Summer language immersion program bursaries

Bursaries will be granted to students across Canada to enable them to enroll in a five-week (5) immersion course in French or English at accredited institutions. The aim of this program is to provide post-secondary students with the opportunity to learn one of Canada’s official languages as their second official language, and to improve their knowledge of the culture represented by that language. If you are a permanent resident whose first language is neither English nor French, the language in which you studied during the current year (English or French) is considered your language of adoption. You would be eligible for a bursary in the other language.

These bursaries will defray the cost of tuition, institutional materials and room and board, but will not cover transportation costs, pocket money or child-care service (if applicable). Inquiries regarding the awarding of bursaries, including eligibility, should be made to the student’s provincial or territorial coordinator (see addresses listed below).

Or visit the federal Official-Languages Programs web site.

Eligibility

A student is eligible if he/she meets the following conditions:

Is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident at the time of application. Students studying in Canada on visas are not eligible;
Has general post-secondary standing, or can prove that he/she will have obtained such a status by the time he/she becomes involved in the program;
Was enrolled as a full-time student during the academic year.

Provincial and territorial summer language immersion coordinators

QUÉBEC

Program de Bourses d’été de Langues
Aide Financière aux Études
Ministère de l’Éducation
1035 rue de la Chévrotière
Québec, QC G1R 5A5
Tel: (418) 646-5233
Fax: (418) 644-1715

Web site

ALBERTA

Provincial Coordinator
Official Languages Programs
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
9940 - 106 Street, 9th Floor
Box 28000, Stn Main
Edmonton, AB T5J 4R4
Tel: (780) 427-5538
Fax:(780) 422-4516

Web site

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Provincial Coordinator Federal Programs
Ministry of Education, Skills and Training
French Programs Unit
P.O. Box 9160
Station Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9H3
Tel: (250) 356-0256
Fax: (250) 387-1470

Web site

MANITOBA

Coordinator
Official-Languages Programs
Bureau de l’Éducation française
Manitoba Education and Training
509 - 1181 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3
Tel:(204) 945-6935
Fax:(204) 945-1625

Web site

NEW BRUNSWICK

English as a Second Language and French as a First Language
Provincial Coordinator
Direction des services pédagogiques
Department of Education
P.O. Box 6000, King’s Place
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Tel:(506) 453-2751
Fax:(506) 453-3325

Web site

French as a Second Language
Director, Curriculum Branch
Summer Language Bursary Program
Department of Education
P.O. Box 6000, King’s Place
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Tel: (506) 457-4970
Fax: (506) 453-3325

Web site

NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR

Provincial Coordinator
Language Programs Section
Division of Program Development
Department of Education
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, NF A1B 4J6
Tel:(709) 729-6604
Fax:(709) 729-4845

Web site

NOVA SCOTIA

Provincial Coordinator
French Language Bursaries
Department of Education
and Culture
P.O. Box 578
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
Tel:(902) 424-6878
Fax:(902) 424-3937

Web site

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Coordinator, French Programs
Early Childhood and school Services
Department of Education,
Culture and Training
Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel:(867) 920-8992
Fax:(867) 873-0109

Web site

NUNAVUT

French Programs Coordinator
Department of Education
P.O. Box 800
Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0
Tel:(867) 975-5600
Fax:(867) 975-5605

ONTARIO

Provincial Coordinator SLBP
Student Support Branch
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
P.O. Box 4500
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9
Tel:(807) 343-7397
(in Ontario only): 1-800-465-3957

Web site

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Registrar
Department of Education
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 7N8
Tel:(902) 368-4650
Fax:(902) 368-4663

Web site

SASKATCHEWAN

Coordinator
Federal-Provincial Programs Unit
Saskatchewan Education
Official Minority Language Office
1500 - 4th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 3V7
Tel:(306) 787-9256
Fax:(306) 787-3164

Web site

YUKON

Coordinator
French Programs Division
Department of Education
P.O. Box 2703
Whitehorse, YK Y1A 2C6
Tel:(867) 667-8237
Fax:(867) 393-6366

Web site