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Program for the Enrichment of French in Education (PEFE)
The Program for the Enrichment of French in Education (PEFE) is funded under the Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction.
Within the framework of this program, Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning provides discretionary financial support to non-profit organizations, post-secondary institutions and the Division scolaire franco-manitobaine for the development and delivery of activities that are offered to the Francophone educational community as well as students and other individuals learning French as the second official language of Canada. Financial support is awarded annually, when the agreement is in effect, based on demand and available funding. Funding will not exceed 50% of the actual cost of the project.
Purpose of the PEFE
The purpose of the program is to provide financial support for school-based, extra-curricular and post-secondary projects that help to do the following:
- Enrich the educational community.
- Enhance and promote learning of the French language;
- Provide opportunities to discover Francophone cultures and participate in French cultural activities.
- Recruit and retain students.
- Recruit and retain students in the Français and French Immersion programs and in French courses (English Program) through school-based, extra-curricular, and post-secondary initiatives.
Eligibility
Eligible organizations include:
- non-profit organizations registered with Revenue Canada;
- post-secondary minority-language institutions;
- the Division scolaire franco-manitobaine.
Selection Criteria
Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- Capacity to meet the needs of the target population
- Does the project meet a need expressed by the educational community?
- Does the target population identified confirm that the activities proposed by this project meet their needs?
- Are the activities proposed in the project description directly connected to the need expressed by the educational community?
- Relevance of the project's objectives to the educational objectives of the PEFE, which are to have students:
- improve language skills
- practice French and live in French outside the classroom
- participate in the Francophone community and Francophone activities in French
- acquire leadership skills in French
- meet other Francophones and Francophiles
- confidence and pride
- engage in learning French in order to participate in, and contribute to, the Francophone community
- Quality of the project and performance measures
- Do the proposed activities in the project description help achieve the educational objectives of the PEFE?
- Will the identified targets and performance indicators measure progress?
- Will the assessment tool properly measure the performance targets?
- Project benefits
- What will be the anticipated impact of the project on the educational community (students, teachers, etc.)?
- Is there an adequate cost/benefit ratio between the budget and the value of the planned activities?
Conditions for Funding
- The organization must sign a funding agreement (
62 KB) and send it to the department. - All project activities must be conducted in French.
- The project must address one of the following two educational areas:
- enriched school environment
- student recruitment and retention
- The project assessment tool, the frequency of assessment and the data collected must be indicated on the application.
- The duly completed and signed grant application must be sent to the department by the deadline.
- The grant monies must be spent during a 12-month period starting July 1.
- During those 12 months, the grant recipient will be required to submit the following:
- by January 30, an Interim Report that includes a financial statement showing the actual costs incurred from July 1 to December 31 and the estimated expenditures from January 1 to June 30
- by September 15, a Final Report that includes a list of activities and the number of participants, a project evaluation, and a financial statement showing the actual costs.
- The organization must acknowledge the financial support of the federal and provincial governments through the use of the Canada and Manitoba wordmarks and, where space and circumstances allow, specific text that refers to the Government of Canada and the Government of Manitoba.
Eligible Expenditures
Eligible expenditures include, but are not limited to:
- a portion of the salary of a project coordinator or facilitator
- fees for professional services
- the transportation and accommodation costs of individuals providing educational activities in French
- the purchase of materials for the project, and the leasing of equipment and space
- advertising costs to promote the project
- operating costs related to the project.
Ineligible Expenditures
The following expenditures are not eligible:
- transportation costs for out-of-province travel
Timelines and Instalment Schedule
| 2025/2026 Projects | |
|---|---|
| Application | Deadline: January 17, 2025 |
| Project evaluation | February to March 2025 |
| Response to applicants* | June 2025 |
| First instalment (80%) | Fall 2025 |
| Interim Report | Deadline: January 30, 2026 |
| Final Report | Deadline: September 15, 2026 |
| Final instalment (20%) | Fall 2026 |
*The government reserves the right to communicate exclusively with applicants whose projects have been approved.
| 2024/2025 Projects | |
|---|---|
| Application | Deadline: January 30, 2024 |
| Project evaluation | January to March 2024 |
| Response to applicants | Fall 2024 |
| First instalment (80%) | Fall 2024 |
| Interim Report | Deadline: January 31, 2025 |
| Final Report | Deadline: September 14, 2025 |
| Final instalment (20%) | Fall 2025 |
Forms
2025-2026 Application for Funding
The duly completed and signed Grant Application Form (
1.23 MB) must be sent to the Department. Please note that the PDF file must be sent electronically and a signed copy of the application must also be submitted. The application form must be signed by the president or executive director. Please note that a Word format of the Application Form is available upon request.
Interim Report
In December, the department will send a customized interim report to each grant recipient. This report must be completed and sent to the department by January 30.
Final Report
In May, the department will send a customized final report to each grant recipient. This report must be completed and sent to the department by mid-September.
Projects Selected
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
Program for the Enrichment of French in Education
Bureau de l’éducation française
509 – 1181 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3
Telephone: 204-945-9616
Email: palo-olsp@gov.mb.ca
