James C. Temerty

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James C. Temerty

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Born
Constantin Ilkovitch Temerty

NationalityCanadian
OccupationBusiness executive and philanthropist
Spouse(s)Louise Arcand Temerty (m. 1968)
Children2

James Constantine "Jim" Temerty CM is a Ukrainian-Canadian entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He founded Northland Power, a global independent power producer, in 1987 and served as Chair until December 2019.[1][2][3]

In addition to his business ventures, Temerty is an active philanthropist – locally, nationally and abroad. He and his wife, Louise, established the Temerty Foundation in 1997.

Professional career[]

In 1987, Temerty founded Northland Power, one of Canada’s first and still pre-eminent independent power producers. Publicly traded since 1997, Northland's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange with a market cap exceeding $7 billion, as of September 2020.[4]

Philanthropy[]

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).[5][6][7][8]

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. The donation was made to support discovery, collaboration, innovation and equity across the Faculty and its affiliated hospital network, advancing its leadership as a global centre of excellence in human health and health care.[9] 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.[10]

Awards and honours[]

Temerty’s entrepreneurial career and philanthropic activities have been recognized with many distinguished honours.

  • Appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his contributions to society, 2008.[11]
  • Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Canada, 2010.[12]
  • The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to honour him for his contributions to his country, 2012.
  • Temerty was the first recipient of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Medal, an award established to recognize contributions to the cause of Ukrainian-Jewish understanding and cooperation, 2013.[13]
  • Temerty and his wife had a new genus and species of raptor dinosaur named in their honour, the Acheroraptor temertyorum, 2013.[14]
  • Honoured by Ukrainian President Poroshenko with Ukraine’s Order of Yaroslav the Wise, which is the highest tribute Ukraine can confer to a foreign citizen who has not been a head of state, 2016.[15]
  • Temerty and his wife were awarded the Tryzub award for community leadership, 2019.[16]
  • Shem Tov Award for his significant contributions through the founding and work of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, 2019.
  • Temerty was awarded three honorary doctorates (LL.D.) from York University, Ryerson University, and the University of Western Ontario.[17][18][19] The latter two, he shares with his wife.

References[]

  1. ^ "Winner: James Temerty". www.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. ^ "James Temerty of Northland Power Income Fund earns top spot as OntarioEntrepreneur Of The Year". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  3. ^ "Northland Power - Home". www.northlandpower.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  4. ^ Reuters Editorial. "NPI.TO - Northland Power Inc. Key Metrics | Reuters". www.reuters.comundefined. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. ^ "Nash Holos: Canadian businessman and philanthropist, James C. Temerty". ukrainianjewishencounter.org. 2015-10-30.
  6. ^ Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation. Annual Report 2014: Canada. ucef.ca. 2015
  7. ^ Temerty Foundation donates $5 Million to support the Ukrainian Catholic University, homin.ca. 20.01.2015
  8. ^ Temerty Family Foundation. ucef.ca. 2015
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Order of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  12. ^ "Winner: James Temerty". www.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  13. ^ "UCU Benefactor Awarded Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Medal". UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  14. ^ "Acheroraptor temertyorum: New Dinosaur Discovered in Montana | Paleontology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  15. ^ News. "UCC Applauds Successful Canada-Ukraine Business Forum, Welcomes Announcement of Prime Minister's Trudeau Trip to Ukraine". The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) official website. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  16. ^ "2019 Award Recipients". Tryzub Awards Gala. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Past Honorary Doctorates". Ryerson University. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  19. ^ "Academic, artistic and business leaders to be honoured at Western's 312th convocation".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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