed Fund

Elspeth ABBEY Johnson’43 Endowed Fund for Academic Excellence

Karen Jurjevich Tribute Fund

Joyce FRANKEL Kofman’45 Endowed Fund

Kopas Family Foundation Endowed Bursary Fund

Langill Family Endowed Fund

Wendy WILSON Lawson’52 and Gillian LAWSON’22 Scholarship

Joan Lumsdon Fund for Swimming

Nancy ADAMS MacDonnell’62 Endowed Fund for Campus Improvements

Barbara MacFadyen Cartwright Fund for Learning Strategies

R.J. MacMillan & Mary Laidlaw MacMILLAN Duncanson’42 Bursary Fund

Joyce WALKER McKeough’56 Bursary Fund

Joyce WALKER McKeough’56 Maintenance Fund

McLean Family Prize Fund

Linda Meyer Memorial Fund

Mulvihill Family Endowed Fund for Technology

Cherie NGAI’08 Bursary Endowed Fund

Nowers Family Learner Profile Award Endowed Fund

Penny Family Endowed Fund

Plaid Tidings Bursary Endowed Fund

Price Family Bursary

Prodigy Scholarship

The Quinn Family Endowed Fund

Lynn WILLIAMS Ross’59 Prize Fund

Ross Family Endowed Fund

Heather SANDERSON’89 Memorial Scholarship Fund

SavMar Endowed Fund

Lisa MATTHEWS Schatz’82 Endowed Fund

Sekyi-Otu & Noronha Walk Strong Scholarship

Dr. Frances SHEPHERD’64 Endowed Fund

Margaret R. Sime Memorial Prize Fund

Simmons Penny Family Endowed Bursary Fund

Dr. Peter A. Singer Family Endowed Bursary Fund

Starr Family Fund for the Arts

Linda STEARNS’56 Endowed Fund

Mary Morris CRAIG Tasker’47 Endowed Fund

Theodoropoulos Family Fund

Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga Endowed Fund

Alexandra Ward Bursary Fund

R. Howard Webster Foundation Endowed Fund for Music

Reta Lila Weston Bursary Fund

Williams Family Bursary

CIRCLE GIVING

The Branksome Circle honours donors who made a gift or pledge payment of $1,000 or more between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

$5,000,000+

Anonymous

$1,000,000+

The Armstrong Family

Chad & Dana Bayne

Joel and Melissa Feldberg & Family

The Thomas Family & The Love Family

Claire & Tyler MacNamara

Anonymous (2)

$500,000–$999,999

The Kate & Tim Chen Family

Jed Lind & Jessica de Ruiter

Chetan & Clara Mathur

Sachin & Bina Shah

$250,000–$499,999

Anna & Jean Cloutier

Amy Deng & Zhigang Jin

Allen & Eva Lau

William McLean & Deborah Orida

Nathan & Grace Normandin

John & Carryn Ruffolo

Anonymous (2)

$100,000–$249,999

Natalie & Alexander Avery

The Bolger Family

Ashley CALDWELL’01 & Clive Caldwell

The Mary Chen Family

William Chow & Anita Lo

Bridget HORNE Colman’87

Beth Corcoran & Jonathan Newton

The Cribbins Family

Mark Gaskin

Iuliana Gheorghe & Khalil Maalouf

Anthony R. & Helen Graham

Jennifer GRANT’99 & David Dattels

Xiaojun Guo & Lianhua Zou

The Estate of Eleanor MILLS Howe’49* & Douglas Howe*

Martin Kon & Sheri McLean

The Kopas Family Foundation

Sondi & Brett Lindros

The Malone Family

Nancy SAVAGE Martin’63 & William Martin

The Estate of Joyce WALKER McKeough’56* & Darcy

McKeough*

Janet and Gordon Nixon, Jackie NIXON Gowdy’03 & Trish NIXON’05

Deena PANTALONE’95 and Rocco & Rene Pantalone

The Phelan Family

Tim & Frances Price

Prodigy Construction

Meghan Roach & Christopher Harris

James Scarlett & Vanessa Yeung

The Sekyi-Otu & Noronha Family

The Tung Family

Alex Wang & Gloria Ye

Margaret SMELLIE Wilson’56

Lizhong Zhou & Yin Dong

Anonymous (4)

CIRCLE GIVING

$50,000–$99,999

Mary Pat JONES Armstrong’63 & Robert Armstrong

Linda Blair

Kurt Brands & Rebecca Ramsden

Ian and Gail Brooker & Family

Jonathan Cauldwell & Edith Cheung

Shelby AUSTIN Cooper’99 & Graeme Cooper

The Dalglish Family Foundation

Michael Gans & Nancy Wittman

Carolyn HELBRONNER’79

C.K. PURKS Hoffler’80

Nikiforos Iatrou & Elizabeth Kalbfleisch

The LaFayette Family

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya

Mark & Barbara Newman

William & Emily Olson

Aida Schwan-von Brasch & Axel Schwan

Craig & Rebecca Stovel

Claire STURGESS’91 & Michael Stevenson

Eric Tripp & Maria Smith

Arianna Wang

Molly & Ben Watsa

Jet Wu & Jessie Ding

Anonymous (2)

