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Programs designed for foreigners
Where to get help- Here are some useful addresses that
you can contact if you have questions on particular fields of
study and other issues:
All education sectors
Canadian Education Center Network
999 Canada Place, Suite 578
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6C 3E1
Tel.: (604) 408-0588
Fax: (604) 641-1238
Internet: www.studyincanada.com
Studying in Canada
Canadian Bureau for International Education
220 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 1100
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9
Canada
Tel: (613) 237-4820 / Fax: (613) 237-1073
Web site: http://www.cbie.ca
The Canadian Education Center (CEC) is a non-profit
organization whose mandate is to promote Canada as a leading destination
for international students, and as a source for international
business and group training. The CEC Network also markets Canadian
distance education (e-Learning) programs.
There are 19 Canadian Education Centers around the world. Information
on Canadian educational institutions is disseminated through these
CECs - which offer reputable and high-quality information resource
centers, staffed with experienced individuals. CECs have extensive
materials on Canadian schools and can also provide counselling
to students on finding the appropriate institution and applying
to study in Canada. For the office nearest you visit : http://www.studyincanada.com/english/cec/index.asp
Programs :
Canadian Academic Study Abroad (CASA) is for
international students seeking to study for a summer, a term,
or a full academic year in Canada. CASA is the CEC Network's newest
initiative. Its purpose is to gather the necessary information
and provide you with a number of helpful services for studying
in Canada. Programs are available at the secondary or post-secondary
level, and are taught in English or French. Students must be fluent
in the language of instruction and require no language training.
On the CASA's website you can find specific and general program
information, information on institutions, answers to your questions
through e-mail, an application form for all institutions, payment
processing, forwarding of completed applications to institutions,
and visa information. In some programs, a certain number of places
can be reserved for CASA students.
To provide you with these services, CASA includes a US$350 administrative
processing fee which is part of each program's Total Package Price.
Other activities that are included in the price are rock climbing,
hiking, snowboarding, skiing, beach volleyball, swimming, boating,
ice hockey and much more.
The site is periodically updated with information on new programs,
so visit it frequently to discover fresh opportunities at world-class
institutions of the highest academic quality :
http://www.studyincanada.com/english/casa/index.asp
Principle exchange programs:
The International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
is a membership organization consisting of nearly 220 higher
education institutions from Canada, the United States and
35 other countries. ISEP is a program that is committed
to international educational exchange as an integral component
of higher education, that is accessible to all students
regardless of social and economic background. ISEP serves
its member institutions and their students by facilitating
affordable university level exchanges on a reciprocal basis.
Studying abroad for a semester or a year on an ISEP exchange
costs little more than studying and living at home. You
pay the normal cost of tuition, room and board to your home
institution, creating a place for an incoming student, and
take up a place at an institution abroad created by an ISEP
participant from that university. In addition to your normal
tuition, room, and board costs, the actual program fee
charged by your home institution will include a modest administrative
fee and the cost of providing "vacation benefits"
to incoming students. (While you are abroad, you will receive
vacation benefits as well as housing and meals during vacation
periods within the academic year). Their official website:
http://www.isep.org
CUSAC
CUSAC's primary aim is to provide students from the commonwealth
with opportunities to study abroad for short periods of time.
These opportunities are intended to complement existing competitive
scholarship schemes that offer only limited places on formal degree
courses. CUSAC has sought to redress the existing imbalance in
student flows by encouraging both north-south and south-south
exchanges.
Based on the principle of self help, CUSAC works through bilateral
linkages between institutions using mechanisms such as mutual
fee waivers, to facilitate exchanges. Under this program the institutions
benefit, not only from sending but also from receiving overseas
students. By the end of 1997 over 400 staff and students have
benefited from the CUSAC program. Canadian insitutions involved
in the CUSAC program:
Brock University
McGill University
Carleton University
Dalhousie University
Queen's University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Guelph
University of Ottawa
University of Saskatchewan
University of Trent
York University - York International
Here are some other useful addresses specializing in exchange
programs:
University programs
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
600-350 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B1
Canada
Tel: (613) 563-1236 / Fax: (613) 563-9745
Web site: http://www.aucc.ca/
College programs
Association of Canadian Community Colleges
1223 Michael Street North, Suite 200
Gloucester, Ontario K1J 7T2
Canada
Tel: (613) 746-2222 / Fax: (613) 746-6721
Web site: http://www.accc.ca/
Private Career College programs
National Association of Career Colleges
233 Colbourne Street, Suite #403
P.O. Box 340
Brantford, Ontario N3T 5N3
Canada
Tel.: (519) 753-8689
Fax: (519) 753-4712
Web site: http://www.nacc.ca/
French and English second-language programs
Council of Second Language Programs in Canada
Suite 6, 3555 Don Mills Road, Box 202
Willowdale, Ontario, CANADA M2H 3N3
Web site: http://www.cslp.com/english/home.html
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