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RESPONDING DONOR IMPACT TO CHANGE REPORT 2020 –2021
By the numbers
THE URGENCY
TODAY 2030
Canadians
living with
dementia
500,000+ 912,000
Cost of
dementia to
the Canadian
economy and
healthcare
system
$10.4
BILLION
$16.2
BILLION
Of those living
with dementia
aged 65+ 65 %
ARE WOMEN
THE PROGRESS
2 in 5 Canadians have experience
caring for someone living
with a form of dementia
56 %
$64
MORE THAN
of Canadians are
concerned about being
2 in 4
affected by Alzheimer’s
disease
Of greatest concern is their Canadians admit
MILLION
fear of being a burden to they would feel
invested to date in
87%
others, and of losing their of caregivers wish that ashamed or
independence and the more people understood embarrassed if research through the
they had dementia
ability to recognize the realities of caring for Alzheimer Society
someone with dementia
family and friends Research Program
Cover Photo: Ngozi Iroanyah and her father, Felix, who lives with dementia, share a moment together.
Working together for a brighter future
It’s a devastating reality that most of the heart of everything we do, engaging in all
us have been touched by dementia, aspects of our work. For example, the Alzheimer
whether living with a diagnosis or Society of Canada’s Advisory Group of People with
watching someone we love experience Lived Experience of Dementia is a community of
the disease. While the world’s attention people living with dementia and care partners
turned to the global pandemic in early 2020, who provide critical input on our work and
people living with dementia in Canada were participate actively in education, advocacy and
enormously impacted. Across the country, crucial awareness-building.
home and community support services for
Kevin O’Shea people living with dementia and caregivers were We also listen to the needs of people living
reduced, leading to social isolation and increased with dementia through the many letters, emails
caregiving burden. and calls we receive. Their voices help guide
our advocacy efforts, shape what resources we
Because of you, Alzheimer Societies across develop, and push us to keep fighting for a better
Canada quickly responded to the increasing need future for all people impacted by dementia in
for services by shifting many programs, services Canada.
and ´ sessions online and over the telephone. At
the same time, the Alzheimer Society of Canada Because of your support, we will continue to shine
advocated that the unique needs and challenges a light on the experience of living with dementia
Ronan Ryan
of people living with dementia be at the forefront and ensure that the voices of people living with
of the national pandemic response. dementia are heard.
With our continued commitment to investing
in dementia research, the Alzheimer Society of
Canada has invested more than $64 million since
our research program began in 1989, focused on
Kevin O’Shea
research areas including improving quality of life,
Board Chair, Alzheimer Society of Canada
early diagnosis and prevention, as well as big,
bold and new ideas from emerging researchers
across the country.
To achieve our mission, it’s critical that people
touched by dementia are heard. That’s why
Ronan Ryan
people with lived experience of dementia are at
CEO, Alzheimer Society of Canada
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 3
CHANGE THROUGH POLICY
COVID-19 and dementia
Across Canada, people COVID-19 Task Force
living with dementia In response to the pandemic, we convened a COVID-19 and Dementia Task Force
that included leading researchers, clinicians, dementia specialists and people with
and caregivers were lived experience of dementia to identify and address gaps in the healthcare system
enormously impacted for people living with dementia and caregivers throughout the pandemic.
by the pandemic, no Key initiatives included
matter whether they
lived in a care setting or 1. Introducing guidelines for acute care settings to allocating scarce resources to
people with dementia during a pandemic (provided to all acute care hospitals
in Canada)
at home. The Alzheimer
Society of Canada
introduced a series
2. Providing recommendations for family physicians on virtual cognitive and
behavioural assessments
of supports and took
action to support people 3. Recommendations on improving end-of-life care in long-term care homes for
people living with dementia.
living with dementia, as
The task force presented its recommendations to the Dementia Policy Secretariat at
well as their families and the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Coordinating
Committee on Dementia (one of the governance tables attached to the national
professional caregivers. dementia strategy) and to the Chief Science Advisor to the Government of Canada.
Work continues in this area to improve healthcare for people living with dementia
now and beyond the pandemic.
