Press Releases
$50,000 Matching Gift Doubles Impact of Northwestern Ontario Wildfire Community Support Fund as Donations Surpass $300,000
By PR Newswire
Azrieli Foundation Announces Leadership Evolution and New CEO Following Decade of Unprecedented Growth; Surpasses $1B in Charitable Disbursements
By Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Music, Arts and Culture Centre Opens its Call for Proposals for the 2028 Azrieli Music Prizes
By Azrieli Foundation
The Honourable Linda Frum joins the Azrieli Foundation Board
By Azrieli Foundation
A message from our Chair addressing false allegations about the Azrieli Foundation
By Naomi Azrieli, O.C., DPhil
The Azrieli Foundation Announces 2026 Azrieli Music Prizes Laureates
By Azrieli Foundation
New Future Leaders Grants
By Brain Canada
Canada’s Stem Cell Network Announces $33M to Advance Regenerative Medicine Research and Clinical Trials
By Stem Cell Network
Rideau Hall Foundation Opens New Granting Opportunity to Support Youth Learning
By Azrieli Foundation
12 research rising stars named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
By CIFAR
Azrieli Foundation Funds Research to Transform Caregiver Support with $2.75 Million Gift to Trillium Health Partners
By Azrieli Foundation
Stem Cell Network launches a new national research funding competition in regenerative medicine
By Stem Cell Network
Government of Canada and partners invest over $28 million to support underrepresented early career health researchers
By Canadian Institutes of Health Research
13 research teams receive $8.7M from the Government of Canada and partners to study age-related cognitive impairment
By Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Groundbreaking partnership unveiled: Canada’s leading paediatric hospitals and the Azrieli Foundation join forces to transform children’s healthcare in Canada
By The Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation announces 2024 Azrieli Music Prize laureates
By The Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation to Provide $10 Million in Emergency Funding for Israel
By The Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation and Analekta Release New Jewish Music, Vol. 4 – Azrieli Music Prizes
By The Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation Launches the Azrieli Music Arts and Culture Centre
By The Azrieli Foundation
Transformational $25-million gift will spur novel team approach to accelerate advances in neurodevelopmental research at UCalgary
By Azrieli Foundation
Wolfson Hospital receives a hybrid operating room for pediatric heart surgery thanks to a $10 million donation from the Azrieli Foundation
By Azrieli Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation in the News
Meeting the moment: how scientific philanthropies are expanding their reach
By Nature
Breaking ground, making breakthroughs
By Brain Canada
Azrieli Foundation undergoes ‘leadership evolution,’ brings in outside CEO, expands role of chair
By eJewishPhilanthropy
Naomi Azrieli named as a top Canadian Innovator
By Trendonomist
Holocaust survivor’s memoir far more harrowing than any fiction
By The Telegram
How the Azrielis built a $2.4B public foundation
By The Montreal Gazette
Spiegel: Increase in antisemitism shows Holocaust education is failing us
By Ottawa Citizen
How I’m teaching Holocaust literature in light of Canadian recommendations around combatting antisemitism
By The Conversation
Generous gift to the University of Haifa
By The Jerusalem Post
Canada needs a plan to help struggling caregivers
By The Globe and Mail
Unique medical/dental clinic caters to neurodiverse patients
By Inspirations News
Family caregivers say lack of disability services leading to ‘burnout’ in Nunavut: study
By APTN News
ROM to Present Acclaimed Exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
By Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
A concert of hope: Honoring memory, renewing strength through sacred Jewish music
By The Jerusalem Post
This Torah made it through the Holocaust hidden under a couch. Canadian survivors help restore it
By The National Post
Interview: Composer Juan Trigos, Winner of 2024 Azrieli Commission for International Music
By BlogCritics
Interview: Composer Yair Klartag on His Azrieli Prize Commission ‘The Parable of the Palace’
By BlogCritics
Brain Canada grants $2.1M to early-career researchers nationwide
By Brain Canada
Neurodivergent youth are behind the counter at this Hampstead café-snack bar
By The Montreal Gazette
Construction begins on new Montreal Holocaust Museum—now a $120-million project expected to open in June 2026
By The Canadian Jewish News
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