Mississauga, ON – November 4, 2025 – Trillium Health Partners Foundation is proud to announce a transformational gift from Mississauga resident, business leader, and longtime hospital supporter Elisabeth Hofmann. This contribution brings her lifetime giving to the Institute for Better Health (IBH), the research engine of Trillium Health Partners, to $10 million. She is now the largest individual donor in the history of the Institute, which is embedded within Trillium Health Partners and uniquely dedicated to creating a new kind of health care to strengthen health systems and improve population health.
“If I see that something can be made better, and people will benefit, I want to be a part of it,” says Mrs. Hofmann. “The Institute for Better Health is generating knowledge every day to improve care and save lives at Trillium Health Partners, and beyond. What’s more, IBH is sharing this evidence with other hospitals. I’m proud to support this important work, and I encourage my community to donate as well.”
Mrs. Hofmann’s latest gift to IBH will establish the Learning Health System Leadership Centre, the first of its kind in Canada dedicated to transforming how health leaders are trained, supported, and equipped to build a healthier, more equitable future. The Centre will strengthen health system leadership, improve care for patients and communities, and implement the Learning Health System model in communities across Canada and around the world.
In health systems everywhere, there’s often a lag between knowing what works and putting it into practice. A Learning Health System uses real-world insights from research, data, and lived experiences to improve care now. The new Leadership Centre will take this work further – developing health care leaders who embed research in care, guided by community needs, grounded in real-world evidence, and focused on improving health and transforming the system. It will serve as a national centre for evidence-based leadership, ensuring that health system leaders are equipped with the compassion, courage, and excellence needed to guide Canada’s evolving health systems.
In partnership with the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, the Centre will recruit the Elisabeth Hofmann Research Chair in Learning Health System Leadership. The Chair will drive groundbreaking research, foster academic and practice-based collaboration, and ensure that learning health system principles are embedded into leadership training across Canada’s largest community-based hospital and one of its leading public health institutions.
Mrs. Hofmann has worked with hospitals across Canada and around the world, strengthening her belief in the vital role of health care innovation. As a Mississauga resident who has personally relied on THP, she believes in the hospital’s vision to align research with improving health in the community and beyond. “Mrs. Hofmann’s generosity is a model for our community,” says Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO of Trillium Health Partners Foundation. “We at Trillium Health Partners are profoundly grateful for her historic investment in the future of health care.”
If you are inspired by Mrs. Hofmann’s generosity and want to support Trillium Health Partners, please visit trilliumgiving.ca.
About Trillium Health Partners Foundation
Trillium Health Partners Foundation is dedicated to raising the critical funds needed to address the highest-priority needs of Trillium Health Partners, the largest community-based hospital network in Canada. For more information, please visit trilliumgiving.ca
About The Institute for Better Health
As Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) research and innovation engine, the Institute for Better Health (IBH) is a core enabler of THP’s mission of a new kind of health care for a healthier community through the application of scientific expertise, innovative thinking and partnerships. Focused on generating cutting-edge science and innovation in health service delivery and population health, IBH leads practical research and innovation that shapes how we engage, design, deliver, and sustain health care to solve problems stretching from the bedside to the system. For more information, please visit instituteforbetterhealth.com
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is the largest community-based hospital network in Canada. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities. Trillium Health Partners is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and home of the Institute for Better Health. For more information, visit thp.ca
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