4 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT
COVID-19 tips for
caregivers & people
living alone with
dementia
Living well with dementia
through a pandemic
Pearl lives with Alzheimer’s disease
and vascular dementia in a retirement
home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Though Pearl’s daily routine and social
connections were drastically altered
at the beginning of the pandemic, her
daughter Kim found ways to support
Recognizing that many community her mom, and introduced her to adult
and support services were colouring. “Although art was not
paused due to the pandemic, we something [Mom] ever did, she fell in
introduced tips for both caregivers love with colouring. The tremor in her
and people living alone with hand seemed to disappear, each piece so
dementia. These online and print neatly completed with evidence of care
resources provided ideas on how and pride,” shared Kim. “Her future still
to stay safe, incorporate activity holds possibility—possibility for personal
and connection into daily life, and satisfaction, possibility to enrich others’
how to take care of both physical lives with joy, and the possibility to
and mental health. discover something new.”
Read Pearl’s story at
alzheimer.ca/pearlsstory
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 5
CHANGE THROUGH RESEARCH
Our research will change the future of dementia—
because of your support.
Dementia is not a normal THERE ARE NO CURES. To ensure projects that receive our funding
part of aging. It is causing will truly make a difference, we engage
We are not certain what causes dementia. world-renowned experts in dementia
Canadians to die early after We do not know how to prevent it along with people with lived experience of
enduring poor quality of from occurring or how to stop it from dementia in our peer review process. These
life and deteriorating for progressing. And for over 16 years, there “citizen reviewers” offer unique, first-hand
many years. Every year, have been no treatment breakthroughs. perspective on dementia to help guide us
about 76,000 Canadians are to areas of greatest impact.
diagnosed with dementia,
all destined to slowly ELIMINATING DEMENTIA
lose themselves while WILL SAVE LIVES.
their family and friends
helplessly watch. This is our vision for the future. But it will
take time. That is why we also support
projects that help people with the disease
But the devastation does
now to live the best and longest life
not stop there. Families possible. We fund research in eight
are put under tremendous priority areas:
strain with immense mental,
physical, and financial BIG, BOLD, NEW IDEAS ARE NEEDED. Prevention and Cures
stresses that last long after • Cause
their loved one is gone. The Alzheimer Society Research Program is • Risk and prevention
one of Canada’s leading hubs for dementia
By 2031, there will be • Diagnosis and detection
research and is laser focused on funding
nearly one million high-impact projects to unlock innovative • Epidemiology
Canadians living with solutions.
dementia and two million Living with Dementia
Canadians supporting them Only dementia researchers with the best • Therapy
ideas receive our funding so they can
as caregivers. • Improving care for people
figure out which new areas show promise
with lived experience
and deserve further investigation.
• Translational
• Developing treatments
6 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT
Translating
research into
support
100+ new online and
Some recent projects we funded print materials created by the
were aimed at: Alzheimer Society of Canada to support people
living with dementia, caregivers, and
• Restoring memory front-line staff across the country
• Understanding genetic risk
factors 2,000 Subject Matter
• Reducing falls Experts, including people living with
dementia, engaged to review materials
• Reducing disease progression
Diagnosing dementia earlier, Nearly 1,000,000 materials printed
slowing its progression, and and delivered to local Alzheimer Societies in
maintaining ability improve the
quality of life of people living
We urgently the last year
with the disease and ease the need your 300,000 downloads of dementia resources from
help.
stress and strain on families and our website, alzheimer.ca
caregivers. Every step makes a
difference.
To make sure the potential of
the best ideas and brightest new
PROMISING RESEARCH IS researchers are realized, we must
GOING UNEXPLORED. double our research funding over
the next five years. And we can’t
It is imperative that we continue do it without you.
to fund high-impact research to
unlock solutions, but there are Your investment in Alzheimer
more qualified projects than we Society research will touch
can fund. And one of them just the lives of millions across
may contain a discovery that Canada. Learn more at
will make the progress that is so alzheimer.ca/research.
desperately needed.
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 7
CHANGE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE Knowledge is power When faced with a dementia diagnosis, having the right information can help you feel connected and empowered. When you and your loved ones have a meaningful understanding of your condition, and support along every step of the journey, you can truly live well with dementia. Your support enables the Alzheimer Society of Canada to research, produce and update our website—Alzheimer.ca—as well as print resources at local societies across the country. People living with and affected by dementia count on these educational resources to help them understand and navigate the disease. These tools are used daily by people living with dementia and caregivers, as well as our front- line teams. After hearing feedback from people across Canada—people living with dementia, families, caregivers, researchers and our staff—we’ve relaunched alzheimer.ca with a new look and ease of navigation. If you visit our website today, you’re likely looking for support with a challenge you’re facing right now, so we’ve created quick access to topics that speak to you if: • You’re worried you might have dementia • You’re worried someone you know might have dementia • You have recently been diagnosed or are living with dementia • You are caring for someone with dementia Visit alzheimer.ca for the latest facts and news about dementia; to access help and support close to you; to take action on stigma and raise awareness; or to learn more about dementia research. 8 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT
CHANGE THROUGH ADVOCACY
Advocating for change OUR VISION
across Canada
A world without Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementias.
