CWF Profile

Founded in 1931, the Canadian Writers’ Foundation is a registered charity with only one aim—to help Canada’s writers when they fall on hard times. It’s not a job that anyone wants to think about, and it’s not very glamorous, but Pierre Berton—who served on the Foundation’s board for more than twenty years—considered it “essential to the literary well-beingof Canada.”

E.J. Pratt, Alfred Desrochers, Milton Acorn, Roger Brien, Dorothy Livesay, Norman Levine—these are only a few of the distinguished men and women who have been forced to turn to the Foundation for help. Why? Because literary and artistic success don’t necessarily lead to economic success. Fame, unfortunately, doesn’t pay bills. And although many

government programs help writers during their working lives, none offer them aid when they no longer can…because they’re too old or too sick, or have been struck down by accident. Here’s where the Foundation steps in. And its modest grants are often all that separate humiliation from dignity, misery from decency. Spread out across the country, the Foundation’s directors are all volunteers, and many are writers themselves. But to carry on their work, they need your help, and the help of everyone who truly loves Canadian literature. If you would like to make a donation—or know of a Canadian writer who might need the Foundation—please contact us.

Contacting The Canadian Writers' Foundation

Head Office

Donations and physical correspondence can be mailed to our office:

•The Canadian Writers' Foundation, Inc.

•PO Box 13281, Kanata Station

•Ottawa, ON K2K 1X4

Obtaining More Information

For further information about the Canadian Writers' Foundation please contact:

•Suzanne Williams

•Executive Secretary

•Phone: (613) 256-6937

•Fax: (613) 256-5457

•Email: info@canadianwritersfoundation.org

Or

•Gilles Frappier

•President

•Phone: (819) 663-2264

•Fax: (819) 663-2179