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Each year, the Senate of Canada offers a page program where fifteen university students from across Canada are selected to participate. The Senate Pages are responsible for a wide variety of activities associated with the legislative process. Moreover, they are given a direct opportunity to further their knowledge of parliamentary affairs by exposure to the rich tradition of Canada's Parliamentary system and the Senate of Canada. For more information, go to www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/programs/SenPages/SenPages-e.htm

Professional French classes are being offered through a partnership between Canada School of Public Service and St. Thomas More College. The Programme de Base de Français au Travail maintains federal standards for French in the workplace. For more information, or to registration, please call Nelly Plantiveau at 306.966.8048.

Bursaries for Official Language Teachers
Bursaries are available to education students to attend courses and workshops to improve their teaching and linguistic skills. Funded by the Department of Canada Heritage. Information and an application form can be obtained from the coordinator of offical languages at the Saskatchewan Department of Education.

Official Language Fellowship offers bursaries for one year or two semesters of study to
allow post-secondary students to study in their second official language. Funded by the
Department of Canadian Heritage. Contact the coordinator of official language fellowship
at the Saskatchewan Department of Education.

Canada-France Young Workers Exchange program
This program is for young canadians with a university degree and a working knowledge
of French. With this you can work in France for 12 to 18 months. For more information
contact the Embassy of France: 42 Sussex Drive, Ottawa (ON), K1M 2C9, Tel: 613.562-3750.

The summer work student exchange program offers 16 and 17 year old students
in English-speaking communities to trade homes with a student from a French-speaking
community (within Canada) in the summer with a full-time summer job. For more information,
please vist www.summer-work.com

The University of Ottawa has committed to giving each National Concours participant a $2000 bursary for the University of Ottawa, and the first place winners of the five categories will receive a $20,000 bursary over 4 years, which is a commitment of $100,000 per year. For more information on how you can register for the concours d'art oratoire, go to the Concours d'art oratoire page under the "Youth Programs" tab of this website.

The University of Calgary and the Réseau français at the University of Calgary are pleased to present an analytical index containing more than 2000 French sites chosen for their valued information. It is aimed at the Francophone and Francophile public interested in teaching or learning the French-language, literature, and the Francophone culture. For more information, please visit fis.ucalgary.ca/repsit/index.htm.

Each year, CPF-SK offers two bursaries of $500.00, awarded to University of Regina students registered in 15 credit hours in the first year of the Baccalauréat en éducation française or in the Certificate in French as a second-language program, on the basis of academic achievement, extracurricular activities in French, and financial need. Applications available at the Institut français.

The Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française has released their 2005-2006 guide called "Répertoire de bourses d'études nationales et provinciales". It is an index on National and Provincial bursaries that are offered to students interested in continuing their French at the post-secondary level. For more information, or to obtain a copy of this guide, visit www.fjcf.ca.

The Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française has released their 2005-2006 guide called "Tes options postsecondaires". It is a complete guide on post-secondary programs in French in Canada. For more information, or to obtain a copy of this guide, visit www.fjcf.ca.

Researchers at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan are paving the way for the foundation of a regional sector of l'Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) in Saskatchewan. This new provincial sector of l'ACFAS aims to gather researchers and all that are passionate about science in the province to develop scientific changes in French in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan sector is made up of two chapters, Regina and Saskatoon. For more information, please visit www.acfas.ca/, or you can call Frédéric Dupré at 306.337.2357, or in Saskatoon, Raoul Granger at 306.975.5758.

Plages.net is a site to buy all kinds of Francophone music and even listen to a few songs. For more information, please visit www.plages.net/categories/categ-f.htm.

The French-Canadian Society of Prince Albert (Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert) assists in the development and expansion of Francophones and Francophiles in Prince Albert and its neighbouring communities (Meath Park, Albertville, Henribourg). It represents almost 2000 Francophones as well as several Francophiles. To learn more, please visit www.scfpa.ca.

United Nations Association in Canada - International Youth Internship Program IYIP is a partnership with Foreign Affairs Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and UNA-Canada. Over the past seven years, IYIP has provided 199 young Canadians with international placements, in French and English. For more information, visit www.unac.org/en/get_involved/internships/index.asp.

Institut Français, University of Regina, responds to the educational needs of Francophone and Francophile university students in Saskatchewan. It helps in the cultural, linguistic, and professional development of the Francophone community and offers courses, programs, and services at the university level, in French, at the University of Regina. For more information, visit www.prometheus.cc.uregina.ca:6666/institutfrancais/home.htm.

Baccalauréat en Education, University of Regina, offers a quality development for those who would like to teach in Francophone or French immersion schools and core French. For more information, visit education.uregina.ca/.

Le Cercle Français, University of Saskatchewan is a university group to give students, professors, and friends of the University of Saskatchewan the chance to use their French and learn more about the French environment in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan. For more information, visit www.ffslerelais.ca.

House of Commons Page Program is a program for bilingual senior high school students with an overall average of 80% who are interested in Canadian politics. Students accepted into the program will spend part of their time studying at a university in the nation's capital while having part-time duties in the House of Commons. For more information, visit the Parliamentary site at www.parl.gc.ca.

Association jeunesse fransaskoise (AJF) is the Francophone youth association in Saskatchewan. With a series of fun activities and programs surrounding culture, sports, arts and leadership in French planned every year, call 306.653.7447 to see how you can be part of the action!

CANIMUN is the first and only Canadian International Model United Nations conducted in both official languages. If you are a College or University student and love politics, this is the experience for you. You can live the life of a diplomat for a week and do it in French! Visit www.canimun.org for an intense experience in Ottawa, while being a proud bilingual Saskatchewan representative.

Archambault is a site to purchase current French music, books, videos and more online. For more information, visit www.archambault.ca.

L'ADISQ is an organization whose goal is the collective promotion of Québecois pop music nationally and internationally. Since 1978, ADISQ has been working on survival and blooming, in Québec, of an independent musical production that is strong, original, and innovative. For more information, visit www.adisq.com.

Come and enjoy an unforgettable experience in another part of Canada! If you are interested in working as an Official-Language Monitor and help students learn English as a second-language, visit www.cmec.ca/olp/ to find out how to apply!

Learn French through the Summer Language Bursary Program (SLBP) for five weeks this spring or summer and join the close to nine million Canadians and over 250 million people around the world who speak French! Visit www.cmec.ca/olp for more information.

Learn French through le Centre Linguistique du Collège de Jonquiere’s Bursary Student Program. The course consists of formal and informal language instruction in the context of Québec and French-Canadian culture. For more information, visit www.langues-jonquiere.ca.

Interested in International Affairs? Want to get ahead in your studies? The Canada-U.S. Summit is a bilingual week-long intensive university course for Canadian and American university students in which you can learn about, and live the diplomacy of the Canadian-American relationship, in both official languages. For more information visit www.forum.ca/diplomat.

Would you like to study French in Québec? L'Université Laval has been offering courses in French as a foreign or second-language for over half a century at its campus in magnificent Québec city. For more information visit www.elul.ulaval.ca.