How Waterloo donors are creating a healthier world

Donor-funded scholarships and awards help individual students by providing financial and emotional support. But when students harness those gifts to create new health care tools and technology, we all win. November 15 is National Philanthropy Day, a special day that recognizes the impact that charitable giving and volunteerism have on our communities and the amazing things that can happen when we work together for the greater good. At Waterloo, the generosity of our donors reaches far beyond the individuals they help through scholarships and awards. Meet three talented students who are transforming donor support into ideas that could help us all lead healthier lives. Mackenzie: Combining engineering and medicine to improve health care. Growing up in small-town Newfoundland, Mackenzie Collins (BASc '21) sometimes felt that she didn't fit in.