Charitable Contributions and Awards
Joyce devotes time to numerous charities including the Tim Horton Children's Foundation, which he founded, that sends underprivileged kids to camp each year. Joyce's efforts on behalf of the Foundation earned him the Gary Wright Humanitarian Award in 1991, presented periodically in recognition of the outstanding contributions to the betterment of community life throughout Canada. In recognition primarily for his work with the Foundation, he also received an appointment to the Order of Canada, with the official presentation taking place on October 21, 1992 in Ottawa. Joyce is still the honorary chair of the Tim Horton's Children Foundation, but he says he no longer takes an active role in the charity. Instead, he started his own foundation, The Joyce Foundation, to administer his personal philanthropic work.
In May 1993, Joyce accepted an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1994, he received McGill University's Management Achievement Award. He also holds honorary degrees from Mount Allison and McMaster universities. In November 1996, Ron Joyce became only the second person to ever receive the Canadian Franchise Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
In April 1999, Ron Joyce was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame and in October of the same year, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year for Ontario and Canada.
In June 2005, Joyce donated $10 million dollars towards the construction of a new sports stadium, Ron Joyce Stadium, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, the single largest private donation to a Canadian athletics program to that date. In June 2007, he donated a further $10 million dollars towards McMaster's new Burlington campus, which will house an expansion of the Business program
In November 2005, Joyce was the 2005 Humanitarian Award Recipient by the Canadian Red Cross, Nova Scotia Region for his work with the Tim Horton Children's Foundation and for his continued support of education and health organizations across the world.
In November 2008, he donated $5,000,000 to Mount Allison University to create the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies.
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