$25,000–$49,999

Mary WILKINSON Angus’51*

James R. Christie & The Hon. Sarah E. Pepall

Sonu Dhanju-Dhillon & Amandeep Dhillon

The Givertz-Steel Family

Kevan HARRIS’12 & Family

Karen L. Jurjevich

Devon DOMELLE Parsons’95 & David Parsons

The Tylman Family

Jenny Wang & George Liu

$10,000–$24,999

Daniel & Susan Argiros

Melissa ARGIROS’13

The Estate of Beverley BOWEN’67*

Melanie ARGIROS Breder’08

Michael & Nancy Nobrega

Alfred Page & Anne Donaldson-Page

Sandra Roberts & Doug McDonald

Anne GREGOR Rose’66

The Salahuddin Family

The Senst Family

Margaret VERNER Shiff’71

Patti and Paul Shugart & Haley SHUGART’16

Mary Jean WONG’74

Karen CORDES Woods’99

April Wu & Xian Zhang

Ruihong Zhong

Anonymous

$5,000–$9,999

Tony & Anne Arrell

Wayne & Kim Barwise

The Brindamour-Letarte Family

The Butterfield Family Foundation

Minu & Raj Chandaria

Lynn HUGHES Clappison’65 & John Clappison

The Dansereau Family

Ann P. Larkin Deluce

Hua Han & Yanhong Yin

Candice Holmes & Stuart Kedwell

Kevin Huang & Anna Li

Helen Luo & Tony Qu

The MacLellan Family

Scot A. Martin

Jacqueline SZETO Meiers’87 & Bradley Meiers

Branksome Hall Alumnae Association

John & Susan Chippindale

Jennifer Dattels

R. David & Jennifer Stewart

Rod Davidge & Katy Waugh

The Deffett Family

Louise PRICE Doyle’98

Anton & Allison Erdody

FTC Construction Corp

Henrik Guetle & Stephanie Vermeulen

Destiny He

Doris LEUNG Ho Ying’96 & Andrew Lam

Kashif & Mehreen Irshad

CIRCLE GIVING

Wincy & Dennis Ko

Bruce Langstaff & Kathleen Kent

Jianjiang Li & Qian Wei

Edith Louie

Larry Lowenstein & Nina Lester

Gail McKINNON MacNaughton’66

Lily McGORMAN’32 & Gracie McGORMAN’34

Lynn & Duncan McGregor

The McKenna Family

Kathryn & Gavin McOuat

Janice FRANKLIN Moratz’86 & Dean Moratz

Thanos Moschopoulos & Rebecca Ross

Katy BREBNER Mulroney’03 & Nicolas Mulroney

Jim Nikopoulos & Christine Fadare

Rene & Rocco Pantalone

Helen & Scott Rattee

Mahsa & Nima Sanajian

Sasha VELIKOV Sandler’93 & Scott Sandler

Susan KERNOHAN Scace’59

Jia Shao & Gang Situ

Marion and Gerald Soloway & Family

Brent & Adrienne Zylberberg

Anonymous (2)

$1,000–$4,999

Kaajal Abrol & Raj Sharma

Samantha & Loren Ackerman

The Arrell & Joyal Family

Melanie-Anne ATKINS’00

Paul Bailey

Tori BARTON’89 & Cameron Fowler

Betsy KOFMAN Bascom’72

Jonathan Belair & Heather Tobin

Carolynne Bell & J.P. Matthews

Paul & Alia Bissett

Andrew Black & Sheila MacMILLAN Black’81

Robyn Blatt & Jeffrey Freedman

Amelia BLOTT’23 & Georgia BLOTT’24

Sandra BOLTÉ’73

Alison BOOTH’91 & Jeff Campbell

The Bordessa Family

David Boriss & Shannon Finlay

Tony FALCONER Bowland’72

Hung Bun & Michelle Chen

Kristina SZANDTNER Burke’65

Changwei Cai & Aiqiong Liu

Craig Campbell & Kati Head

Liping Cao

Henry Cao & Celine Wang

Carolyn & Andrew Carragher

Julia Carroll

Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96 & Matthew Carter

Aisha & Aly Champsi

On Kee Angela Chao & Chen-Ke Chao

Andy Chen & Ellen Zhang

Ariel CHEN’33

Clara Chen & David Gao

Hang Chen & Ruquan Zhang

Jack & Lydia Chen

Jing Chen & Jack Fu

Yolanda Chen & Simon Yang

Sally ARMSTRONG’90 Conrod & Ted Conrod

Cristina Coraggio & Aldo Martini

Carol COWAN’64

Kim Davis & Mark Jamrozinski

Jinhua Deng

Patricia DiNicolantonio

Brian & Shirley Domelle

The Elcan Ridge Foundation

CIRCLE GIVING

Alexander Evis & Briehan Lynch

Linda Ezergailis & Jeffrey Croxall

Wujing Fan & Muran Yu

Jamie Feehely & Anne Feehely

Woody Feng & Winnie Wang

Heather Friesen

The Friesen Family

Gianna Fu & Family

Chris & Laura Gage

Joy & Barry Gales

Willa Gauthier

Ashley Ge & Yanqiao Zhang

Caiqin Geng

Constance & William Giamos

Cameron & Olivia Gilbert

The Gillam Family

Cynthia GOODCHILD’84 & Colin Kinnear

Margaret ROLLAND Gorrie’68

Martin & Joanna Guo

Yilin Guo

Amy HAN’29

Kathy Han & Yongkang Li

Nicole Hastings & Michael Mactaggart

Chang-Jian He & Hui Lin

Laura & Aubrey Hearn

Roz & Andrew Heintzman

Anne MEREDITH Hepburn’73

Barbara PATTISON Hepburn’69 & John Hepburn

Cathy MILLS Hess’86 & Jeff Hess

Jenn & Mike Hirshfeld

Vivian HO’04 & Joyce HO’06

Bob & Kelly Holloway

Xiaowen Hong & Rui Gong

William Horne

Janet Hu & Zhufu Deng

Yuan Huang

The Hunt Family

The Indar Family

Dayanand & Ingrid Jagdeo

Meghan BUSH Jansen’04 & Alexander Jansen

Yan Ji

Haiwen Jin

Tamara Jordan & Daniel Bernstein

Cindy Yucong Kang & Jianlin Kang

Jacob Kang & Helena Choi

Farrah Kassam & Sarfraz Visram

Amanda & Andrew Kennedy

The Korzinstone Family

Feite & Norma Kraay

Lisa Kruger & Alex Pizale

Michael & Letitia Kuan

John & Christina Kwan

Anita KWONG’79

Joanna & Jason Lang

Carolyn Langill

The Don Langill Family

Matt & Jill Larose

The LBJ Family Foundation

Daria Lee & Family

The Lekkerkerker Family

Andrea Levinson

Peter Levitt & Mai Why

Cheng Li & Fei He

April Liang

Dong Lin & Xu Wen Yao

Erick Lin & Bonnie Chan

Eric & Kina Lindros

Rick Liu

Robin Liu & Helen He

Amy Lo

Po Ping TSO Lo’73

Alina Low

Binghui Lu & Na Ni

Sophia M.A.

