ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΧΚΑΟ donor Heather Reisman walks BNN Bloomberg through her vision to make Toronto an innovation leader
The donors behind the ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΧΚΑΟβs Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre saw the project as a βonce in a lifetime chanceβ to be involved in something that could be a force for good in the 21st century.
Thatβs according to business leader and philanthropist Heather Reisman, who told BNN Bloomberg the $100-million donation given to ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΧΚΑΟ by her and husband Gerry Schwartz was prompted by the ambitious vision articulated by President Meric Gertler and other ΟγΈΫΑωΊΟ²ΚΧΚΑΟ leaders.
βThey laid out the dream of what they had in mind, and it was so compelling," Reisman said. "It resonated with everything Gerry and I believe in."
Reisman said sheβs especially proud of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, which will be devoted to exploring what she described as βthe intersection between galloping technology and who we are as human beings.β
The overarching mission of the new buildings and the institute, Reisman said, will be βto cross over philosophers, legal people, economic people, sociologists, who will mix it up with the AI scientists and the advanced technology scientists β to really lead with humanity.β