A national program offering opportunities for youth to improve their second official language skills while gaining important employment experience.

The program is open to Canadian youth, 16 to 17 years of age during the summer in which they participate. Participants will be enthusiastic youth with a basic ability in either French or English as a second language. These exchanges will last for 6 weeks starting at the end of June. To strengthen the cultural and language experience, youth are twinned with a community in another province where their second language predominates.

Participants will be hosted by a family in their twin community, and will also be provided with an appropriate paid employment placement. All participants will be further supported by Local Coordinators, hired and trained to ensure that everyone in the program can access a local support network of YMCA staff and peers. Local Coordinators will also enrich the experience by planning activities for participants a few evenings each week and during most weekends.

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For more information, contact Jenny Baron at the Downtown Y centre:
514-849-8393 ext. 771 or toll free at 1-866-498-7720.