Official Languages Programs [en français]
A number of official-languages programs are available to residents of British Columbia. Funded by the Government of Canada and administered by the B.C. Ministry of Education, the following programs are currently available:
- Bursary Summary Table [PDF]
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Explore (formerly Summer Language Bursary Program)
A bursary covering room, board and tuition to enable students who have completed at least Grade 11 or higher education to enroll in five-week immersion courses in French. Francophone students, as defined under Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, apply to the Programme de bourses pour francophones hors Québec. This program was recently approved as an External Credential: students who successfully complete this exchange would be entitled to receive credit towards BC secondary school graduation. (Refer to External Credentials). Application forms are available in December. Deadline: February 15.
For more information please visit the the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) Explore website.For information about bursaries for francophones outside of Quebec, please visit CMEC's Destination Clic page.Explore website.
- Official-Languages Study Fellowship [PDF]
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A one-time fellowship to encourage students to enter a full-time postsecondary program offered in French at a francophone or bilingual institution for a period of one academic year. Application forms available in december. Deadline: June 15.
- Accent / Odyssey (formerly Official-Languages Monitor Program)
This program offers part-time employment (for post-secondary students) and full-time employment (for people with at least one year of post-secondary education) as language monitors in second language classrooms. Application forms are available in December. Deadline: February 15.
For more information please visit the Accent and Odyssey pages from the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)
- British Columbia/Quebec Six-Month Bilingual Exchange Program
A reciprocal exchange program available for a limited number of Grade 10-11 French Immersion and Francophone Program (formerly Programme cadre de français) students. Quebec students live with BC families for three months and attend BC high schools. Later in the school year, BC students live with Quebec families for three months and attend Quebec high schools. This program was recently approved as an External Credential: students who successfully complete this exchange would be entitled to receive credit towards BC secondary school graduation. (Refer to External Credentials). Apply through participating schools.
- French Teachers' Bursary Program [PDF] [52 KB]
Bursaries to assist Core French, Immersion or Francophone Program teachers to attend credit and non-credit courses to improve their French academic and linguistic qualifications. The bursary covers tuition, transportation and living expenses for immersion courses and tuition for courses taken for credit only to a maximum amount for both.
- Bursary for French Teachers in Training [38 KB]
