She could find good in everything : Philanthropist Barbara McInnes dies at 77
Barbara McInnes, the long-time president of the Ottawa Community Foundation and a member of the Order of Canada, died Thursday at the age of 77.
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Celeste Decaire ·
Posted: Jul 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: July 4
Barbara McInnes was the president of the Ottawa Community Foundation for 27 years before retiring in 2014. She was deeply involved in her community, her family said, and dedicated her life to helping others. (Leah McInnes-Eustace)
One of Ottawa s most respected philanthropists is being remembered for her lifetime of community service.
Barbara McInnes, the long-time president of the Ottawa Community Foundation and a member of the Order of Canada, died Thursday at the age of 77.
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One of her two daughters, Leah McInnes-Eustace, announced McInnes’ death Friday morning, six months after a cancer diagnosis: “At 3:30 a.m. this morning, wrapped in the arms of her daughters, my mom, the incomparable Barb McInnes, took her final breath. Our world is forever changed by her presence in it.”
McInnes helped launch the Ottawa Community Foundation with her father in 1987, then took over its leadership four years later. Through force of personality and sheer determination, she built it into a $100-million charity one of the most important philanthropic organizations in the city by the time she retired in 2014.