OUR MISSION
The Alzheimer Society of Canada
continues to advocate for the rights To alleviate the personal and social consequences of
of people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s and related diseases and to promote the
caregivers through several federal search for causes, treatments and a cure.
advisory roles. We won’t stop until people
living with dementia are represented
at every table where care and policy OUR VALUES
decisions are made.
COLLABORATION
This year, the Society’s Chief Science We work together and with partners to fulfill our
Officer, Dr. Saskia Sivananthan, was mission and achieve our goals, to ensure Canadians
appointed to the Ministerial Advisory receive personal and responsive services throughout
Board on Dementia, which provides their dementia journey.
advice to the Federal Minister of Health on Canada’s first national
dementia strategy, A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire. ACCOUNTABILITY
She also spoke on unpaid work from a caregiving perspective at the We measure our performance and follow a process of
Status of Women Standing Committee. continuous improvement. We are wholly accountable
for our actions and must account to our stakeholders
As the national dementia strategy is in its second year, we continue for our use of the financial and human resources
to push for full and sustainable funding so that the strategy may fully available to us.
realize its goals. Along with many other national health organizations,
the Alzheimer Society of Canada has recommended that RESPECT
the federal government increase its initial investment of We set for ourselves the highest standards of
$50M over five years to $150M to ensure measurable and timely honesty, trustworthiness and professional integrity in
progress of the strategy. all aspects of our organization and carry out our work
with the utmost respect for the dignity and the rights
Investment in dementia research in Canada falls well below that of of the people we serve.
other G7 nations. Through the Society’s pre-budget submission and
several meetings with federal representatives, we continue to advocate EXCELLENCE
for more funding for dementia research. We strive to engage stakeholders in meaningful
ways. To inform, listen and be attentive to those
we work with: people living with dementia, families,
community partners, donors, volunteers and
staff members.
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 9
CHANGE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
Dementia does
not stop and
neither do we
The IG Wealth Management
Walk for Alzheimer’s breaks records
When the global pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020, just weeks
away from the annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s, it
was unclear if the Alzheimer Society would be able to deliver the event.
Most national organizations and charities opted to cancel their
fundraising events.
The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s is Canada’s biggest
event in direct support of people living with dementia. In 2019, the event
raised more than $6 million, enabling Alzheimer Societies to provide vital
programs and services for hundreds of thousands living with a diagnosis
and their caregivers. It was clear the need for those services would not
diminish in a pandemic. Dementia is an isolating disease, and people
living with a diagnosis and their caregivers were already enduring mental
and emotional isolation. The pandemic had already started to add to their
isolation, with widespread stay-at-home orders issued across the country,
and many support services suspended.
Because dementia doesn’t stop, neither do we. Alzheimer Societies quickly
reacted to the pandemic and found new ways to provide services. Funds
were needed to continue those shifts, so cancelling or even postponing
the Walk was not possible. The decision was made—the Walk would go
on. With thanks to our committed partner, IG Wealth Management, the
Alzheimer Society was poised to move forward.
10 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORTThe 2020 IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s was one of Canada’s first mass Watch the national celebration of
fundraising events held under pandemic restrictions. For the first time, the Walk the 2020 IG Wealth Management
landed in the top ten list of peer-to-peer fundraising events in Canada. The event Walk for Alzheimer’s at youtube.
raised more than $5 million so that the Alzheimer Society could continue providing com/alzheimercanada
urgent support to people living with dementia and caregivers. Because we couldn’t
gather together in communities like we normally do for this event, we instead asked
supporters to “walk their way”—and that they did! Fundraisers across the country
walked, ran, biked, swam, stood on their head, baked cookies, sang songs and even
walked their neighbourhood in costume; and on May 31st the country came together
through a nationwide broadcast which celebrated the creativity, generosity and
remarkable support of all who participated in the Walk.
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 11CHANGE THROUGH AWARENESS
Bringing dementia out of the s
Lance Henriksen (L) plays the
role of Willis in the movie Falling.
Viggo Mortensen (R), who wrote
and directed the film, portrays
Willis’ son, John.
