Education and Literacy

Programs and Study Awards

Employment opportunity

ODYSSEY Program
You will work as a Language Assistant to support the teacher and have the opportunity to lead language activit ies in English or French (depending on the province to which you will be assigned) in an elementary or secondary classroom.
Deadline to submit application: February 28

Bursaries

High School Students

Explore
Explore offers you five weeks full of opportunities to make discoveries, meet new people, and exchange ideas in a stimulating setting for learning your second language. Explore your country and your personal capabilities!
Deadline to submit application: February  28

Destination clic
Destination clic is your opportunity to exchange and discover different francophone communities in Canada, in Ontario, in New Brunswick or in Quebec. It's your choice! A summer three-week program is offered to students having completed Grade 8 or 9.
Deadline to submit application: March 15

Post-secondary Students

Explore
Explore offers you five weeks full of opportunities to make discoveries, meet new people, and exchange ideas in a stimulating setting for learning your second language. Explore your country and your personal capabilities!
Deadline to submit application: February 28

French language studies bursary
You are a Manitoba resident wishing to pursue your post-secondary study program in French, but you must leave the province of Manitoba to do so? Fortunately, the French language studies bursary worth $2,500 is available to you as a supplementary financial aid for travel costs, living expenses or any other costs incurred related to your out-of-province studies.
Deadline to submit application: May 31

French Immersion Studies Bursary
You are an Anglophone Manitoba resident and you want to be completely immersed in the French language and culture outside your home province? The French imersion studies bursary will help you achieve this goal!
Deadline to submit application (fall session): May 31
Deadline to submit application (winter session): October 15

Bursaries for studies at l'Université de Saint-Boniface
These bursaries are offered to l'Université de Saint-Boniface students who are registered for university courses or courses offered by l'École technique et professionnelle. A supplementary bursary is also offered to students who are pursuing studies to obtain a Bachelor of Education with a specialty in Science Education.
Deadline to submit application (fall session): September 30
Deadline to submit application (winter session): January 31

Teachers

Courses offered at l'Université de Saint-Boniface

• FIT (French Immersion for Teachers)
• Credit courses offered between April 1 and August 31
  Deadline to submit application: April 30
• Mini-FIT (2 weekends per session)
  • Spring session: April 19 – 21 and May 10 – 12, 2012
    Deadline to submit application: March 23, 2012
  • Fall session: (dates to be determined)
    Deadline to submit application: to be determined

Courses offered outside the province of Manitoba

• Specialized programs for teachers of French
• ACELF
  Deadline to submit application: April 30

Manitoba-Quebec Six Month Student Exchange Program

The Manitoba-Quebec Six Month Student Exchange Program is offered to French Immersion students and Basic French students who will be in Grade 10, 11 or 12 next September. Manitoba participants host their Quebec counterparts for three months starting in September. The pairs attend the same school and the Quebec students live with the Manitoba students' families. In February, the Quebec student hosts the Manitoba student for the same length of time and under the same conditions.
Deadline to submit application: January 31