QEII LEGENDS SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE ADVANCES

Donors who choose to leave a gift in their will provide valuable funds for clinician researchers like Dr. Emily Johnston (pictured), who won the top $100,000 prize at the 2024 QEII Foundation’s Innovation Den for her Pain Coach project, a personalized pain management app for knee and hip surgery patients


QEII LEGENDS SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE ADVANCES

Donors who choose to leave a gift in their will provide valuable funds for clinician researchers like Dr. Emily Johnston (pictured), who won the top $100,000 prize at the 2024 QEII Foundation’s Innovation Den for her Pain Coach project, a personalized pain management app for knee and hip surgery patients

$1.2 MILLION

RECEIVED THROUGH GIFTS IN WILLS FROM QEII LEGENDS

Victor Goldberg remembers his friend, Jacob “Jack” Baig, as a quiet man of simple taste. After living a fulfilled life with a “live and let live” attitude, Jack passed away in 2023 at the age of 97. He’d been a generous man throughout his life and his charitable spirit will continue for years to come.

As his lawyer and friend, Victor was honoured to facilitate Jack’s wishes as the executor of his will. Jack had spent some time in the QEII 20 years ago, and again in the months leading up to his passing. He was grateful for the care he received and recognized the importance of the hospital for Nova Scotians.

This year, through the Innovation Catalyst Fund, Jack’s gift supported the QEII Foundation’s Innovation Den.

This pitch-style competition awards funding to local innovators and healthcare teams for their ideas that have the potential to transform local care and provide global solutions to improve the lives of patients.

While being remembered as a “legend” may have made Jack blush, gifts in wills to the QEII Foundation help create a legendary impact at the QEII.

It’s an honor to be named Jack’s executor and to fulfill what he wanted to do upon his passing. The charities named in his will, including the QEII Foundation, either impacted him personally or he considered vital to the community in which he lived.

— Victor Goldberg, KC; former board chair, QEII Foundation
Friend of and executor for Jack Baig

In addition to Jack Baig, we are proud to honour and remember the following individuals — our QEII Legends — for whom we received a gift in their will or estate in 2024-2025. Their generosity is inspiring legendary changes in health care today and for decades to come.

  • Dr. Philip and Necia Amys,
  • Rose-Anne Comeau
  • John and Shirley Fox
  • Hilda Hoegg
  • Anjna Majhail
  • William Phillips
  • Dawn Porter

Several gifts were received from individuals who have chosen to remain anonymous. We are grateful for their incredible support.

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