James C. Temerty Explained
James Constantine "Jim" Temerty is a Ukrainian-Canadian entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He founded Northland Power in 1987 and served as chair until December 2019.[1] [2]
Professional career
In 1987, Temerty founded Northland Power.
Philanthropy
In January 2015, the Temerty Foundation gifted $5 million to the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) to construct a new library (the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center); this brought the total support of the Temerty Family Foundation to the programs at the UCU to $6.2 million (which includes $1.2 million that the foundation gifted earlier to UCU to establish three departments for the study of Jewish-Ukrainian interfaith relation).[3] [4] [5]
In September 2020, the Temerty Foundation gifted $250 million to the University of Toronto, naming the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and representing the single largest one-time donation in Canadian history at the time of the announcement.[6] In April 2020, $10-million of the gift to Faculty of Medicine's Dean's COVID-19 Priorities Fund, which was advanced and pre-announced to support front-line clinical faculty members and trainees fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
In December 2022, apparently donated $1.000.000 to #LightUpUkraine | UNITED 24 raising funds for 1000 generators to power Ukrainian hospitals.[8]
Awards and honours
- Appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his contributions to society, 2008.[9]
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Canada, 2010.[10]
- The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to honour him for his contributions to his country, 2012.
- Temerty and his wife had a new genus and species of raptor dinosaur named in their honour, the Acheroraptor temertyorum, 2013.[11]
- Temerty was awarded three honorary doctorates (LL.D.) from York University, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), and the University of Western Ontario.[12] [13] [14] The latter two, he shares with his wife.
References
- Web site: Winner: James Temerty. 2020-09-22. www.nationalpost.com.
- Web site: James Temerty of Northland Power Income Fund earns top spot as OntarioEntrepreneur Of The Year. 2020-09-22. www.newswire.ca. en.
- Web site: Nash Holos: Canadian businessman and philanthropist, James C. Temerty. 2015-10-30. ukrainianjewishencounter.org. en.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160507003332/http://www.homin.ca/news.php/news/14615/group/8 Temerty Foundation donates $5 Million to support the Ukrainian Catholic University
- https://ucef.ca/about-us/major-donors/jim-and-loise-timerty/ Temerty Family Foundation
- Web site: University of Toronto receives single largest gift in Canadian history from James and Louise Temerty to support advances in human health and health care. 2020-09-25. University of Toronto News. en.
- Web site: U of T announces generous $10-million gift from the Temerty Foundation to support urgent COVID-19 priorities. 2020-09-21. University of Toronto News.
- https://donorbox.org/1000generators 1000 generators
- Web site: Order of Canada. 2020-09-22. archive.gg.ca.
- Web site: Winner: James Temerty. 2020-09-21. www.nationalpost.com.
- Web site: Acheroraptor temertyorum: New Dinosaur Discovered in Montana. 2020-09-21. Breaking Science News.
- Web site: wallsj. 2018-06-21. Technology leader and clean energy advocate James Temerty receives honorary degree from York University. 2020-09-21. York Media Relations.
- Web site: Past Honorary Doctorates. 2020-09-21. Ryerson University.
- Web site: 13 September 2018. Academic, artistic and business leaders to be honoured at Western's 312th convocation.
