Desjardins Foundation Prizes
Desjardins Foundation Prizes
Have an initiative in mind to motivate young people?
We can provide funding so you can make it happen.
Desjardins Foundation Prizes are for driven school and community workers who would like to benefit from up to $3,000 in financial assistance to run initiatives with kindergarten, elementary or high school students.
In 2023
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626 initiatives were supported
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More than $1.7M was awarded for initiatives
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115,500 young people were reached
Application period
The application period runs from October 1 to 31 every year.
Until then, you can get ready by reading the documents below:
Read the 2023 Desjardins Foundation Prizes rules (PDF, 53 KB)
See the information to provide in the application form (PDF, 182 KB)
Important dates
2023
October 1 to 31
Application period
November 1 to 9
Assessment period
November 13 to 24
Desjardins directors, employees and agents vote
Week of December 4
Winners announced
2024
January and February
Prizes awarded
2023 Desjardins Foundation Prize winners
Alberta winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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Rosemont School (Rosemary) | Kametawehk Wici (Cree for Playing a game together) | $3,000 |
Dixonville School (Dixonville) | SWAT - Student Wellness Action Team | $3,000 |
Black Gold Outreach School (Leduc) | Mobile Passive Solar Learning Greenhouse | $3,000 |
Glendale Sciences And Technology School (Red Deer) | Improving community use of the Glendale Forest | $3,000 |
A.E. Bowers Elementary (Airdrie) | French Culture Week Celebrations | $2,750 |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (Lethbridge) | LCI Maker Fest 2024 | $3,000 |
Arden T. Litt Centre For Learning (Grassy Lake) | ATL Theatre Troupe | $3,000 |
Youth Central Society (Calgary) | Youthaplooza! | $3,000 |
Bonnyville Outreach (Bonnyville) | Snack Attack for Student Health | $3,000 |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (Lethbridge) | DIY Arcade Project | $3,000 |
Catholic Central High School (Lethbridge) | CCH Robotics Club Expansion | $3,000 |
Westmount Charter Elementary School (Calgary) | Outdoor Classroom Revitalization | $3,000 |
New Brunswick winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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Capital Region Mental Health & Addictions Association, Inc. (Fredericton) | VolunTeens | $3,000 |
Eleanor W. Graham Middle School (Rexton) | Taking Learning OUTDOORS! | $3,000 |
James M. Hill Memorial High School (Miramichi) | Words that change the world | $3,000 |
Moncton High School (Moncton) | Sanitary upkeeping project | $1,500 |
Sussex Regional High School (Sussex) | Breakfast Club | $3,000 |
Minto Memorial High School (Minto) | Tigers Fitness Club | $3,000 |
Frank L. Bowser School (Riverview) | Embellir la communauté/Embellishing the community | $3,000 |
Edith Cavell School (Moncton) | Eat Differently; Think Differently | $2,925 |
Princess Elizabeth School (Saint John) | Culinary Creations and Woodworking Wonders | $3,000 |
Ontario
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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Pineview Public School (Pembroke) | School Communi-tee | $3,000 |
St. David Catholic Elementary School (Sudbury) | Wonder Wagons | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Saint-Joseph (Niagara Falls) | Un jardin pédagogique pour le bien-être de tous | $3,000 |
P.E. McGibbon Public School (Sarnia) | Health Snack Attack | $3,000 |
The Learning Disabilities Association Of Sudbury (Sudbury) | Come Let's Play | $1,250 |
St. Thomas Aquinas (London) | Breakfast program | $2,000 |
Public Alternative Secondary School Leamington (Leamington) | SC Thirsty Greens | $1,564 |
J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate (Ajax) | Richardson Stormbots | $3,000 |
Learning Centre For Georgina (Keswick) | Eat Healthy - Learn Better | $3,000 |
St. Elizabeth Seton CES Newmarket (Newmarket) | Huger Buster Bins | $3,000 |
St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic School (Ajax) | Taking the Stage at SJB | $3,000 |
St. John XXII (Oshawa) | Primary Literacy Support | $3,000 |
Renfrew County District School Board (Pembroke) | Mackenzie Community School Greenhouse Box Project | $3,000 |
St. Emily CES (Woodbridge) | Healthy minds | $3,000 |
Alternative & Continuing Education Centre (Sarnia) | Enhanced Parenting Credit | $3,000 |
École Félix-Ricard (LIVELY) | Programme de leadership - Félix-Ricard | $3,000 |
The Dam - Develop Assist Mentor (Mississauga) | Youth Leadership Training Program | $3,000 |
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (Toronto) | Girls Healthy Living Group | $3,000 |
Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School (Ajax) | DOC ROBOTICS | $3,000 |
Trenton High School (Trenton) | Cooking for College | $1,750 |
École secondaire Catholique Régionale de Hawkesbury (Hawkesbury) | 2e édition du tournoi régional de tir au poignet | $3,000 |
Twin Lakes Secondary School (Orillia) | Pollinator Gardens | $3,000 |
Cambridge Farm & Forest School (Cambridge) | Gaga Ball for All! | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Publique Madeleine-De-Roybon (Kingston) | Classe verte innovante | $3,000 |
Caradoc Public School (Mount Brydges) | Music to my Ears | $3,000 |
Lincoln Centennial Public School (St. Catharines) | Cooking Club | $2,000 |
Ésc Saint-Frère-André (Toronto) | Ateliers d'improvisation pour tous ! | $2,040 |
École Secondaire Catholique Paul-Desmarais (Ottawa) | Équité, diversité, inclusion Paul-D | $3,000 |
École Secondaire Catholique Collège Catholique Franco-Ouest (Nepean) | Journée entrepreneuriale Jeunesse | $3,000 |
Ésc Saint-Charles-Garnier (Whitby) | Tournoi Régional d'Improvisation | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Sainte-Félicité (Clarence Creek) | Lego en folie | $3,000 |
Timiskaming District Secondary School (New Liskeard) | Wellness Trails | $3,000 |
Trent River Public School (Trenton) | Food For Learning | $3,000 |
North Hastings High School (Bancroft) | Wolf pack Leadership Camp | $3,000 |
Knoxdale Public School (Nepean) | Greening our Life with the Box of Life | $325 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire (Crysler) | Gouvernement des élèves | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Elda-Rouleau (Alexandria) | Apprendre dehors naturellement | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Sainte-Trinité (Rockland) | Protéger notre biodiversité | $3,000 |
École secondaire Catholique de Casselman (Casselman) | Activités pour élèves à besoins spéciaux | $3,000 |
Kingston Secondary School (Kingston) | KSS Food Share Program | $3,000 |
Sioux North District High School (Sioux Lookout) | First Nations Beaded Ribbon Skirt Project | $3,000 |
Kenner Collegiate And Vocational Institute (Peterborough) | Food for thought! | $3,000 |
Holy Names Catholic High School (Windsor) | Indoor Garden | $1,800 |
Cobden District Public School (Cobden) | Beautiful Blankets for a cause | $3,000 |
St. David Catholic Elementary School (Hamilton) | Enhancing Student Engagement via the Trades | $3,000 |
Barbara Reid Elementary Public School (Stouffville) | School Nutrition Program | $3,000 |
Keswick High School (Keswick) | Bring in the Light Artathon | $3,000 |
Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School (Nepean) | Bold Innovative Products by BIP | $3,000 |
St Monica Catholic School (Pickering) | Junior and Intermediate Literacy Intervention | $2,620 |
Sutton District High School (Sutton West) | Warm Welcome Wednesdays | $3,000 |
James Robinson Public School (Markham) | JRPS Healthy Snack Student Leadership Committee | $3,000 |
Sudbury Secondary School (Sudbury) | The Little Mermaid JR | $3,000 |
Mount Joy Public School (Markham) | The 'Joy' of ROBOTICS | $2,858 |
Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute (Vankleek Hill) | Drama Class Murder Mystery Production and Dinner | $3,000 |
Stouffville District Secondary School (Stouffville) | Sense of belonging space | $3,000 |
West Credit Secondary School (Mississauga) | Trading Skills | $3,000 |
Glenforest Secondary School (Mississauga) | LINK (Transitioning to Secondary School) | $3,000 |
Public Alternative Secondary School (Amherstburg) | Tower of Possibilities | $1,564 |
Martin Street Public School (Milton) | Martin Street Public School Fall Fair | $3,000 |
Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School (Newmarket) | Make Your Mark | $1,730 |
North Hastings High School (Bancroft) | Family Feast | $3,000 |
College Avenue Secondary School (Woodstock) | CASS Photobooth | $2,000 |
Coronation Public School (Cambridge) | Community Courtyard | $3,000 |
Marmora Public School (Marmora) | Marmora Public Cooking Club | $2,000 |
École secondaire Franco-Niagara (Welland) | La maison de mes rêves | $3,000 |
École secondaire Catholique École secondaire Monseigneur-Bruyère (London) | Open Kitchen | $3,000 |
Ééc Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys-St.Cath (St. Catharines) | Jardin pollinisateur de l'amitié | $2,500 |
St Michael (Fitzroy) Elementary School (Fitzroy Harbour) | St.Michael Fitzroy 7/8 Mental Health Club | $2,000 |
Central Hastings School (Madoc) | Community Cooking Clubs & Outreach | $3,000 |
