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Manitoba-Québec Six-Month Student Exchange Program

Six-Month Student Exchange Program
Description | Objectives | How It Works | Terms and Conditions | Selection Criteria | Cost | Procedure | Contact

Application Form 2008-2009 – MS-Word™ (Word Icon 291 KB)
Application Form 2008-2009 – Adobe PDF (Adobe Icon 191  KB)

Brochure (Adobe Icon 191  KB)

Program Description

The Manitoba-Québec Six-Month Student Exchange Program is offered to French Immersion students who will be in Grade 10 or Grade 11 by September 2008. Strong Basic French students may also apply. Students are paired with Québec students for a six-month period – three months in Manitoba and three months in Québec.

Program Objectives

  • Improve the Manitoba students' knowledge of the French language and Québec;
  • Improve the Québec students' knowledge of the English language and Manitoba;
  • Encourage cross-cultural exchange;
  • Expose students to another school system.

How the Program Works

Each Manitoba participant in the program will host his or her Québec counterpart starting in September. The two of them will attend the same school until December (a period of three months). The Québec student will live with the Manitoba student's family. Starting in early February, the Québec student will in turn host the Manitoba student for the same length of time and under the same conditions.

Terms and Conditions of Participation

  • School boards, schools and parents must consent to participate in the project.
  • Schools must interview candidates and their families and select the participants.
  • Families must be able to afford and accommodate the Québec students for three months.

Participant Selection Criteria

The candidates must have:

  • interest in the program
  • the ability to adapt
  • the determination to complete the program
  • a sense of humour
  • maturity
  • openness to other cultures
  • good health
  • above average academic record or recommendation from the school and parents
  • a willingness to live in the host community
  • a good knowledge of French
  • appropriate English language skills

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Cost

Participating families must contribute $200 for airfare (subject to change, pending time of reservations). The Bureau de l'éducation française Division covers the remaining round-trip travel costs from Winnipeg to Québec City. Living expenses and tuition are covered by the exchange.

Application Procedure

  1. The student and his or her parents shall complete this Application Form 2008-2009 – MS-Word™ (Word Icon 291 KB) or Application Form 2008-2009 – Adobe PDF (Adobe Icon 191  KB), printing legibly in black ink. The student shall then submit the form to the school coordinator of the program before the set deadline.

 

  1. The school coordinator of the program shall advise the school board of the student's possible participation in the exchange program.

 

  1. Once the Application Form 2008-2009 – MS-Word™ (Word Icon 291 KB) or Application Form 2008-2009 – Adobe PDF (Adobe Icon 191  KB) has been submitted, the student and his or her parents shall be interviewed at home by the school coordinator of the program. It will also be necessary to ensure that the family has the capacity to host the Québec student comfortably for three months.

 

  1. The school coordinator of the program will decide how the school and home interviews (of the student and the parents respectively) will be conducted and the questionnaire filled out.

 

  1. The file on the student and parents recommended by the school shall consist of two duly completed documents: the Application Form 2008-2009 – MS-Word™ (Word Icon 291 KB) or Application Form 2008-2009 – Adobe PDF (Adobe Icon 191  KB) and the Interview Questionnaire. For a copy of the Interview Questionnaire, the schools may contact Simone Touchette at simone.touchette@gov.mb.ca.

 

  1. For every student recommended by the school, the school coordinator of the program shall submit to the program coordinator at the Bureau de l'éducation française four complete copies of the student's file, including the original. He or she shall keep a copy for his or her own use.

 

  1. The entire process (application, interview, recommendation, file summary, photos and forwarding of four copies to the coordinator at the Bureau de l'éducation française) must be completed by March 1st, 2008.

 

  1. The Manitoba candidates will be paired with the Québec candidates in April. Each participant will be given the information on his or her counterpart in May.

 

  1. Only one family member a year is allowed to participate in the six-month exchange program.

 

  1. It is up to the student and his or her school to make the necessary arrangements to compensate for the schooling that may be missed while he or she is away.

 

Contact Person

For more information please contact:

Simone Touchette
Agente d'éducation
Bureau de l'éducation française Division
Telephone: 204-945-6024
Toll Free: 1-800-282-8069, ext. 6024
Email: simone.touchette@gov.mb.ca

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