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A gift designed for the next generation of care

Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac’s $40-million gift will name UBC’s School of Nursing and its future health building while supporting education, research and practice. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from the University of British Columbia.

Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac’s $40-million gift will name UBC’s School of Nursing and its future health building while supporting education, research and practice.

In the September issue
Aerial view of the buildings associated with UBC’s nursing gift announcement.
UBC says the gift is the largest ever made to a Canadian school of nursing. In recognition, the school and its future home will carry the MacIsaac name when the change launches in early fall. The stated use is broad but concrete: strengthen nursing education, research and clinical learning, and prepare health-care leaders for changing needs in British Columbia and beyond. The donors’ own alumni relationship is part of the story’s logic of return. The announcement is a commitment, not evidence that future outcomes have already been achieved. Its significance will be measured later in facilities, learning and care. Photo: Reporting: Lou Corpuz-Bosshart. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

The context

Where the work begins

UBC says the gift is the largest ever made to a Canadian school of nursing. In recognition, the school and its future home will carry the MacIsaac name when the change launches in early fall.

The work

In the field

The stated use is broad but concrete: strengthen nursing education, research and clinical learning, and prepare health-care leaders for changing needs in British Columbia and beyond. The donors’ own alumni relationship is part of the story’s logic of return.

The takeaway

What follows

The announcement is a commitment, not evidence that future outcomes have already been achieved. Its significance will be measured later in facilities, learning and care.

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