• The 2007 Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon provided six area health care-related charities with a new way to raise funds for their individual causes. The event drew in excess of 4,600 participants and raised more than $200,000 for health causes ranging from the Rick Hansen Foundation to B.C. Children’s Hospital and the Arthritis Society.
• With more than 6,000 Ontarians suffering from cardiac arrest each year, Scotiabank contributed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario’s efforts to introduce 1,000 automated external defibrillators (AED) across the province. By working with local paramedic services to place the equipment in locations where large numbers of the public gather, we aim to greatly improve survival rates.
• In partnership with the Hospitals of Regina Foundation, we presented a new, fully equipped emergency response vehicle to benefit emergency medical services (EMS) throughout southern Saskatchewan. This addition to the regional EMS fleet will enable paramedics to provide timely assistance at the scene of major medical emergencies.

Please see our Corporate Social Responsibility Report for more details.