LIVE THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

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FIVE-WEEK FRENCH-LANGUAGE BURSARY PROGRAM

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

LIVE THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE

LIVE THE CANADIA

N EXPER IENCE

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Discover another region of Canada while learning French.

Enjoy ﬁ ve weeks of

learning and adventure, friendship and

discovery.

Explore is a ﬁ ve-week intensive language-learning

course. You can take the course in the spring or

summer, whichever you prefer. You can also take

a job for the rest of the summer, if you wish.

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Bursary

Participants in Explore receive a $2,000 bursary

(taxable income) that covers tuition fees for the course,

instructional materials, meals, and accommodation.

The educational institution you will be attending

receives the bursary directly. Bursaries are awarded by

random selection, based on provincial and territorial

allotments and institutional quotas. Every effort is

made to accommodate ﬁ rst-time applicants. We will

attempt to place you at one of the schools you have

chosen, but you may be asked to go to a school that

you did not indicate on your application form.

Credits

Some schools offer the possibility of transferring

credits for the course you take, so check with the

institution to which you wish to transfer your credits.

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By the way, need a job? Languages at Work is a

component of Young Canada Works (YCW), which offers

a number of summer job placements for graduating

Explore participants. Such a placement gives you

the opportunity to use your second language at work

after you have ﬁ nished Explore. For more information,

contact YCW at 1-800-267-5173 or [email protected].

Several levels of learning

Explore offers courses adapted to your level (beginner,

intermediate, or advanced), as well as many activities

that allow you to meet with others from across

the country who wish to improve their French.

Accommodation

Participants live in a student residence on campus

or with a homestay family whose

members speak French.

Costs

The program does not cover:

registration fee (a non-refundable $150)

• travel costs

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Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following

three criteria. You must:

be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (those

• studying in Canada on student visas are not eligible);

have completed at least grade 11 (secondary 5 in

• Quebec) or be at the postsecondary level by the time

your Explore course begins; and

have been a full-time student for at least one term

• during the current school year.

Registration

Complete the application form and attach photocopies

of the following:

your birth certiﬁ cate;

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proof of Canadian citizenship;

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proof of permanent-resident status;

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your social insurance card.

• Send your application form and the required

photocopies to the coordinator of your home

province or territory by February 28 (postmark).

See the list of coordinators’ addresses on page 6.

Explore is a great way to become more ﬂ uent

in another language, and a great opportunity

to meet other students.

—

Tope Quadri, English teacher

Ontario residents

If you are a resident of Ontario, please complete the

on-line application form available at https://osap.gov.on.ca/

eng/not_secure/Plan_Grants_full_sepapp_explore_12345.htm

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Quebec residents

If you are a resident of Quebec, please see the on-line

application form available at www.myexplore.ca, which

will allow you to access Quebec’s Aide ﬁ nancière aux études

portal. Once you have completed the identiﬁ cation

process, you will be directed to the “On-Line Access to your

File!” section. Once there, select the “Explore Forms” tab.

Application status

In early April, you will be notiﬁ ed by letter from your

provincial or territorial coordinator of the status of

your application. If you’re on a waiting list, don’t

despair! Bursaries are awarded throughout the

spring and summer to replace bursary recipients who

decide not to participate, so you may still get the

opportunity to explore another corner of the country.

The institution you will be attending will send you

an acceptance package. Complete the package

and return it, along with your registration fee and

deposit, if applicable. Don’t delay! If you haven’t

replied within two weeks of being accepted, your

bursary will be given to another applicant.

Important Note

Only complete applications

will be accepted.

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Institution Location Dates Admission Criteria Accommodation Deposit Registration Fee Credit

SPRING

Université Laval Quebec City (QC) May 10 – June 11 18+ R & F $30 $150 √ Collège Boréal au Nipissing Sturgeon Falls (ON) May 10 – June 11 17+, High-school diploma R $150 $150 √ Trois-Pistoles French Immersion School (UWO) Trois-Pistoles (QC) May 10 – June 11 17+ F $100 $150 √ Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (QC) May 10 – June 11 18+ R $50 $150 √ Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Chicoutimi (QC) May 16 – June 19 18+ R & F $150 √ Université Sainte-Anne Pointe-de-l'Église (NS) May 16 – June 19 16+ R $150 √ Collège de Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (QC) May 17 – June 18 18+ F $50 $150

Centre linguistique du Collège de Jonquière Jonquière (QC) May 17 – June 18 18+ R & F $50 $150 Glendon College at York University Toronto (ON) May 17 – June 18 19+ R $100 $150 Université de la Saskatchewan Saskatoon (SK) May 24 – June 25 17+, completed grade 11 R & F $150 University of British Columbia Vancouver (BC) May 25 – June 25 19+ by May 25, 2010 R $150 $150

