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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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Category Study Abroad

ISA offers a wide variety of study abroad programs at accredited schools and universities around the world. These programs are mainly for university students (there is a separate high school division called LPI). Academic year, semester/trimester, summer ...
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Category Study Abroad

BookSurfCamps.com is a global travel website where surfers from all over the world can find, compare, and book surf vacation packages located worldwide. It is a tool that will help surfers discover the next big surf destination, or that great surf camp ne ...
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Category Adventure Travel

The Travelling Scholarship is available to graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in the United States or the United Kingdom in the areas of international relations or industrial relations.
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This fund provides one scholarship, annually, for study abroad experiences through accredited, post high school, educational institutions.
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EDC created the International Business Scholarships because international trade is critical to Canada’s economic prosperity and they are dedicated to helping students – the next generation of business leaders – to succeed. They award up to 30 scholarship ...
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Young people deserve to experience the world beyond their college campuses, but not everyone can afford to travel, especially if you’re on a student budget. The Tortuga Backpacks Study Abroad Scholarship is awarded biannually to passionate students who w ...
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Taking Off is a placement agency that works with the student and their families to facilitate a gap year experience for each participant. Taking Off works to clarify, define and prioritize the parameters that will come to shape each participants' experien ...
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Category Volunteer Abroad

Abroadwith is a platform for language learning and cultural immersion. Abroadwith enables you to customise your trip by choosing a host based on interests, lifestyle, price and location, while selecting a school or tutor close to your home-stay. Helping t ...
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Category Conversational

The GPS program will enable this distinctive and integral NYU experience to be made available to students who otherwise might have been precluded because of financial constraints.
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Students on Ice offers unique learning expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Their mandate is to provide students from around the world with inspiring educational opportunities at the ends of the earth, and in doing so, help them foster a new under ...
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Category Adventure Travel

The ACE TESOL Certification gives participants the qualifications to teach English abroad or in Canada. The programme has many highlights: * An affordable ESL teaching credential * 100 hours of classroom instruction * A 20-hour practicum (a 10-hour practi ...
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Category Study Abroad

Volunteers are the heart of the Canadian Red Cross and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. The work of the Red Cross is only made possible because thousands of volunteers willingly give their time to help vulnerable people. Volunteer activi ...
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Category Volunteer Abroad

American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredit ...
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Category Study Abroad

The University Scholarship is awarded to academically-talented, new freshman students from traditionally underrepresented groups or first generation college students who have overcome hardship in achieving their academic goals. 
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As a designated J-1 visa sponsor, AIPT provides programme opportunities for foreign nationals to gain invaluable career internships and on-the-job training experience in the United States. Three options exist for foreign nationals travelling to the United ...
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Category Work Abroad

Short and long term projects are available for volunteers who wish to make a difference by volunteering their time internationally. Projects take place in Africa, Latin America and Asia and range from working with street children in Ecuador, teaching Engl ...
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Category Volunteer Abroad

The objectives of the Internship Programme are to promote among the participants a better understanding of the United Nations and of the World Food Programme. Internships provide Divisions at headquarters or country offices with the assistance of outstand ...
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Category Work Abroad

EarthCorps offers a six-month training course in Seattle, Washington that brings emerging environmental leaders from across the U.S. and around the world. This training programme is ideal for the volunteers or staff of organizations that work with youth a ...
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Category Work Abroad

As the first company to blend yoga and wellness with first class adventure travel, The Travel Yogi set the bar for what real wellness adventures should be. Our handpicked teachers seamlessly integrate yoga into our days of hiking, kayaking, exploring, bik ...
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Category Adventure Travel

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