At a belated birthday celebration outside at his Toronto home, Donald K. Johnson, O.C., announced a $50-million donation to his namesake Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute at University Health Network (UHN). This gift will help UHN further transform the lives of more than five million Canadians living with eye disease.

This momentous gift, the largest to a vision program in Canada, will enable UHN to recruit and retain world-leading vision scientists and clinicians as well as significantly increase research capacity. The investment will also bolster the partnership between clinicians and scientists to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into treatments for patients.