Global Works offers international educational and service travel for high school students and groups. We have been running overseas programs for 24 years. We currently provide summer service adventures to 17 destinations worldwide on five continents. All ...
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Madventurer community projects focus on building basic infrastructure to assist local community development. Their key focus is youth development and the provision and improvement of health, education and sanitation facilities such as schools, clinics, to ...
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This merit-based scholarship is available for students from colleges in the Five-College Consortium (Smith College, Mt. Holyoke College, Amherst College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Hampshire College).
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Pacific Discovery offers extraordinary international learning adventures. Our summer, semester and gap year programs abroad combine cultural immersion, volunteer and service learning projects in conservation and community development, sustainable adventur ...
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Honours a founding member of the Nova Scotia Home Economics Association who dedicated her professional life to home economics education.
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A year away can't be measured in days alone. Students will only be gone for a school year, but the experience will enrich the rest of their life. Living in another country for a year is something most people never have the opportunity to do. Students retu ...
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Awarded to a student who has participated in one of the high school seminars.
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Expeditions with Trekforce Worldwide last from 4 weeks to 5 months and include volunteer work on projects including carrying out research work, building up the infrastructure of national parks and constructing research and visitor centres. These exciting ...
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Various awards open to international students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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May be awarded to Canadian Indigenous persons enrolled in an accredited institution at the graduate level (Masters and PhD only) who wish to study outside of Canada.
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships provide s ...
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The ultimate aim of the ICWA Fellowship program is to cultivate deep expertise in foreign countries and cultures, achieved by supporting a Fellow over a two year period, during which she or he carries out an immersive program of self-designed, independent ...
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Canadian students who are currently in full time attendance at a university or college in Canada studying engineering, technical sciences or technologies such as architecture, agriculture and forestry, can be placed abroad through IAESTE Canada. Most jobs ...
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A scholarship established in honor of AIA Past President Elizabeth Bartman to assist graduate students or those who have recently completed a master’s degree with the expenses associated with participating in a museum internship either in the United State ...
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Note: This program has been suspended by the Government of Canada under Stephen Harper. Positions have not been offered to Canadians since 2010. Positions are still available for nationals of many countries in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and the ...
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Various awards open to international students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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The WorldWide Volunteering (WWV) database enables volunteers to build an on-screen profile of their ideal volunteer placement which is then matched against the requirements of over 3200 organizations with more than 1,585,000 placements each year thro ...
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Celebrating the success of post-secondary students by awarding scholarships is just one way that the Foundation aims to foster the growth of leaders, inspire the next generation, cultivate philanthropy and volunteerism, and ultimately, to ensure the healt ...
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According to your age, STS offer 2 types of cultural exchange: = High School Student Exchange (14-18yo) This programme allows you to spend 2, 3, 5 or 10 months in the foreign country of your choice. This full immersion is possible in over 20 countries. Yo ...
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