'Influenced by Mrs. Hoodless, Sir William McDonald (a philanthropist) in 1905 announced his intention to found a magnificent college at Ste Anne de Bellevue near Montreal, in affiliation with McGill University, for courses in agriculture and domestic science.'

Ruth Howes, "Adelaide Hoodless, 1857-1910," in The Clear Spirit edited by Mary Quayle Innis, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1966, p.106.