GMI Gala for The GRID Project
GMI charity gala is back, allowing us to continue with our fundraising mission through an online platform!
This year, our Gala theme is Diversity in Pharmacy! Students are encouraged to wear clothes native to their culture, share family cultural food recipes, or simply discuss their cultural traditions and beliefs.
The event will consist of an hour of presentations from our guest speakers followed by the online auction opening and then breakout groups where attendees can socialize and play Jackbox games!
AUCTION LINK: https://www.32auctions.com/GMIGRID2021
The auction website will remain open for 1 week. It will officially open after the event and close on April 9th at 11:59 PM.
All of the proceeds from this auction will go towards supporting the GRID project, dedicated to providing sustainable community development in Ghana and collaborating with NEA (Northern Empowerment Association) to alleviate poverty and transform Ghanaian communities.
Highlight of the auction items (Special Thank You to all our Sponsors!) :
- 1on1 or 1on2 meeting with Doret Chang, Linda Dresser, Jamie Kellar, Monica Gautam or David Dubins
- Items from Ghana donated from Linda Dresser, such as a small basket purse, a set of wooden salad servers, etc.
- Gift basket x 2 – estimated worth at $250-$300 (Shoutout to Ian Stewart, Associate of Shoppers Drug Mart 863)
- Two sets of hand-made mugs donated by Linda Dresser (total value $120)
- Hand carved wooden vase donated by Doret Chang (Value $30) and many more unique African art décors
Dear colleagues and friends,
The GMI team would like to take a moment and thank everyone for their support in our Gala this year. With your generous help, we were able to raise $1665 for The GRID Project - all of which will be used for the building of a hospital in Northern Ghana. Thank you all for a successful fundraiser, and your continuous support this semester! Please stay tuned for more phantastic events this coming September!
Gala Presentation
Keynote Speakers
Professor Linda Dresser
Speaking to the pharmacist role specifically in this project; her journey with the GHT to now partnering with PSF and GRID to support and collaborate to bring the vision to fruition.
Linda Dresser received her BScPhm from the University of Toronto and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Wayne State University. Linda has had a long career in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. Linda has a strong interest in global health and has pursued this interest through volunteer opportunities with Non-Profit organizations run mobile medical teams in under-resourced areas including 7 missions with GRID to Ghana. Four of these missions Linda served as the pharmacy team lead gaining valuable experience in pre, during and post-travel pharmacist roles. The Ghana Health Team role has evolved now to include an new collaboration and role with Pharmacists Without Borders.
Dr. Jennifer Wilson
Speaking to the importance of the project, the journey we have taken to get where we are and the important role we all play in global health as health care professionals – a call to arms.
Dr. Jennifer Wilson (MD CCFP (EM) DIM & PHH) has practiced family and emergency medicine for 14 years. She has a Diploma in International Medicine and Public Health and is a Part-Time Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at University of Toronto. In 2004, Dr. Wilson received a challenge that our world needs family physicians to engage in the global health arena. Since then, Jennifer has led six international health care teams to GRID and NEA’s project site in Carpenter, Northern Ghana. As part of her ongoing professional development, she completed a two-week learning exchange placement in a hospital in Northern Ghana in 2013. She also led an intensive training for 30 community-based midwives and nurses in Ghana on the topic of neonatal resuscitation. Dr. Wilson has been on the board since 2009. She and her husband, Graham, live in Uxbridge, Ontario with their five children.
What "Diversity in Pharmacy" Means to
Our Executive Team
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