ANNUAL REPORT
2024-2025

$12.79MILLION

provided for advanced
patient care

$12.79 MILLION

provided for advanced
patient care

Pictured above, a patient undergoes a scan using the donor-funded Ethos technology, paired with HyperSight imaging, for radiation treatment at the QEII’s Cancer Centre.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND FOR BEING A PART OF OUR DONOR COMMUNITY.
EVERY GIFT TO THE QEII FOUNDATION DIRECTLY IMPACTS PATIENT CARE AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE FOR ATLANTIC CANADIANS.

The QEII Foundation raises funds for many QEII Health Sciences Centre’s priorities, some of which have multi-year commitments. As a result, funds raised may be disbursed over several years. For a complete set of financial statements, which have been audited and reported upon by our auditors Grant Thornton LLP, please visit QE2Foundation.ca, call 1 888 428 0220, or email [email protected].

$7.54 MILLION

to support programs, equipment, technology and facilities that directly impact patients, such as:

  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
  • CT Simulation
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Leukemia Patient & Family Support
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology for Breast Cancer (MOLLI)
  • Neurological Robot
  • Recreation Therapy
  • Veterans Memorial Garden
  • And many more

$4.47 MILLION

driving research initiatives and enhancing care areas, such as:

  • Cardiac Innovation
  • Eating Disorders Program
  • e-Mental Health
  • Glaucoma and Retina Research
  • Neurosurgery
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Surgical Robotics
  • And many more

$779,244

for education initiatives and care areas, such as:

  • Diversity in Health Care Bursaries
  • Emergency Medicine and Trauma
  • Hematology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Movement Disorders
  • Palliative Care
  • ROSE (Reproductive Options and Services) Clinic
  • Women’s Heart Health
  • And many more

CONNECTED BY

PURPOSE AND GENEROSITY

The QEII Foundation team talks often about our ‘why.’ The reason we show up each day to help transform health care alongside you, our generous donors.

Like you, we are passionate about connecting the best health care to the patients and families who rely on the QEII Health Sciences Centre. Our shared ‘why’ unites us.

This past year, as the world has felt uncertain and unsettled, and people face difficult circumstances and choices, we are especially grateful for the support we receive because our donors understand that health care matters to everyone. Thank you.

L-R: Gord Cooper, QEII Foundation board chair; Susan Mullin, president & CEO, QEII Foundation; Dr. James Clarke, QEII radiologist and chief of diagnostic imaging, Nova Scotia Health Central Zone; and Derek Spinney, vice president corporate services, infrastructure and chief financial officer, Nova Scotia Health, at the opening of the donor-supported relocatable MRI, located at the Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre.

Together, we are advancing health care in our region, creating a better tomorrow through Atlantic Canada’s largest and most specialized hospital.

I’m reminded of that each time I pass the Halifax Infirmary Expansion project. With one million square feet of new space, QEII Renew will enhance access, replace aging infrastructure, and support clinical excellence today and for future generations. It’s a symbol of renewed hope.

The prospect of a purpose-built hospital inspired our $100-million We Are campaign. As the new QEII takes shape, we continue to deliver on our bold ambitions, transforming health care for Atlantic Canadians. To date, more than $79 million has been raised, funding 28 life-changing priorities.

Thanks to philanthropy, we are embracing life-changing projects, bringing innovative solutions, and expanding access to care across the province and beyond.

Projects like two new transportable MRIs that will increase access to critical scans and reduce wait times, while bringing QEII expertise into more communities and delivering care closer to home.

While I have the privilege of writing this letter, please know I do it on behalf of our incredible staff, among the most dedicated, inspiring people I’ve met. My thanks to them for their work to inspire generosity through the QEII.

Thank you to our volunteer leadership, Board Directors, We Are Campaign Cabinet and Honorary Cabinet — your passion and expertise make us stronger. And a special thank you to outgoing Board Chair Gord Cooper, whose leadership has left a lasting impact over the last two years and will continue to inspire our work.

Please enjoy some of this year’s highlights.

These are your stories — showing what donors make possible every day at the QEII.

With gratitude,

Susan Mullin

President & CEO, QEII Foundation

IMPACT

IMPACT

Life-changing moments happen every day at the QEII.
Read some of the incredible stories from 2024-2025.

IMPACT

IMPACT

Life-changing moments happen every day at the QEII. Read some of the incredible stories from 2024-2025.

2024-2025
QEII VISITS TOTALLED*

1,193,478

*Visits represent QEII Health Sciences Centre facilities and supporting locations

1,173,918

NOVA SCOTIA

9,186

NEW BRUNSWICK

7,585

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1,382

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1,407

OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC CANADA

Photo caption: Approximately 5,000 patients a year, including those from PEI and New Brunswick, receive critical cardiac care in the donor-funded cath lab within the QEII’s Joseph Shannon Family Cardiac Catheterization Suite.

QEII HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE: As the largest and most specialized adult health sciences centre in Atlantic Canada, the QEII is more than 10 buildings on two sites. It’s thousands of people delivering exceptional care, every day. From the operating room to the research lab, and everywhere in between, the most advanced care in our region is within the walls of the QEII. In addition to being the specialized care centre for heart health, cancer care, neurosurgery and organ transplantation, the QEII is the leading research centre and training facility for tomorrow’s healthcare professionals.

QEII FOUNDATION: Transformed health. Transformed lives. This is our vision. For more than two decades, the QEII Foundation has been advancing health care at the QEII by funding new technologies, medical research, innovation and professional education that contribute to life-changing moments experienced every day by patients and their loved ones. With incredible support from the community, we are making health care better for Atlantic Canadians.

2024-2025

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MEET THE QEII FOUNDATION’S VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
A GROUP PASSIONATELY ADVANCING HEALTH CARE.

WHEN ALL ELSE IS STRIPPED AWAY, HEALTH MATTERS MOST. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY HEALTH CARE RESONATES PERSONALLY WITH ALL OF US.

I am filled with pride when I hear about the bold, new ideas and solutions happening in health care right here at the QEII that are changing and saving lives. And I hope you, our donors and friends, feel the same sense of pride in the role you play in transforming health care through the QEII Foundation.

WHEN ALL ELSE IS STRIPPED AWAY, HEALTH MATTERS MOST. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHY HEALTH CARE RESONATES PERSONALLY WITH ALL OF US.

I am filled with pride when I hear about the bold, new ideas and solutions happening in health care right here at the QEII that are changing and saving lives. And I hope you, our donors and friends, feel the same sense of pride in the role you play in transforming health care through the QEII Foundation.

Gordon Cooper

QEII Foundation Chair,
COO, RTGS Global

Donations to the QEII Foundation fund better care for our community, our families, ourselves and for future generations.