Gillian Morrison provides leadership, strategic direction, and priority setting to the University’s centrally managed fundraising programs, enhancing their performance, their support of divisions, and their effectiveness in support of the University’s highest strategic priorities. Her portfolio includes Principal Gifts, Annual and Leadership Giving, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Stewardship, Campaign Planning, and International Advancement. 

Gillian joined the University of Toronto in 2009 in the role of Assistant Vice President, Divisional Relations and Campaigns.  In this portfolio, she played a key role in the success of the Boundless campaign, which reached its original $2 billion goal early and is on track to exceed the expanded goal of $2.4 billion. 

Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she served as a Vice President with a national consulting firm, providing fundraising counsel to a broad range of universities, hospital foundations and charities across Canada. She began her career with the Government of Ontario where she held positions with the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

Gillian holds a B.A. (Honours) and a Master of Public Administration, both from Queen’s University. She is the incoming President of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, and serves on the board of the Junction Famers Market in her local neighbourhood.