World-class research happens here.
World-first treatments and leading discoveries are made at Hamilton Health Sciences – and this is your opportunity to be part of them.
Dependable support helps sustain the people, ideas and resources behind discoveries.
Big breakthroughs happen here.
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) serves a region of more than three million people and is the only hospital system in Ontario providing specialized care for every stage of life. As a renowned academic teaching hospital and international leader in hospital-based research, HHS brings researchers and clinicians together to turn real-world questions into discoveries that improve care and shape what’s next.
Research is part of who we are.
HHS has been recognized as one of Canada’s top research hospitals for more than a decade and is now ranked among the country’s top five. As Ontario’s second-largest research and teaching hospital, HHS brings together an extraordinary community dedicated to advancing health care.
Across four hospital sites, a dedicated research institute and biobank, researchers, clinicians, educators and students work together to tackle some of the most complex health challenges facing patients today.
Hamilton General Hospital
Advanced care, clinical research and innovation across including cardiac, neuro, stroke, burn and other specialties.
McMaster Children’s Hospital
Research focused on improving health and outcomes for children and families.
Juravinski Hospital & Cancer Centre
Leading research and clinical care spanning cancer and other complex diseases.
St. Peter’s Hospital
Research and specialized care focused on rehabilitation, complex continuing care, Alzheimer’s disease and longevity.
Together, these sites form a powerful environment for discovery. They are places where research happens alongside patient care, and where new ideas are tested, refined and brought to the people who need them most.
Where does your gift go?
Research doesn’t happen on its own. It takes talented people, advanced tools, the right spaces and the freedom to pursue promising ideas.
Your gift can help support:
Research
The questions, studies and discoveries that can lead to earlier diagnoses, new treatments and better outcomes.
Equipment and Technology
The specialized tools researchers and health care teams need to investigate, diagnose and treat in new ways.
Redevelopment and Renovations
Modern, purpose-built spaces that support leading-edge research, exceptional care and the technologies of tomorrow.
Education & Training
The next generation of researchers, clinicians and health care leaders who will shape the future of care.
Wherever your gift goes, it helps create the conditions for better health care today—and new possibilities for tomorrow.
What happens when big ideas get the chance to become breakthroughs?
Research can begin with a question. With the right people, resources and support behind it, that question can lead somewhere extraordinary.
A world-first approach to severe burns
Research at HHS helped bring a world-first treatment to a patient with severe burns, opening a new possibility for healing and recovery.
Reimagining prosthetics with 3D printing
Research and innovation are helping create more personalized, accessible prosthetic solutions.
Building a new future for brain health
A new brain-health research platform is bringing together data, imaging and AI to diagnose and treat brain-related conditions.
Helping critically ill children recover more fully
Teams at McMaster Children’s Hospital are helping transform recovery after critical illness.
The next discoveries are already on their way.
Researchers at HHS are asking new questions, testing new approaches and looking for better answers every day.
The next breakthrough could change how a disease is detected. How a patient is treated. How someone recovers.
Philanthropy helps give promising ideas the opportunity to move forward.
Help make the next discovery possible.
Give Monthly
The most consistent way to support what’s next.
A monthly gift creates dependable support that researchers and health care teams can build on over time. It helps sustain the people, ideas and resources behind the discoveries of tomorrow.
Give Once
Make a one-time contribution.
Make a one-time contribution to help advance exceptional health care and research across Hamilton Health Sciences.
Questions? We have answers.
Where does my donation go?
Your gift supports Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation’s mission to fund exceptional health care, research, education and innovation across HHS.
Why do you encourage monthly giving?
Monthly giving provides reliable, ongoing support. That consistency helps create momentum behind research and allows the Foundation and health-care teams to plan for the future with greater confidence.
Will I receive a tax receipt?
Yes. Eligible donations receive a charitable tax receipt in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements.
Does my donation really make a difference to research?
Yes. Philanthropy helps create opportunities for research and innovation that can improve how patients are diagnosed, treated and cared for. It can support the people conducting research, the technology they use and the environments where discoveries happen.