{"id":9163,"date":"2022-02-20T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&p=9163"},"modified":"2022-02-20T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:50:27","slug":"acufc-bursary-program-is-now-open-to-students","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/acufc-bursary-program-is-now-open-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"ACUFC bursary program is now open to students"},"content":{"rendered":"

English-speaking students who want to study in French may be eligible for <\/span>a $3,000 non-renewable bursary<\/span><\/a> courtesy of the Government of Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Administered by the <\/span>Association des coll\u00e8ges et universit\u00e9s de la francophonie canadienne<\/span><\/a> (ACUFC), these bursaries encourage English-speaking students attending university to pursue their post-secondary studies in French, their second official language.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The bursaries are part of Canada\u2019s <\/span>Action Plan for Official Languages<\/span><\/a>, which aims to increase the national bilingualism rate from 17.9% to 20% by 2036, mainly through raising the bilingualism rate of English speakers outside Quebec from 6.8% to 9%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The bursaries will be awarded yearly between 2020 and 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2018 the ACUFC commissioned a <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> that shows that bilingual Canadians earned more than their unilingual Anglophone counterparts. Bilingual Canadians are <\/span>also well-placed<\/span><\/a> to enjoy the rich variety of the Francophonie, in Canada and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Students who wish to apply must:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n