Madoc Township Public School (Madoc) | Young Scientists in Action | $2,500 |
Parkland Public School (Sault Ste Marie) | Parkland's Lunch Munch | $2,800 |
École secondaire Catholique Béatrice-Desloges (Orleans) | Journée de rêves | $3,000 |
Glenforest Secondary School (Mississauga) | Glenforest Winter Fun Festival | $3,000 |
W J Langlois Catholic School (Windsor) | Tower Garden Project | $1,500 |
Sir John A Macdonald Collegiate Institute (Toronto) | The Dream Adventures | $3,000 |
École secondaire Catholique de Plantagenet (Plantagenet) | Esprit sain dans un corps sain | $3,000 |
École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier (Sudbury) | OUICare | $3,000 |
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School (Milton) | Breakfast Club | $3,000 |
Blind River Public School (Blind River) | You Belong - A Mental Health Initiative | $3,000 |
Lasalle Secondary School (Sudbury) | YMCA Construction Project–Youth Working for Youth | $3,000 |
Meadowbrook Public School (Newmarket) | The Zen Zone | $2,200 |
St Jude Catholic School (Ajax) | Chess Club Project | $3,000 |
Sutton District High School (Sutton West) | Coffee Cart (Name to be decided by students) | $3,000 |
Holland Landing Public School (Holland Landing) | Hands on, Engagement Up! | $3,000 |
Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute (Smiths Falls) | Spirit of the Drum Powwow Grand Feast | $3,000 |
École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur (Sudbury) | Rouler sans limites! | $3,000 |
École secondaire Catholique Jeunesse-Nord (Blind River) | Programme déjeuner | $3,000 |
Catholic Central High School (London) | Friends of the CCH Community | $3,000 |
École Élémentaire Catholique Sainte-Félicité (Clarence Creek) | Projet de théâtre : Je pars en mission! | $3,000 |
Smithson Public School (Kitchener) | Outdoor Classroom Sensory Wall and STEAM Project | $3,000 |
St Joseph Catholic School (Oshawa) | Classroom Makerspace | $3,000 |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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École Notre-Dame-Du-Sacré-Coeur (Barraute) | À la maternelle, on a les sens en éveil! | $2,500 |
École Saint-Gabriel (Ville-Marie) | Leaders Actifs | $3,000 |
École Saint-Gabriel (Ville-Marie) | Bouger pour se développer | $3,000 |
Cité étudiante Polyno (La Sarre) | Friperie | $3,000 |
École Secondaire D'Amos (Amos) | La Polymère - matériels scolaires | $2,000 |
École secondaire D'Amos (Amos) | Un livre à la fois! | $3,000 |
Cité étudiante Polyno (La Sarre) | Un jardin hydroponique en classe. | $3,000 |
École Morency de Trécesson (Amos) | Classe extérieure | $3,000 |
École du Carrefour (Latulipe) | Le tipi de la réconciliation | $3,000 |
École de La Grande-Ourse (Rouyn-Noranda) | Une forêt pour apprendre | $2,500 |
École Marcel-Raymond (Lorrainville) | Biblio à ma pointure ! | $2,500 |
École Le Prélude (Rouyn-Noranda) | Ottawa nous voilà! | $3,000 |
Bas-Saint-Laurent winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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École Clair-Matin (Lejeune) | Bedons pleins, poubelles affamées! | $2,000 |
École Saint-Bruno (Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska) | La Serre des Petits Brûlots | $3,000 |
École des Hauts-Plateaux-de-Marie-Élisabeth (Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski) | La boîte à outils | $3,000 |
Maison des Jeunes de Rimouski (Rimouski) | Voyage éducatif à Québec | $3,000 |
École Saint-Joseph (Pohénégamook) | Serre hydroponique pédagogique | $3,000 |
École des Vieux-Moulins (Saint-Hubert-Rivière-Du-Loup) | Des aliments frais, c'est bien meilleur! | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Ursule (Amqui) | Le potager mobile | $3,000 |
École des Hauts-Plateaux (Saint-Gabriel-De-Rimouski) | Gala Mini Stars | $2,000 |
École secondaire de Trois-Pistoles (Trois-Pistoles) | Échange École Secondaire de Trois-Pistoles 2024 | $3,000 |
École Secondaire de Rivière-Du-Loup (Rivière-Du-Loup) | Combats d'arène - Lego Spike | $3,000 |
École des Jolis-Vents (Saint-Cyprien) | Démystifions la différence | $1,000 |
École Noël-Fortin (Matane) | Voyage voyage... la fin de notre parcours primaire! | $3,000 |
École Roy Et Joly (Rivière-Du-Loup) | Spectacle de chansons québécoises | $3,000 |
École La Croisée (Rivière-Du-Loup) | La Croisée à la Bouffe Pop | $3,000 |
École secondaire de Rivière-Du-Loup (Rivière-Du-Loup) | L'Atelier & Co. : Du bac au sac ! | $3,000 |
École secondaire Chanoine-Beaudet (Saint-Pascal) | De la pousse à l'assiette | $3,000 |
École primaire de Dégelis (Dégelis) | Aventure en Nature | $3,000 |
École secondaire de Rivière-Du-Loup (Rivière-Du-Loup) | ExplorAction - Profil Plein air | $3,000 |
École Polyvalente La Pocatière (La Pocatière) | Adapte ton sac | $3,000 |
École des Cheminots (Price) | Éveil musical | $3,000 |
École de L'Aquarelle (Rimouski) | L'année scolaire: une montagne à franchir! | $2,500 |
École secondaire de Trois-Pistoles (Trois-Pistoles) | Aventure en nature pour décrocher des écrans | $2,425 |
École secondaire du Transcontinental (Pohénégamook) | Projet Evert : culture écologique et éducative | $3,000 |
École du Grand-Pavois (Rimouski) | Salon du livre de Saint-Yves | $3,000 |
Capitale-Nationale winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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École secondaire Jean de Brébeuf (Québec) | Développer la fierté de parler une langue | $3,000 |
Cours Ta Réussite (Québec) | Cours ta réussite | $3,000 |
CSS Portneuf (Saint-Raymond) | La classe extérieure : mon cerveau prend l'air! | $3,000 |
Au Trait D'Union Québec (Québec) | De tes efforts à tes rêves! | $3,000 |
École Marie-Reine (Saint-Hilarion) | Comptoir à collation | $3,000 |
École Sir Rodolphe-Forget (BAIE-SAINT-PAUL) | Cuisine pour ta Communauté | $3,000 |
École Laure-Gaudreault (Clermont) | Une ludothèque pour apprendre en s'amusant! | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Marie-et-du-Goéland (Saint-Marc-des-Carrières) | Les stimulateurs de cerveaux | $3,000 |
Fondation Sourdine (Québec) | Les jeunes entrepreneurs de l'École oraliste | $3,000 |
École primaire L'Arbrisseau (Québec) | Des sourires et des mots | $1,500 |
École Montagnac de la Montagne (Lac-Beauport) | Les jardiniers en herbe de la maternelle 4 ans | $3,000 |
École de La Pléiade (Québec) | Apprendre en s'amusant | $3,000 |
École des Beaux-Prés et de La Pionnière (Beaupré) | Pour l'amour des livres | $3,000 |
École Régionale des Quatre-Saisons (Québec) | Studio Mix 4-Saisons | $3,000 |
École secondaire Roger-Comtois (Québec) | Des arts grâce à la cricut | $1,074 |
École Saint-Albert-Le-Grand (Québec) | Gardiens de lecture | $3,000 |
École Saint-Malo (Québec) | En maternelle 4 ans, on apprend en s'amusant! | $3,000 |
École de La Chaumière (Québec) | À la découverte de nos apprentissages | $3,000 |
École primaire de La Grande-Vallée (Saint-Raymond) | Comité classe | $2,000 |
École primaire de La Grande-Vallée (Saint-Raymond) | Boutures en folie | $2,000 |
École du Bateau-Blanc (Saint-Casimir) | Apprendre autrement | $2,000 |
École Dominique-Savio (Québec) | Les petits artistes illustrent leur école | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Geneviève (Québec) | De tout cœur, on découvre des auteurs! | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Marie-Et-Du-Goéland (Saint-Marc-Des-Carrières) | la magie du plein air!!! | $3,000 |
École L'Odyssée (Québec) | Star Odyssée | $3,000 |
École des Jeunes-Du-Monde (Québec) | Je lis...tu lis...nous lisons! | $3,000 |
École Secondaire du Plateau (La Malbaie) | Sortie découvertes | $3,000 |
École Saint-Paul-Apôtre (Québec) | Petits chefs heureux | $3,000 |
École Secondaire du Plateau (La Malbaie) | Sysmik 8132, Compétition First Robotique 2024 | $3,000 |
École Secondaire Mont-Saint-Sacrement (Saint-Gabriel-De-Valcartier) | Mont-Jardin | $2,000 |
Collège Stanislas (Campus Sillery) (Québec) | LES FANTÔMES DE QUÉBEC | $3,000 |
École de La Courvilloise (Québec) | Comité Reconnaissance | $3,000 |
École de Château-D'Eau (Québec) | Escouade sensorielle | $900 |
École du Trivent (Sainte-Brigitte-De-Laval) | La programmation au profit de l'apprentissage ! | $3,000 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Québec) | Ici on sème | $3,000 |
Collège des Hauts Sommets (Saint-Tite-Des-Caps) | Achat de matériel de sciences et plein air. | $3,000 |
École secondaire Vanier (Québec) | À cheval vers ma réussite! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Albert-Le-Grand (Québec) | Projet entrepreneurial | $1,000 |
École secondaire Privée François-Bourrin (Québec) | Bourrin en fête ! | $3,000 |
École des Sentiers-et-de-la-Riveraine (Portneuf) | 360° sur la BD | $3,000 |
École Internationale de Saint-Sacrement (Québec) | Construction d'un coin bloc créatif | $2,903 |
École du Bourg-Royal-Et-Du-Châtelet (Québec) | Un << Guéritout >> pour tous les petits bobos! | $400 |
École du Bourg-Royal-Et-Du-Châtelet (Québec) | Écrire pour être LU ! | $500 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Québec) | Un peu de tout, un peu de nous! | $2,000 |
École Marguerite-Bourgeoys (Québec) | Donjons et Dragons: Deviens une légende! | $1,000 |
École À L'Orée-Des-Bois (Québec) | Jouer pour mieux apprendre | $3,000 |
Centre Éducatif Saint-Aubin (Baie-Saint-Paul) | Apprendre autrement : assis au sol | $3,000 |
École primaire de Portneuf (Cap-Santé) | Cooking Club/Club de Cuisine | $3,000 |
