Stories

The work of the Rideau Hall Foundation has far-reaching implications for Canadians in communities across Canada, from sea to sea to sea. Learn more about our impact below.

Giving The Barrett Canada Fund: Setting our sights together

The Rideau Hall Foundation will begin exciting new work this Fall thanks to the incredible generosity of the Barrett Family Foundation. Their gift of...

Giving A message from the CEO, Rideau Hall Foundation

First, from all of us at the Rideau Hall Foundation, thank you. Thank you to all the front-line workers that are keeping us healthy,...

Learning Five years of Queen Elizabeth Scholars

The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship, more affectionately known as the Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program, celebrated two major milestones in 2019:...

Learning Working towards Reconciliation

Since 2016, the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have worked in partnership to address issues facing Indigenous peoples in Canada, especially youth....

Learning Removing barriers to postsecondary education

Amanda Jones, a single mother in her third year of Vancouver Island University’s creative writing program, financed the first two years of her education...

Learning Learning new lessons beyond the classroom

Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid went overseas as a Queen Elizabeth Scholar in 2016 as a PhD candidate from McMaster University. His internship with Médecins...