This is a listing of resources for French Bursaries and Awards.

CPF - BC & Yukon Award
Applicants must have completed their practicum within the last six months with a recognized university OR be in the professional year in a Bachelor of Education degree at a recognized university or university college and become a French teacher in B.C. or Yukon. For More information please click here.

CPF - Local Chapters
The following CPF-BC chapters have scholarships or bursaries available. For more information, contact your local CPF chapter.

• Abbotsford
• Burnaby
• Campbell River
• Comox/Courtenay
• Cowichan Valley
• Cranbrook
• Dawson Creek
• Delta
• Golden
• Kamloops
• Kitimat
• Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows
• Merritt
• Mission
• Nanaimo
• Nelson
• New Wesminster
• North Vancouver
• Okanagan Skaha
• Port Alberni
• Prince George
• Prince Rupert
• Quesnel
• Richmond
• Surrey
• Terrace
• Tri Cities
• Vancouver
• Vernon
• West Vancouver
• Williams Lake

Federal Official-Languages Programs - Documentation 2008-2009

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]

Explore
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 Destination Clic. 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 28.
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. Explore website.

Official-Languages Study Fellowship
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. Official-Languages Study Fellowship [PDF]

Bursary for French Teachers in Training
A bursary to encourage students to register in a one-year full-time programme, offered in French, by the Faculty of Education of a BC post-secondary institution, where the objective is to train prospective teachers specializing in French as a first language (francophone) or French as a second language (French immersion). Bursary for French Teachers in Training [PDF]

Accent / Odyssey
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 assistants 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). For more information on any of these programs, please email the Coordinator of Federal Official-Languages Programs.

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
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. French Teachers’ Bursary Program [PDF]

Other Organizations

Can Learn www.canlearn.ca
Post-Secondary The CanLearn site was developed by the Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and Canadian learning and career development organizations. CanLearn is the only online post-secondary education resource that provides Canadians with the information and services they need to decide what and where to study and how to cover the costs.

Embassy of France in Canada www.ambafrance-ca.org
Masters, Doctorate Information on Masters and doctorate level scholarships and fellowships for studying in France.

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment Fund www.aucc.ca
University Study in a Second Official Language Award Program. This program encourages young Canadians, who wish to improve their proficiency in their second official language, to pursue studies on a full-time basis at a university that functions in the other official language and in a millieu which that language predominates. Candidates must be enrolled in a second or third year of their first undergraduate university program.

University of Ottawa www.uottawa.ca
Undergraduate Immersion Program. Undergraduate scholarship for French Immersion students.

Youth Canada www.youth.gc.ca
Look under "Money" and then under "Scholarships and Bursaries".
There are listings for each province.

SCHOLARSHIPS CANADA www.scholarshipscanada.com
Search through their database to find scholarships, student awards, bursaries and grants. You’ll also find information about student loans, applications and budget planning.

studentawards.com www.studentawards.com
Provides students with quick and easy access to information on educational scholarships, bursaries, grants, fellowships and other forms of financial assistance.

@nime ta francophonie! www.francophoniedesameriques.com/anime
The contest @nime ta francophonie is open to all teachers and educators who are interested in starting up an educational project in their classroom in order to help students discover Francophonie in the Americas. There are twelve $3,000 bursaries to be won!