École D'Éducation Internationale Filteau (Québec) | Comédie musicale | $3,000 |
École Sacré-Cœur (Québec) | Les projets spéciaux de l'école Sacré-Cœur | $3,000 |
École de La Courvilloise (Québec) | En route vers Montréal! | $3,000 |
Centre-du-Québec winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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École Sainte-Julie (Laurierville) | Stimuler la créativité pour harmoniser nos récrés! | $3,000 |
École la Source (Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard) | Biblio-Ludothèque au service des élèves | $3,000 |
École Explorami (Bécancour) | Les bracelets d'amitié | $3,000 |
École secondaire de la découverte (Saint-Léonard-d'Aston) | Le marché de Noël | $1,500 |
École Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Lefebvre) | À l'école, on cultive le bonheur... | $3,000 |
École Paradis (Baie-Du-Febvre) | Un sac à la fois | $3,000 |
École Polyvalente La Samare (Plessisville) | Immersion en milieu autochtone | $3,000 |
École Maurault-Vincent Lemire (Pierreville) | Dégustons ensemble le respect et la bienveillance | $3,000 |
École secondaire Le Tandem Albert-Morissette (Victoriaville) | Un jardin (accessibilité universelle) Leader+ | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys (Victoriaville) | Projet Citoyens de demain | $3,000 |
Écoles Intégrées Explorami-Terre-Des-Jeunes-Boutons-D'Or (Bécancour) | Du leadership au dépassement de soi | $3,000 |
École secondaire Jean-Nicolet (Nicolet) | Le Zénith | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Bon-Conseil (Notre-Dame-Du-Bon-Conseil) | Apprendre à cuisiner pour soi et pour les autres | $3,000 |
École secondaire La Découverte (Saint-Léonard-D'Aston) | Brigade des Arts de l'E.S.L.D. | $3,000 |
École Marie-Sophie (Sainte-Sophie-De-Lévrard) | Visite du CPE chez toi chez moi en classe | $3,000 |
École secondaire Les Seigneuries (Saint-Pierre-Les-Becquets) | Survie en forêt: la débrouillardise de l'avant! | $2,400 |
École La Poudrière (Drummondville) | Ma classe-musée! | $3,000 |
École Arc-En-Ciel (Sainte-Monique) | Ensemble pour l'environnement | $3,000 |
École secondaire La Découverte (Saint-Léonard-D'Aston) | Cultiver l'entraide | $3,000 |
École Arc-En-Ciel (Sainte-Monique) | Laissons notre empreinte | $449 |
École de La Marconi (Drummondville) | La friperie perdue | $3,000 |
Collège Saint-Bernard (Drummondville) | Les petits bots de bonheur | $2,000 |
École Bruyère et Saint-Charles (Drummondville) | La comédie musicale | $3,000 |
Chaudière-Appalaches winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
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École secondaire Guillaume-Couture (Lévis) | Compétition de robotique Zone01 | $3,000 |
École Vision Beauce (Sainte-Marie) | Une VISION immersive pour nos tout-petits! | $3,000 |
Maison de La Famille Rive-Sud (Lévis) | Quand je serai grand... | $3,000 |
École Charles Rodrigue et Pixel (Lévis) | Atelier intergénérationnel | $3,000 |
École Les Moussaillons (Lévis) | Création de livres audio! | $1,330 |
École Beaurivage (Saint-Agapit) | Studio d'enregistrement | $3,000 |
École des Appalaches (Sainte-Justine) | La tanière | $1,500 |
École Clair-Soleil (Lévis) | Jeux savants - je sais que je peux! | $2,200 |
École Notre-Dame-D'Etchemin (Lévis) | Le jardin enchanté | $2,500 |
Collège de Lévis (Lévis) | Défi Plein-Air | $3,000 |
École Dominique Savio (Stratford) | Cirque | $3,000 |
École primaire Les Sittelles (Saint-Georges) | La course colorée | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame (Lévis) | S'épanouir par le plein air | $3,000 |
Centre d'éducation des adultes l'Escale (Thetford Mines) | Friperie gratuite (centre de dons) | $1,500 |
École secondaire Pamphile-Le May (Sainte-Croix) | Des activités pour motiver et progresser! | $3,000 |
École Provencher (Saint-Anselme) | Bacs de culture | $2,500 |
École Maribel (Sainte-Marie) | Joyeux rassemblement du CSSBE 1re édition | $3,000 |
Polyvalente des Abénaquis (Saint-Prosper) | Découvre le chef qui est en toi! | $3,000 |
École Morissette (Sainte-Claire) | Ensemble, tissons notre diversité! | $3,000 |
Centre d'éducation des adultes l'Escale (Thetford Mines) | Le cœur et les mains à la pâte! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Joseph (Lévis) | Jeunes maraîchers gourmands 2.0 | $3,000 |
École des Hauts-Sommets (Sainte-Perpétue) | Hauts-Sommets du Dek Hockey | $3,000 |
École secondaire Louis-Jacques-Casault (Montmagny) | Éco-rénove | $1,999 |
École Saint-Louis (Thetford Mines) | L'apprentissage par le jeu ! | $3,000 |
École secondaire de L'Horizon (Lévis) | Beautés Fatales | $3,000 |
École Saint-Dominique (Lévis) | Les ateliers de gestion des émotions | $955 |
Collège de Lévis (Lévis) | L'espace zen | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame d'Etchemin (Lévis) | Diffuser la flamme... de la lecture! | $3,000 |
École Marcelle-Mallet (Lévis) | Action citoyenne/Grand nettoyage des Berges Lévis | $3,000 |
École de L'Envol (Saint-Malachie) | Sensation ski ! | $2,838 |
École Harmonie (Saint-Georges) | Les moments ludiques | $2,500 |
École de Léry-Monseigneur-de Laval (Beauceville) | Tour pour nourrir | $3,000 |
École Saint-Dominique (Lévis) | St-Do Show, spectacle de talents | $3,000 |
Côte-Nord winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Saint-Coeur-de-Marie (Baie-Comeau) | Une bouchée d'entraide | $1,000 |
École Lestrat (Havre-Saint-Pierre) | Récréations musicales | $1,100 |
École Richard (Chute-aux-Outardes) | Semaine de la lecture | $2,630 |
École Saint-Alexandre (Port-Cartier) | Bouger sous la pluie | $3,000 |
École Mecatina (Gros-Mécatina) | Mecatina Community Cooking Club | $3,000 |
École Jaanimmarik (Kuujjuaq) | semaine culturelle | $3,000 |
Polyvalente des Baies (Baie-Comeau) | Les Rencontres étudiantes du Cinéma à Baie-Comeau | $3,000 |
École Marie-Immaculée (Les Escoumins) | Créations artisanales ÉMI | $3,000 |
École Gamache (Sept-Îles) | J'anime mon école | $1,000 |
École secondaire Serge-Bouchard (Baie-Comeau) | Service de collations pour les écoles primaires | $3,000 |
École Arsaniq (Kangiqsujuaq) | Projet Agriculture - École Arsaniq | $3,000 |
École du Boisé (Sept-Îles) | Jeunesse & Sagesse | $1,600 |
École secondaire Queen Elizabeth (Sept-Îles) | Culinary Creativity | $3,000 |
Estrie winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Notre-Dame de Fatima (Lac-Mégantic) | Jardin intérieur pour complément de repas santé | $3,000 |
École de La Source (Nantes) | Le show inspirant | $3,000 |
École secondaire de L'Escale (Val-Des-Sources) | On CFER des podcasts | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Anne (Sherbrooke) | Christmas Market- projet d'implication communautaire | $2,000 |
École du Soleil-Levant (Sherbrooke) | Projet théâtre Don Quichotte | $3,000 |
École Secondaire du Tournesol (Windsor) | Un local vivant pour nos comités!!! | $3,000 |
École Brassard-Saint-Patrice (Magog) | Du plaisir et accessibilité à tous! | $3,000 |
École primaire de Cookshire (Cookshire-Eaton) | CES Bop Academy! | $3,000 |
École Desjardins (Sherbrooke) | Journée blanche/ base de plein air André-Nadeau | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire (Sherbrooke) | La micropulperie deuxième vie | $700 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Paradis (Dudswell) | On met tous la main à la pâte! | $3,000 |
École de La Montée (Sherbrooke) | Célébrons fièrement la différence | $3,000 |
École de La Passerelle (Waterville) | L’amour des maths au bout des doigts! | $3,000 |
École Monseigneur-Durand (Coaticook) | Préparer des collations pour nos amis | $3,000 |
École de Sainte-Cécile (Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton) | De la librairie à la maison... | $3,000 |
École Plein Soleil (Association Coopérative) (Sherbrooke) | Board games (learn while having fun) | $1,000 |
École secondaire de L'Escale (Val-Des-Sources) | La Clinique: Ateliers d'apprentissages pratiques | $2,600 |
École secondaire de L'Escale (Val-Des-Sources) | Suivi de l'état de santé des Trois-Lacs | $3,000 |
École Saint-Camille (Cookshire-Eaton) | Redécouvrir les plaisirs d'hiver ! | $3,000 |
École secondaire de L'Escale (Val-Des-Sources) | Café de réparation de l'Escale | $3,000 |
École secondaire de La Ruche (Magog) | Les pros de la caméra | $3,000 |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur (Grande-Entrée) | Amélioration du coin "Jeux symboliques" | $3,000 |
École Bon-Pasteur (Grande-Rivière) | Dépassement de soi en pleine nature | $3,000 |
Centre de formation de la Côte-de-Gaspé (L'Envol) | Jeudis actifs | $3,000 |
École de Gabriel-Le Courtois (Sainte-Anne-Des-Monts) | Mes goûts, mes projets ! | $3,000 |
École Polyvalente de Paspébiac (Paspébiac) | Club de Déjeuners Polyvalente de Paspébiac | $3,000 |
École des Quatre-Temps (Nouvelle) | La shop à bois | $3,000 |
École Stella-Maris (Fatima) | ARS Entreprise | $2,000 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Bonaventure) | Projet "Science-Secours" | $3,000 |
École Bourg (Carleton-sur-Mer) | Bienvenue dans notre classe! | $1,000 |
Lanaudière winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
La Maison des Jeunes de L'Assomption (L'Assomption) | Rencontre Impro-bable | $3,000 |
Maison des jeunes de Lavaltrie (Lavaltrie) | Club Photo | $3,000 |
École Armand-Corbeil (Terrebonne) | manger santé | $2,000 |
École primaire de L'Aubier (Saint-Lin-Laurentides) | Comédie musicale : le magicien d'Oz | $2,573 |