12 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORTe shadows and onto the big screen
Viggo Mortensen discusses his personal connection to
dementia and his latest film
Oscar-winning actor Viggo Mortensen, like many of us, By offering a true portrayal of a family’s struggles with
has been personally impacted by dementia. “Both my dementia, Mortensen highlights some of the stumbling
parents, my stepdad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, both blocks many people experience with trying to engage
sides. I’ve seen it a lot, up close,” he shared when sitting with a loved one with dementia, such as trying to correct
down to talk about dementia and his latest film, Falling, their observations and behaviour instead of adapting to
with the Alzheimer Society of Canada. their experiences.
Mortensen wrote, directed and starred in the award- “It’s about communication,” said Mortensen. “Whether
winning film. Falling depicts a caregiver’s struggle to you have dementia or not, it’s important to be flexible
connect with his father, who lives with dementia. In with anybody that you care about.”
his ASC interview, the acclaimed actor discussed his
thoughts behind his new film, including the importance
of getting an accurate portrayal of dementia on screen
and how to show compassion and understanding when
communicating with a person living with the disease.
In the film, conflict and frustration arise as father and son
navigate how to effectively communicate their feelings
to each other and mend their relationship. It was vital to
Mortensen to depict these challenges accurately and
to reflect a reality he and millions around the world live
every day. He shared that dementia isn’t always shown
authentically on screen.
Watch the interview at youtube.com/c/alzheimercanada/videos
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 13CHANGE THROUGH ACTION
Changing how we see, discuss and learn
about race and dementia
At the Alzheimer Society of Canada, we work to change the lives of people
living with dementia. However, we need to do more to combat systemic
oppression. Here is how we are changing.
1 3
The Dementia Journey Survey We are changing how we hire our
people, manage our business, and
Physicians are insufficiently equipped to manage deliver our work
dementia, especially for Black, Indigenous, and
People of Colour (BIPOC) who experience the • To accelerate change within our organization, a
healthcare system differently. We conducted a major portion of our professional development
national survey to identify the experiences of people budget will be dedicated to inclusivity and anti-
living with dementia, with an intentional focus on racism training. This development will remain a
BIPOC communities. The data we captured will key, long-term component of our professional
shape and deliver new resources to ensure family development budget and processes for our
physicians are equipped to support all Canadians existing team, new hires, and our board.
living with dementia.
• We will implement new recruitment standards
to identify and remove any traces of bias, and to
2
actively deliver a team and board that looks like
Our Advisory Group of People with Canada, and where marginalized people are not
Lived Experience just safe, but can thrive and grow.
Knowledge of how BIPOC experience dementia • We will build specific, formal relationships with
and the healthcare system in Canada is woefully diverse community groups and build partnerships
inadequate. Our first step to changing this is to requiring engagement by staff at all levels so
grow the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s Advisory we can listen, understand and be accountable
Group of People with Lived Experience of Dementia. for developing programs and services that are
This group is vital to our work but is almost entirely inclusive to all.
white. We will grow the group with a specific focus
and target to BIPOC communities.
14 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORTCHANGE THROUGH GIVING
Remembering Claude
“My wife’s father, Claude (pictured), was
diagnosed with a rare form of dementia
whereby the initial symptoms presented
as difficulties in communication. As his
condition progressed and his mobility
faded, his joyful, silly and upbeat
personality never stopped shining through.
He still managed to make us laugh and cry
in a single moment. Since his passing at the
age of 69 in 2018, he left an immense hole
in our hearts. Though that void can never
be filled, Angela and I are expecting our first
child and found out just this week that we
are having a boy! His due date is April Fool’s
day, April 1st, and we know Claude would
have seen the humour in telling people
the due date, thinking that it might be a
prank. To pay tribute to his memory, we
began donating to the Alzheimer Society of
Canada. Our hope is that our donation can
contribute in some small way to educating,
supporting, and funding research on
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of
dementia. We miss you, Claude!”
—Dan Barker
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 15CHANGE THROUGH GIVING
Thank you! Your generous support is helping us to find a cure and identify potential
new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, understand the different forms
of dementia, and enhance quality of life, care and support for all those
who are affected by dementia.
$500,000 – $999,999 $10,000 – $24,999 Archibald and Lavina Knight Fund Remedy Holdings Inc. Richard A. Austin David Britt
Mike & Valeria Rosenbloom AGF Management Ltd. Arnold, Allie and Sandra Wilson Erica Richler Gary and Cristy Babcock Broccolini Construction Inc.
