The call to Canadians
This is a redefining moment for Canada. Right now, there is a razor-sharp focus on Canada’s future and our place in the world.
What is the role we need to play?
Turning ambition into action
Shaping our future will take more Canadians doing more—using their talents and realizing their ambitions—at every level.
Ambition is about Canadians taking their next best step, making their next best move.
In so many cases, overcoming the odds.
Even the most ambitious Canadians can’t do it alone
The $250 million Realize Ambition campaign is taking the Rideau Hall Foundation’s work to the next level and cultivating Canadian talent at a time when it’s needed most.
Canadians of all ages and backgrounds have so much to offer, but not everyone has access to the support they need. The RHF is here to provide it.
What’s the return on ambition?
“We can be ambitious and kind. Competitive and inclusive. Proud of what we have built and clear-eyed about the work still required.” ~Teresa Marques
Realize Ambition calls on all Canadians to dream big, take action and shape Canada’s future together. The return on ambition (ROA) will be a stronger, more equitable, more confident and prosperous Canada, a nation where:
- No one is left behind.
- Every young person is given the opportunity to learn and grow.
- Canadian innovation is celebrated, at home and on the world stage.
- Communities are strengthened by active and engaged citizens.
- A new generation of leaders is empowered to shape the country’s future.
- Pride in who we are defines and unites us all.
41 million acts of ambition, waiting to be realized
Donors can fund ambition by supporting RHF initiatives that:
- Invest in people – where we create opportunities for more Canadians to realize their potential.
- Activate communities – where we help ambition take root and grow in communities across the country.
- Scale what works – where we take successful ideas and initiatives further and bring them to more Canadians.
“I’ve seen what happens when potential meets opportunity. A student mastering coding. A social innovator tackling housing inequity. A researcher leading global breakthroughs in biotech. None of these successes happen by accident. They happen because someone believed — in an idea, in a person, in Canada itself. The Rideau Hall Foundation’s Realize Ambition campaign calls on all of us to make that belief contagious. To invest not just in what we extract or export, but in what we imagine and create.”
—Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, president emerita of the University of Calgary; director, Rideau Hall Foundation
The Canada we want depends on Canadians getting the support they need
Thanks to the visionary commitments of community leaders from coast to coast to coast, the Realize Ambition campaign is more than halfway to its $250 million goal. To meet the moment, there is still much more to be done.
Join us in exploring how you can support Canadian ambition.
CONTACT US AT ambition@rhf-frh.ca
Teresa Marques
President and CEO
Rideau Hall Foundation
teresa.marques@rhf-frh.ca
James Price
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Rideau Hall Foundation
james.price@rhf-frh.ca
Download an overview of the vision, goals, and impact of the Realize Ambition campaign.