École de La Source (Mascouche) | Stimulez les fonctions exécutives par le jeu :) | $2,500 |
École Bernard-Corbin (Terrebonne) | La journée ROSE à Bernard-Corbin | $800 |
École Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur (Repentigny) | Pluie de perles | $3,000 |
École de la Paix (Repentigny) | Quand la communauté s’investit dans l’éducation | $2,500 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Saint-Sulpice) | CommunIPAD | $3,000 |
École primaire des Cascades (Rawdon) | Petits cuistots au boulot! | $3,000 |
École de L'Odyssée (Terrebonne) | Soirée des finissants | $3,000 |
École Henri-Bourassa Et Soleil-De-L'Aube (Repentigny) | Un voyage pour apprendre... autrement! | $3,000 |
École Au Point-Du-Jour (L'Assomption) | Chorale de Noël PDJ | $3,000 |
École de L'Odyssée (Terrebonne) | À l'Odyssée, on livre! | $3,000 |
École du Soleil-Levant (Mascouche) | Carnaval | $3,000 |
École Saint-Guillaume (L'Épiphanie) | Je vis ma Bibli | $3,000 |
École Barthélemy-Joliette (Joliette) | Le show ESBJ présente: Le chant du cygne | $3,000 |
École Tournesol (Repentigny) | Hockey cosom parascolaire | $3,000 |
Centre la Croisée (Repentigny) | Le Petit Délice | $3,000 |
École Henri-Bourassa et Soleil-De-L'Aube (Repentigny) | Bibliothèque mobile | $3,000 |
École des Sommets (Mascouche) | La popotte intégrante | $3,000 |
École primaire Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Saint-Michel-Des-Saints) | jardin botanique Éco-plantes | $3,000 |
École primaire de La Source (Lavaltrie) | Luminaction | $3,000 |
École du Préambule (Saint-Charles-Borromée) | Papilles et neurones | $3,000 |
École primaire des Mésanges (Joliette) | Dehors pour apprendre et jouer à faire semblant | $3,000 |
École La Tourterelle (Repentigny) | Unis par le sport, au-delà des différences! | $1,450 |
Centre multiservice des Samares (Joliette) | Les pieds en nature | $3,000 |
CALACS La Chrysalide (Centre d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel) | Capsule dévoilement | $3,000 |
École primaire Sainte-Bernadette (Notre-Dame-De-Lourdes) | Les pouces verts | $1,500 |
École primaire Lorenzo-Gauthier (Saint-Charles-Borromée) | Le Club construc-action | $3,000 |
Laurentides winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
Persévérons ensemble (Boisbriand) | Toucher le sommet | $3,000 |
La Maison des Jeunes de Mirabel (Mirabel) | Tout pour ma réussite scolaire | $3,000 |
École Madeleine de Verchères (Terrebonne) | Les arts du Cirque | $3,000 |
Amie du Quartier (Saint-Jérôme) | Capsule Radio | $3,000 |
La Maison de La Famille des Pays-d'en-Haut (Sainte-Adèle) | Aide à l'apprentissage et cuisine, 6-12 ans | $3,000 |
École Liberté-Jeunesse (Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac) | Larecette du bonheur | $3,000 |
École Saint-Julien (Lachute) | Classe extérieure | $3,000 |
École Horizon-Du-Lac (Sainte-Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac) | L'entrepreneuriat grâce à une serre hydroponique | $3,000 |
École secondaire Augustin-Norbert-Morin (Sainte-Adèle) | Websérie La DeMOIs'aile ANM | $3,000 |
Polyvalente des Monts (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | Mois de l'autisme | $3,000 |
École des Perséides (Pointe-Calumet) | Le goût de lire | $2,000 |
Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (Deux-Montagnes) | Développer un sentiment d'appartenance au milieu. | $3,000 |
École de Fontainebleau (Blainville) | On ouvre nos horizons pour plus de motivation | $3,000 |
École Saint-Eugène (Mont-Laurier) | La pédagogie en nature | $3,000 |
École secondaire Curé-Mercure (Mont-Tremblant) | Persévérance scolaire pour les élèves vulnérables | $1,500 |
École Notre-Dame-De-La-Sagesse (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | Le jardin de l'avenir | $3,000 |
École des Perséides (Pointe-Calumet) | Manger bien à petit prix et pour tous | $3,000 |
École Clair Matin (Saint-Eustache) | Bougeons en travaillant | $3,000 |
École Secondaire D'Oka (Oka) | Unis verts | $3,000 |
École Chante-Au-Vent (Sainte-Adèle) | Manger pour jouer | $3,000 |
École La Relève (La Minerve) | Nager pour partir du bon pied/ Nager pour survivre | $2,807 |
École de La Croisée-Des-Champs (Mirabel) | Pop académie | $2,000 |
École secondaire des Patriotes (Saint-Eustache) | Projet Alvéole | $3,000 |
École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse (Saint-Jérôme) | Projet céramique | $3,000 |
École Polyvalente Saint-Joseph (Mont-Laurier) | Un bout de chemin ensemble! | $3,000 |
École Arc-En-Ciel (Saint-Eustache) | Un tremplin pour être bien ! | $3,000 |
École secondaire Jean-Jacques-Rousseau (Boisbriand) | Mentorat par les pairs | $1,500 |
École Prévost (Saint-Jérôme) | Profil sportif pour les 5e et 6e année | $3,000 |
École Dubois (Saint-Jérôme) | Une classe flexible stimulante | $3,000 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Lac-Des-Écorces) | Projet plein air phase 1 | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame (Saint-Eustache) | La brigade culinaire de Notre-Dame | $1,900 |
École du Parchemin (Mirabel) | La boîte à jouer | $3,000 |
École Sans-Frontières (Saint-Jérôme) | Sacs qui réchauffent le cœur | $2,500 |
École des Jardins-Des-Patriotes (Saint-Eustache) | Projet d'aide alimentaire | $2,500 |
Polyvalente des Monts (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | J'expose dans mon école | $3,000 |
École Fleur-Des-Neiges (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | Mars et ses recettes en vedette | $2,000 |
Polyvalente des Monts (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | Projet de Couture | $3,000 |
École Fleur-Des-Neiges (Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts) | La lecture partagée pour me faire progresser | $1,500 |
Laval winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
La Fondation Le Baluchon (Laval) | Salon du livre jeunesse du Baluchon (SLJB) | $3,000 |
École secondaire Calixa-Lavallée (Montréal) | Un livre québécois pour tous | $3,000 |
École Le Baluchon (Laval) | Jouer et s'amuser | $3,000 |
École Le Baluchon (Laval) | Classe blanche du Pavillon du Baluchon ! | $2,975 |
École Fleur-De-Vie (Laval) | Projet local du bien-être | $3,000 |
École Demers (Laval) | Un jardin en milieu scolaire | $3,000 |
Collège Citoyen (Laval) | Concours de slam et de poésie | $1,875 |
École Les-Quatre-Vents (Laval) | Un vent de vert | $3,000 |
École secondaire Calixa-Lavallée (Montréal) | Le Périple migratoire de Nos Nouveaux Compatriotes | $3,000 |
École La Source (Laval) | Découvrons ensemble | $3,000 |
Centre de qualification professionnelle et d'entrepreneuriat de Laval (Laval) | Coop micro fraîcheur | $3,000 |
École L'Odyssée-Des-Jeunes (Laval) | Robotique en adapt! | $3,000 |
Mauricie winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Saint-Joseph (Shawinigan) | Douces Bouchées Vitaminées | $3,000 |
École Omer-Jules-Désaulniers (Yamachiche) | Des ateliers pour motiver! | $3,000 |
École des Phénix, Centre de services de l’Énergie (Shawinigan) | Fabrique Éco "Bon-bons" | $3,000 |
École Laviolette (Trois-Rivières) | Ludothèque | $3,000 |
École primaire Louiseville (Louiseville) | Du cinéma à l'école | $3,000 |
École Les Terrasses (Trois-Rivières) | Susciter l'intérêt pour la lecture chez les élèves | $3,000 |
Institut secondaire Keranna (Trois-Rivières) | Projet à 10$ | $340 |
École des Bâtisseurs (Shawinigan) | Ta Voix, programme techno/médiatique | $3,000 |
École Marie-Leneuf (Trois-Rivières) | Jardin hydroponique | $3,000 |
Académie Les Estacades (Trois-Rivières) | Culture PAV | $2,000 |
École Sainte-Thérèse (Trois-Rivières) | les petits cuistots | $3,000 |
École secondaire Paul-Le Jeune (Saint-Tite) | Une radio scolaire pour tous! | $3,000 |
École Seskitin-Wemotaci (Wemotaci) | Sortie éducative à Montréal | $3,000 |
Montérégie winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Jean XXIII (La Prairie) | La célébration des auteurs ! | $2,000 |
École Monseigneur A M Parent (Saint-Hubert) | Les ateliers de Monseigneur | $3,000 |
École de la Mosaïque (Longueuil) | Apprivoiser la scène pour vaincre sa timidité | $3,000 |
Centre d'éducation des adultes Châteauguay (Châteauguay) | Traiteur Bonheur des saveurs | $3,000 |
Maison des Jeunes Saint-Constant (Saint-Constant) | Nos Cultures en Mosaïque | $2,150 |
École des Monarques (Granby) | Récréations scientifiques en classe extérieures | $3,000 |
École Saint-Jean (Granby) | À quoi ça va me servir d'apprendre cela& | $3,000 |
École des Colibris et École Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | Les marionnettes de l'estime de soi | $1,550 |
École du Zénith (Shefford) | Le balado littéraire du Zénith | $3,000 |
École Jean XXIII (La Prairie) | Ateliers culinaires | $3,000 |
École secondaire des Échos (Vaudreuil-Dorion) | HORTI-LAB | $3,000 |
École secondaire Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | Classe extérieure | $3,000 |
Groupe Scout LaChaîne Farnham (Farnham) | Camporée scout de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | $3,000 |
École secondaire Antoine-Brossard (Brossard) | Partager des parcours passionnants | $3,000 |
École Fernand-Séguin (Candiac) | Journées thématiques mensuelles | $3,000 |
École du Pélican (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Théâtre à DU Pélican | $3,000 |
École Saint-Romuald (Farnham) | Un photo-roman magique | $600 |
École Monseigneur-Desranleau (Bedford) | Emploi étudiant | $3,000 |
