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    Explore Program

    Details

    • Listing Type: Summer Programs
    • Program Delivery: Residential
    • Destination: Canada
    • Provided By: Independent Provider
    • Session Start: May, June, July, August
    • Session Length: Three Weeks, Five Weeks
    • Entering Grade: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, College
    • Category: Travel/Cultural Immersion
    • Sub-Categories: French
    • Selective: No
    • Ages: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19+, 19
    • Career Clusters: Education and Training
    • Credit Awarded: No
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    Overview

    Explore is an intensive French-immersion program that is offered during the spring and summer to Canadian teens ages 13 and up. If you are interested in learning or improving French and travelling to a new part of Canada, then Explore might be the perfect program for you.

    Explore for Ages 13 -15:

    • Summer sessions available
    • Program length is 19 to 21 days
    • Stay on campus or with a local host family
    • Make new friends from across Canada while experiencing another part of the country
    • Peers will be matched by language proficiency

    For participants 16 and older:

    • Spring and summer sessions available
    • Program length is 31 to 33 days
    • Stay on campus or with a local host family
    • Students may be eligible for course credits
    • Make new friends from across Canada while experiencing another part of the country
    • Peers will be matched by age and language proficiency

    In order to qualify, you must meet BOTH of the following criteria:

    • be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (those studying in Canada on a student visa are not eligible); and
    • meet the institution’s minimum age requirement by the time Explore begins (13–15, 16–17, or 18+).

    You must also meet ONE of the following criteria depending on your age:

    • have been a part-time or full-time student for at least one term during the current school year; or
    • have been an Odyssey participant within the last two years.

    There are no language-skill requirements. If you meet the above criteria, you may be eligible for a place funded by the Government of Canada.