Foundation Alastair & Diana Gillespie Foundation Roman Catholic Episcopal Michel Baby Laurie Bronson
Foundation ATB Financial Harold G. Schnaier Pauline Badeau Jeffrey and Charlene Brooke
$250,000 – $499,999 Anonymous (2) Joseph Basaraba Sheilah Scrocchi Jean-René Badeau Carolyn J. Brooks
Roy C. Parmelee* Edward E. Artelle* E. Shirley Bowles Sunrise Juices Ltd. David Bailey John Brophy
Association of Canadian Port Russell A. Bruce Sysco Canada Kenneth Baker Michelle Brown
$100,000 – $249,999 Authorities Carerx Corporation The Barber Family Charitable Heather Ballon Mel Bruce
Constance Ryan Fund Robert and Wendy Atkinson CN Employees’ & Pensioners’ Foundation Gail S Bamber Florence N. Brunelle
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Marcel A. Decock* Bob Collier Foundation Nancy Cohen The Philip Smith Foundation Lloyd and Marie Barbara Malcolm Burford
Brenda Gibson Ernest Bradshaw* Mary and John Crocker Thomas Large & Singer Inc. Jane Barley Steven Butler
Alan M. Graham* Kate Burnett Neil Cunningham Martin Thrasher Jeannette Baron Calgary Foundation
Groupe PharmEssor Inc. Crist Family Foundation Bernice Dekker Judith Weeks Keith Barrett Simon Cameron
Ledcor Industries Inc. Darlene Decook Noreen Devine Michele Wilson BB-Gutmann Social Justice Fund Arlene Campbell
RFA Mortgage Corporation Terence M. Heaps* Mary Dixon* Sonja Bean Bruce Cappel
Robert G. Lemon Leo E. Dubé* $1,000 – $4,999 Denise Beauregard Paul M. Casey
$50,000 – $99,999 Lynda H. Marks* Farmer Family Foundation 5014144 Ontario Ltd. Francois Begin Charles A. Casey
Achieva Health Joan McCaw Wendy Gardiner 7236085 Canada Inc. Belron Canada John Catherwood
Alexander Beaton* Basil F. McDonald Clement Giovanatti* Abundance Canada Donald Bennett Cavalieri & Associates
Bireswar Bose* Bruce Mitchell Goremutual Insurance Chad Adams Remi Benoit Frank Chalk
Robert Ogilvie Company Foundation Gino Alberelli Kerry Benson Andrée A. Champagne
Yolande Boyer*
Margaret Pearsall* Henrik Gutle Aldis, Millitz, Voros Mpc. Bernard and Thelma Cain Chancery Pacific Trade Corp.
Harold K. Campbell*
Rudolph F. Peltzer George T. Harrap* Erik Allas Charitable Fund
Lucille Crégheur* Paul Charette
Lorne Peters Horn Family Fund Allen Family Foundation Jim Bird
Benjamin Levy* Charities Campaign Manitoba
Popeyes Supplements Canada/ James R. Irwin Francis Allwood Bison Transport Inc. Finance
Wilhelmina K. Marshall*
The Ferbey Family J. Erle Jones Alma Mechanical Eugène Blanchart Paul Chevalier
Margaret J. Oldham*
RBC Foundation Dorothy Kerr Alpema Foundation Debbie and Roger Bloom Cynthia J. Chevens
Victor A. Sibley*
Bill and Linda Saul Laurie A. King* Alpha Pi Phi Gamma Chapter Barbara Jean Bluteau Robert Child
Peter Stubbs*
Alois Schoen and Daisy Lorraine Kirby Alton Holdings Inc. William Bota Chimp Charitable Impact
William and Odna McCarlie
Foundation Haie-Schoen Leon’s Furniture Ltd. Godfrey Amo Noella Bouchard Foundation (Canada)
The Warren Y. Soper Charitable James Strachan Margaret McKee* William J. Anderson Danielle Boulianne Roderick Chisholm
Trust Virginia A. K. Strachan Almanzor Michaud Steven Andres Walter M. Bowen and Lisa Balfour Wong C. Choo
