Corporate Partners
Bell Canada
Bell Canada supports programs that promote educational excellence and help Canadians improve and learn in new ways, including the Network of Innovative Schools; the Canada-Wide Virtual Science Fair; the Canada-Wide Science Fair; the Media Awareness Network and the Youth Science Foundation. Bell also supports the Governor General's Award for Teaching Canadian History.
In addition, Bell Canada supports research initiatives at universities throughout Canada with the most significant investment being the Bell University Labs program - an integrated research and commercial network that links Bell professionals with university researchers in a way that allows them to work together directly. Bell's contribution covers funding and interacting with endowed chairs, mission-oriented research projects, lab infrastructure, the FIRST (Field Industrial Research Student) program for master's students, and research support related to innovation law and policy, privacy, eHealth, human-computer interaction, emerging wireline and wireless communications systems and services, Internet law and e-commerce and information technology.
CLT
Canadian Learning Television (CLT) - Canada's learning channel - offers a unique blend of enlightening and entertaining programming designed to inform, enrich and educate. Many CLT programs are connected to credit courses at universities and colleges across Canada. CLT's daily themes - Movies, Justice, Crime, Nature and Science, History and Books - appeal to viewers of all interests. For more information, log on to Canadian Learning Television.
Kraft Canada
Kraft Canada has a tradition of supporting national programs that recognize learning and education among Canadians. Kraft has been a major sponsor of the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence since 1997. The company also actively funds a number of scholarships that encourage higher learning in the areas of food sciences and nutrition. Kraft supports excellence in marketing research and teaching activities with an emphasis on Canadian content, with the Nabisco Professorship in Marketing at the Richard Ivey School of Business. Kraft has been supporting education and the love of reading to children throughout the country for several years. The company strives to enhance children's love of reading through the prestigious Mr. Christie's Book Award - a uniquely Canadian program that recognizes excellence in children's literature.
Microsoft Canada
Microsoft's Partners in Learning focusses on making strategic investments in Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools. Global in scope and local in implementation, this initiative provides a significant investment of software and more than CAN$330 million in cash grants worldwide over the next five years to deliver information and communication technology skills training, tailored curriculum development, technical support, and research funds and resources to students and teachers. More than $300 million in cash and software donations will be made in Canada during the same time period. The Partners in Learning initiative also includes significantly lower prices for Microsoft's core educational desktop software for students and teachers.
RBC Foundation
RBC Financial Group believes in helping students make a smooth transition from the classroom to the workforce. RBC's major investments in this regard include Career Edge, designed to give recent graduates practical work experience; SHAD International, which introduces students to entrepreneurship, information technology, science and engineering; and Junior Achievement, which helps young people discover leadership and workforce readiness skills so they can achieve their highest potential. RBC has provided in excess of $50 million to educational organizations throughout Canada over the past 20 years.