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Background of the
Foundation
The Scottish Rite
Charitable Foundation of Canada is a private charitable Foundation registered
with Revenue Canada under Letters Patent of Incorporation (1964), funded by
donations and bequests from the 26,000 members of The Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada. The Foundation labours for the benefit
of all Canadians, regardless of race or creed. Over the years millions of
dollars have been disbursed to assist dedicated researchers in a search for the
causes and cure of intellectual impairment. The Foundation is governed by the Officers
and Directors.
The Work of the
Foundation
The aim of the Foundation as listed in the Letters Patent
is to:
make
grants for charitable purposes to any educational or other charitable
organizations, which carries on its work solely within Canada;
The Foundation has been since its conception and continues
to be, an example of benevolence without ostentation and assistance without
self-interest.
From its incorporation, the Foundation has concentrated its
efforts in support of research into the causes of and hopefully, the eventual
cure of intellectual impairment, especially as it affects children and persons
of advanced years in the form of Alzheimer's Disease.
The Foundation concentrates its assistance in focused
areas of research into the causes of intellectual impairment. Research
grants support research into the causes of the disease as opposed to active
treatment or palliative care. Graduate Student awards may also support
research into active treatment or palliative care.
The
Scottish Rite Foundation Logo
The
logo of the Scottish Rite Foundation combines two elements: the Masonic
triangle and a maze containing a stylized human form. The triangle is a symbol
of the Deity used around the world. The maze symbolizes the complex road to
unravelling the puzzles of intellectual impairment. The stylized human at the end of the maze suggests the
perfectibility of humankind.
The Grants and Awards
Programme
The
Awards Committee of the Foundation, annually approve the awarding of over
$500,000 in major research grants and graduate student awards in support of studies relating to intellectual impairment.
Effort is made to distribute these awards equitably
across Canada.
The Awards
Program focuses it's funding in two areas of support:
For
more detailed
information and application forms for each of the Programs click on the
above links.
The Scottish Rite Charitable
Foundation Learning Centre for Children
The Scottish Rite Charitable
Foundation has decided to develop its Learning Centres program based on the
long and successful experience of the US Scottish Rite jurisdictions, where
over 200 Centres are now in operation. The Canadian program is based on the
one in the Rite's Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, which addressed only the
remedial tutoring of children with dyslexia. For more information on this
program just click on the following link to be taken to the Learning Centres.
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