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Anonymous (110)
$25,000 – $49,999 The David Hearn Foundation J. Montgomery Lisa Bowes Mark Claman
Joe Anthony
Linda Torrance Christina Mulcahy Wallace Bradley Helen E. Clark
Medical Pharmacies Anthony McNally Dental Office
James Wray Ralph Murray Peter Bradshaw Audrey G. Clark
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Re/Max Ontario Atlantic Canada Foundation
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George Cope James E. Ellis Paulette A. Galipeau Harold Harkes Thecla Jorna Ing-Shang Look-Yee
Robert Cordell Peter W. Ellis Shawn Gallagher Grant Harland Frank Joyce Paul Loposhinsky
Brenda Corkhill Equitable Bank Alistair Garden David Harquail Ira T. Kagan Jack Lucas
Ingrid C. Cosio Joe Essaye Heather Gardiner Patricia Harriman J. Kalmoni Mona Ludmer
Cotton Family Charitable Armindo Estrela Gary Bluestein Charitable Maura Harrington Robina Kaposy Fred Luk
Foundation Janyce Evans Foundation Ruth J. Hart Chris Karambatsos Mary A. Lukachko
Raymond Coulombe Peter Ewanchyna Véronique Gauthier Hilda M. Harvey* Keith Macdonald Charitable Jean-François Lussier
Jessica Courcy Nicol Family Foundation Millie Gauthier Ruth R. Hawkes Foundation R. Theodore Lutz
William Covert Nicole Farmer Gerry Myziuk Charitable Trust Shirley Heath* Diane E. Keller Antonio S. Luz
Sheila Croft Rosemarie Farquhar Edward D. Ghent David Heike Stephen Kennedy Keith Macdonald
Jane Cronin Louise Fast Janet Gibson Sara Heron R. T. Kenny Gary H. MacDonald
CURO Financial Techonlogies Gordon Feeney Robert C. Gibson Glenn Heshka Audrey Kenny Stuart Macdougall
Corp./Cash Money Moïse Fefer Raymond Gillespie Thomas Hicks Bonnie Kerwin Christie Macinnes
Mary Beth Currie and Jeff Rintoul Daniele Fiacco Kim M. Girtel Roy Hintsa KJH Cares Corinne K. MacLaurin
B. Kathleen Curtis Thalia S. Field Debra L. Glaister HME Ltd. Gary Klassen H. Philip MacLennan
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Sarah D’ambrosio George Fink Jennifer Godfrey Barbara J. Holding E. Knight Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
Marie-Eve D’amours Catherine Finlay Frank Goodman Robert Hole Cathie Koehnen Abhi and Tracey Manerikar
Paul Dasilva Michael Fiorino Patrick Gosselin Holland & Area Donor’s Choice Courtney Koga Gordon J. Manion
Mamie Dawson Joyce B. Fleming Grace Graham Charles Holt Saul Koschitzky Deborah Mansell
André De Bellefeuille Betty Foley Gordon Grainger Fred Hosking Alina Kozycz* John T. Mappin
Jean-François De Grandpré Fondation Céline et Jacques Trudy Grant Margaret J. House James Krushelniski Sylvain Marcotte
Sophie Delage Lamarre Grantech, Inc. Pamela Houwing Raymond Kwong Marie and Fred Kernaghan
David Demers Fondation Denise et Robert Mike Green Bruce and Janice Howe Labourers’ International Union Family Fund
Brian Demone Gibelleau Green Market Services Que G. Hsiung of North America Nancy Marshall
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Jacques Desnoyers Fondation Famille Briere Bonnie Greer Brian A. Hurley Roland Laird Mary Maselli
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Audrey Johnson Dale Lockie Janet McLean
Adam Egberts Robert and Irene Gale Hargrave Ranching Co. Inc.
