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The Walter and Duncan Foundation was founded in 1965 by Walter L. Gordon, his wife, Elizabeth (née Counsell), and his brother, Duncan Gordon. It continues today as a private charitable foundation trying to improve public policy in Canada.〔WWF Canada Water Week 2011 http://wwf.ca/newsroom/?uNewsID=9041〕 Walter Gordon was a Canadian businessman and politician. Walter Gordon was the Minister of Finance from 1963- 1965 and the president of the Privy Council 1967-1968. Later on in his life Walter Gordon was the Chancellor of York University. Duncan Gordon was a chartered accountant at various Toronto firms. The foundation continues to operate in Toronto, Ontario having two major areas of focus: the Arctic and Water Security. == Early years == Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Walter and Duncan Gordon were committed to healthcare, the arts and public policy. Many hospitals, hospices and art programs in and around the Toronto area benefitted from the Gordon's commitment. Various Canadian think tanks such as the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (now the Canadian International Council) were supported by the Foundation. In addition the Foundation endowed the Walter Gordon Forum on Public Policy in 1990, which continues as an annual event at Massey College with the School of Public Policy and Global Governance at the University of Toronto.〔"2011 Walter Duncan Gordon Symposium" School of Public Policy and Governance: University of Toronto 2011 http://www.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/NewsandEvents/Lists/Upcoming%20Events/DispForm.aspx?ID=347&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epublicpolicy%2Eutoronto%2Eca%2FNewsandEvents%2FPages%2Fdefault%2Easpx%3FCalendarDate%3D3%252F16%252F2011 accessed Feb. 16,2011〕 The 1970s brought a refocus of funding towards peacekeeping as well as economic independence. Walter Gordon was cognizant of Canada's increasing economic interdependence with the United States. With this in mind the Foundation helped create the Committee for an Independent Canada.〔"Gordon, Walter Lockheart" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' 2011 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003323 Accessed Feb. 16,2011〕 During the 1970s and 1980s the Foundation focused much of their attention on peacekeeping, peacemaking and nuclear disarmament. There were many recipients of grants from the Foundation. A few of those receiving grants were Science for Peace, the Club of Rome, Amnesty International, Physicians for Social Responsibility, United Nations Association of Canada, and the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies. The Foundation was also a key contributor to fighting Acid Rain in 1981 that later inspired amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1990. After the death of Walter Gordon in 1987, Duncan Gordon asked Pierre Trudeau's former primary secretary and speechwriter Thomas Axworthy to help develop a focus for the foundation with regards to peace-building. After the death of Duncan Gordon later on that year, Walter Duncan's children took over the foundation and headed the board of directors. They also expanded the Foundation from a family to a private foundation model. With the overhaul of the foundation the directors decided to refocus the Foundation's mandate to concentrate on four areas of interest: secondary education; peace, security and conflict management; the environment and the Arctic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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