The Foundation

Thank you to all our donors! Our annual fundraising campaign is now complete, and we are pleased to announce that we raised just under $23,000 to support the mission of the Science Centre Foundation. 

This year, we added a special anniversary component: donors who contributed $2,000 had the opportunity to donate 25 tickets to the cause of their choice. 

Thanks to your support, we can continue to inspire scientific curiosity and make science accessible to all.

On November 15, the Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Science Centre with a special day presented by Desjardins. For this day only, visitors enjoyed a 25% discount on admission and benefited from a special program. Scientific demonstrations, educational games, and activities were offered throughout the day in a festive, family-friendly atmosphere. This initiative made science accessible and celebrated the community's commitment to scientific culture. The benefit event raised over $32,000 for the Foundation. 

A huge thank you to our partner for the day, Desjardins, without whom this day would not have been possible.

From October 15 to October 22, 2025, the Foundation held its third virtual auction. This year, more than 110 unique and varied prizes were generously donated by our partners and collaborators, ensuring everyone could find something they loved.

The Foundation warmly thanks all participants who helped make this edition a success, with a total of $23,000 in sales.

Our February 15 event, “Women and Girls in Science”, aligns with this objective. This initiative, in line with the UN Day of the same name, aims to encourage equal participation of women and girls in STEM fields.  

Nearly 35 organizations have come together for this 8th edition, offering captivating demonstrations, workshops and conferences. This year's edition features four different sections spread throughout the Montréal Science Centre: the discovery Space with kiosks, demonstrations in the exhibits, hands-on workshops and conferences. Also new this year: UQÀM science bites in front of the Banquet exhibition.  

The day, which benefits the Science Centre Foundation, is presented by Amazon Web Services in collaboration with UQAM's Faculty of Science. 

Discover our eighth edition: https://bit.ly/FFdS2025 

The Foundation directly funds the development of Science Centre’s interactive exhibitions and school programs using 90% of the funds it raises each year. Le Science Centre features five exhibitions:

• Mini Mondo offers children aged 0 to 7 a fascinating and interactive custom-sized space to explore. The exhibition is designed to teach children about protecting the environment and to learn all about the physical world.
• Fabrik² is a creative workshop space designed to challenge visitors with tasks involving invention and assembly using all sorts of objects. On their own or in teams, visitors of all ages are invited to invent gadgets and assemble them using a collection of odds and ends found in the workshop space.
• Human invites visitors to explore how the human body has been transformed over thousands of years of evolution and understand why and how the human body changes over a lifetime.
• Explore offers visitors a chance to discover the science behind motion, air, light, water, geometry and matter, as well as to experiment with code, in large spaces filled with wonder, discovery, and highly interactive stations.
• Nanualuk offers an interactive expedition to the Great Canadian North. Using a connected object, visitors collect clues and some of the 21 missions in the exhibition, each dealing with a different theme related to life in the Arctic. Set off in pursuit of the legendary Nanualuk polar bear! 

Since its opening, the Science Centre and its team of educational specialists have worked at developing new educational programs in keeping with the cycle levels of Québec students:

• Rock'n' Roll Marbles (Elementary, Cycle 1)

Tourbillon invites children to build marble runs with a collection fun objects. The challenge is to make the marbles travel for the longest time possible!

• Vital Tract - Secret of the Body (Elementary, Cycle 2)

Students explore the amazing human body thanks to giant interactive games and discover the inner workings of the body’s systems, including digestion, respiration, and circulation.

• Shock Wave! (Secondary, Cycle 1)

This workshop asks students to become civil engineers and build an earthquake-resistant building. They learn about protecting those living in high seismic activity areas.

The Foundation grants youths under the age of 18 and from disadvantaged backgrounds free access to the Science Centre’s interactive exhibitions. The program is divided into two sponsorship categories:

• School Group Sponsorship: Each year, the Foundation’s school group sponsorship program helps the Science Centre welcome thousands of youths from disadvantaged backgrounds. In keeping with its mission, the Foundation coordinates group visits from various community organizations, day camps, and hospitals.

• Family Sponsorship: The Foundation’s family sponsorship program offers children an opportunity to get acquainted with science and technology which in turn can increase their chances of pursuing higher education. The Foundation works with organizations that support families struggling with different issues (socioeconomic, domestic violence, children living with an illness, etc.) which in turn select families to receive annual memberships to the Science Centre.

In 2018, the Foundation invested in the development of the first-ever on-the-road program for underserved schools in remote areas of the Montreal area, as well as for special education classes that are otherwise unable to take field trips outside their school.  

MSC on-the-Road decided to offer activities for students outside its walls, specifically targeting groups of children with behavioral, autism spectrum, or communication disorders, classes with students living with multiple disabilities, and schools in Indigenous communities.  

The essence of the project, which is to adapt to the reality of the students and not the other way around, earned the Science Centre the “Télé-Québec — Coup de cœur du jury” award from the Société des musées du Québec (SMQ) in 2019.  

This program is made possible with the financial support of the Trottier Family Foundation and Volvo Canada. 

We express our gratitude to Foundation donors and partners for their generous investments and ongoing support throughout the year 2025. 

It is thanks to their support that the Foundation can continue its work in developing world-class interactives exhibitions and offering meaningful educational programs.

• ABB Canada
• Aéro Montréal
• Annie Bouthillette
• Anthony Metrakos
• Archéomusée de Roussillon
• Benoit Légaré
• CAN - JAN
• Canada Council for the Arts Canada Lands Company Limited    
• Caroline Méroz
• Catherine Sauvé
• CellCarta Biosciences Inc
• Christophe Verrier
• Cirque du Soleil
• Compagnie d’embouteillage Coca-Cola Canada Limitée
• Consultants techniques Technilogic inc.
• Cybèle Robichaud
• Daniel Nadeau
• Danielle Laramée
• Département de didactique de l'UQAM
• Desjardins
• Diving Horse Creations LTD
• Dominic Gagnon
• Eric Donais
• Fondation de Marie-Françoise et Marc Beauchamp  
• Fondation Frontenac - Fonds Pierre Mantha 
• Fondation Nooé 
• Fonds de recherche du Québec
• François Savard
• Frederic Dion
• Génome Québec
• Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
• Groupe Alphard
• Groupe d'éducation et d'écosurveillance de l'eau
• Groupe Trium Inc
• Guy Harvey
• Johanne Belley
• Kaye Melliship
• Kwizinn
• La Grande Roue de Montreal
• Libéo
• L'Oréal Canada
• Maika Tardif
• Marie-Josée Biron
• Marilène Baril
• MDA Space
• Nathalie Martimbeau
• Olivier Demers
• Pascale Lehoux
• Pierre-Marc Mongeau
• Polytechnique Montréal - GéniElles
• Port de Montréal
• Quantum Travaux Civils Inc.
• Robert Howald
• Salammbô Guévin-Hart
• Sara Arsenault
• Services Professionnels Brio Inc
• Sleeman Breweries Ltd.
• Stephen Thomson
• Sylvain Brisebois
• TELUS 
• Trottier Family Foundation
• Ubisoft
• Vincent Regnault
• Volvo Cars Canada

Major Partners

• TELUS
• Amazon Web Services

Partner of the Foundation

• Volvo
• Energir

Collaborative Partners

• Explore Exhibition
  • Ubisoft Education
  • Pratt & Whitney