Charlotte Jolicoeur Mary S. Loforte I. P. M. McLeod
* denotes donors whose giving includes an estate gift
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 17CHANGE THROUGH GIVING
Joyce McMurray Craig O’neill George Read Scott Sinclair The Cote Sharp Family Foundation Louis Wadsworth
David Mcwhirter Ontario Power Generation Inc. Alan Redway Thomas C. Singer The Doug and Gloria MacDoanld Maxwell Wagg
Mdet Development Inc. Chris P. O’reilly Edward Y. Reid Chad A. Singleton Foundation Douglas Wagner
Medline Canada Corp. Loretta J. Orlecky Sandra Reid Six Words Foundation The Henriette and Leonard White Michael and Lilianne Walker
Steve Meehan Irene Ouellet Roy Rennie Ernie Skinner Endowment Fund Caroline Walker
Lana Merhej Reginald Outhouse Michael V. Richardson Joyce E. Smith The Magaluk Foundation Ian L. Walker
Michael Allan Johnson Alain Ouzilleau Barbara V. Ritchie Douglas Smith The Mennie Foundation Lisa Wallace
Foundation Marie José Overweel John Roberts Michael Smus The Mundy Family Foundation Victoria Watkins
Beverley Miller Johanne Paiment Martha Robertson Frances Smyth The Newall Family Foundation John Watson
Brian Mills Trust
Laurie Palamar Pat Robertson-Corner Snell Family Foundation Robert D. Watters*
Michael Milosevic The Primrose Charitable
Park Health and Research Jacques Robichaud Robert Somerset WCPD Foundation
Foundation
Susan Mingie Foundation Cumine Robin Tyrone Soodeen Jean K. Weber*
The Ryckman Trust
Marcelle Mitchell John C. Parker Margaret Robinson* Joan Souch Joan Weber
The Sheila and George White
MNP LLP Heidi Pattenden Martin Rodgers Luz Sousa Calvin Wenzel
Foundation
Modern Niagara Group Inc. Paul Boucher Family Fund Sandeep S. Rodhey Margaret E. Southern Penny Werle
The Sixty Three Foundation
Craig Moore David Pauli Joanne F. Rogusky Robert J. Spence P. Mary White
The United Church of Canada
Doris J. Moore Ian and Michelle Pearce Ken Rohrer Brahm Spilfogel Foundation James Whiteaker
Bozena Moravec Ronald Edward Pearlman Margaret Roland Gordon Srdoc The Willowool Foundation Karyn D. Whitlum
Ksenia V. Morgan Louis Pelletier Stephenson B. Rombaon David Stacey The Woods Foundation Philip Whittall
V. Louise Morley Allen Penney Paul Rosen Sonya Stadus-Soo The Yona and Zev Frishman John Wiens
Nelida Morneault Kenneth Penonzek Gordon Ross Roger Stalsberg Endowment Caroline Wight
John Morris PepsiCo Lucella C. Ross* James Stanford Larry Theall Peter Wilkinson
John H. Morrish Malcolm H. Perlman Danielle Roswell Paul A. Steele Gilles Therrien Crystal Willie
Christine Morrison Dennis Perry Ghislaine Roy Sandra Steeves Judith Thiessen Jason Wills
Ralph Morrison Betty Pettigrew Jean Paul Ruel Gary Stefan Sharon C. Thomas Roy Wilson
Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee John Phelan Barbara Ruta Steven Stein Timothy Thompson Annabelle Wimmer
Mary Mowbray Richard Philion Rachid Saad Herbert G. Stephenson* Maggie Thompson Winners Merchants International
Sharon Mullaly Carol Phillip Janet G. Saddler Michael Stephenson Jeremy Thompson Tom Winton
Larry Murphy Dorothy Phillips Giovanni Santoianni Susan D. Stevenson Gordon R. Thordarson Jeremy D. Wiseman
William Murray Eileen Philp David W. Saslove Troy Stevenson R. John Todd Kimberly Woima
Curtis A. Murray Philpot Fund Peter Scholefield Liliane St-Pierre Karine Trak Albert Wong
Murray Kitchen Pickering Islamic Centre - Zakat/ John Schubert Zachary Sturgeon Ada Trak Deborah Woods
Siva P. Muruganathan Sadaqah Fund Duncan Scott Dax Sukhraj Michel Tremblay Christopher J. Woodward
National Mah Jongg League Inc. Shirley Piers Shannon F. Seabrook Sundance Foundation Carmen Tremblay Henley Donna Woolcott
James C. Nesbitt Julie Pinkney Secteur Comptabilite Surge Learning Inc. Edward D. Trewin Peter Worth
Margaret Newall Mary Plesko Serad Holdings Ltd. Robert Sutherland Kevin Trickett Joan Worthington
Nexen Energy Chris R. Podolsky SFI Medical Equipment Solutions Roger D. Sweeny Trisura Guarantee Insurance Arlene Wright
Marie L. Nichols Margaret Pollard Carlo T. Sguassero Fidus Systems Company Herbert D. Wyman
David L. Nichols Cynthia M. A. Potts Phyllis Sharpe Nicholas Tapp Trust Eterna Xactly One Foundation
D’arcy Nordick Pierrette Poulin Bruce Shepherd Edna R. Tarlo* Victor Tucker Paulyn Pao-Tjan Yao
Lindsay Norton Giselle Poulin-Scallon* Robert Sherrin Barbara Tate Betty Ruth Tuckett Patricia Yeates
Margaret Nutt Dianne Prah Ellen F. Shields Scott Taylor Robert Tully F. Joyce Young
Brian Oberback Provincial Employees Community Dong Min Shin TD Canada Trust Susan D. Tumback Aafke Ypma
Kenneth Ogston Services Fund Robert Turnbull
Richard Shulman Robert H. Teskey Zita and Mark Bernstein Family
Marion F. O’Keefe Ralph Pyle Jeffrey D. Vallis Foundation
Sid Lee Toronto Sapna Thakur
Ruth O’Leary Carol and Brian Quinn Eugene Veinotte Maria Zumpano
Carmen Siegel The Barbara and Harvey Wolfe
Patricia O’malley Raschkowan Foundation Charitable Foundation Isaac Verge Deborah Zwicker
Ken Silver
Omers Ventures Investment Najma Rawjee The Boiler Inspection and Shirley I. Vine
Silver Hotels (Pantages) Inc.
