This list represents confirmed members in The Dworkin Society as of March 31, 2025.
Marjatta Aaltonen
Kenny & Julie Albert
Margaret Allin
Denise Altschul
Sarah Bailey
Lewis Baker & Elaine Kehoe
Dr. Barnet and Marie Berris and Family
Margaret & John Beck
Brent & Lynn Belzberg
Georges Benarroch
Roslyn and Bernard Bennett
Jack Bernstein
Joel Binder and Janet Bomza & Family
Caroline Blais
Anke Bosma
Howard Brown & Kimberly Cohen
Anita & Daniel Chai
Audrey Chen
Kabir and Fatima Choudry
James and Valerie Clark
Camille Dan Family
Amanda Demers and Brian Collins
Stephen & Karen Diamond
Wendy and Elliott Eisen
Steve & Erika Erdos
Emelita Ervin
Mary Ewert
Nadia Fenton
FIFI
Gary & Barbara Fogler
Lloyd & Gladys Fogler
Linda J. Freedman in memory of Samuel D. & Eve Freedman
Peter, Eva and David Friedmann
Samuel Frum
Susan Goldenberg in Honor of Doris and Morris Goldenberg
The Goldman Family in Memory of Avery Goldman
Dr. Susan Goldstein
Patricia Gooch Robertson
Mel Goodman & Donna Grober
Reva Regina Gordon
Lauren & Gabriel Granatstein & Family
Beverly Guttman
Christopher J. Hawley
Barbara Hershenhorn in Honour of the Hershenhorn Family
Hartley Hershenhorn & Nita Wexler
Steven Hershenhorn
Ernie & Rivette Herzig
C. Ross Hirning
Andrew and Leslie Hoffman
Debbie Hollend
Myrna & Hy Isenbaum
Arthur and Kathryn James
Stephen & Kathryn Kaszas
Leanne M. Kipfer
Abraham, Bronia & Sam Laufer
Susan Laufer
Jill L. Levenson
Robyn Linden & David Weinberger and Family
Sharon London Liss
Miriam Lubin, Shane Grosman & Family
Chaim & Aliza Lustig
Margaret Lynch
Bruno Malibert, in honour of Francoise Malibert
Pearl & Paul Marcus
Dorothy E. Marshall
Jaudon & Jasper C. Martin
Rick Mason
Hugh A. McKay
Hymie & Roslyn Mida
Paula Nussbaum
Adam, Dena, Shelby & Emery Ochshorn
Joan Paterson
Rhoda E. Payne
W. Richard Peltier and Claude F. Marchand
Frances Ann Reed
Nelson and Ruth Reuben
Joseph Ricciardi
Florence Richler
Frank and Milli Richmond
Robert Rubinoff
Gerald and Christine Rudnick
Donna Marie Sawicki
Gary & Cheryl Schultz & Family
Peter Seligman & Family
John and Amanda Sherrington
Jay & Mara Silber and Family
Edward & Barbara Smith
Gordon & Joan Stevenson
Stojanowicz and Joly Family
Frances M. Stretton
Ann D. Sutton
Jennifer & Kenneth Tanenbaum
Andrew Taylor
Ron & Ida Tugg
Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen
Cathy Waiten in Memory of John A. Waiten
Julie Wajcman
John & Josie Watson
Sophie Weimert
Virginia Wesson
Marlene & Lewis Whiteson
Gilda Whyne
Lawrence & Lori Wilder
Winberg Fishman Family
Doris Winslow
Rosalind & Stanley Witkin
Irwin & Elayne Wortsman
Howard & Sybil Young
David and Shoshana Zolty
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Cathy Waiten was by her brother John’s side when he was diagnosed with cancer. When it was deemed terminal, John was transferred to Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital’s Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, where he passed away peacefully two days later.
Cathy remembers the desolation she felt, navigating her grief alone. But it was the understanding and compassion she and her brother were shown by Dr. Jeff Myers, a palliative care physician at Sinai Health, that made all the difference.
“Over that short time, we felt we were seen, listened to and heard, and that helped,” says Cathy. “Sometimes, you just need someone to sit quietly with you and hold your hand.”
Motivated by this experience, Cathy established an endowment in support of Sinai Health’s palliative care program and created a bequest in her will. Her gift will expand psychosocial support, including in spiritual care, which utilizes art and music to help patients share experiences that are precious to them.
“It felt like being on an iceberg and floating out to sea with nothing to tether you,” says Cathy. “To have a place like Hennick Bridgepoint and a doctor like Dr. Myers helped me feel a bit more secure.”
She hopes these gifts can provide comfort to other patients and their families as they navigate the complexities of end-of-life care.
