{"id":1995,"date":"2017-09-22T11:49:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/?page_id=1995"},"modified":"2017-09-27T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T13:55:20","slug":"dare-the-adventure-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/en\/who-is-fred-dion\/dare-the-adventure-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dare the adventure grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0.2em;\">The two 2017 winners<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; text-transform: none;\"><strong>New this year: the creation of two categories \u2013 Extreme Adventures and Travel, Culture and Discovery.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1154 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-1024x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-1024x373.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-600x219.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-768x280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-780x284.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/OSEZ_Bleu-400x146.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion\u2019s Dare the Adventure Grant jury revealed the two winners last May. The Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion Prize for extreme adventure was awarded to <strong>Marilyne Marchand<\/strong> for her <strong>Solo Hudson to Ungava<\/strong> project. The Karavaniers Prize for Travel, Culture and Discovery Adventure was awarded to <strong>Marie-Jos\u00e9e B\u00e9liveau<\/strong> for her <strong>Return to the Source: Meeting the Guardians of the Forest<\/strong> project. Each adventurer received a grant of $5,000 in cash and $2,500 worth of Mountain Hardware equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion Prize: Sold Hudson to Ungava by Marilyne Marchand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1858 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-600x700.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-780x910.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-400x466.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-340x397.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-200x233.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marilyne-Marchand-1-360x420.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marilyne Marchand traversed Quebec solo from west to east, from Umiujag to Tasiujac in Nunavik from July to August 2017. She walked the distance on foot and using a PackRaft over 19 days without any issues. This accountant by profession has wide experience by having already crossed two countries by foot and having completed other expeditions by boat. She would like to promote non-motorised leisure and female adventures. This project was chosen notably for the fact that it is an out of the ordinary adventure and the route was difficult as she had to paddle a river upstream with heavy loads. It was a significant commitment given that she was alone and she completed the challenge admirably. To learn about future conference dates and future adventures: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marilynemarchand.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.marilynemarchand.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karavaniers Prize: Return to the Source: Meeting the Guardians of the Forest by Marie-Jos\u00e9e B\u00e9liveau <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1859 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Marie-Jos\u00e9e-B\u00e9liveau-Amazonie-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This adventurer crossed the Amazon region from east to west, by boat then on foot, from Brazil to Ecuador. She wanted to promote the forest protection initiatives by the local inhabitants. This project involved human encounters, physical challenges and cultural immersion. Marie-Jos\u00e9e is an ethnographer and is interested in the relationship between humans and their environment. She has visited Latin America several times promotes the protection of the environment and the protection of human rights. The Karavanier team chose Marie-Jos\u00e9e due to her determination to complete this project alone, her experience, her involvement with different causes and the richness of her meetings with different communities.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion Dare to Adventure\u201d grant is offered in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karavaniers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karavaniers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainhardwear.ca\/on\/demandware.store\/Sites-MountainHardwear_CA_2016-Site\/en_CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Hardwear<\/a> and the magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espaces.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Espaces<\/a>, leader in the field of adventure.<\/p>\n<p>With a value of $15,000, it is made up of $10,000 in cash ($5,000 per category) and $5,000 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainhardwear.ca\/on\/demandware.store\/Sites-MountainHardwear_CA_2016-Site\/en_CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Hardwear<\/a> equipment ($2,500 per category). Two prizes are awarded to adventurers or groups of adventurers who have a clear, original and inspiring project.<\/p>\n<p>The competitors must promote their challenge using different platforms: blogs, conferences, books, documentaries, plays or other methods. Additionally, they must inspire dreams, openness to the world and pushing ones\u2019 limits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look for the next application period in 2018!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two 2017 winners New this year: the creation of two categories \u2013 Extreme Adventures and Travel, Culture and Discovery. &nbsp; Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion\u2019s Dare the&#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericdion.com\/en\/who-is-fred-dion\/dare-the-adventure-grant\/\" class=\"btn btn-default\"><span class=\"btn-default__hover\">More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1973,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dare the adventure grant - Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dion, Adventures &amp; 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