Enabling imaginative,
enriching discoveries
To the Benefit of All
The Foundation’s primary mission is to support research and scholarship. This has been done through our sponsorship of awards, scholarships, conferences and symposia, and research projects. The secondary mission of the Foundation has been to support the humanities, which is done through an annual grant to the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Meet our Board
Our board consists of no fewer than three directors and no greater than 12, each of whom is elected to the board by current members and serves on a volunteer basis.
Sean Moore
Stephen Moore
Gary Pachal
Molly Seshia
Judy Anderson
Juliette “Archie” Cooper, Chair
Shyamala Dakshinamurti
Andrew Holtmann
A History of Success
Our co-founder, Winnipeg pediatrician Bruce Chown, returned from fighting in the WWI to study medicine at the University and Manitoba and soon after became fascinated with mysterious blood-borne diseases. In 1944 he established the Rh Laboratory, and the rest is history.