Events: Recent Events
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Masterpieces, the 5th Annual St Regis Room Fashion Show

Location: The Arcadian Court
Date: Tuesday, September 16th 2008

The St Regis Room, 5th annual Fashion Show and Luncheon, was a sensation event featuring the very finest in fall fashions for 2008.
The AARC Foundation was proud to present Farah Nasser of CityTV, with the 2008 Women's Health and Awareness Award, for her courage and commitment to raising awareness about living with an autoimmune disease.
To date this spectacular production has raised over $200,000 for the critical research taking place at labs and clinics across University Health Network.
A special thank you to Brenda Emslie and her fabulous team and to IBM and Goodlife Fitness for their outstanding support!

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9th Annual Day at the Races

Location: Woodbine Entertainment Complex
Date: Sunday, September 28th, 2008

September 28th was a fun-filled day of horse racing, cocktails and excitement.
The event raised $157,000 net in support of the AARC Foundation and Canada's most comprehensive research collaborative dedicated to arthritis and related autoimmune disease research across University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital.
An additional $20,000 research fellowship grant was presented to honour Dr. Ed Keystone from Schering-Plough Canada for a total of $187,000.
Thank you to our sponsors, guests and volunteers for helping us in our race to beat arthritis!