| Définition | Description | |
|---|---|---|
1. Title of Initiative |
Title or name as specified in official documentation, e.g. funding contract | Future to Discover (FTD) |
| 2. Provider | Name of organisation responsible for delivering the initiative | Governments of New Brunswick and Manitoba and participating school divisions/districts |
3. Sponsor |
Name of organisation responsible for funding the initiative | Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation |
| 4. Date Commenced | Month and year (if known) when the initiative first came into operation | April 2004 |
| 5. Date ended | If this initiative is not longer in operation, please give the month and year when it came to an end, if known. | September 2010 |
| 6. Targeted Audience | Is the initiative aimed at specific groups, or is it more general in application? Please specify any demographic or employee groups being targeted. | High School Students |
| 7. Location | Is this a national initiative, or is its coverage limited to a particular region or locality? If so, please specify the region or locality covered. | Manitoba and New Brunswick |
| 8. Overview of Program | Please give a brief description of the initiative, in one or two sentences. | FTD is a joint project of the Governments of New Brunswick and Manitoba and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. 4,400 randomly selected volunteer students at 30 New Brunswick high schools (15 English and 15 French) are participating in the project, as are 1,050 students in Manitoba at 21 sites. FTD has two components: Explore Your Horizons offers career education workshops including the benefits of post-secondary education and the different types of post-secondary education available (apprenticeship; community college; private vocational and university. Learning Accounts provides a grant of $8,000, deposited to a trust account that can be accessed upon successful completion of high school and enrolment in an accredited post-secondary institution. This second component is being delivered only in New Brunswick and is available to students from families with incomes below the provincial median. The impact of the two interventions is being evaluated by a randomized controlled trial (RCT). |