The MacDonald Griffin Charitable Foundation

Ashli MacInnis

Janet & Paul Macmillan

Juleen Marchant

The Marshall Family

Christian Mathieu & Christie Smythe

Jennifer Mazin & Jonathan Weisstub

Jamie McDonald & Pamela Meredith

John & Jennifer Medland

Sally ADAMS Medland’66 & Robert Medland

Emma Men

CIRCLE GIVING

Guangzhen Meng & Xiaona Zhao

Claudia Metelsky

Zach & Carly Michaud

Sarah Millar & Koker Christensen

Jim & Bessie Mitrakos

Rory & Julie Mitz

The Moore Family

Christina & Aaron Moore

Nigel & Janet Mountifield

Jennifer Narjes

Andrius Nemickas & Lenna Koszarny

Tuan & Tuyen Nguyen

Michael & Jill O’Neil

Yidi Pan & Colin Guo

Xiao Gang Pan & Minjie Ouyang

Danielle PATERSON’93 & Matthew Chapman

Grace Peng & Jason Yuan

Bill Penny & Heather Simmons

Bill & Joan Perdue

Susan Perle

David & Nina Piatek

James & Robin Porter

David & Patricia Psutka

Jessica Qu & Suming Ma

Daniel Rees & Kelly Kyle Rees

Yu Ren & Heqing Zhang

Kathleen Ritchie & Paul Kennedy

Sidney Luc Robinson

Shulamit Rodal & Michael Noble

Carly RYDER’24

Cookie & Stephen Sandler

Jacqueline SANZ’87 & Daryle Moffatt

Daniel Schlaepfer

The Sethi Family

The She Family

Frances SHEPHERD’64

Andrew Sinclair & Liza Stiff

Robert Sloan

The Smith Family

Sandra Sorenson & Richard Ward

Martine & Brendan Spinks

David Stevenson & Wendy FRANKS’93

Daniel & Sandra Sullivan

Jason & Amelia Tam

Lucinda COCHRAN Thompson’71

Geoffrey & Kenya Thompson-Leonardelli

Hua Tong

Kathryn FIRSTBROOK Trusler’79

Nghiacuong Tu & Yuxin Dong

Gary Ursell & Helen Kearns

Mary Alice Vuicic & Dan Monaghan

Joy WALDIE’80

Eleanor TOW Walker’57 & David J. Walker*

Dexin Wang & Jian Zhang

Joyce Wang

Wei Wang & Tingshan Jin

Yan & Fengkai Wang

Zhidong Wang & Qinghong Wei

Karrie Weinstock

Robert & Donna Wells

Alice Weng & Family

Jill Whelan & Brian Graves

Victoria Winter & Curt Harnett

Richard & Patricia Winter

Mary BAWDEN Wood’51, Elizabeth WOOD’87 & Kathryn WOOD’87

Mark & Alev Wrobel

Frank Wu & Shannon Zhang

Janice Wu

Yixin Wu & Linda Ding

Midge COX Wyse’58

Eva Zixuan XU’24

Jingyu Yang & Lian Xue

Qiaohui YANG’24

Stella & Huaizhi Yang

Mike Yeo

Lulu YOUNG’24

Patricia WILSON Younger’59

Chunsheng Yuan & Xia Chen

Yi Lan Yuan & Wendy Liu

Susan & Sheng Zeng

Felicia Zhang & Hai Zhao

Jinyue Zhang & Jiangyan Mu

Joanne Zhang

Lingxin Zhang & Chen Yang

Xin & Song Zhang

Coco Zhao & Family

Julia Zhong

Songlin Zhong

Ping Zhou

Richard Zhou & Margaret Yang

Kaihong Zhu & Shuying Zhao

Ming Wei Zhu & Huandong Ji

The Zissopoulos Family

(Anonymous 23)

COMMUNITY GIVING

Every gift matters. We thank our generous community members whose financial contributions between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, made an impact on our student experience, taking it from great to even more exceptional each year.

