2007-2008 Recognition Awards
The Recognition Awards for projects carried out by schools in order to promote an appreciation of books and reading are continuing through 2007-2008, for a third year.
These prizes are intended to acknowledge the steps that young people and schools have taken to help young people develop reading tastes and habits, and thereby contribute to student success.
Each of Québec’s regional offices awards prizes for the most innovative projects with the most durable impact.
Other prizes are awarded at the provincial level, based on submissions made by the regional offices. These provincial prizes are intended to highlight the contributions of exceptional projects and to ensure that their influence is felt throughout the Québec school system.
To be eligible for this year’s awards, projects must have been carried out between September 1, 2007, and the end of June 2008. Each regional office will set its own timetable.
The plethora of innovative projects submitted within the context of this measure will continue to grow thanks to those being presented.
2007-2008 Operations
Prizes at the regional level
Objectives
- To encourage schools to initiate projects that promote a taste for books and reading by appealing directly to young people
- To prompt reluctant readers, particularly boys, to discover the pleasure of reading and the impact of reading on success in school
- To enable schools in the same jurisdiction to work together to promote an appreciation of books and reading
Eligibility
To be eligible, projects must have already been carried out in a school setting, or be well on their way to completion.
Criteria
Each regional office establishes its own criteria, based on provincial-level criteria.
Who can take part?
- School boards, public and private elementary and secondary schools, vocational training and adult education centres with students between the ages of 16 and 18
- Groups of students attending these same institutions
Prizes
A number of Recognition Awards are given out in each region, in accordance with the selections made by regional juries.
Participation at the provincial level
Each region will select a maximum of five projects which it deems to be the most innovative and likely to have medium- and long-term effects, and submits them to a jury at the provincial level.
Deadline
Each regional office will inform the school boards on its territory of the date on which projects in the regional contest will be awarded.
Project Submission Form (
, 36 KB)
Prizes at the provincial level
Objectives
- To recognize, at the provincial level, the specific interest of projects carried out in the schools to promote and foster the dynamic and effective use of books and reading
- To ensure that the entire school system and the public as a whole are aware of the success of these projects, by posting them on the MELS Web site
Eligibility
To be eligible, projects must have already been carried out in a school setting, or be well on their way to completion.
Criteria
- Originality: Appealing projects that spark young people’s interest in and taste for reading; projects that foster reading habits in the classroom, in extracurricular activities and during recreational periods
- Buldness: Innovative projects that catch on quickly and are capable of stimulating even the most reluctant readers, particularly boys, to dive into the fascinating world of reading; projects that explore the complementary features of various media, or of print and digital resources
- Partnership potential: Projects that draw upon several subjects and use a variety of resources both inside and outside the school environment
- Scope: Projects that show the effects of training on the development of new reading habits among young people; projects that develop in a recurring manner over time.
Who can take part?
- School boards, public and private elementary and secondary schools, vocational training and adult education centres with students between the ages of 16 and 18
Prizes
The provincial jury will award five prizes at that level.
- The winners or their representatives will take part in an official awards ceremony.
- The school will be given a souvenir plaque to show that it has received the Recognition Award.
- Specific efforts will be made to promote the winning projects at the provincial level. This will include coverage in the media or in specialized journals, as well as exposure on the MELS Web site.
- The winners will receive individual prizes.
Project Submission Form (, 36 KB)
Date of the awards ceremonies
May 2008