École Gérard-Filion (Longueuil) | Initiation aux sports de glisse /ski alpin | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Un livre pour tous | $1,500 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Marcher et cuisiner, ça rime avec santé ! | $3,000 |
École Régionale Brenda Milner (Châteauguay) | Le Rendez-Vous Main dans la main pour demain | $2,800 |
École Sainte-Agnès (Salaberry-De-Valleyfield) | Jardin entrepreneurial | $3,000 |
Polyvalente Hyacinthe-Delorme (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Radio étudiante | $3,000 |
École Saint-Hugues - Saint-Marcel (Saint-Marcel) | Lire, rire et découvrir | $3,000 |
École de La Petite-Gare (La Prairie) | Découvrons les insectes | $2,000 |
École de L'Orée-Des-Cantons (Waterloo) | Lis, rêve et discute! | $3,000 |
Polyvalente Hyacinthe-Delorme (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Découverte des métiers reliés à l'horticulture | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Famille (Granby) | L'école du rock ! | $3,000 |
École Napoléon-Bourassa (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Cultive ton avenir | $3,000 |
École secondaire de La Cité-Des-Jeunes (Vaudreuil-Dorion) | Plateaux de travail ESCJ | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Famille (Granby) | Triathlon de groupe | $2,250 |
École Paul-Germain-Ostiguy (Saint-Césaire) | En route pour l'autonomie! | $3,000 |
École des Prés-Verts (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Dynamise ta classe | $3,000 |
École Saint-Vincent (Saint-Césaire) | Je TE vois, je suis là pour TOI! | $2,500 |
École Paul-Germain-Ostiguy (Saint-Césaire) | Le balado de PGO | $3,000 |
École du Phénix (Granby) | Les muffins-fun ! | $2,000 |
École secondaire Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | À la rescousse des arbres fruitiers autochtones | $3,000 |
École Jolivent (Beloeil) | Classe-Neige à l'école | $3,000 |
École Jean-Jacques-Bertrand (Farnham) | Raconte-moi le livre | $2,030 |
École Monseigneur-Douville (Farnham) | Bar à jeux ludiques éducatifs d'Ariane et Amélie | $3,000 |
École L'Envolée (Granby) | Compagnie de conseils et d'entraide *Notre bulle* | $3,000 |
École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc (Granby) | Découpe-moi un jeu! | $3,000 |
École Lajeunesse (Longueuil) | La brigade | $3,000 |
École primaire Ormstown (Ormstown) | Outdoor Classroom | $3,000 |
École L'Envolée (Granby) | Activité passion - Cuisine | $3,000 |
École Saint-Paul (Beauharnois) | Le projet Viréo | $3,000 |
École Secondaire Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | Espace Zen | $3,000 |
École Wilfrid-Léger (Waterloo) | semis de plantes potagères en classe | $1,200 |
École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc (Granby) | Aménagement comestible | $3,000 |
École Saint-Sacrement (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Du sport, on en mange! | $3,000 |
École Pointe-Olivier (Saint-Mathias-Sur-Richelieu) | Make reading fun! | $3,000 |
École Secondaire Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | Laboratoire de régulation émotionnelle | $2,000 |
École Henri-Bachand (Saint-Liboire) | La Secrète | $3,000 |
École des Bourlingueurs (Sainte-Catherine) | Bien-être aux Bourlingueurs! | $3,000 |
École de Richelieu (Richelieu) | Armoire pour nos neurones | $3,000 |
École de L'Envolée (Saint-Amable) | Jardin hydroponique Vireo | $3,000 |
École de La Chantignole (Bromont) | L'enrichissement, c'est vibrant! | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Des livres en anglais s'il vous plaît ! | $3,000 |
École des Passereaux (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Zoothérapie | $3,000 |
École Saint-Bernard (Granby) | Les superhéros de la lecture | $3,000 |
École Bois-Joli - Sacré-Cœur (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Innovons nos récréations! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Sacrement (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Trousses ludiques | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Famille (Granby) | Livre de recettes interculturelles | $3,000 |
École Samuel-de Champlain (Brossard) | Soyons vites sur nos patins! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Sacrement (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Les arts, la langue des émotions! | $3,000 |
École Roxton Pond (Roxton Pond) | La cour s'anime | $3,000 |
Polyvalente Robert-Ouimet (Acton Vale) | Fabriquer du plaisir | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Art et engagement communautaire | $3,000 |
École Martel (Saint-Joseph-De-Sorel) | Québec: Une ville et une occasion d'apprendre! | $3,000 |
École de La Haute-Ville (Granby) | Les articles de cuisine des Passerelles | $2,500 |
École Auclair (Saint-Lazare) | Je construis mon savoir mathématique! | $3,000 |
École Saint-René (Mercier) | Projet entrepreneurial de financement | $2,000 |
École de Ramezay (Marieville) | La zoothérapie pour accompagner nos élèves | $3,000 |
École de La Haute-Ville (Granby) | Économie circulaire Jardin de la Haute-Ville | $3,000 |
École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc (Granby) | Le traiteur CFER | $3,000 |
École Cedar Street (Beloeil) | Un coin pour favoriser de nouvelles amitiés | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Actifs/attentifs | $3,000 |
École Monseigneur-Douville (Farnham) | Différencier grâce aux ateliers | $2,500 |
École primaire Butler (Bedford) | Nature Nerding | $3,000 |
École Monseigneur-Desranleau (Bedford) | Des ruches à l'école | $2,800 |
École George-Étienne-Cartier (Longueuil) | Les retrouvailles | $3,000 |
École Bois-Joli - Sacré-Cœur (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Ensemble nous pouvons changer les choses! | $3,000 |
Polyvalente Robert-Ouimet (Acton Vale) | Compost volet vert | $3,000 |
École Orientante L'Impact (Boucherville) | La classe flexible de mathématiques | $3,000 |
École Bruno-Choquette (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Club du petit déjeuner | $3,000 |
École Lionel-Groulx (Longueuil) | Projet entrepreneurial Lionel | $3,000 |
École Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis-Sur-Richelieu) | Les élèves s'impliquent dans la rÉCOLte à goûter | $3,000 |
École de La Haute-Ville (Granby) | Les jeux de société pour apprendre l'anglais | $1,000 |
École Jacques-de-Chambly (Chambly) | Les Supers Héros des mots | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Sacré-Coeur (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Ludothèque NDSC - An 2 | $500 |
École Christ-Roi (Longueuil) | On apprend en s'amusant! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Joseph (Granby) | L'heure du conte intergénérationnel | $2,500 |
École Saint-Viateur-Clotilde-Raymond (Saint-Rémi) | Animation image par image | $1,000 |
École Jean-Leman (Candiac) | Le monde de saveurs | $500 |
École du Phénix (Granby) | Cuisiner la motivation | $3,000 |
Polyvalente Marcel-Landry (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Ose apprendre | $3,000 |
École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc (Granby) | Atelier de couture CFER | $3,000 |
École André-Laurendeau (Longueuil) | L'artisan-AL | $2,200 |
École Massey-Vanier (Cowansville) | Notre classe flexible de rêve | $3,000 |
École Saint-Viateur-Clotilde-Raymond (Saint-Rémi) | Dégustation littéraire | $2,500 |
École Ave Maria (Granby) | Les petits cuisiniers | $3,000 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Saint-Jude) | Du semis au potager | $3,000 |
École Assomption (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Marché de Noël | $3,000 |
École Jean-Leman (Candiac) | Merci la brigade scolaire ! | $3,000 |
École Alternative des Cheminots (Delson) | Les AS au cœur de la société. | $3,000 |
École Pierre-De-Saint-Ours (Saint-Ours) | Ensemble, on sème ! | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame (Huntingdon) | Option passion | $3,000 |
École Saint-Michel (Vaudreuil-Dorion) | Cultivons les saveurs dans notre potager intérieur | $2,800 |
École de La Moisson-D'Or (Saint-Alphonse-De-Granby) | Des collations santé pour tous ! | $1,500 |
École primaire Boucherville (Boucherville) | Building Blocks LEGO Club | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Famille (Granby) | Village illuminé | $800 |
École de La Haute-Ville (Granby) | Agronumérique | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-De-Lourdes (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Opération charme musical | $3,000 |
École Internationale de Greenfield Park (Longueuil) | Le banc de l'amitié | $2,500 |
École L'Envolée (Granby) | Du cœur au ventre | $1,600 |
École du Phénix (Granby) | Le club de lecture | $3,000 |
École de L'Étincelle (Granby) | Étincelle en spectacle | $3,000 |
École Lionel-Groulx (Longueuil) | Voyagement pour la lune | $822 |
École Aux-Quatre-Vents (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | À go, on sort de notre zone de confort! | $350 |
École Saint-Blaise (Saint-Blaise-Sur-Richelieu) | Jardin hydroponique et comptoir à salade | $3,000 |
École Saint-Vincent-Ferrier (Bromont) | Les dîners (et récrés) des curieux | $1,900 |
École Maurice-L.-Duplessis (Longueuil) | La robotique pédagogique pour les apprentissages | $3,000 |
École L'Envolée (Granby) | De belles notes! | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Midi LEGO | $3,000 |
École Les Jeunes Découvreurs (Boucherville) | Deviens une étoile, joue dans ton propre film ! | $3,000 |
École Fernand-Seguin (Candiac) | Créateur de ta vie grâce au Fab Lab | $3,000 |
