Arran and Ratana Stephens, and their family, are providing Simon Fraser University (SFU) with its largest-ever donation: $40 million for its new school of medicine, months before its opening.
That school is set to be named the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine in honour of the donation.
Its first class of 48 medical students are readying to begin their studies in August. The size of each cohort is expected to gradually increase to 120 students by 2035, according to SFU.
The Stephenses co-founded and are principals at Nature’s Path, which is known for its breakfast foods and snacks as well as its organic tortilla-chip brand Que Pasa, which it bought for an undisclosed
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