INITIATING AN APPLICATION

To initiate the application process, please complete the Basic Information Form online.

Once you have successfully submitted the Basic Information Form, you will automatically receive an E-mail from the Sauvé Scholars Selection Committee confirming that you have initiated an Application. That E-mail will contain your Applicant Code, the Application Form, which you, the Applicant, must complete and submit, the Nomination Form, which must be completed by someone who is not related to you and who knows you in an academic, professional or personal capacity, as well as further instructions about the First Stage of the Application Process.

Once you have initiated an Application by submitting the Basic Information Form, there are three stages in the Application Process, as follows:

FIRST STAGE OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Nominators must submit the Nomination Form and Applicants must submit the Application Form, including four Personal Statements. All materials may be submitted in English or French.

Nomination Form:

The Nomination Form must be completed and submitted by the individual who nominates the Applicant to be a Sauvé Scholar. This person may be a teacher/professor, colleague/ mentor/ peer or anyone else chosen by the Applicant, but may not be a member of his/her immediate family. It is recommended that Applicants immediately secure the Nominator`s consent, and forward the Nomination Form to him/her. The Nomination Form includes instructions for the Nominator on how to submit the completed form electronically. The Application will be not be considered unless the Nomination Form is submitted by the Application Deadline.

Application Form:

Please note that the Selection Committee looks for clear, concise and compelling personal statements, as Candidates are chosen on the basis of (1) what they have accomplished and (2) what they propose to do during the course of the Program. The Application Form requires Applicants to write Personal Statements in response to the following four questions:

a) PERSONAL STATEMENT (maximum 500 words)
Please provide a short statement telling the Selection Committee about yourself in order to demonstrate your value as an asset and contributor to the Program. In outlining your personal history, experience and achievements, you should address how you would benefit from the unique opportunities of the Sauvé Scholars Program at this moment in your life.

b) VISION OF CHANGE (maximum four sentences)
Jeanne Sauvé, former Governor General of Canada and Founder of the Sauvé Scholars Program once said: ``Leaders must dream of changing the world. They must have an inspired vision of the changes they want to make and be prepared to consecrate all their energy to that purpose.`` In four sentences or less, what is the specific Vision of Change that you would like to launch as a Sauvé Scholar and to pursue afterwards?

c) INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PROPOSAL (maximum 500 words)
The Individual Project is a central element of the Sauvé Scholars Program. Please provide a clear and concise statement about what you plan to achieve — personally, professionally and/or academically — during the course of the Program and explain how it relates to your past experience and to your Vision of Change.

d) STATEMENT OF COLLECTIVE LIVING AND LEARNING (maximum 500 words)
The living experience is an integral part of the Sauvé Scholars Program. Please explain why you would like to live in a community of Scholars and what you think it would bring you at this stage in your life, and what you think you could contribute to the living and learning experiences of your fellow Scholars.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS

The deadline for receiving all completed First Stage application materials (both the Nomination Form and the Application Form, including any accompanying documents) is MIDNIGHT on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.