What is the Mary Joyce Booth Fund?
The Mary Joyce Booth Fund is administered by Canadian Parents for French (CPF) through the distribution of $500 grants directly to organizations delivering opportunities for youth to learn and use French.
CPF Quebec and Nunavut is happy to award two such grants to local initiatives that promote the use of the French language benefiting youth directly, such as camps, exchanges, extracurricular clubs, and bursaries to attend selected recognized programs.
Who was Mary Joyce Booth?
Dr. Mary Joyce Booth was a devoted and enthusiastic educator, well known in Canadian Parents for French circles for many years before her death on March 22, 2007. She was passionate about promoting French-Second-Language (FSL) education. Dr. Booth was a professor of French in the College of Education, Department of Curriculum Studies, at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. She endlessly supported opportunities for young FSL students. She also provided moral, professional, personal, and financial assistance to all levels of CPF over the years. Her interest in FSL initiatives started early; her passion for language was her life’s work. This award honours her memory.
How to Apply
- Applications will be open until December 8, 2023.
- Recipients will be notified by January 8, 2024.
- To be eligible, the activity or event must must have occurred by March 31, 2024.
- For more information, contact: infoqcnu[at]cpf.ca.