$1–$999

Ruth DUNLOP Adams’63

Constance STILES Ainslie’52

Tanya LOW Aird’98 & John Aird

Mariam Albeheshti

Murad Ali & Dilshad Ismail

Geraldine DAMON Anthony’56

Hayley AVRUSKIN’87

Lindsey DELUCE Ball’99 & Drew Ball

Joan SANDERSON Bannerman’57

Jane OMAND Barber’62

Anna & Lesley Bayne

Diana WALSH Bell’62

Ginny HOUSTON Benbow’75

Lynn BURTON Bennett’65 & David Bennett

Yara BHALOO’24

Laura & Gabriel Bincik

Fionna BLAIR’86

Caley Blyth

Jenny Boisvert

Isobel CALVIN Bonar’84

Gabriela Daminelli Borges

Siamak Boroomand

Sue SINCLAIR Bowerman’67

Marnie McKENZIE Bracht’68

Dianne DAMINOFF Bradley’84

Mary ROBINSON Brebner’65 & Tony Brebner

Kevin Brennan

Elliott Brodkin

Janet BROWN’74

Nicole THORNBURROW Bryant’10 & Will Bryant

Kristin Buchanan

Sarah Bush

Susie MacDONNELL Calder’92

Lauren Caldwell

Jocelyn MILLER Campbell’58

Cynthia BRESLIN Carere’64

Denise HINCHCLIFFE Carre’62

Linton CARTER’86 & James Darling

D. Tess CECIL-COCKWELL’04

Daniel Cerqueira

Kathryn BULEYCHUK Champion’82 & Robert Champion

Annie Chaurasia

Amanda Chen

Feng Chen & Ling Qian

Luchi Cheng & Hongjing Shao

Sarah CLAPPISON Claydon’92

Baye CLARK’18

COMMUNITY GIVING

Kalista Clement

Diana MARTIN Clipsham’96

Samantha Cohen

Hayley WYMES Cole’84

Maya Contreras

Barbara DEACON Cooper’64

Sharon Crawford

Jessica SPENCE Cutsey’99

Sasha DARLING’87

Pat STRATHY Davidson’60

Heather MASSEY Dawson’85

Sara COOPER Deacon’88

Jessica Delfino

Dana DELUCE’96

Annie DENG’24

Matthew & Elizabeth Denham

Alicia Rae Dennis & James L. Dennis

Adam Despinic

Catherine DOUGLAS’77

Julia Drake

Michael & Cameron Drinkwater

Suzanne McCLELLAND Drinkwater’67

Carol Dugas

Marilyn EARL Durant’54

Sheila WESTMAN Dutton’56

Corey & Sarah Dyer

Aisha Ejaz

B. Elrington & G. de Guzman

Eleanor KRAFT Erikson’54

Rosemary Evans

Karen Fabian

Ron Faggetter & Cynthia Ledgley

Yan Fang

The Ferrante Family

Julia Ferrari

Ashley FLOM Fienberg’04 & Geoff Fienberg

Mary Jane FINLAYSON’73

Mark & Nicola Finney

Katie Flynn

Karen FORGRAVE’96

Sally GODFREY Forrest’64

Elizabeth J. FORSTER’69

Claire Friedlich & Newton Markus

Judith FRIEND’75

Saffi FRIESEN’19

Michelle FOJT Frigo’94 & Mike Frigo

Lynette FRITZLEY’90

Judy Fullerton

Hamid Ghadaki & Hedieh Ghanbari

Tenley GIBSON’94

Barb LANGLEY Gilbert’61

Barbara Glassford & Colin Mercier

Betty Lou JOYNT Glisky’58

Jennifer Goba

P.J. Gordon

Kim Graham

Moira PARKS Graham’69

Adrienne GRANT’86

Jacqueline CARL Greenfield’10

Barbara GREENWOOD’74

Diane & Martin Grosskopf

Emma Jane GUBITZ’19

Robert Guenette

Perry GULOIEN’19

Xiaojun Guo & Lianhua Zou

Sarah HACKETT’15

Suzanne FISHER Hall’88

Nicole Hallett

Trace Hanlon

Michael Hanna & Winya Wong-Hanna

Muniza Haq

Caitlin HARRIS’04 & Andrew Ellis

Catherine LE FEUVRE Harrison’80

Kate & Ron Hebdon

Bill Hendsbee

Leanne Herbert

Joy BENADOM Hessian’58

Elizabeth McKAY Hill’59

Mary Lue FARMER Hinds’51

Megan HODGES’06

Susan HILL Holladay'74

Felicia HOUTMAN’66

Sarah HOWCROFT’03

COMMUNITY GIVING

Yingwei Hu & Han Zhang

Nathalie HULL’04

Elizabeth HUNTER’04

Bonita Ip

Melanie CHANDLER Jackson’74

Fenton & Sherlene Jagdeo

Renee JAGDEO’19

Cindie Jamieson & Mike King

Elizabeth Jennings

Weiwei Jia-Schulwach

Katherine COURT Johnstone’04 & Dan Johnstone

Dianne Jojic & Derek Rutherford

Grace JORDAN’23

Helena JORDAN’23

Margaret Kelsick Joseph

Jess JOSS’93

Jennifer TIMBRELL Judge’79

Jaric & Kathleen Justo

Hayley KEDWELL’18

Sophie KEDWELL’20

Jennifer Kemp

Sarah KENNEDY’00

Robert Kepes & Jennifer Martin-Kepes

David & Stephani Kingsmill

Dorion Kingsmill & Stephen Stuart

Jane Knop

Valerie KORINEK’84

Samantha Koscec

Leeanne WELD Kostopoulos’86

Shayne Kukulowicz

Janet KWOK’02

Alexa LAENGERT’18

Anthony Lafleur

Alvin Lai & Samantha Moe

Grace LEUNG Laird’03

Julie FERGUSSON Lance’83

Lisa RAEBURN Laurin’90

Frances FRASER Laws’66

Charmaine LEE’94

Cheuk Ying LEE’14

Nadine LEVIN’64

Ran Lewin

Rita Shutong Li

Vivienne LI’28

Xi Liao & Jiang Qiong He

Colin Liu & Lulu Li

Roberta & Joseph Longpré

Antonio Loureiro

Cynthia DUNCAN Lumsden’79

Shannon LEWIS’96 MacDonald

Marilee TISDALL MacFarlane’74

Dodie ROBINETTE MacNeill’45

Meghan MacNICOL’04

Patti THOMSON MacNicol’75

Terry TAYLOR Mactaggart’63

Peter Maddox

Carolyn Mak

Emily Malach

Athena MANCINI’19

Christena SMITH Manley’98

Warwick & Jessie Marchant

Giselle BRISBANE Matthews’88 & Philip Matthews

Andrea McAnally

Laura ANGLIN McBeath’74

Sandi SHAW McCabe’67

Kim McCarthy

Nicole PICHLER McCutcheon’86

Alexander McIntosh

Gretchen WEDD McKay’66

Noreen LAING McKay’54

Janet BENNETT McKelvie’80

Kimberlee CAMPBELL McKinnon’77 & John McKinnon

Margaret-Ann GRAHAM McKinnon’66

Scott McLorie & Andrea Bielecki

Susan McMaster

Zachari Medendorp

Lindsay FARBER Mereshensky’04 & Mark Mereshensky

Bridget & Andrew Mertens

Natasha & Tony Miklaucic

COMMUNITY GIVING

Michael Miletin & Nathalie Topdjian

Judy SHYKOFF Millard’70

Leslie BELL Miller’72

Andrea Mills

Cate Mirvish

Barbara DUNLOP Mohammad’70

The Moon Family

Monique MORAN’94 & Julien Coulter

Peter B. Moran

Catherine MORROW’77

Alexandra MORTON’09

