Camps & Exchanges
CPF AB and its local Chapters host, promote and partner on spring break and summer camp opportunities. For more information please contact CPF Alberta Branch.
A CPF Membership can offer discounts or exclusive access to camps and exchanges too!
We also work hard to support Chapter-led camps and national exchange opportunities, such as the Explore and Odyssey programs.
Scroll through the selection of camps and exchange opportunities below to learn more about opportunities for Alberta students.
Also remember to check out the EVENTS Calendar for other CPF Opportunities.
Camps
Alliance française of Calgary and Edmonton are back with summer camps!
Alliance française of both Calgary and Edmonton are offering french Summer camps for 2023!
Are you ready for summer 2023? Of course you are, you’re Canadian!
Summer is a great time for kids to go to camp! Summer camps give youth the opportunity to meet new friends, gain independence, and build confidence.
Exchanges
Odyssey
The language enrichment programs don’t have to end when you graduate. With Odyssey, French learners can find immersion opportunities as language assistants in immersive environments. Participants get to live in their learned language, while sharing their own linguistic skills with
Destination Clic
Destination Clic is a three-week summer program tailored to help francophone youth (outside Quebec) nurture their sense of belonging to and identity with their francophone community at home and abroad. If you want your child to enhance their French-speaking skills
Experiences Canada
Every year, participating schools and youth organizations send 10-30 youth (ages 12- 17) on exchange somewhere in Canada. On average, 4,500 youth and their chaperones per year are chosen, representing just under 200 groups. That’s hundreds of thousands of young
YMCA
The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE) program is a national exchange opportunity for 16- and 17-year-old youth living in Canada. Over six weeks in the summer, youth travel to another community in Canada, living and working in their second official language. Participants are employed in public sector or non-profit jobs, providing them with meaningful employment experience and a chance to contribute to impactful work in communities across the country.
Explore
Explore is an intensive French-immersion program that is offered during the spring and summer. If you are interested in learning or improving French and travelling to a new part of Canada, then Explore might be the perfect program for you. The program offers students 13+ the chance to travel and meet peers from across Canada, while learning French language and cultures.
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