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"'We got talking to this person at the Calgary Foundation and they explained to us how they could, in fact, be an intermediary between us and projects,' said [FoS vice-president Eric] Loughead. 'It was kind of one of these mutual things. They were aware of us and we were aware of them. I think we learned of them from one of the other trusts in Calgary and they suggested to us that we talk to the Calgary Foundation. That's where the Science Education Fund was originated.' ... According to Loughead, the Friends of Science administered the fund and when the Friends had projects they wanted to sponsor, they would instruct the Calgary Foundation where to direct the money."
In a statement released by Calgary Foundation in April, 2007, the Foundation acknowledged that the University had returned an unspent SEF grant of $25,000 on September 10, 2007 "due to U of C investigation that found the funds supported a partisan viewpoint on climate change". [http://sourcewatch.org/images/4/4c/Science_Education_Fund_Update_2008.pdf] The same statement revealed that the [[Frontier Centre for Public Policy]] received a grant from the SEF on November 15 for "support of science education." Canwest reported that the FCPP wanted "to produce a climate change video for children in schools". [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=488e13be-893b-41dd-9405-9a75619074a1]FoS scientific advisor Tim Ball is also an FCPP senior fellow. [http://www.fcpp.org/main/people.php?CategoryID=21] The SEF also had a balance of $132,178 as of March 31, 2008, according to the Foundation's 2007-8 Annual Report. [http://www.thecalgaryfoundation.org/documents/TCFAR08FInal_000.pdf]It is not yet known if those funds have been allocated for FCPP projects in 2008-9.
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