The Douglas–Coldwell Foundation is a left-wing Canadianthink tank devoted, in the words of its slogan, to "promoting education and research into social democracy." It was founded in 1971, and is based in Ottawa.
In 1987, it merged with the Ontario Woodsworth Memorial Foundation of Toronto, named for Coldwell's predecessor as CCF leader, J. S. Woodsworth.
The foundation has underwritten biographies of Douglas, Coldwell, Clarence Gillis, Stanley Knowles, and Grace MacInnis, and scholarships and lectureships at Canadian post-secondary institutions. The foundation also gives out yearly grants totalling up to $25,000 for projects supporting its mandate of "promoting education and research in social democracy."
The foundation is a registered charitable foundation, contributions to which are tax-deductible in Canada; it accepts memberships and solicits donations from individuals and organizations in the general public. While predominantly associated with NDP members and activists, and concerned in part with the history and future of the party, it is an independent group with no administrative connection to any political party.
Tommy Douglas was the foundation's first president. Trade unionist Kalmen Kaplansky led the think tank in the 1980s and 1990s.Tessa Hebb served as president from 1995 to 2005, followed by David Mackenzie, David White and David Mackenzie again until 2016. Former NDP senior advisor Karl Bélanger became president of the foundation in November 2016.[1]
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^The Douglas-Coldwell Foundation elects Karl Bélanger as President Douglas-Coldwell Foundation, November 24, 2016.
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douglas, coldwell, foundation, left, wing, canadian, think, tank, devoted, words, slogan, promoting, education, research, into, social, democracy, founded, 1971, based, ottawa, abbreviationdcfformation1971, 1971, legal, statuscharitable, organizationheadquarte. The Douglas Coldwell Foundation is a left wing Canadian think tank devoted in the words of its slogan to promoting education and research into social democracy It was founded in 1971 and is based in Ottawa Douglas Coldwell FoundationAbbreviationDCFFormation1971 1971 Legal statusCharitable organizationHeadquartersOttawa Ontario CanadaRegion servedCanadaPresidentKarl BelangerWebsitedcf wbr ca The Foundation was named for and inspired by Tommy Douglas the first federal leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971 and M J Coldwell leader of its predecessor Co operative Commonwealth Federation from 1942 to 1960 Both had desired a Canadian counterpart to the Fabian Society In 1987 it merged with the Ontario Woodsworth Memorial Foundation of Toronto named for Coldwell s predecessor as CCF leader J S Woodsworth The foundation has underwritten biographies of Douglas Coldwell Clarence Gillis Stanley Knowles and Grace MacInnis and scholarships and lectureships at Canadian post secondary institutions The foundation also gives out yearly grants totalling up to 25 000 for projects supporting its mandate of promoting education and research in social democracy The foundation is a registered charitable foundation contributions to which are tax deductible in Canada it accepts memberships and solicits donations from individuals and organizations in the general public While predominantly associated with NDP members and activists and concerned in part with the history and future of the party it is an independent group with no administrative connection to any political party Tommy Douglas was the foundation s first president Trade unionist Kalmen Kaplansky led the think tank in the 1980s and 1990s Tessa Hebb served as president from 1995 to 2005 followed by David Mackenzie David White and David Mackenzie again until 2016 Former NDP senior advisor Karl Belanger became president of the foundation in November 2016 1 References edit The Douglas Coldwell Foundation elects Karl Belanger as President Douglas Coldwell Foundation November 24 2016 External links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article about a political organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an economics organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Douglas Coldwell Foundation amp oldid 1065894061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
