Student Exchange
French Student Exchanges
Alberta Education Student Language Development Exchange Program - How does it work?
This program provides students with the opportunity to improve their second language skills through linguistic and cultural immersion. Participants in this exchange alternate between hosting a partner from another culture in their home and school, and traveling to live with their partner and study at their partner's school. Depending on the exchange destination, the exchange periods can vary between 4 to 6 months, with the time divided equally between each exchange location. An important part of this exchange is that the paired students live in the same location at the same time. Click here to investigate further.
Canadian Education Exchange Foundation
The Canadian Education Exchange Foundation is a non-profit foundation which facilitates both student and educator exchanges. International educational exchanges offer educators and their students an opportunity to broaden their understanding of one another's cultures, customs and languages. Click here to investigate further
YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange
A national, non-profit program offering opportunities for youth to improve their second official language skills (French or English) while exploring another part of Canada.The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE), which is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, is a 6-week summer program for 16- and 17-year-old youth.
Those hired as Pages work on a part-time basis during their first year of study at one of the universities in the National Capital Region.
Application forms and additional information will be available online and will be sent to high school or CEGEP guidance counsellors in October. Click here to see more on the Page Program
In this reciprocal home-stay exchange, youth and their families are paired with a participant from another province, and are hosted in each other's homes to deepen their cultural and language experience through immersion. Alongside the opportunity to develop second official language kills, exchanged youth are also provided summer jobs in the non-profit or public sector of the local community in which they are being hosted. This aspect of the program gives invaluable work experience otherwise difficult to achieve for this age group - as well as a more practical application of their second language.
House of Commons Page Program
Each year, 40 students are selected from high schools and CEGEPs across Canada to come to Ottawa and work as Pages in the House of Commons. Pages have the opportunity to learn about the House of Commons while witnessing the legislative process first hand.
Encounters with Canada
This is Canada's largest youth forum! Every week of the school year, 120-138 teens from across Canada (ages 14-17) come to Ottawa; there they discover their country through each other, learn about Canadian institutions, meet famous and accomplished Canadians, explore exciting career themes, develop their civic leadership skills, and live an extraordinary bilingual experience. Over 78,000 youth have lived the EWC experience so far!
http://www.ewc-rdc.ca/en/home.html;jsessionid=BFDD5CA216CB5A2839F57C3C77AC81BB.tomcat1
SEVEC's
The mission is to create, promote and facilitate enriching educational opportunities for youth within Canada for the development of mutual respect and understanding through programs of exploration in language, culture, and community. We believe that visiting another part of Canada or sharing the experience of an exchange has a lasting positive impact on the lives of all those involved-individuals, families, organizations and communities. We are totally committed to the success of your exchange or your visit, and to the celebration of your experience of Canada.
"Bon Voyage!"
French Summer Camps
"Learn French in France" youth programs from 9 to 17 years of age. Summer camps, Immersion camps & Holidays courses at the following French language destinations :
Learn French in France with ATOLL JUNIORS, the French language school for young foreigners. "All Inclusive" stays for 9 -17 years of age.
Teens language camps have proven efficiency & success.
Full board accommodation / half board
Standardized courses
Leisure Activities & Excursions
Supervision and (with the exception of Paris campuses) Round trip transfer to station or airport.
For further information: http://www.atoll-france.com/
French Summer Camps in the Edmonton Region
Le Centre de plein air Lusson
"Your french summer camp in Alberta"
A stay at Le Centre de plein air Lusson is an encounter with nature. The log house (Hébert Pavillion) offers a spectacular view of Lake Wakomao. The site is rich in flora and fauna to discover. The Centre de plein air Lusson is an extraordinary place that provides unforgettable experiences. (Children must be fluent in French)
For further information: http://www.camplusson.com/English/Home.html
French Summer Camps In Québec
Welcome to Camp Ouareau! Ouareau, established in 1922, is an all girls residential camp situated in the beautiful Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada. We are proud of our innovative linguistic program, as it offers our campers a unique opportunity to experience their second language in a supportive and open learning environment. Half of our campers are French the other, English. Our small groups of 4 or 6 in a cabin with an overall ratio of 1 staff for every 3 campers supports Ouareau's focus on providing a safe and healthy atmosphere where our campers & staff can grow in mind, body & spirit.