Management RBCA CFBRC Insurance Company of Canada Matthew Vorstermans
Lori Simurda
* denotes donors whose giving includes an estate gift
18 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORTCHANGE THROUGH GIVING
Thank you, Valeria!
For Valeria Rosenbloom, caring about one another and “It is my pleasure to be a part of Alzheimer Canada’s
society at large is a family priority. She and her family mission. Dementia is one of the most critical health
are focused on helping improve the lives of people who problems we face not just as a country, but as a society. We
experience the challenges of health conditions through want to see the Alzheimer Society of Canada succeed in its
both professional practice and philanthropy. exciting new areas of research.”
In her career as a physical therapist, Valeria often worked Because of Valeria’s generosity and support of the
with patients who struggled not only with physical Alzheimer Society Research Program, projects are being
disabilities, but also with neurological issues. And her undertaken by the best and brightest researchers in the
daughter works as a speech therapist, continuing the field of dementia to uncover knowledge that will lead to
family tradition of caring and supporting others. Valeria ways of preventing the disease, and eventually, cures.
remains active on the board of the Unicorn Children’s
Foundation that was started by her late husband, Mike, and
his family to serve families with neurodiverse children from
diagnosis through to adulthood.
Valeria also has seen firsthand the challenges of
supporting a loved one with dementia. “Dementia
impacts the whole family. That’s why I choose to
support the Alzheimer Society. So that there can
be hope for the future.”
Through the Mike & Valeria Rosenbloom
Foundation, Valeria is privileged to
continue Mike’s focus on philanthropy,
especially in medical research.
ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORT 19CORPORATE AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Your dollars at work
supports services to enable
provincial Societies in
improves lives
delivering programs
through national
research
3% isgovernance
spent on
and
administration
helps us raise much
% 7%
4
needed dollars to
assist people living
1
with dementia and
their caregivers 1%
is to undertake
national health
19%
programs funded by
the government
support to provincial
Societies to deliver
local programs and
services
6 %
5
20 ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020-2021 IMPACT REPORTBoard of Directors Alzheimer Society of Canada/Société Alzheimer du Canada
2020 – 2021 Statement of Revenue and Expenses
David Anderson For the year ended March 31 2021 2020
Director at Large Revenue
Support from the public
Charlene Callander Individual giving and direct marketing $ 12,762,424 $ 10,212,462
Saskatchewan Bequests 1,708,574 4,261,800
Corporate and foundation giving 2,074,248 1,937,790
Reverend Fay Forbes
Director at Large Total support from the public 16,545,246 16,412,052
Nelson Hagerman Government 223,718 114,421
Prince Edward Island Partner charities (Note 10) 10,760,938 10,981,589
Investment and other income (Note 3c) 1,360,081 693,753
Andre Halley Government subsidy (Note 16) 432,273 -
Director at Large
Total revenue 29,322,256 28,201,815
Robert Kennedy
Manitoba Expenses
Programs
Chris Lane Services 1,988,897 3,138,177
Alberta & Northwest Territories Research 3,814,912 3,758,742
Partner charities (Note 10) 15,524,570 15,283,986
Andrew MacIsaac Government health programs 223,718 114,421
Nova Scotia
Total program expenses 21,552,097 22,295,326
Kevin O’Shea
Newfoundland and Labrador Support
Fundraising 5,301,476 4,910,830
Christine Penney Administration (Note 14) 768,108 497,928
Director at Large
Total support expenses 6,069,584 5,408,758
Robert Piasentin
British Columbia Total expenses 27,621,681 27,704,084
Luc Pinard Excess of revenue over expenses before
Quebec unrealized investment losses 1,700,575 497,731
Farhad Sethna Unrealized investment losses (Note 3d) (53,541) (696,725)
Ontario
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ 1,647,034 $ (198,994)
Shelly Shillington
New Brunswick
Dale Goldhawk
Honourary Director
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