École L'Envolée (Granby) | Appareil de découpe laser pour laboratoire créatif | $3,000 |
Académie Juillet (Candiac) | Comédie musicale, The Lion King | $3,000 |
École Docteur-Alexis-Bouthillier (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Les créations d'Alexis | $3,000 |
École Joseph-Hermas-Leclerc (Granby) | Danser Ensemble! | $3,000 |
École Docteur-Alexis-Bouthillier (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu) | Petites mains au pays des merveilles | $3,000 |
École primaire de Waterloo (Waterloo) | Literacy Wing | $2,500 |
École de La Mosaïque (Saint-Basile-Le-Grand) | La Maison Hantée de l'école de la Mosaïque | $2,000 |
École René-Saint-Pierre (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Trouver son estime pour mieux s'épanouir! | $3,000 |
École René-Saint-Pierre (Saint-Hyacinthe) | Du fil au cœur! | $3,000 |
École Paul-Germain-Ostiguy (Saint-Césaire) | Décrocher un A grâce au C+ | $3,000 |
École de La Moisson-D'Or (Saint-Alphonse-De-Granby) | Les cloches du bonheur | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Nourrir le corps, nourrir l'esprit | $3,000 |
École des Bourlingueurs (Sainte-Catherine) | Fête de fin d'année des Bourlingueurs | $3,000 |
École de L'Assomption (Granby) | Des mots sur roulettes | $3,000 |
École secondaire Fernand-Lefebvre (Sorel-Tracy) | Les souliers de la persévérance | $3,000 |
École des Petits-Explorateurs (Longueuil) | L'école de cuisine | $3,000 |
École Antoine-Brossard (Brossard) | Lis-toi | $1,000 |
École Saint-Léon (Cowansville) | Ma bibliothèque dynamique et inspirante! | $3,000 |
Montreal winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École primaire Pierre de Coubertin (Montréal-Nord) | Répandre la joie dans le CHSLD de mon quartier. | $3,000 |
Sainte-Gertrude (Montréal-Nord) | s amuser tout en apprenant | $3,000 |
École La Petite-Patrie, pavillon NDD (Montréal) | Bienvenue au théâtre des lecteurs | $2,850 |
Ruelle de L'Avenir (Montréal) | Ateliers pédagogiques Sciences, on s'amuse! | $3,000 |
École secondaire Daniel-Johnson (Montréal) | Demain T'appartient | $3,000 |
École secondaire des Sources (Dollard-des-Ormeaux) | Atelier de Hip-Hop du monde | $3,000 |
Centre des Jeunes L'Escale de Montreal-Nord Inc (Montréal-Nord) | Une Escale à Québec | $3,000 |
Fondation de l'École secondaire Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d'Outremont (Outremont) | Promouvoir la culture et la littérature québécoise | $2,998 |
École Saint Jean de La Lande (Montréal) | Saines habitudes de vie | $3,000 |
Toujours Ensemble inc. (Verdun) | Kayak-Camping | $3,000 |
Coup de Pouce Jeunesse de Montreal-Nord inc. (Montréal-Nord) | On s'engage à coup de pouce jeunesse | $3,000 |
Saint-Marcel (Pointe-Aux-Trembles) | La murale | $1,000 |
Jeanne Mance (Montréal) | Cuisinons et apprenons en santé! | $3,000 |
École Lanaudière (Montréal) | La littérature au cœur de la forêt | $3,000 |
École Jules-Verne (Montréal) | Ma photo coup de cœur | $1,500 |
École Léonard-de Vinci (Montréal) | Francs-talents-émission web | $3,000 |
École Cavelier-De-LaSalle (Montréal) | Projet de théâtre avec les classes de l'accueil | $3,000 |
École de La Petite-Bourgogne (Montréal) | Des mathématiques dans notre assiette! | $3,000 |
École Lucien-Guilbault, Pavillon Léger (Montréal) | Labmédia LG | $3,000 |
École de La Fraternité (Montréal) | Attention, expérience en cours! | $850 |
École Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-D'Outremont (Montréal) | Projet persévérance, études, plein air | $2,000 |
École Saint-Fabien (Montréal) | Développement du vélo à Saint-Fabien | $3,000 |
École Saint-Pierre-Apôtre (Montréal) | Des marionnettes plein les mains! | $3,000 |
École Bois-Franc-Aquarelle (Montréal) | À la découverte de ma terre d'accueil | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Jeanne-D'Arc (Montréal) | communiquer en bougeant | $3,000 |
École Saint-Noël-Chabanel, Pavillon des Bâtisseurs (Montréal) | De la laine pour réchauffer | $2,200 |
École Pierre-De-Coubertin (Montréal) | « Coubertin, une vitrine sur le monde » | $3,000 |
École René-Guénette (Montréal) | Donner au suivant | $3,000 |
École Pierre-Dupuy (Montréal) | Café étudiant l'Unique | $3,000 |
École Honoré-Mercier (Montréal) | Équipe de robotique Les Aigles d'or | Compétition | $3,000 |
École de La Petite-Bourgogne (Montréal) | Coin calme LPB | $3,000 |
École Jules-Verne (Montréal) | Le festival des passe-temps | $3,000 |
École Harfang-Des-Neiges (Montréal) | Sans écran, je fais quoi? | $3,000 |
École Ferland (Montréal) | La magie de la zoothérapie en milieu scolaire | $2,000 |
École Victor-Doré (Montréal) | Du plein air adapté | $3,000 |
École des Berges-De-Lachine (Montréal) | Camp nature | $3,000 |
École Simone-Desjardins (Montréal) | Voyage au pays des métiers | $1,350 |
École Lucien-Guilbault, Pavillon Louvain (Montréal) | Les moniteurs cardiaques | $3,000 |
École Saint-Mathieu (Montréal) | Des jeux pour rassembler | $3,000 |
École Pierre-De-Coubertin (Montréal) | Le langage des émotions | $3,000 |
École Catherine-Soumillard (Montréal) | Nourrir l'engagement et alimenter l'espoir | $3,000 |
École secondaire John-Rennie (Pointe-Claire) | Bees Wax Wraps | $2,176 |
École Bienville (Montréal) | Du potager à mon assiette | $3,000 |
École Cavelier-De-LaSalle (Montréal) | Friperie Éphémère | $1,350 |
École Sainte-Bernadette-Soubirous (Montréal) | Médiaction | $3,000 |
École Marie-Clarac (Claudette Mackay-Lassonde) (Montréal) | L'atelier: la créativité à l'état libre | $3,000 |
École Saint-Vincent-Marie (Montréal) | La robotique?! Vous allez adorer! | $3,000 |
École François-La-Bernarde (Montréal) | Les tabliers gourmands en famille! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Joseph (Montréal) | Abeilles 101 | $3,000 |
École des Berges-De-Lachine (Montréal) | Motivons nos jeunes! | $2,250 |
École Saint-Laurent (Montréal) | Fleurs, apiculture et agriculture | $2,009 |
École primaire Saint-Joseph (Anjou) CSSPI | La vie en société ça commence avec le jeu | $1,500 |
École Armand-Lavergne (Montréal) | Cuisiner à la maternelle; un jeu d'enfant! | $3,000 |
École Sainte-Claire (Montréal) | Édition de bandes dessinées de super héros | $1,000 |
École Sophie-Barat (Montréal) | Le défi 30 heures de la faim | $1,500 |
École Marguerite-de-Lajemmerais (Montréal) | Café-traiteur | $2,500 |
École Monseigneur-Richard (Montréal) | Initiation à la pêche sur glace - An 2 | $3,000 |
École Saint-Anselme (Montréal) | Classe flexible | $1,000 |
École secondaire Henri-Bourassa (Montréal) | Capsule humoristique | $3,000 |
École de La Petite-Bourgogne (Montréal) | Ingéniosité et créativité au rendez-vous! | $850 |
École Cavelier-de Lasalle (Montréal) | Club de robotique : 3550-Robotronix | $3,000 |
École Rose-Des-Vents (Montréal) | Une serre automatisée au Carrefour d’apprentissage | $3,000 |
École secondaire Antoine-De-Saint-Exupéry (Montréal) | Jeune COOP LAB Créatif | $3,000 |
Centre François-Michelle, secondaire 1er cycle (Montréal) | DI-moi | $3,000 |
École Cardinal-Léger (Montréal) | Écriture d'un livre | $2,500 |
École Saint-Benoît (Montréal) | Ensemble pour une école verte! | $1,900 |
Outaouais winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
École Le Rucher de La Vallée-de-La-Gatineau (Maniwaki) | La serre intérieure | $3,000 |
École du Nouveau-Monde (Gatineau) | Réfection terrain de soccer | $3,000 |
École de La Montagne (Notre-Dame-De-La-Salette) | Jeunes actifs | $2,000 |
École Providence/J.-M.-Robert (Saint-André-Avellin) | L'harmonie scolaire Muzifunik | $3,000 |
École Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Gatineau) | Community garden | $2,500 |
École secondaire Hormisdas-Gamelin (Gatineau) | Cultivons nos différences ESHG | $3,000 |
École Polyvalente Le Carrefour (Gatineau) | La boîte à jardiner | $3,000 |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean winners
Institution/City | Project | Amount |
---|---|---|
Le Tournant (Dolbeau-Mistassini) | Plateaux de travail | $3,000 |
École Jean-Gauthier (Alma) | Les Brico-Leurres | $3,000 |
École Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Saguenay) | La faune et la flore au cœur de l'élève! | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire (Saguenay) | Le pouvoir des étoiles à NDR | $3,000 |
École Carrefour Étudiant (Saint-Félicien) | Raconte-moi Saint-Méthode | $3,000 |
École Saint-Sacrement (Alma) | La bouquinerie | $1,500 |
École Saint-Joseph (Saguenay) | Journée Sommet | $3,000 |
École secondaire Charles-Gravel (Saguenay) | Awik ka tapwet/vérité (être fidèle à sa parole) | $3,000 |
École Curé-Hébert (Hébertville) | Comptoir lunch à l'école Curé-Hébert | $3,000 |
École Curé-Hébert (Hébertville) | Esprits sains dans une école saine | $3,000 |
Pavillon Wilbrod-Dufour (Alma) | Pêche ta persévérance! | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-Du-Sourire (Saguenay) | On bouge à Sourire! | $3,000 |
École Saint-Sacrement (Alma) | Les 5e années à Neverland | $2,000 |
École Le Roseau (Saguenay) | La course des Couleurs | $3,000 |
École Notre-Dame-des Jolis-Prés (Saguenay) | Cérémonie de la clé 'd'or | $3,000 |
École de La Rivière (Sainte-Hedwidge) | Un voyage de Glorieux | $3,000 |
École Jean-Gauthier (Alma) | L'expérience d'une vie : Le triathlon | $3,000 |
Beyond the Classroom podcast series
Inspiring stories of teachers and educators who, with the help of the Desjardins Foundation Prizes, brought their initiatives to life and helped motivate kids.
