Programs & Services
Edie Mourre Scholarship
Are you interested in pursuing a certification in Braille transcription? Or maybe you have always wanted to study Music Braille? Perhaps you have been contemplating pursuing Braille studies but the cost has held you back? Your time could be now!
The Edie Mourre Scholarship fund is intended to assist those who are pursuing employment as a braille transcriber or proofreader, or as an educator.
Eligible codes include: Unified English Braille, Code braille français uniformisé, Music Braille, or other braille systems.
;Eligibility Criteria
Successful applicants must be:
- A Canadian citizen or permanent resident;
- Over 18 years of age; and
- Planning to study braille at an institution recognized as providing appropriate braille instruction.
Current members of the Braille Literacy Canada board and past recipients of the scholarship are not eligible.
Application Details
Applicants must email a completed copy of the application form (as a text-based PDF document) by March 31st of each year in order to be eligible for consideration. Applications submitted in any other manner will not be considered.
All applications will be reviewed. The successful recipient(s) will be notified by e-mail and a public announcement of the award will be made in conjunction with the Braille Literacy Canada Annual General Meeting.
Terms and Conditions
- The scholarship funds will be sent to the successful applicant once we receive proof of registration to a recognized program (and no later than September 30 of the year in which the award is made).
- Priority will be given to applicants who have no other means of funding.
- The scholarship is awarded annually, funds permitting. BLC may choose to award all or part of the funds requested by the successful applicant. BLC may also award more than one scholarship at a time or reserve some of the available funds for the following year.
- If no applications are received or if the board deems that none of the applicants meets the eligibility criteria, the application deadline can be extended or the scholarship can be suspended for that year.
Keep the Scholarship Going!
Braille Literacy Canada would like to continue to offer a scholarship in Edie's name to help encourage people to become transcribers and promote braille literacy. Please donate now. (All online donations to the Edie Mourre Scholarship Fund are processed through the Vancouver Foundation.)
About Edie Mourre
Edie became an employee of the CNIB in September 1977. She worked for the library in the Winnipeg office as the head of the recording studio and of braille production. She also worked for several years as a braille transcriber.
The loss of Edie in the braille world was immeasurable. Her capacity for braille and for life was boundless.
Edie was Treasurer of the Canadian Braille Authority and chair of the English Braille Standards Committee, as well as the parent committee for the Tactile Research Project. She also served on the Early Literacy Materials Production Committee of the Braille Authority of North America, and as a member of the Unified English Braille Formats Committee of the International Council on English Braille.
Edie Mourre died on Wednesday April 25th 2007. She continued to transcribe braille until a couple of days before her death.