Canadian International Student Services - CISS. Canadian Summer Camps! Adventure Camps! French Camps! English Camps! Come learn English or French in Canada at one of our many summer camps and city language programs!
Are you looking for the best summer ESL programs in Canada? Look no further. CISS offers many programs including English / ESL language camps, traditional sports and adventure summer camps, as well as English or French study camps and city residential teen language programs in various locations across Canada. Canadian and international students and campers come to learn English or French in Ontario, Quebec and now British Columbia. Join our summer camps in Canada for fun and memories to last a lifetime! Looking for a French Camp? Check out our Brébeuf or Tremblant programmes.
French or English language learning plus fun mountain adventures...what could be better?
Located on the stunning Mont Tremblant Resort in the French speaking province of Québec, this new English and French Language Camp is truly a unique opportunity for students looking for an FSL or ESL language study programme that offers something different. Not only will our exceptional teachers help you enhance your language skills, you will also try many exciting sports and recreational activities - from mountain hiking, canoeing, tree-trekking, kayaking, mountain biking and so much more. Our European-style pedestrian village at the base of the mountain offers world-class shopping, recreation and leisure opportunities. At the Tremblant Language Camp, together with students from around the world, you learn to appreciate not only the bilingual nature of Québec and Canada, but also the stunning beauty of the Laurentian Mountain region and the cultural distinctions that make up our global community. Come learn English or French this summer at Tremblant! Ages: Boys & Girls, ages 14 - 17
If you like Tremblant...check out our sister-programme at Brebeuf. Options for a combination stay at both programmes is available. Contact us!
Enjoy the "joie de vivre" of historical Montréal as you learn French or English!
Housed in a leading Montréal private high school and CEGEP, the Brébeuf City Residential Programme has created memories since the year 2000. Located 10 minutes from central Montréal on the campus of Collège Brébeuf, this French and English language study camp is the perfect choice for the teenager who loves the city life and wants to learn or improve his or her French or English as a Second Language (or both!). Brébeuf is ideal for those teen students who want the feel of Europe in the heart of North America-you'll love visiting the old city, shopping on Rue Ste-Catherine, ice skating in the summer, visiting art galleries, museums, and doing some world-class shopping. Students from around the world come to Brébeuf to develop their both English and French language skills and mix with local North American students from Canada and the USA who come to learn French Brébeuf.
Join us this summer for a truly unique bilingual French and English Canadian experience. At Brébeuf, you'll learn to appreciate the history, diversity and the cultural distinctions that make up our Canadian society, and in Montréal you will experience a city that thrives in a bilingual culture. It's a great English camp as well as French camp!
If you like Brébeuf...check out our sister-programme at Tremblant! Options for a combination stay at both programmes is available. Contact us!
Wilvaken offers campers a unique opportunity for practice in both of Canada's official languages, English and French. Most of our staff are fluently bilingual, as are many campers. All of the staff are more than willing to make the effort to speak in either language. We are not primarily a "language school" - we simply function in both languages.Wilvaken is not an immersion camp as this is a program that places someone in an environment away from what they are normally used to. There are camps that are immersion and they take a group of children who all speak the same language and enforce the use of the other language various ways. For some children that works well but Wilvaken is a traditional outdoor camp first and became bilingual due to a need in the province of Quebec. We have been offiicially bilingual since 1987 and are proud of the achievements since it was first introduced. We do have on staff a language instructor, who works specifically with those who have a particular interest in improving their English or French. All our staff participate in encouraging campers to learn to communicate in both languages. With our approach, the use of both languages is simply the norm at camp. The learning process is natural, without pressure - and fun. Of course, those who are most open to learning, and willing to make a certain effort, are those who profit most by this opportunity. Many youngsters have become quite fluent in a second language when their only opportunity for practice has been their summers at camp. Usually these are youngsters who stay for a month, and come for more than one summer.