Mary RUSE Musgrave’66 & John Musgrave

Gregory Neinstein & Jill Farber

Caroline & Christopher Newall

Grace Nolan

Helen WORTS O’Brian’66

Claire O’NEIL’12

Joanna ORD’64

Toyin & Bayo Osibajo

The Paluzzis

Andrew & Claire Papierz

Liz PAPIERZ’09

Reed WANLESS Patterson’04 & Torie Patterson

Kathleen PATTINSON’66

Tessa Pauly

Meghan PAYNE’04

Ruth TOW Peckover’69

Martha PAISLEY Pedersen’84 & Mike Pedersen

Alexandra PENNAL’00

Vishnu Persaud

Sara DUNCANSON Pick’99

Jolie PICKARD’24

Ann LLOYD Plummer’55

James & Robin Porter

Jing Qu & Youxiao Xu

Cynthia MacKAY Quinn’74

H. Graham Rawlinson & Catherine Salo

Vicki ALEXOPOULOS Read’10

Flavia ELLIOTT Redelmeier’43*

John J. Reilly

Erna Relle

John & Sylvia Richards

Lisa Simone RICHARDS’02

Andrea Richmond & Tony Seljak

Cordelia Rigley

Katie REIFFENSTEIN Rimoldi’04

Nancy DAVIS Ritchie’53

Margery TOW Roden’71

Caroline Rodis

Danielle Ross

Freida Ross

Lynn WILLIAMS Ross’59 & Nick Ross

Nancy ROSS’86

Tim Ross & Erin Wright

Carlene & Duncan Rotherham

Blair Rotstein

Deann Rousseau

Isabel Ruby-Hill

The Russell Family

Heather Anne SAMPSON’72

Mary JULL Samson’59

Becca McCORMACK Scarratt’79

Mark Schofield

Alison SCHWARTZ’97 & Hugh Tancred

Errol Duke Scott & Niki Haley-Scott

Rohini Senathirasa

David Seville & Grace Castaneda

Robert Shaw

Carol PARKER Shaw’59 & Wayne Shaw

Rita & Stephen Shefsky

Martha HAWKE Shinkle’69

Yury & Irina Shmuylovich

William & Joan Simmons

David & Elizabeth Sisam

Megan Snape

Cindy BUNDY Snell’69

Jaclyn Sopik

George & Christina Staikos

Alice STARKEY’97

Nora STEARNS’59

Tristan DOMELLE Steiner’00

Kaitlyn Stennett

Tom Stevens

COMMUNITY GIVING

Frances Stewart

Mairi & Timothy Stewart

Jay Stolberg & Aimee Draper

Sue STROUD’69

Carole TILLEY Stuart’64

Jennifer Stumborg

Paulina Su

Rachel SUTHERLAND’85

Stanley Tan

Yee-Swian Tan & Skiven Yuen

Angie Tang

Caley WAITE Taylor’66

Kimberley IONSON Taylor’89 & John M. Taylor

Martha HOBBS Taylor’88

Alanna TEDESCO’03

Carol NICKALLS Theilman’55

Shelley VARLEY Tidy’64

Phillip & Maureen Tingley

Olivia TISCHLER’98

Alison Troy

Abisha Vigneswaran

Nancy MARTIN Wagner’82

Kim Richardson Wainwright & Neil Wainwright

Susan Ann WALKER’74

Zhen Wang & Xiewei Lu

Melanie van de Water & Kevin Duffy

Candace WATSON-HISCOX’86

Carolyn WEAVER’89

Daphne ARMSTRONG Webster’86

Neetu White

Andrea WHITEACRE’81

Kristen WILBY’80

Heather WILDI’78

Brian Williams, Tina Jagdeo & Mani Williams

Ann Wilson

Chris & Catherine Winchell

Kiki WINCHELL’24

Suzanne WALWYN Winchell’57

Cynnie Woodward

Anne B. WRIGHT’59

The Xu Family

Estella Yeung

John & Jenn Yiokaris

Lisa Yorke

Hubie YU’08

Miaoer Zhang

Anonymous(68)

CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Thank you to those donors who have renewed their giving each academic year, for five years or more, strengthening our impact and underscoring the power of our community’s commitment.

15 YEARS+

Mary Pat JONES Armstrong’63 & Robert Armstrong

Hayley AVRUSKIN’87

Laura & Gabriel Bincik

Sandra BOLTÉ’73

Martha ROBINSON Butterfield’59

Denise HINCHCLIFFE Carre’62

Kimberly BROOKER Carter’96 & Matthew Carter

Diana MARTIN Clipsham’96

Pat STRATHY Davidson’60

Karen Fabian

Elizabeth J. FORSTER’69

Cynthia GOODCHILD’84 & Colin Kinnear

Nicole Hallett

Kate & Ron Hebdon

Carolyn HELBRONNER’79

Anne MEREDITH Hepburn’73

Barbara PATTISON Hepburn’69

Mary Lue FARMER Hinds’51

Karen L. Jurjevich

The Kopas Family Foundation

Janet KWOK’02

Peter Levitt & Mai Why

Edith Louie

Larry Lowenstein & Nina Lester

Patti THOMSON MacNicol’75

Nancy SAVAGE Martin’63 & William Martin

Scot A. Martin

Sandi SHAW McCabe’67

Lynn & Duncan McGregor

Noreen LAING McKay’54

Barbara DUNLOP Mohammad’70

Jennifer Narjes

Alfred Page & Anne Donaldson-Page

Martha PAISLEY Pedersen’84 & Mike Pedersen

Bill Penny & Heather Simmons

Vishnu Persaud

Erna Relle

Kathleen Ritchie & Paul Kennedy

Jacqueline SANZ’87 & Daryle Moffatt

Rohini Senathirasa

William & Joan Simmons

Daniel and Sandra Sullivan & Family

Kimberley IONSON Taylor’89 & John M. Taylor

Carol NICKALLS Theilman’55

Lucinda COCHRAN Thompson’71

Kim Richardson Wainwright & Neil Wainwright

Eleanor TOW Walker’57 & David J. Walker*

Karrie Weinstock

Mary BAWDEN Wood’51, Elizabeth WOOD’87 & Kathryn WOOD’87

I have such great respect for the school and am inspired to keep giving because it offers so much and gives students such an incredible background. It’s such a well-rounded education. I ended up becoming a teacher myself, at Dixon Grove Junior Middle School in Etobicoke. I have such wonderful memories of all the special ceremonies, like Installation, and of singing in various music festivals. And I cherished the school’s Scottish heritage. My brother became a pipe major, representing police forces across Canada.

Denise HINCHCLIFFE Carre’62 has been giving to Branksome Hall for 40 years.

⊳

Denise HINCHCLIFFE Carre’62 went to Branxholme Castle [Branksome Hall’s namesake] in Scotland this summer with her husband, Eric, and daughter Laura. She was there on June 7, which is the same date she graduated from Branksome Hall in 1962!

CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Midge COX Wyse’58

Anonymous

10 YEARS

Diana WALSH Bell’62

Sue SINCLAIR Bowerman’67

Marnie McKENZIE Bracht’68

Jocelyn MILLER Campbell’58

Barbara DEACON Cooper’64

Sara COOPER Deacon’88

Brian & Shirley Domelle

Michael Gans & Nancy Wittman

Jennifer Goba

Elizabeth McKAY Hill’59

Vivian HO’04 & Joyce HO’06

Jan Howard

Dayanand & Ingrid Jagdeo

Amanda & Andrew Kennedy

Sarah KENNEDY’00

David & Stephani Kingsmill

Gail McKINNON MacNaughton’66

Terry TAYLOR Mactaggart’63

Chetan & Clara Mathur

Janet BENNETT McKelvie’80

The McKenna Family

Sally ADAMS Medland’66 & Robert Medland

Judy SHYKOFF Millard’70

Nigel & Janet Mountifield

Michael & Jill O’Neil

Ruth TOW Peckover’69

Sara DUNCANSON Pick’99

Nancy DAVIS Ritchie’53

Lynn WILLIAMS Ross’59 & Nick Ross

Deann Rousseau

Heather Anne SAMPSON’72

Tom Stevens

Alex Wang & Gloria Ye

Zhidong Wang & Qinghong Wei

Richard & Patricia Winter

Karen CORDES Woods’99

Anonymous

5 YEARS

Sara AKBARI’09

Jane OMAND Barber’62

The Bolger Family

Isobel CALVIN Bonar’84

Alison BOOTH’91 & Jeff Campbell

Kurt Brands & Rebecca Ramsden

Susie MacDONNELL Calder’92

Lauren Caldwell

Andrew & Carolyn Carragher

Yolanda Chen & Simon Yang

Cristina Coraggio & Aldo Martini

Sasha DARLING’87

Rod Davidge & Katy Waugh

Catherine DOUGLAS’77

Marilyn EARL Durant’54

Eleanor KRAFT Erikson’54

Linda Ezergailis & Jeffrey Croxall

The Cribbins Family

Katie Flynn

Karen FORGRAVE’96

Joy & Barry Gales

Barb LANGLEY Gilbert’61

The Givertz-Steel Family

Barbara Glassford & Colin Mercier

Margaret ROLLAND Gorrie’68

Martin & Joanna Guo

Xiaojun Guo & Lianhua Zou

Sarah HACKETT’15

Cathy MILLS Hess’86 & Jeff Hess

Candice Holmes & Stuart Kedwell

Kevin Huang & Anna Li

Kashif & Mehreen Irshad

Elizabeth Jennings

Cindy Kang

Feite & Norma Kraay

Anthony Lafleur

Carolyn Langill

Lisa RAEBURN Laurin’90

Rick Liu

Amy Lo

CONSECUTIVE GIVING

Marilee TISDALL MacFarlane’74

The MacLellan Family

Ashli Macinnis

Claire & Tyler MacNamara

Carolyn Mak

The Malone Family

Juleen Marchant

Andrea McAnally

Jamie McDonald & Pamela Meredith

Gretchen WEDD McKay’66

Margaret-Ann GRAHAM McKinnon’66

John & Jennifer Medland

Jim & Bessie Mitrakos

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya

The Moore Family

Caroline & Christopher Newall

Tuan & Tuyen Nguyen

Michael & Nancy Nobrega

Grace Nolan

Helen WORTS O’Brian’66

Michael & Jill O’Neil

Andrew & Claire Papierz

Liz PAPIERZ’09

Alexandra PENNAL’00

David & Nina Piatek

Stien Qiu & Juan Yang

H. Graham Rawlinson & Catherine Salo

Raymond James Canada Foundation

Flavia ELLIOTT Redelmeier’43*

remembered fondly

Margery TOW Roden’71

Freida Ross

Susan KERNOHAN Scace’59

James Scarlett & Vanessa Yeung

Becca McCORMACK Scarratt’79

Jia Shao & Gang Situ

Frances SHEPHERD’64

Patti and Paul Shugart & Haley SHUGART’16

Marion and Gerald Soloway & Family

Claire STURGESS’91 & Michael Stevenson

Martha HOBBS Taylor’88

Daniel & MaryAnne Tecimer

The Thomas Family & The Love Family

The Tylman Family

Joy WALDIE’80

Dexin Wang & Jian Zhang

Wei Wang & Tingshan Jin

Zhidong Wang & Qinghong Wei

Jill Whelan & Brian Graves

Andrea WHITEACRE’81

Kristen WILBY’80

Heather WILDI’78

Chris & Catherine Winchell

Suzanne WALWYN Winchell’57

April Wu & Xian Zhang

Frank Wu & Shannon Zhang

Yixin Wu & Linda Ding

Michelle Xie & Yuchao Liu

Jingyu Yang & Lian Xue

Hubie YU’08

Anonymous (29)

CUMULATIVE GIVING

$5,000,000+

Anonymous

$1,000,000+

The Armstrong Family

Chad & Dana Bayne

James R. Christie & The Hon. Sarah E. Pepall

Joel and Melissa Feldberg & Family

The Guloien Family

Mary LESSLIE Hallward’74 & Graham Hallward

Brian & Joannah Lawson

Claire & Tyler MacNamara

The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation

The Thomas Family & The Love Family

Anonymous (2)

$500,000–$999,999

Branksome Hall Alumnae Association

The Kate & Tim Chen Family

Xiangli and Huihua Chen & Jiqian CHEN’12

Anna & Jean Cloutier

Keith and Murielle Gillam & Family

Anthony R. & Helen Graham

Elspeth ABBEY Johnson’43*

The Kopas Family Foundation

Jed Lind & Jessica de Ruiter

Chetan & Clara Mathur

Tim & Frances Price

Sachin & Bina Shah

Yury & Irina Shmuylovich

Anonymous (1)

$250,000–$499,999

Mary Pat JONES Armstrong’63 & Robert Armstrong

John & Mary Barnett

Geoff & Sandie Beattie

The Bett Family

The Bhalwani Family

Mary Wanda BROWN’54*

Martha ROBINSON Butterfield’59 & Nathalie Carlyle BUTTERFIELD’90

The Cecil-Cockwell Family

Minu & Raj Chandaria

Bridget HORNE Colman’87

Amy Deng & Zhigang Jin

John C. & Sally Horsfall Eaton

France Fortin

Kevan HARRIS’12

Vivian HO’04 & Joyce HO’06

Lisa DAWICK Hudson’92 & Mike Hudson

Allen & Eva Lau

Larry Lowenstein & Nina Lester

Nancy SAVAGE Martin’63 & William Martin

William McLean & Deborah Orida

The Nesbitt Family

Nathan & Grace Normandin

Prodigy Construction

John & Carryn Ruffolo

The Senst Family

Daniel and Sandra Sullivan & Family

Eric Tripp & Maria Smith

We honour our donors whose gifts total $50,000 or more. The valued donors in this exceptional group have often given over several decades. We take pride in recognizing their deep commitment to Branksome Hall. * remembered fondly

CUMULATIVE GIVING

The R. Howard Webster Foundation

The Weston Family Foundation

Anonymous (2)