Université de Moncton Moncton (NB) May 30 – July 3 17+, High-school diploma R & UA $150 √ Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Montreal (QC) May 31 – July 2 19+ R & F $120 $150

SUMMER

Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (QC) June 13 – July 17 18+ R $100 $150 √ Faculté Saint-Jean La Pocatière (QC) June 27 – July 31 17+, High-school diploma R $150

Institut français, Université de Regina Gaspé (QC) June 28 – July 29 16–17 R & F $50 $150

Collège Boréal au Nipissing Sturgeon Falls (ON) June 28 – July 30 17+, High-school diploma R $150 $150 √ Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (QC) June 28 – July 30 18+ R $50 $150 √ CÉGEP de Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (QC) June 28 – July 30 16–17 (18 by July 30, 2010) R $30 $150

Université Sainte-Anne Pointe-de-l'Église (NS) July 4 – August 7 16+ R $150 √ Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Chicoutimi (QC) July 4 – August 7 18+ R & F $150 √ Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier Quebec City (QC) July 5 – August 6 16–17 R $150

La Cité collégiale Ottawa (ON) July 5 – August 6 17+ R $150 √ Collège de Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (QC) July 5 – August 6 16–17 R $50 $150

Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface Winnipeg (MB) July 5 – August 6 16+ R $150 $150 Centre linguistique du Collège de Jonquière Jonquière (QC) July 5 – August 6 16–18 R & F $50 $150 University of Victoria Victoria (BC) July 5 – August 6 18+ R $150

Trois-Pistoles French Immersion School (UWO) Trois-Pistoles (QC) July 5 – August 6 17+ F $100 $150 √ Université Laval Quebec City (QC) July 5 – August 6 18+ R & F $30 $150 √ Université de Montréal Montreal (QC) July 5 – August 6 18+ R $50 $150 √

Calendar — French Second Language

LEGEND: R = Residence · F = Host family · UA = University Apartment

You must meet all admission criteria by the time

the course begins. Please pay special attention

to the date classes start, as well as the type of

accommodation offered. Once bursaries are awarded,

switching sessions or institutions is permitted only in

exceptional cases and with the authorization of the

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC).

Special cases:

For special cases (disability, need for

medical care, etc.), you must contact your host institution

as soon as you receive the letter informing you of the

status of your application. Please note that you may

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Francis R. Andrew

Tel.: 604-822-0801 Fax: 604-822-0886 [email protected] www.frenchcentre.ubc.ca

University of Victoria, Victoria

Didier Bergeret Tel.: 250-721-8630 Fax: 250-721-8774 [email protected] www.uvcs.uvic.ca/french

MANITOBA

Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg Christian Violy Tel.: 204-233-0210, ext. 446 Fax: 204-235-4489 Toll free: 1-888-233-5112 [email protected] www.cusb.ca/cusb/explore

NEW BRUNSWICK

Université de Moncton, Moncton

Charles A. LeBlanc Tel.: 506-858-4659 Fax: 506-858-4489 [email protected] www.umoncton.ca/edperm

NOVA SCOTIA

Université Sainte-Anne, Pointe-de-l’Église

Simone Doucette Tel.: 902-769-2114 Fax: 902-769-2930 Toll free: 1-888-338-8337 [email protected] www.usainteanne.ca

ONTARIO

Collège Boréal au Nipissing, Sturgeon Falls Claude Dubuc Tel.: 705-753-5420, ext.5306 Fax: 705-753-2304 [email protected] www.borealc.on.ca

Glendon College at York University, Toronto Susanne Holunga Tel.: 416-487-6780 Fax: 416-487-6781 [email protected] www.glendon.yorku.ca/extendedlearning

La Cité collégiale, Ottawa

Michele Boulianne Tel.: 613-742-2493, ext. 2371 Fax: 613-742-2473 [email protected] www.lacitec.on.ca/explore

QUEBEC

CÉGEP de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières

Sylvie Godin Tel.: 819-376-1721, ext. 2184 Fax: 819-691-1256 [email protected] www.formation-mauricie.ca/ecfrancais/ accueil.asp

Centre linguistique du Collège de Jonquière, Jonquière Jo-Ann Prebinski Tel.: 418-542-0352 Fax: 418-542-3536 Toll free: 1-800-622-0352 [email protected] www.langues-jonquiere.ca Collège de Rivière-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup Réjean Chatigny Tel.: 418-862-6903, ext. 2417 Fax: 418-867-2137 [email protected] www.ecoledelangues.cegep-rdl.qc.ca Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec City Valentina Stagnani Tel.: 418-681-0107, ext. 305 Fax: 418-681-0118 [email protected] www.collegegarnier.qc.ca/international

École internationale de français, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Direction Tel.: 819-376-5124 Fax: 819-376-5166 Toll free: 1-888-343-8645 [email protected] www.uqtr.ca/eif

Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta

(Course offered at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec) Normand Fortin Tel.: 780-465-8600 Fax: 780-465-8606 [email protected] www.csj.ualberta.ca/cerf

