Bluma Appel

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Bluma Appel is a Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts.

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she is the founder of CanFAR, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research.

In 1979, she ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Nepean—Carleton. She lost to Walter David Baker.

[edit] Honors & awards

• In 1988, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being one of a few people "as active in such a broad range of community services as she". [1]
• In 1998, she was awarded an Order of Ontario.
• In 2001, she was elevated to Officer of the Order of Canada for continuing "her outstanding volunteer work on behalf of numerous cultural, social and health care organizations".
• In 2005, she was awarded an honorary Dora Award for her lifelong support of Canadian arts and culture, an honor given to only two other individuals, William Hutt and Urjo Kareda.
• In 2006, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto.
• The Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto is named in her honor.

[edit] References

• Honorary Dora awarded to Bluma Appel. Retrieved on January 9, 2005.
• Order of Canada. Retrieved on January 9, 2005.
• Philanthropist Bluma Appel among honorary degree recipients. Retrieved on June 14, 2006.