$100,000–$249,999

Claire ANGUS’83 & Mark Caplan

Daniel & Susan Argiros

The Armstrong Family

Susan HIGGINS Asper’85* & Leonard Asper

Natalie & Alexander Avery

The Ballard Family

Wayne & Kim Barwise

Al Meghji & Diana Belevsky

Geoffrey & Nancy Belsher

Kilian Berz & Katharine Lake Berz

Rod & Nancy Bolger

The Bolté & Amell Family

Branksome Hall Parents’ Association

The Brenninkmeyer Family

The Brindamour-Letarte Family

Ian and Gail Brooker & Family

Wade & Peggy Burton

Guy & Margaret Carr-Harris

Mary Chen Family

John & Susan Chippindale

William & Anita Chow

Lynn HUGHES Clappison’65 & John Clappison

Barbara & Bryan Colangelo

Beth Corcoran & Jonathan Newton

Shelby AUSTIN Cooper’99 & Graeme Cooper

The Cribbins Family

The Dalglish Family Foundation

William Daniels

Ann P. Larkin Deluce

Peter R. Doering & Lucie V. Gauvin

Iuliana Gheorghe & Khalil Maalouf

The Eaton Foundation

The Elhaddad Family

Peter & Kim Enns

Doone & George Estey

The Charles & Rita Field-Marsham Foundation

Michael Gans & Nancy Wittman

The Percy R. Gardiner Foundation

Mark & Maryann Gaskin

Robert & Cynthia Gemmell

The Gooderham & Nadherny Family

Jennifer GRANT’99 & David Dattels

Carol McLEAN Gray’72

Xiaojun Guo & Lianhua Zou

Jane Harvey & Don O’Born

The Estate of Eleanor MILLS Howe’49* & Douglas Howe*

The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation & Julia Irene DENNIE Kauffman’63

Catherine TAYLOR Keevil’64*

Martin Kon & Sheri McLean

The LaFayette Family

The Don Langill Family, Melanie LANGILL Joyce’03, Kate LANGILL’05, Stacey LANGILL’08 & Jennifer LANGILL’10

The LBJ Family Foundation

Sondi & Brett Lindros

Po Ping TSO Lo’73

The MacDonald Griffin Charitable Foundation

Nancy ADAMS MacDonnell’62* & Phil MacDonnell

The MacLellan Family

The Malone Family

Scot A. Martin

Joyce WALKER McKeough’56* & Darcy McKeough*

The McLean Foundation

June* & Bill McLean*

Jacqueline SZETO Meiers’87 & Bradley Meiers

CUMULATIVE GIVING

Caroline & Christopher Newall

Janet and Gordan Nixon & Trish NIXON’05

Michael & Nancy Nobrega

Duncan Osborne & Cassandra Camp

The Ouellette Family Foundation

Deena PANTALONE’95 and Rocco & Rene Pantalone

Martha PAISLEY Pedersen’84 & Mike Pedersen

Bill Penny & Heather Simmons

The Phelan Family

Sandra & Jim Pitblado

Francisca & Michael Quinn

Bob Reeves & Carolyn Blaine

Meghan Roach & Christopher Harris

James Scarlett & Vanessa Yeung

The Sekyi-Otu & Noronha Family

Mike Serbinis & Laura Adams

Harry* & Lillian Seymour

The Sharpe Family

Frances SHEPHERD’64

Patti and Paul Shugart & Haley SHUGART’16

John & Susan Shuter

The Carolyn Sifton Foundation Inc.

Margaret R. Sime*

Sandra Simpson

Peter Singer and Heather Gilley & Family

The Smith Family

Don & Susan Starr

John & Shannon Sullivan

Ryerson & Michele Symons

The Tung Family

Roy & Nancy Vincent

Eleanor TOW Walker’57 & David J. Walker*

Alex Wang & Gloria Ye

Ben & Molly Watsa

Mark & Sarah Wellings

Margaret SMELLIE Wilson’56

Patricia WILSON Younger’59

Lizhong Zhou & Yin Dong

Anonymous (10)

$50,000–$99,999

Kashka Kril-Atkins & Michael Atkins

The J.J. Barnicke Family

Jim & Jennifer Beqaj

The Bethlenfalvy Family

Linda Blair

The Bowman Family

Robert & Karen Bradeen

Kurt Brands & Rebecca Ramsden

Michael & Barbara Bregman

Martin & Ellen Brodigan

The Broer-Marshall Family

Geoff & Nancy Browne

Kristina SZANDTNER Burke’65

Ashley CALDWELL’01

Susan & Alan Carson

Meredith CARTWRIGHT’83

Jonathan Cauldwell & Edith Cheung

Paul and Susan Clark & Becca CLARK’17

Mark and Suzanne Cohon & Family

Elspeth FAIRBAIRN Colebrook’45

Shelby AUSTIN Cooper’99 & Graeme Cooper

Bradley & Shane Crompton

Greg & Beatrix Dart

Wendy MORGAN Deeks’66

George* & Kathy Dembroski

Elaine & Greg Dimmer

Brian and Shirley Domelle, Devon DOMELLE Parsons’95, Regan DOMELLE Franklin’97 & Tristan DOMELLE Steiner’00

