Other heritage projects

The Foundation has been a regular contributor to the activities and development of several museums and related organizations in Quebec and Canada. Among these partners, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum of History,  the McCord Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Musée du Fjord, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Joliette Art Museum, the Laure Conan Museum, the Fier Monde Museum, Guelph Art Gallery, the Dufresne Nincheri Museum, the POP Museum, Canadian Museums Association, Société des Musées québécois, the Québec Federation of Historical Societies, Quebec Canadian Heritage, and the Association of Montreal Museum Directors.

The Foundation has also helped diverse organizations dedicated to the protection and awareness of built heritage. Since the very beginning of its activities, it has supported, various initiatives of Heritage Montreal particularly in several campaigns aimed at saving key buildings of the Montreal community. In addition, it has sponsored symposiums, conferences, research projects and publications of specialized works. The Foundation is at the origin of the circuit of commemorative plaques on important buildings of the Golden Square Mile. 

In addition, The Macdonald Stewart Foundation has been associated with many other heritage projects. In association with Canadian Heritage of Québec it took part in the restoration of Jefferson Davis House in Montreal; the restoration of the Ned Hanlan tug boat at the Port of Toronto; the reconstitution of the Pelican, Pierre LeMoyne D'Iberville's flagship;  the Nelson project to find the site of the sinking of the Pelican;  the reconstitution of the Little Ermine, one of Jacques Cartier's ships,  in collaboration with Parks Canada;  the installation of the Museum Pavilion at Man and His World;  and the acquisition of the Jeanne Mance staircase as part of the opening to the public of the Museum of the Hospitaller Sisters.

It has also provided assistance to projects associated with the Société historique de Montréal, the Société d'archéologie et de Numismatique de Montréal, the Jacques Viger Commission, (the Société du Vieux-Montréal), Entretiens Jacques Cartier and the Canadian Antiques Collector.
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​The Foundation has also sponsored  a number of historical publications, including, Moulin à Eau de la Vallée du Saint-Laurent, Francine Villeneuve et Cyrille Felteau, Édition de l’Homme;  Un Tour de France canadien, Caroline Montel, Éditions La Presse;  Bon Cœur Bon Bras Histoire du Régiment Maisonneuve (1860-1930), Éditions Médiotec; The Scottish Tradition in Canada, Stafford Reid, Éditions McMelland Stewart;  Le Richelieu archéologique, André Lépine, The Montreal Military & Maritime Museum; The Fraser Highlanders, JR Harper, The Montreal Military & Maritime Museum;  Roots of the Canadian Army, Montreal District 1846 to 1870 by Elinor Kyte Senior; Arms and Accoutrements of the Mounted Police (1873-1973), Roger F Phillips Donald J. Kloncher; 

Stewart Hall
Walter and May Stewart lived in a Lakeshore house, in Pointe-Claire, next to the Mull Hall property, a four-acre estate constructed for Charles MacLean in 1915-16. It was subsequently sold to the Fathers of Sainte-Croix in 1940. When the fathers sold the estate to a developer in 1958, the Stewart’s acquired the property to avoid the construction of a high-rise apartment building and gave it to the City of Pointe Claire for $1 to establish a cultural centre, opened in 1963. It was renamed Stewart Hall and continues today as a vibrant community resource. 
 
In Europe
In France, the Foundation has been involved with Manoir Jacques Cartier in St-Malo and with the installation of stained glass windows at the Church of Champlain’s hometown – Brouge. In England, the Foundation assisted with the restoration of the Canadian Pavilion in Bisley, which hosts the annual Commonwealth Shooting Championship. Interest in shooting, through the Dominion of Canada Rife Association,  has been a century long activity supported by the Stewart family and the Foundation.
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​Also in Europe, In collaboration with the Province of Newfoundland, a plaque was dedicated to John Cabot (Giovani Cabotto) at the Venice Arsenal and in partnership with Quebec City a bust of Champlain was offered to the Lieutenancy of Honfleur.
 
Prix Samuel de Champlain
​In partnership with the Institut France Canada, the Foundation has sponsored the Prix Samuel de Champlain in Paris since 1987.  The prize is awarded to personalities who, on both sides of the Atlantic, have strengthened the ties that unite the two countries in various sectors of activity, namely culture. Among the Canadian winners,  Robert Lepage, Denys Arcand, Hubert Reeves, Antonine Maillet, Luc Plamondon. Among the French winners, Charles Aznavour, Michel Drucker, Alexandre Tharaud, Ariane Mushkin.
https://prixsamueldechamplain.org
l’escalier de La Flèche at the Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, donated by the Macdonald Stewart Foundation.
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Photo: Gilbert Langlois
The Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal houses unique heritage that presents Montreal’s history from its very earliest days and its founding by Jeanne Mance, alongside Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve, as well as the story of the founding of the Hôtel-Dieu by Jeanne Mance, Canada’s first lay nurse, the history of the Hospitallers of Saint Joseph and their mission of caring for the sick, and an overview of the evolution of health care and medicine. (http://museedeshospitalieres.qc.ca/home/)

The Macdonald Stewart Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization established in 1973 by Montreal philanthropists David and Liliane Stewart. It pursues the endeavours initiated over a century ago by Sir William C. Macdonald, the great businessman and philanthropist. The foundation is attentive to the various needs of the community, working independently or in cooperation with public and private organizations in the areas of education, medicine, culture and Canadian heritage where it has provided major financial assistance to many projects.

Macdonald Stewart Foundation
1195 Sherbrooke St. West., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. H3A 1H9
La Fondation Macdonald Stewart est un organisme canadien à but non lucratif créé en 1973 par les mécènes David et Liliane Stewart. Elle poursuit une œuvre philanthropique qui a débuté il y a plus d’un siècle avec Sir William C. Macdonald, hommes d’affaires éminent et philanthrope. La Fondation se veut attentive aux besoins divers de la communauté auxquels elle essaie de répondre seule ou en collaboration avec des organismes publics ou de bienfaisance dans le domaine de l’éducation, de la médecine, de la culture et du patrimoine canadien où elle a contribué de façon substantielle à la réalisation de nombreux projets.                
Fondation Macdonald Stewart
1195, rue Sherbrooke Ouest., Montréal, Quebec, Canada. H3A 1H9