The University of Western Ontario’s Trois-Pistoles French Immersion School, Trois-Pistoles Jane Lampkin Tel.: 519-661-3637 Fax: 519-850-2313 [email protected] www.uwo.ca/cstudies/tp

Université de Montréal, Montreal

Suzanne Fradette Tel.: 514-343-6179 Fax: 514-343-5984 [email protected] www.fep.umontreal.ca/french/ Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi Pierre Lincourt Toll free: 1-888-545-5036 Fax: 418-545-5416 [email protected] www.elf.uqac.ca Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal Éric Buisson Tel.: 514-987-3000, ext. 2282 Fax: 514-987-4349 [email protected] www.langues.immersion.uqam.ca/en/ programmes/bourses.asp

Université Laval, Quebec City

Amélie Lachance Tel.: 418-656-7908 Fax: 418-656-7018 [email protected] www.elul.ulaval.ca

Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Marie-Maude Cayouette Tel.: 819-821-7940 Fax: 819-821-7285 Toll free: 1-800-667-0904 [email protected] www.pages.usherbrooke.ca/eef

SASKATCHEWAN

Université de la Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Gisèle C. Piché Tel.: 306-966-4355 Fax: 306-966-4356 [email protected] www.learnenglish.usask.ca/multilingual immersion.php

Institut français, Université de Regina, Gaspé Lorraine Laliberté Tel.: 306-337-2616 Fax: 306-585-5183 Toll free: 1-866-214-8097 [email protected] www.institutfrancais.uregina.ca

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Coordinators

ALBERTA

Senior Manager

Ofﬁ cial Languages in Education Programs Alberta Education 10044 108 Street NW, 9th_Floor Edmonton, AB T5J 5E6 Tel.: 780-427-2940 Fax: 780-422-1947 ofﬁ [email protected]

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Provincial Coordinator French Programs Ministry of Education P.O. Box 9160, STN PROV GOVT Victoria, BC V8W 9H3 Tel.: 250-356-2516 Fax: 250-387-1470 [email protected]

MANITOBA

Provincial Coordinator

Explore and Destination Clic Programs Bureau de l’éducation française

Department of Education, Citizenship and Youth 509-1181 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3 Tel.: 204-945-6935 Fax: 204-945-1625 languesofﬁ [email protected]

NEW BRUNSWICK

Explore and Destination Clic Programs Educational Programs and Services Department of Education P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Tel.: 506-453-2155 Fax: 506-457-7835 [email protected]

NEWFOUNDLAND

AND LABRADOR

Provincial Coordinator Language Programs Section Division of Program Development Department of Education P.O. Box 8700 St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6 Tel.: 709-729-2741 Fax: 709-729-4845 [email protected]

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

French Coordinator

Early Childhood and School Services

Department of Education, Culture and Employment P.O. Box 1320, Lahm Ridge Tower, 3rd_Floor

Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Tel.: 867-920-8992 Fax: 867-873-0109 [email protected]

NOVA SCOTIA

Explore and Destination Clic Programs Department of Education P.O. Box 578 Halifax, NS B3J 2S9 Tel.: 902-424-5283 Fax: 902-424-3937 [email protected]

NUNAVUT

Territorial Coordinator Department of Education P.O. Box 1000, Station 960 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Tel.: 867-975-5686 Fax: 867-975-5613 [email protected]

ONTARIO

Provincial Coordinator, Explore and Destination Clic Student Financial Assistance Branch

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities P.O. Box 4500

Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9 Tel.: 807-343-7260

Toll free: 1-800-465-3957 (in Ontario only)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 3 Brighton Road P.O. Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Tel.: 902-368-6495 Fax: 902-368-4622 [email protected]

QUEBEC

Coordonnatrice du Québec

Programmes Explore et Destination Clic Aide ﬁ nancière aux études

Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport 1035, rue De La Chevrotière Québec, QC G1R 5A5 Tel.: 418-646-5233 Fax: 418-644-3158 [email protected]

SASKATCHEWAN

Provincial Coordinator French Education Branch Ministry of Education 2220 College Avenue, 1st_Floor

Regina, SK S4P 4V9 Tel.: 306-787-9256 Fax: 306-787-3164 [email protected]

YUKON

Territorial Coordinator French Programs Department of Education 1000 Lewes Boulevard Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3H9 Tel.: 867-667-8237 Fax: 867-393-6366 [email protected]

Send your application form and the required photocopy to the coordinator of your home province or territory by February 28, 2010.

All institutions require a

$150 registration fee.

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3. LEVEL OF STUDIES

At the end of the current academic year, I will have completed grade

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APPLICATION FORM 2010

French-Language Bursary Program

FIRST LANGUAGE:

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FRENCH

PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY IN UPPERCASE LETTERS AND IN BLACK INK.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

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