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 University Health Network facts

• It is the largest research institute network in Canada and North America
• It ranked first in Canada for total research funding, although the average funding for each researcher falls behind the Lunenfeld Research Institute (Mount Sinai Hospital), SickKids, and McGill University
• It was named Canada's top research hospital by Research Infosource in 2015
• It was created in 1999 by the Government of Ontario through the merger of four major hospitals: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• All four hospitals are affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and serve as teaching hospitals for resident physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professions
• UHN also operates the The Michener Institute, a continuing education institution for certification in the applied health sciences known as which began in 1958
• In 2008, University Health Network was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers by Mediacorp Canada and was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by the Toronto Star