Author: Fatema Diwan

New Scholarships to Advance Excellence in Community Health

We are thrilled to announce a CAD $10 million investment to establish new scholarships aimed at bolstering Canada’s frontline healthcare workforce in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University. The McCall MacBain Community Health Awards at TMU will provide multi-year funding to students in nursing, midwifery, social work, public health and nutrition…
What Happens When You Take Young Canadians to Parliament

Growing up in Yellowknife, 16-year-old Élise Auld never imagined that one day she would find herself in the Senate Chamber of the Parliament of Canada, delivering statements, discussing bills, and proposing amendments. “You learn about politics in school, and you think it’s so much bigger than you are. But then,…
Four Great Reads from Grantees Advancing Nature-Based Climate Solutions

When nature thrives, so do we all. Protecting and conserving our natural world ensures the well-being of our planet and all forms of life on it, while also providing important defences against the growing impacts of climate and helping preserve the environment through sequestering carbon. Across Canada, we are proud…
Making Rural Communities Visible Through Data

For Dr. Leith Deacon, improving rural well-being starts with asking the right questions. Data collection systems largely geared towards urban populations miss the unique challenges and needs of rural communities, which remain underrepresented within them. “As a result, rural communities can become statistically invisible. When the data isn’t there, it’s…
Scholarships for Regional Students at Australia’s La Trobe University

Regional youth in the state of Victoria lack the same opportunities and supports as their city peers, resulting in significantly lower university admission rates. In 2018, La Trobe University stepped in to bridge this divide through its Regional Pathways Program, which offers programming in high schools surrounding four of its…
Tales Through the Fresh Breeze of Northern Morocco

2025 McCall MacBain International Fellow, Luca, writes from Morocco Right before landing in Casablanca, a Moroccan woman sitting next to me, after hearing my ambitions, told me: ‘’Large hassles are waiting for you. Sheer misery! But great hassles are always accompanied by great discoveries.’’ This inspiring quote, although not reassuring…
Announcing the 2025 McCall MacBain International Fellows

Montreal, Quebec (October 2025) – Twenty-six undergraduate students form the next cohort of McCall MacBain International Fellows, offered in partnership with McGill University, McMaster University, Dalhousie University, and the University of Manitoba. Valued at up to $30,000, the Fellowship is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn a…
Take a Hike Foundation Expands Program to Ontario

BC-based Take a Hike Foundation has partnered with the Simcoe County District School Board to deliver its mental health and emotional well-being program at the Innisdale Secondary School in Barrie, marking the organization’s first-ever location in Ontario. Take a Hike’s evidence-based program model, delivered in partnership with school boards, combines…
Endowing the Kupe Leadership Scholarships

We are thrilled to announce a NZD $4 million gift to secure an enduring future for the Kupe Leadership Scholarship program. The gift will endow up to five scholarships over five years. Established in 2018, the program identifies young changemakers from across Aotearoa New Zealand and offers them an intensive leadership program,…
Boosting the Leadership of Student-Athletes in Quebec

Sport is a powerful avenue for cultivating leadership, but student-athletes often get limited opportunities to build on their skills beyond the field. Fondation Aléo has welcomed the first cohort of scholarship recipients into the newly launched Fondation Aléo x McCall MacBain Leadership Program. In addition to receiving $4,000 per year…