2024 Edition: Call for Applications

Thanks to the generous contribution of the Desjardins Foundation, the Foundation for
Literacy is pleased to announce the launch of the call for applications for the 2024
edition of the The Go Getters’ bursaries. Literacy organizations and adult education
centers are invited to submit nominations of learners who can serve as role models for
others.

For this 13th edition, 20 scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded to highlight the
perseverance and determination of learners who have continued their learning journey
to enhance their basic skills and improve their living conditions.

2024 Edition: Call for Applications Thanks to the generous contribution of the Desjardins Foundation, the Foundation for Literacy is pleased to announce the launch of the call for applications for the 2024 edition of the The Go Getters bursaries.

Who can participate?

To be eligible, candidates must:

 

  • be over 16 years old and reside in Quebec; have been enrolled in a literacy or basic education program* at an adult education center, community organization, or within a company’s basic training program;
  • have achieved a personal or professional goal related to the completion of this training;
  • have followed an atypical path that can serve as a model for other adults wishing to return to education to improve their reading, writing, and math skills;
  • have an email address through which we can communicate with them;
  • be available and open to producing a promotional video (see examples below), in case the candidate becomes a laureate.

How to submit an application?

Step 1:  You must submit your application by completing the online form before the
deadline. A complete application package must include all of the following:Pour réaliser un projet en alphabétisation.

A text, up to 500 words, written by the endorser, describing;

the learner’s initial motivations;

the obstacles encountered and overcome;

the results achieved and the changes brought about by the acquisition of this new knowledge;

how the candidate’s atypical approach can serve as a model for other adults in similar situations;

A text of 15 to 25 lines or 250 to 300 words written by the candidate, in electronic version, describing how the training has changed their life.

Step 2 : 

The Foundation for Literacy reserves the right to contact individuals or organizations endorsing an application to obtain additional information for the file.

Note: Incomplete applications will not be considered.

It is not mandatory to have completed the training to participate.

*By basic training, we mean a literacy process, pre-secondary, secondary for adults, or vocational training.

Thought out the years 65 people have been awarded a total of 85 500 $ in bursaries. These bursaries have been given to encourage and support people in their journey towards improving themselves and their lives.

Discover the touching portraits of recipients from previous years :

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