Episode 1: Ms. Marie-Pierre's Cards
Description (6 min 35 s)
To foster new relationships and work towards a common goal, a teacher and her special needs students start a greeting card business.
Episode 1: Ms. Marie-Pierre's Cards
Added on October 21, 2020 | Desjardins Group
Note: The information in brackets describes the audio and visual content of the video that is not dialogue or narration.
[On-screen text: Beyond the Classroom]
[Narrator] Beyond the Classroom
[On-screen text: Ms. Marie-Pierre's Cards]
[Child's voice] Ms. Marie-Pierre's Cards
[On-screen text: Desjardins Foundation Prizes]
[Narrator]: Everyone has a stake in keeping students motivated. The Desjardins Foundation Prizes were created to help teachers and educators find new ways of motivating young people to hang in there. This podcast will tell you about a few of these inspiring initiatives.
Kindness is truly a very strong value at La Tourelle school. Yes, we have regular classes, but we also have special education classes. So welcoming, including others, our classmates, with their differences, is a value that's very strong in our school. And we've been working on it for several years.
As teachers, we experience all kinds of situations. One of the situations I experienced that stood out for me, and which led to the nice project that I launched with one of my colleagues, is actually a bit of a sad situation.
It's a story of kids playing in the yard and a little girl with special needs who approaches them to play with them. It seems to go well at the beginning, but the game quickly takes a turn for the worse.
That is to say that the students give her little challenges, things to do, there's laughter, and she plays along. For her, these are encouragements, so she continues.
Until a student arrives and says, “No, you're laughing at her, she doesn't understand what you're doing.” The kids that were laughing and playing didn't understand at the time that all of this was not kind to the different student.
After that, I thought to myself that if one of my students can do this, I want them all to be able to do it.
So if we're lucky enough to have developed kindness, open-mindedness, respect among my group of 25 students, then they'll also pass this on to friends of theirs, thus creating a big chain reaction.
So my fabulous colleague, named Christine Jacques, had the idea, “We'll make paper together, Marie-Pierre.”
The goal of our project was, yes, to develop kindness in the students in the regular classes, and also break the isolation that the special needs students sometimes experience. So we decided to make paper, to make Christmas cards and other things together that the students could sell in their community, in their family, in order to raise money.
The first time I talked about the project, my students were a little unsure, looking at me as if to say, “Ah, it's with the multi-handicap class, Ms. Marie-Pierre? Normally, we do projects with the 6th grade or the 4th-grade class.” And Ms. Marie-Pierre answered “Yes, we're going to work with multi-handicaps and we're going to make paper.”
[On-screen text]
“Are we making paper this week, Ms. Marie-Pierre?”
“Will we go to the Multi class this week, Ms. Marie-Pierre?”
“Are we seeing our friends from Ms. Christine's class?”
[End of On-screen text]
So at the same time, when I started to explain to them what was expected of them, why I was doing this project, it was very motivating for them! They quickly got involved and then in no time were looking forward to every week. “Are we making paper this week, Ms. Marie-Pierre?”, “Will we go to the Multi class this week, Ms. Marie-Pierre? Are we seeing our friends from Ms. Christine's class?”
So we threw ourselves into a grand endeavour, and it turned out as well that we had an excellent response. We had lots of cards to make, we worked through all sorts of steps with the students.
We had to rip up recycled paper. Then, we had to mash it. We also dried our recycled paper, which we took out from our little molds.
The students even learned to iron it to flatten it so that we had beautiful cards. And in the end, we did little plastic arts projects where we could decorate our cards.
[On-screen text]
Bravo!
Keep it up!
Super!
You're the best!
[End of On-screen text]
We still had recycled paper at the end, however, so we said, “What can we do with this?”
So for School Perseverance and Motivation Week, we made little bookmarks that we printed little messages of encouragement on.
So, the conclusion of this nice project was to be a field trip to further broaden our horizons and visit the big city of Montreal. Unfortunately, Covid and the pandemic happened, so we were not allowed to experience this finish. We're telling ourselves it's only been postponed!
In other words, this is a project that we would very much like to redo and relive again. I'm certainly counting on getting my students back in contact with the mutli-handicap class every chance I get, to organize future projects.
Most of the time, that's all kids need, as they're kind by nature. They're positive. And if this can inspire colleagues wherever they're from, well, it will certainly be mission accomplished.
[On-screen text: Marie-Pierre Champagne, École de la Tourelle]
[Narrator] Are you inspired by Marie-Pierre Champagne's story? Listen to the other episodes of the series Beyond the Classroom...
[On-screen text: This project was made possible by the Desjardins Foundation Prizes]
[Narrator] …to learn about other initiatives from winners of the Desjardins Foundation Prizes.
[On-screen text: We'd like to thank all the teachers and educators who help young people shine.]
[Desjardins logo]
[Narrator] Whether you're a teacher, an educator or a parent, thanks for being involved with young people. You make all the difference.
[End of transcript]
Episode 2: Ms. Forest's Bees
Description (5 min 20 s)
A beehive on a Quebec school's rooftop becomes a group project.
Episode 2: Ms. Forest's Bees
Added on October 21, 2020 | Desjardins Group
Note: The information in brackets describes the audio and visual content of the video that is not dialogue or narration.
[Image of a honey dipper, honey, and daisies on a yellow background. The daisies spin.]
[On-screen text: Beyond the Classroom]
Narrator: Beyond the Classroom
[Children's voices and applause]
[On-screen text: Ms. Forest's Bees]
Child: Ms. Forest's Bees
[Image of a pot of honey.]
[Piano music in the background.]
[On-screen text: Desjardins Foundation Prizes]
Narrator: The Desjardins Foundation Prizes were created to help teachers and educators find new ways of motivating young people to keep at it. This podcast will tell you about a few of these inspiring initiatives.
[Music swells.]
[An animated bee flies onto the screen and off to the right.]
[Buzzing of a bee.]
[The bee flies around a globe and off to the right and down.]
Melanie: One little bee can have such a great impact on the world.
[As the bee flies down, the background changes to sky blue. The bee flies past a large school building.]
Melanie: I work in several schools. At one of my high schools, there was an opportunity where somebody brought a beehive to a high school setting. And I thought to myself, "Wow, this could really be a wonderful opportunity in an elementary school setting."
[The bee is joined by two other bees; they fly around and down to a small school building.]
Melanie: The school that I approached to bring the project is an inner city school and it's in an urban community. And I thought, "This would be a wonderful opportunity to bring in urban beekeeping within an urban setting." We often don't see a lot of agriculture in urban settings; our school yard is all concrete. The idea that we can bring in little bees and perhaps plant a garden to support the bees, this was really quite appealing to me.
[Close-up of an animated bee among some flowers.]
Melanie: Normally, when you think of bees, people are scared of bees. But when you start learning about bees and seeing that they actually work really, really hard, there's nothing to be scared of.
[Image of a heart-shaped honeycomb buzzing with bees.]
[Piano music.]
Melanie: We really wanted to involve the students simply in understanding what would be happening in the hive on a weekly basis.
[Close-up image of a honeycomb in the shape of a hexagon.]
Melanie: So we had an urban beekeeper who would come to the school every three weeks and she would give us updates. So the idea was to understand that there are different stages within taking care of a hive.
[Wide shot of the single honeycomb expanding in size. Small video play buttons appear on it.]
Melanie: And often, we would receive little videos or pictures that would be telling us exactly what was happening in the hive.
Melanie: We started off in a small classroom, and then the idea would be to take that knowledge…
[Transition back to the animated bees flying around the school.]
Melanie: ...and the kids would then create posters, the kids would perhaps even present to other classrooms and share what they learned…
[A speech bubble above the school quickly counts up the number of “likes”.]
Melanie: … and then the idea would pollinate throughout the school.
[Transition to a yellow background. Lines of blue circles fill the screen.]
Melaine: Four hundred little pins were created…
[Zoom in on the blue circle in the centre of the screen.]
[On-screen text: Bee Kind, Bee Nice, Bee Generous, Bee Yourself]
Melanie: ...and all the kids would create a saying on it that would either be “Bee Kind,” “Bee Nice,” “Bee Generous,” “Bee Yourself.”
[An animated bee flies onto the screen. The on-screen text changes and the bee continues flying around.]
[On-screen text: Bee Day]
Melanie: And we would actually have a whole Bee Day party. You know, a celebration: you're here, we're welcoming you, and we're embracing that you are now part of our school, you're our little neighbors that live upstairs.
[Transition to an image of a bee smoker on a yellow background. A beehive appears beside it.]
Melanie: For most people and most students, they don't even imagine the idea that you can actually have a beehive come to your school and have a beekeeper, an urban beekeeper, come and explain to you what urban beekeeping is. So there was a lot of interest and a lot of questions.
[The smoker blows smoke on the animated bees buzzing around the beehive.]
Melanie: And honestly, they were questions you would never think of because kids have the most unique questions! It was really exciting to see where their minds went with it.
[Transition to an image of colourful flowers on a pink background. An animated bee flies among them as the flowers spin.]
Melanie: It allowed them to develop some critical thinking, some critical questions. It gave them a level of wanting to learn, to engage in their learning.
[Piano music.]
[The bee flies up off the screen as the background transitions to yellow. Individual images of bees appear.]
[On-screen text: Worker, Queen, Drone]
Melanie: Within the hive, there's worker bees, there's the queen bees, there's the drones, there's the bees that just go out and pollinate and come back.
[Transition back to the bee buzzing around spinning flowers on a pink background.]
