{"id":3652,"date":"2023-12-14T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:04:58","slug":"benefaction-awards-for-mpnl-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2023\/benefaction-awards-for-mpnl-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefaction Foundation Supports New Awards for MPNL Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Benefaction Foundation Supports New Awards for MPNL Students\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Karen-HudsonKeithSjo\u0308grenNicolaElkins600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Karen-HudsonKeithSjo\u0308grenNicolaElkins600-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Hudson, Keith Sjo\u0308gren &amp; Nicola Elkins\" class=\"wp-image-3653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Karen-HudsonKeithSjo\u0308grenNicolaElkins600-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Karen-HudsonKeithSjo\u0308grenNicolaElkins600-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Karen-HudsonKeithSjo\u0308grenNicolaElkins600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Hudson (VP of Growth Initiatives at Benefaction), Keith Sjo\u0308gren (Chair of the MPNL Advisory Council) and Nicola Elkins (Founder and CEO of Benefaction).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefaction.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benefaction Foundation<\/a>, a registered charity that helps Canadians and their advisors harness the advantages of strategic giving, announced two, new awards for <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MPNL and DPNL<\/a> students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Benefaction Foundation Travel Fund for the Summer Institute<\/em> ($7,500) assists full-time and part-time students accepted into the DPNL or MPNL program, helping them with travel costs to participate in the program&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/summer-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summer Institute<\/a>, a two-week, in-class series of courses and events on the campus of Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Benefaction Award for Philanthropic Leadership<\/em> ($5,000) is awarded annually to an outstanding, full-time graduate student who&#8217;s entering the MPNL program, with preference given to racialized students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We chose to structure our support in the form of a student bursary and travel fund in recognition that not all students have an equal opportunity to participate in the MPNL program, and we wanted to help make the program more accessible,&#8221; says Karen Hudson, Vice President of Growth Initiatives at Benefaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Through our Philanthropy Fund, Benefaction supports organizations that promote philanthropy and charitable gift planning by fostering knowledge development and encouraging good practice in the charitable sector. We&#8217;re pleased to support the MPNL program and its students.&#8221; &#8211;Karen Hudson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was Keith Sjo\u0308gren (Chair of the MPNL program&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/advisory-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advisory Council<\/a>) who first raised the opportunity for us to get involved,&#8221; Hudson explains. &#8220;We have a tremendous amount of respect for Keith, and have worked with him closely on various projects over the years, so his personal endorsement was key for us. It didn\u2019t take much convincing for us to see the alignment with our values as an organization. We look forward to a continued partnership with the team at Carleton.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Banner photo is courtesy of Kenrick Mills.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/scholarships\">Click here for more about student scholarships &amp; awards.<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefaction Foundation, a registered charity that helps Canadians and their advisors harness the advantages of strategic giving, announced two, new awards for MPNL and DPNL students. 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