SPOTLIGHT
Partners working together for a healthier future in Peel Region
MNP’s Peel Region team committed to a long-term financial gift of $350,000 to support Trillium Health Partners. These funds will support a range of efforts to modernize local healthcare services, including new infrastructure, facility upgrades, and a shift to innovative rapid-response community programming.
Thinking about the future today
As one of Ontario’s busiest hospital networks, Trillium Health Partners is anticipating a steady uptick in demand as the local population continues to grow and age. Peel Region is expected to grow to 2.2 million residents by 2051 and the healthcare system must continue to evolve to contend with new challenges as community needs become increasingly frequent and complex.
Many experts are forecasting rising demand for mental health services across generations as populations grow and outdated stigmas and barriers to seeking treatment continue to fade. Trillium Health Partners is projected to experience the highest growth in demand for inpatient mental health beds amongst large community hospitals over the next 20 years.
Since 2019, the number of mental health admissions at Trillium Health Partners has increased by nine percent — and there has been a 65 percent increase in the number of admitted patients remaining in the emergency department waiting for an available bed. Mississauga-Halton is one of the most underfunded areas for mental health in Ontario.
“Access to timely, affordable, and quality healthcare is a value all Canadians share,” says Jim Molyneux, Managing Partner for MNP’s Peel Region. “This gift will provide a sustainable source of funding to ensure facilities and access to health and wellness services can evolve with the profile of our changing community.”
It takes a village
The past two years have allowed households to reflect on how they’re using local service providers and what they want from them in the future.
Public funding alone won’t be enough to achieve the level of change Trillium Health Partners is aspiring to over the next several decades. Local businesses and individual donors will be critical partners to support transformation timelines and goals, and MNP is proud to be one of several institutions that have embraced this cause for the long term.
“Community involvement and support play an instrumental role in enabling our vision and helping to build the new infrastructure that will be so desperately needed in the future,” says Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO of Trillium Health Partners Foundation. “With the help of Mississauga business leaders like MNP, Trillium Health Partners will be able to redefine health care to meet the needs of our community today and for generations to come.”
Other major proponents include local philanthropist Peter Gilgan and The Peter Gilgan Foundation and former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion. MNP was proud to partner with the former mayor to present the Hazel McCallion Invitational Golf Tournament, with all proceeds in support of Trillium Health Partners.
“Our team members rely on Trillium Health Partners. So do our clients, our neighbours, and visitors to our beautiful community. We’re proud of the difference our donation will make — but even more, we’re excited about the opportunity to maximize our impact by joining forces with other local leaders and organizations,” says Molyneux.
“The health of our people impacts the health of our businesses. The health of our businesses drives the health of our economy. And, in many ways, the health of our economy influences the health of our people. It’s a beautiful cycle, but it also makes you appreciate how fragile it can be without a strong healthcare network to fall back on. It’s heartening to see what our community can achieve together.”
“Our team members rely on Trillium Health Partners. So do our clients, our neighbours, and visitors to our beautiful community.”