Melanie: So they were able to learn all the different roles and see that a beehive can be symbolic of how we can work together in the world. If we all have different roles, we all have different importances…
[The bee flies down and the screen transitions to an image of a honeycomb in the shape of a thumbs up.]
Melanie: ...but when we all work together for the greater good, we all come out on top as well.
[Piano music.]
[A bee flies off to the right and the background becomes white. Text flies up from the bottom of the screen.]
[On-screen text: BzZzZzZz]
Melanie: We have one last visit to the school from the beekeeper where she's going to come and close up the hive for the winter because it's getting cold outside and the bees are going to have to go to sleep for the winter.
[Transition to an angled image of honey dippers and pots of honey on a yellow background.]
Melanie: But at the same time, she's going to bring a hive that has been working all summer and the bees have been creating honey.
[The image rotates to the left and fades, leaving a single pot of honey in the centre.]
Melanie: The honey will be extracted and processed, and we're going to receive about 100 jars of honey.
[The pot of honey multiplies until the screen is full of rows of honey pots.]
Melanie: We're really hoping that we'll be able to sell the honey simply so that we can start collecting more funds so that we can continue the project for next year. I'm hoping the children, the students, will come up with something creative that we can do. I'll leave that up to them.
[Transition to a blue background.]
Melanie: When you allow them to engage in entrepreneurship, they come up with the best ideas. So we're really hoping that the impact will continue to grow in the community…
[A pot of honey appears in the centre of the screen.]
Melanie: ...because they're able to see that their little actions that they can do right now…
[Circle wipe transition to a yellow background. Animated hearts fly up from the honey pot.]
Melanie: ...can make the world a better place.
[Piano music.]
[A photograph of Melanie holding a “Save the bees” bag.]
[On-screen text: Melanie Forest, LaSalle Elementary Senior School]
Narrator: Are you inspired by Melanie's story? Listen to the other episodes of the series, Beyond the Classroom…
[On-screen text: This project was made possible by The Desjardins Foundation Prizes.]
Narrator: ...to learn about other initiatives from winners of the Desjardins Foundation Prizes.
[On-screen text: We'd like to thank all the teachers and educators who help young people shine.]
Narrator: Whether you're a teacher, an educator or a parent, thanks for being involved with young people. You make all the difference.
[Desjardins logo]
[End of transcript]
Episode 3: Mr. Guillaume's Graffiti
Description (6 min 40 s)
A youth centre facilitator shares his passion for graffiti, leading a young participant to win a local contest.
Episode 3: Mr. Guillaume's Graffiti
Added on October 21, 2020 | Desjardins Group
Note: The information in brackets describes the audio and visual content of the video that is not dialogue or narration.
[On-screen text: Beyond the Classroom]
[Children's voices.]
Narrator: Beyond the Classroom
[On-screen text: Mr. Guillaume's Graffiti]
Teenager's voice: Mr. Guillaume's Graffiti
[Piano music.]
[Image of a can of spray paint.]
[On-screen text: Desjardins Foundation Prizes]
Narrator: Helping students stay in school is everyone's business. The Desjardins Foundation Prizes were created to help teachers and educators find new ways of motivating young people to keep at it and believe in themselves. This podcast will tell you about a few of these inspiring initiatives and the people behind them.
[Music ends. Voices can be heard in the background.]
[A Polaroid picture of a youth centre following the spray painted lines of a graffiti in progress.]
Guillaume: Having the youth centre inside the school, but also in the community, is motivating for certain young people, this I'm sure of.
[Piano music resumes.]
Guillaume: For me, the youth centre has been part of my life since 1996 already.
[A Polaroid picture of a hand giving the “V sign” (index and middle fingers raised) with “1996” written on it appears next to the Polaroid of the youth centre. The Polaroid of the youth centre continues to follow the lines of a graffiti.]
Guillaume: At that time, I was 12 years old and I was involved in school committees, then at a certain point, I had a particular project.
Guillaume: The people from the Youth Centre had said to me, “Hey, Guillaume, we'd like to hook up with you on this project.” So I said yes, then I started to go there regularly.
[A Polaroid picture of a hand giving the “rock on” sign (thumb, index and pinkie fingers raised) with “2002” written on it appears next to the Polaroid of the youth centre.]
Guillaume: And then, once I was 18 years old, I could no longer go to the youth centre so I started to work there as a facilitator. It's been the only job I've had since I started working.
[The Polaroid of the youth centre continues to follow the lines of a graffiti. A Polaroid picture of a hand giving the “thumbs up” sign (thumb raised) with “2020” written on it appears next to the Polaroid of the youth centre. The Polaroid of the youth centre continues to follow the lines of a graffiti.]
[A basketball can be heard bouncing in t
he background.]Guillaume: I quickly got the importance of how when you want things done, it's kind of up to you to make sure they get done. This is true when you're a teen, and it's true when you're an adult too.
[The youth centre flies up and out of the Polaroid picture and takes off like a rocket, leaving a graffiti-like exhaust trail in its wake.]
Guillaume: This desire to get involved in the community began to take shape when I started going to the youth centre regularly, and it still plays an important role in my life today. I think you have to start out small, with something like this.
[The youth centre flies up and over a ladder. A bullseye target appears centre-screen. Balls bounce off of it. A dart hits the centre of the target.]
Guillaume: We're about offering recreational time, but we're not a recreational organization. Sometimes people think we only do recreational activities, but there's a very specific objective to the various activities that we organize. We aim to create a bond with young people, to develop a meaningful relationship. And it's through these activities, recreational or otherwise, that we develop a bond with young people. And this helps us do even better prevention and awareness work, which makes us a meaningful adult role model for young people.
[Hands come in from each side of the screen and fist bump each other in a gesture of unity.]
[An airplane flying can be heard.]
[A map shows a plane taking off from Quebec and flying overseas to touch down in Belgium. A heart-shaped graffiti is drawn beside Belgium.]
Guillaume: We went to Belgium in 2011 for a community involvement project. In Europe, the art of graffiti was very, very common. In 2013, we welcomed our first Belgian group here. We had a brainstorming session, then we made graffiti. It was a really great experience.
[The plane turns around and takes off from Belgium to fly back to Quebec.]
Guillaume: The graffiti that we did with the young Belgians is still in our youth centres, and it's the same thing over there; the graffiti we did with the Belgians is in their centres too.
[A rough sketch of a graffiti is spray painted on a sheet of graph paper using a stencil.]
Guillaume: For this project, we asked young people to create graffiti, or more specifically, to sketch out what they would like to have as graffiti. Then we hired a professional graffiti artist to really get the young people into it, and also give them techniques, and give them ideas.
[Children's voices.]
Guillaume: The advantage of having a professional artist with us, is that the things young people learn are even better. Because it's his job, his specialty, his passion. But the artist isn't there to do the graffiti for the young people, otherwise we'd be a bit off target with our youth centre project philosophy, which is “by and for youth”.
[The graffiti on the piece of paper is revealed: it's a tree.]
[On-screen text: By and for youth]
[Many different coloured cans of spray paint fly around the screen.]
Guillaume: What I find interesting in this is that it promotes an art form that's not very common here, outside of the city, and it demystifies this art form, which is sometimes associated with vandalism, when that's not the case at all, depending on the way it's used.
[Piano music resumes.]
Guillaume: What's interesting is that it's an art form that can communicate messages in an original way. So we did graffiti about tolerance of differences,
[The flags of several countries scroll across the screen.]
Guillaume: …whether in terms of ethnicity or sexual orientation. We made these two graffiti as a way to raise awareness. It's an original form of prevention, and it's permanently there in the school.
[On-screen text: It's the pride of making it to the end of the process.]
Guillaume: What this offers to youth? Well, first of all, it's the pride of making it to the end of the process. I think this project, like others, ends up building their self-esteem too.
[On-screen text: It ends up building their self-esteem.]
[Feet in running shoes walk up some steps.]
Guillaume: Because what may seem tough at the beginning, or what you may have doubts about at the start, in the end, when you take it one step at a time, when you have someone to guide you, as was the case with the graffiti, when you consider the final product in front of you, it's you who made it happen. I think this builds self-esteem in young people.
[Applause.]
[An image of an envelope appears. A “1” in a red circle in the top right indicates an unread message.]
Guillaume: A few years ago, one of the participants that we'd been in Belgium with sent me an email, perhaps two or three years later, when she'd grown into a young adult, no longer a youth benefiting from the services of the youth centre.
[The envelope opens. Confetti flies out of it and the “1” in the red circle turns into a 1st place ribbon. Several cans of spray paint fly out of the envelope.]
[Applause.]
Guillaume: She had submitted an application to do graffiti on an overpass, and her application was accepted, she did the graffiti on the overpass, which is still there today, in the neighbouring city. So sometimes, what we do can spark a new passion in young people.
[Lots of different coloured cans of spray paint fall from the sky.]
Guillaume: When you have fond memories, when you feel a sense of belonging to your youth centre, to your community, I believe that it can have an impact on the career you choose to pursue outside of the city.
[The Polaroid of the youth centre reappears. A line of spray paint advances toward the camera and then moves past two other Polaroid pictures.]
Guillaume: For me, what I went through as a teenager, I didn't have trouble at school, but I also wasn't very motivated either. What interested me was everything that was happening outside of school.
[A can of spray paint appears in the centre of the screen. Animated hearts fly up from the can.]
Guillaume: So yes, I think that having the youth centre inside the school, but also in the community, is motivating for certain young people, this I'm sure of.
[Piano music resumes.]
[A photograph of Guillaume.]
[On-screen text: Guillaume Rodrigue, Maison des jeunes l'Olivier des Etchemins]
VO CONCLUSION
Narrator: Are you inspired by Guillaume Rodrigue's story? Listen to the other episodes of the series, Beyond the Classroom…
[On-screen text: This project was made possible by The Desjardins Foundation Prizes.]
Narrator: ...to learn about other initiatives from winners of the Desjardins Foundation Prizes.
[On-screen text: We'd like to thank all the teachers and educators who help young people shine.]
Narrator: Whether you're a teacher, an educator or a parent, thanks for being involved with young people. You make all the difference.
[Music ends.]
[Desjardins logo]
[End of transcript]
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