The Literary Research Foundation of Canada is a charitable non-profit organization founded in 1986 and oriented towards humanistic education. Its purpose is to promote, at the highest possible level of excellence, knowledge relating to literature and literary studies. It sponsors research projects and attempts to facilitate the communication of the results of literary research by aiding the publication of advanced scholarship in literary studies.
Literature is the most elaborate form of human expression and communication .
Literary studies help us to investigate, understand and gain possession of our cultural heritage, help nations formulate their identity, and contribute, throughout the world, a broader and deeper understanding of the human condition in the universe. Literary studies are one of the most indispensable foundations of a humanism for our era . The research and publication projects which the Foundation sustains are selected on the basis of their cultural value, their originality and the quality of their contribution. Relationships between literature and the arts, as well as other interdisciplinary domains involving literature, will also be considered. International and collective works are eligible.