Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
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| Formation | 2001 |
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| Type | Independent and non-partisan charity with a national purpose |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Headquarters | 1980 Sherbrooke Street West Suite 600 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3H 1E8 |
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Official language
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English and French |
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President
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Mr. Morris Rosenberg |
| Website | TrudeauFoundation.ca |
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is an independent and non-partisan Canadian charity, founded in 2001. The foundation supports creative and critical thinkers who make meaningful contributions to critical social issues through scholarships, fellowships, mentorships and public interaction events. To date, the foundation has granted hundreds of major awards to top researchers and highly accomplished individuals, in Canada and abroad.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has had four presidents since its inception in 2001. The first President and CEO of the Foundation, Dr. Stephen J. Toope, took up his position at the beginning of August 2002. An Interim President, Dr. Frederick H. Lowy, served from June, 2006 through to October 2006 after Toope left to become President of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Pierre-Gerlier Forest, formerly Chief Scientist at Health Canada, was the President of the Foundation from November 2006 to September 2013. Mr. Tim Brodhead became interim president and chief executive officer as of 17 September 2013. In April 2014, Morris Rosenberg was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer.
In 2002, the Government of Canada endowed the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation with $125 million CAD, to fund the creation of a program for advanced studies in the social sciences and the humanities. An agreement on the Advanced Research in the Humanities and Human Sciences Fund was signed March 2002, between the Government of Canada and the Foundation outlining the obligations of the Foundation in handling public funds in regards to investment strategy, governance and program delivery. The Foundation also solicits private funding for targeted projects.
The Foundation:
The purpose of pursuing and establishing civil, political, economic and social rights is to preserve and promote human dignity, in all its aspects and dimensions. All human beings should be able to lead a life within society that reflects their common values and aspirations, in spite of differences.
While powerful forces are pushing for integration on a planetary scale, cultural, ethnic and religious divisions appear to be growing stronger, with an increasing risk of loss of social cohesion. The rights and obligations conferred by citizenship are not equitably distributed at local, national or global levels; in the global economic context, the separation between private and public spheres of responsibility has begun to blur. Proponents of true democracy acknowledge the pluralist environment in a spirit of tolerance and shared social responsibility.
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