Lavoie Bursary Fund for Future Teachers

This fund has been established to offer bursaries in the name of Louis Lavoie’s parents to students who wish to teach in French

Award Overview

Value of the award:
Minimum $1,000
Number of awards:
Variable
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
November 3
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To support students in the Faculty of Education Formation à l’enseignement program who wish to have a career teaching in French.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, a person with protected or refugee status, or an international student
  2. be enrolled full time in the French-language Formation à l’enseignement program in the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa
  3. be an Ontario resident, as per OSAP regulations
  4. demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Service of the University of Ottawa
  5. demonstrate that they wish to have a teaching career in French

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire
  2. a letter (500 words maximum) in which the applicant explains why they would like to have a career teaching in French

About this Award

This fund has been established to offer bursaries in the name of Louis Lavoie’s parents to students who wish to teach in French.

Agnès and Jean-Jacques Lavoie both had careers teaching in Ontario French-language schools. Agnès taught elementary school, both in regular classes and to students with learning disabilities, first at Sainte-Thérèse de Hearst school, and then at Préseault, Saint-François and La Vérendrye schools, in Orleans and Gloucester. Jean-Jacques worked in high schools. He first taught science and mathematics at Hearst High School and mathematics at Eastview High School (which became André Laurendeau high school). Later, he worked as a librarian at Champlain and Belcourt high schools.