The John H. McDonald Journalism Foundation is a Canadian charitable foundation associated with Canadian University Press

Canadian University Press

Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest national student organization in North America. Many...

. The foundation aims to serve all student journalists in Canada with educational programs and opportunities, regardless of whether they work for a CUP member paper or not.

The foundation has received donations from newspaper publishing companies and individual journalists, and has helped to fund national conferences and the creation of style guides and writing guides. It has also created opportunities for writing positions across the country, and held an annual awards ceremony celebrating student journalism. The foundation also hopes to establish mentorship and internship programs in the future.

The foundation was established February 19, 1987 and named after CUP’s first president, John H. McDonald, an editor of The McGill Daily

The McGill Daily

The McGill Daily is a campus newspaper created and run by students of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The paper was first published in 1911.The paper was originally published daily, but is now issued twice a week...

, who won the position in a coin toss.

Past fundraisers

• 1999: Derek
• 2002: Lisa Whittington-Hill
• 2004: Jennifer Henderson
• 2006-07: Amanda McCuaig