Gary Slaight
$50M Allan Slaight Breakthrough Fund Supports Unconventional Cancer Research at Princess Margaret
$50M Allan Slaight Breakthrough Fund Supports Unconventional Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Emmanuelle Gattuso and Gary Slaight — photo courtesy of PMCF.The family of the late broadcast entrepreneur and philanthropist Allan Slaight has donated $50 million to Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (PMCF) in his memory. Slaight died last…
Slaight Family Foundation Gifts $15M to 12 Organizations Supporting Women and Girls
Slaight Family Foundation Gifts $15M to 12 Organizations Supporting Women and Girls Gary Slaight — photo credit: The Slaight Family Foundation.The Slaight Family Foundation, one of Toronto’s most wide-reaching family foundations, has announced its latest charitable give of $15 million to 12 organizations across Canada, focused on improving the lives of…
CP Holiday Train To Receive CCMA’s Inaugural Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award
CP Holiday Train To Receive CCMA’s Inaugural Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award Holiday Train 2019 — photo credit: Neil Zeller The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train is the first recipient of the Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award, which will be presented by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA). The community initiative established by…
Ontario's Music Together Fund to Pay Local Musicians For Livestreamed Concerts
Ontario's Music Together Fund to Pay Local Musicians For Livestreamed Concerts Photo credit: iStock.The Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture and members of the music industry are supporting local artists performing from the safety of their home because the pandemic has put nightclub gigs and concert tours on pause. The…
Slaight Family Foundation Gives $15 Million to 15 Women and Girls Initiatives
Slaight Family Foundation Gives $15 Million to 15 Women and Girls Initiatives Gary Slaight — photo credit: Slaight Family Foundation.The Slaight Family Foundation, based in Toronto, is marking the approach of International Women’s Day (March 8) by donating $15 million to 15 international organizations working to improve human rights and opportunities for…
Gary Slaight Juno Awards Program Exclusive Interview
Gary Slaight Juno Awards Program Exclusive Interview Gary Slaight receives the Humanitarian Award at the Juno Gala Dinner & Awards, March 24, Vancouver — photo credit: CARAS/iPhoto.The benevolence demonstrated by Gary Slaight, this year’s Humanitarian Award recipient at the Juno Awards last month, and the Slaight Family Foundation over which he…
Philanthropy Awards Honours Slaight Family, John and Myrna Daniels, Rainbow Railroad and More
Philanthropy Awards Honours Slaight Family, John and Myrna Daniels, Rainbow Railroad and More (L to R): Rainbow Railroad's Kimahli Powell; Josh Morrison; Genworth Canada's Anita Booth; Slaight Family Foundations' Gary Slaight; former BMO Financial Group's Bill Downe; Mackenzie Health Foundation's Ingrid Perry; Hilborn Charity eNews' Jim Hilborn — photo…
Gary Slaight to Receive Inaugural Canadian Changemaker Award from Artists for Peace and Justice
Gary Slaight to Receive Inaugural Canadian Changemaker Award from Artists for Peace and Justice Gary SlaightMusic executive and humanitarian Gary Slaight will receive the inaugural APJ Canadian Changemaker Award at the Bovet 1822 Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) gala in Toronto Sunday night (Sept. 9). The award, presented at the Art Gallery of…
Toronto Hospital's Unique #NoHairSelfie Campaign To Go Global in 2016
Toronto Hospital's Unique #NoHairSelfie Campaign To Go Global in 2016 Mayor John Tory takes scissors to his friend Gary Slaight's head for the #NoHairSelfie campaign — photo credit: Karen BlissThe inaugural #NoHairSelfie campaign that raised $1.8 million for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto is going global, Paul Alofs, president and…
Mayor John Tory To Shave Head of Gary Slaight For Fundraising Campaign
Mayor John Tory To Shave Head of Gary Slaight For Fundraising Campaign (L to R) Mayor John Tory and friend Gary Slaight. Soon, one of them will have no hair — photo courtesy of Slaight Communications.Gary Slaight and his family have helped so many causes and charities over the years that when the Toronto philanthropist and music industry benefactor…
A Slaight of Charitable Causes
A Slaight of Charitable Causes