CUMULATIVE GIVING

Gay & John Evans*

Fraser* & Margot Fell*

Jean M. FRASER’66 & Thomas F. Rahilly

Willa Gauthier

Christine & Geoffrey Genovese

The Givertz-Steel Family

Eve & Crawford Gordon

Jackie NIXON Gowdy’03

Kelly & Paul Gray

Barry & Laurie Green

Don & Denyse Green

Carolyn HELBRONNER’79

Barbara PATTISON Hepburn’69 & John Hepburn

C.K. PURKS Hoffler’80

Agnes FAIRBAIRN Hopkins’48

Kevin Huang & Anna Li

Michael* & Deborah Hugh

The Hui Family

Nikiforos Iatrou & Elizabeth Kalbfleisch

John & Tracey Ing

Samuel & Jill Ingram

Richard & Donna Ivey

The Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman

Jet Wu & Jessie Ding

Jamie & Hilary Johnson

Karen L. Jurjevich

The Kaszas Family

Susan MITCHELL Kilpatrick’54

Goulding* & Elizabeth Lambert

Don & Carolyn Langill

Greg Latremoille

Jane & Oliver Lennox-King

The Lloyd Family

Allen & Perry Lupyrypa

Brian & Marion MacDonald

The MacDonnell, Medland & Adams Families

MacLennan Jaunkalns

Doug & Susie Marshall

Eugene & Lori McBurney

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Lynn & Duncan McGregor

The McKenna Family

Paul & Martha McLean

Jamsheed Mehta & Christine Harman

Miller Architects

David & Helen Miller

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya

The Moore Family

Charles R. Moses

John P. & Nancy Mulvihill

The Peter Munk Charitable Foundation

Mark & Barbara Newman

Jose Ngai & Vivian Cheung

Rossa & Linda O’Reilly

William & Emily Olson

Alfred Page and Anne Donaldson-Page & Alexandra PAGE’13

The Paterson Foundation

Susan & Charles Peniston

The Penny Family

Jennifer PRATT Peters’81 & Kirby Peters

Paul Potvin & Kathryn O’Connor

Allison ROACH’51

Sen. Nancy RUTH’60

Jacqueline SANZ’87 & Daryle Moffatt

The Schaal Family

Aida Schwan-von Brasch & Axel Schwan

Amy SHEK’73 and David Lau & Stephanie LAU’08

Margaret VERNER Shiff’71

Diana Soloway & Douglas Gubitz

Marion and Gerald Soloway & Family

Craig & Rebecca Stovel

Claire STURGESS’91 & Michael Stevenson

Betty & George Theodoropoulos

The Tylman Family

Elizabeth J. “Bunty” Walker*

Kenny Wang & Tina Zhang

John* & Diana Weatherall*

Darryl and Cassandra White & Family

David & Shelagh Wilson

Mary BAWDEN Wood’51, James Wood, Elizabeth WOOD’87 & Kathryn WOOD’87

Adam H. Zimmerman*

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Our family has such a long history with the school. We’ve been giving for 41 years and I don’t want that to ever stop. I want our name to be continually associated with Branksome Hall and I want my children to see how the Sandra BOLTÉ’73 & John L. Burns Endowed Fund will continue to benefit students. When I redid my will, I wanted to leave a planned gift to the school because it sends so many outstanding women into the world. My lawyer had to bring out a Kleenex when I was talking about this incredible legacy my father started. He felt so deeply about volunteering and giving back to the community. Dad instilled the importance of this in me and my children, Stephen and Andrea. He was a role model for us. I am so grateful that the Bolté Family will always be a part of Branksome Hall through this endowed fund.

The Sandra BOLTÉ’73 & John L. Burns Endowed Fund was established in 2016 by Sandra’s children Stephen Amell and Andrea AMELL Rees’03. Her mother, Diana BECK Bolté’46, and her father, Auguste, were longtime loyal donors and volunteers. Sandra retired in 2022, having worked at Branksome since 1991, most recently as the Senior & Middle School Coordinator.

With a gift to Branksome Hall in their estate planning, these community members are deeply committed to investing in future generations of Branksome students. We thank those donors for whom a planned gift is a personally meaningful way of committing to our long-term vitality and success. We acknowledge our 10 Elm Society members, including those who choose to remain anonymous, for their foresight and generosity.

Sara AKBARI’09

Linda ALEXANIAN’86

Beverley BAILEY’62

Stan Behal & Lyn Whitham

Sandra BOLTÉ’73

Jennifer NORRIE Booth’88

Marnie McKENZIE Bracht’68

Jean H. Campbell*

Meredith CARTWRIGHT’83

Heather CARTWRIGHT’88

Pat STRATHY Davidson’60

Claire DIBBLE’46

Brian & Shirley Domelle

Deborah JONES Elliott’64

Charlotte EMPRINGHAM’63

Sarah Eyton

Stephanie FULFORD’89

Carol McLEAN Gray’72

Carolyn HELBRONNER’79

Barbara PATTISON Hepburn’69 & John Hepburn

Ruth WALMSLEY Hill’57

Eleanor MILLS Howe’49* & Douglas Howe*

Bruce & Christina Humphrey

Lori & Sam Kanes

Louise CONEYBEARE Keith’72

Diane BEAN Lalor’65

Shelley KANITZ Letofsky’06 & Mr. Justin Letofsky

Edith Louie

Phil MacDonnell

Dodie ROBINETTE MacNeill’45

Lucy RANES Maloney’63

Nancy SAVAGE Martin’63 & William Martin

Joan LEONARD Matthews’72

Sandi SHAW McCabe’67

The McCallum Family

Lucinda FALCONER McDonald’74

Janet BENNETT McKelvie’80

Joyce WALKER McKeough’56* & Darcy McKeough*

Judy SHYKOFF Millard’70

Barbara DUNLOP Mohammad’70

Meg MORDEN’75

Suzanne & Sheila Morrison

Martha PAISLEY Pedersen’84 & Mike Pedersen

Maureen PLUNKETT’57*

Valerie RALLING’70

Flavia ELLIOTT Redelmeier’43*

Francean CAMPBELL Rich’38* P. Terry Rowe

Pamela CHURCH Saunders’43

Caley Taylor

Mary WALKER’64

Ann FARMER Warren’54

Jane DIFFIN Watt’62

Diana St. B. Weatherall*

Margaret Ann MARCHANT Whitten’69

Annabel YARNELL’79*

Anne YENDELL’81

Patricia WILSON Younger’59

Hubie YU’08

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2023 –24 IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS

TOTAL GIVING (cash and pledges)

$12,534,479 MILLION

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DISBURSED

TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS

100 NEW DONORS

MAJOR GIFTS

ANNUAL FUND EVENTS REALIZED BEQUESTS

SOURCES OF GIVING

$10,922,116 MAJOR GIFTS

$1,051,043

ANNUAL FUND

Karen L. Jurjevich Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre: $628,376

Opportunity Fund: $125,582

Financial Assistance: $159,962

Other: $137,123

$265,000 REALIZED BEQUESTS

$250,820 EVENTS

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

CONTRIBUTORS

BRANKSOME HALL 2023–24 DONOR AND GIVING REPORT

©2024 Branksome Hall

This report recognizes donations made during the Branksome Hall fiscal year July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023. Donations made after June 30, 2023, will be recognized at a future date. As always, we make every effort to ensure accuracy in our reporting and listings. If you notice an error or omission, please accept our sincerest apologies and contact the Advancement and Community Engagement Office at (416) 920-6265, ext. 212, or advancement@branksome.on.ca.

EDITOR

Andrea Aster

CONTRIBUTORS

Sarah Baumann

Jessica Benjamin

Cristina Coraggio

Donna MacMullin

Peter Maddox

Claudia Metelsky

Tejal Singh

Madeleine Smith

Alexandra Wise

Thank you to all the students who participated in our photo shoot.

DESIGN

Detale Design Inc.

RENDERINGS

Cicada Design

PHOTOGRAPHY

Christian Peterson

Liam Sharp

Caley Taylor

COPY EDITORS

Adrienne Phillips

Judy Phillips BRANKSOME HALL