Summary
James Constantine "Jim" Temerty CM 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]
James C. Temerty | |
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| Born | Constantin Ilkovitch Temerty |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive and philanthropist |
| Spouse | Louise Arcand Temerty (m. 1968) |
| Children | 2 |
Professional career edit
In 1987, Temerty founded Northland Power.[citation needed]
Philanthropy edit
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 edit
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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 edit
- ^ "Winner: James Temerty". www.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "James Temerty of Northland Power Income Fund earns top spot as OntarioEntrepreneur Of The Year". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "Nash Holos: Canadian businessman and philanthropist, James C. Temerty". ukrainianjewishencounter.org. 2015-10-30.
- ^ Temerty Foundation donates $5 Million to support the Ukrainian Catholic University, homin.ca. 20.01.2015
- ^ Temerty Family Foundation. ucef.ca. 2015
- ^ "University of Toronto receives single largest gift in Canadian history from James and Louise Temerty to support advances in human health and health care". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
- ^ "U of T announces generous $10-million gift from the Temerty Foundation to support urgent COVID-19 priorities". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ 1000 generators Donorbox [dead link]
- ^ "Order of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "Winner: James Temerty". www.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ "Acheroraptor temertyorum: New Dinosaur Discovered in Montana". Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ wallsj (2018-06-21). "Technology leader and clean energy advocate James Temerty receives honorary degree from York University". York Media Relations. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ "Past Honorary Doctorates". Ryerson University. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ "Academic, artistic and business leaders to be honoured at Western's 312th convocation". 13 September 2018.