Gap Year

What is a Gap year?

A gap year is an intentional period of time spent away from formal education for a young person to get “real world” experience and understand who they are outside of a classroom. Through experiential learning and foundational skill development, students have the opportunity to work, volunteer, travel, focus on their physical and mental well-being, and engage in activities that support their passions and interests and help provide clarity for life’s next steps.

CANGAP - Click HERE

Our events, resources, and tools support students and families in making their “gap” impactful and a foundational pillar to build on for the future.

Thinking of taking an intentional break before more formal education (or already on a gap year but feeling a little stuck in taking your next step)?

We help you decide, plan and access tools that support a purposeful gap year.

Discover Year - Click HERE

Discover Year is an innovative one-year life skills program that helps young adults better understand what they want and build the skills they need to go out and get it. Our students build stronger self-awareness, confidence, communication skills and resilience to thrive in whatever education or career path they take. They achieve these results through essential skills workshops, work terms, travel, mentorship and coaching, and community service.
Discover Year is a certified Canadian post-secondary program. Program fees are RESP-eligible and can be claimed as a tuition tax credit, reducing the effective cost to Canadian students and families.

International Volunteer HQ - Click HERE

At International Volunteer HQ, we bring people of more than 96 nationalities together to create positive transformation through regenerative travel. This transformation takes place not just within the communities we support, but also within volunteers themselves.

As part of your fully-hosted experience, IVHQ organizes all the stressful stuff like airport pickup and accommodation. We’ve been empowering volunteers to make a difference since 2007 - and we’ve always been committed to making volunteering abroad more affordable and accessible to everyone.