McMaster University
STUDENT EMERGENCY RELIEF AND RESEARCH RESPONSE
Your gift to the McMaster COVID-19 Fund will play an important role ensuring our students can continue to overcome challenging times and our researchers can collaborate using the best evidence and ingenuity in their efforts to address the debilitating effects of this pandemic.
Supporting our Students: Eldina’s Story
“I was very young when my own family immigrated to Canada to escape war, and I know the feeling of going to sleep and waking up with uncertainty.”
Eldina Kovacevic is a student services professional with the registrar’s office, where she helps students who need emergency relief because of COVID-19.
Find out more about her work and, if you can, consider donating to the Student Emergency Relief Fund.
Supporting Our Students: Matt's Story
"The past few weeks highlight just how thin the margins are for some of our students. For many of them, the security of having a roof over their head and a meal on their plate can evaporate in a matter of weeks."
Matt Horner is a student services professional in the Registrar’s Office, where he supports McMaster students who need emergency relief because of COVID-19.
Find out more about Horner’s work here and, if you can, please consider donating to the Student Emergency Relief Fund.
Supporting our Students: Alana's Story
“I think it is very important for universities to offer this kind of aid for students because it relieves some of the stress for students in unexpected situations.”
The COVID-19 pandemic turned MSc student Alana Ferguson's world upside-down, and Mac was here for her.
Find out more about Ferguson's story here and, if you can, consider donating to the Student Emergency Relief Fund.
Supporting our Students: Faith's Story
"We cannot solve all our students’ financial struggles, but we can bridge the gap that allows them to have enough right now."
Faith Ogunkoya is a team lead for student services in the Registrar's Office. Her team is helping Mac students who need emergency relief because of COVID-19.
Find out more about Ogunkoya’s work here and, if you can, please consider donating to the Student Emergency Relief Fund.
Supporting our Students
We know these are challenging times for everyone, but if you can make a gift, it will go straight to help the McMaster students who need us most. We are offering everything from mental health counselling to grants for students who need help paying for food, rent, utilities and supplies.
Pioneering research that makes a difference
At McMaster, we are devoted to the cultivation of human potential. We are committed to taking a collaborative approach to improving people’s lives, contributing to global knowledge and advancing the health and well-being of the world around us.
One of the ways we fulfil this commitment is by pioneering groundbreaking research in fields ranging from health care to business, arts and culture to advanced manufacturing.
During this unprecedented time, our COVID-19 Research Fund is providing resources to McMaster’s most promising pandemic-related research. McMaster is well established as one of the world’s leading research centres in infectious disease, so this is an opportunity for us to help our global community at a time of generational urgency.