Official-Languages Programs
Provincial and Territorial Coordinators
Coordinators manage Explore in their respective provinces or territories. In particular, they promote the program, process applications and award bursaries, accredit participating educational institutions, and monitor the operation of Explore in the educational institutions located in their province or territory.
Alberta
Vivian Abboud
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Senior Manager
Official Languages in Education Programs
Alberta Education
10044 108 Street NW, 9th Floor
Edmonton, AB T5J 5E6
Tel.: 780-427-2940
Fax: 780-422-1947
officialang@edc.gov.ab.ca
British Columbia
Gilbert Verrier
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Provincial Coordinator
French Programs
Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 9160, STN PROV GOVT
Victoria, BC V8W 9H3
Tel.: 250-356-2516
Fax: 250-387-1470
ExploreBC@gov.bc.ca
Manitoba
Michelle Landry-Nanka
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Provincial Coordinator
Explore and Destination Clic Programs
Bureau de l'éducation française
Department of Education, Citizenship and Youth
509-1181 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3
Tel.: 204-945-6935
Fax: 204-945-1625
languesofficielles@gov.mb.ca
New Brunswick
Fiona Cogswell
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Provincial Coordinator
Explore and Destination Clic Programs
Educational Programs and Services
Department of Education
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Tel.: 506-453-2155
Fax: 506-457-7835
nbprogs@gnb.ca
Newfoundland & Labrador
Renée Keough
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Provincial Coordinator
Language Programs Section
Division of Program Development
Department of Education
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL A1B 4J6
Tel.: 709-729-2741
Fax: 709-729-4845
language@gov.nl.ca
Northwest Territories
Raymonde Laberge
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French Coordinator
Early Childhood and School Services
Department of Education, Culture and Employment
P.O. Box 1320, Lahm Ridge Tower, 3rd Floor
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel.: 867-920-8992
Fax: 867-873-0109
raymonde_laberge@gov.nt.ca
Nova Scotia
Mark Bannerman
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Provincial Coordinator
Explore and Destination Clic Programs
Department of Education
P.O. Box 578
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
Tel.: 902-424-5283
Fax: 902-424-3937
bourses@gov.ns.ca
Nunavut
Michèle Tremblay
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Territorial Coordinator
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1000, Station 960
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Tel.: 867-975-5686
Fax: 867-975-5613
mtremblay@gov.nu.ca
Ontario
Valerie Wesselius
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Provincial Coordinator, Explore and Destination Clic
Student Financial Assistance Branch
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
P.O. Box 4500
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9
Tel.: 807-343-7260
Toll-free: 1-800-465-3957 (in Ontario only)
Prince Edward Island
Lucille Fontaine
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Provincial Coordinator
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
3 Brighton Road
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Tel.: 902-368-6495
Fax: 902-368-4622
lrfontaine@edu.pe.ca
Quebec
Danielle Cossette
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Coordonnatrice du Québec
Programmes Explore et Destination Clic
Aide financière aux études
Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport
1035, rue De La Chevrotière
Québec, QC G1R 5A5
Tel.: 418-646-5233
Fax: 418-644-3158
explore@mels.gouv.qc.ca
Saskatchewan
Estelle D'Almeida
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Provincial Coordinator
French Education Branch
Ministry of Education
2220 College Avenue, 1st Floor
Regina, SK S4P 4V9
Tel.: 306-787-9256
Fax: 306-787-3164
prog.fedprov@gov.sk.ca
Yukon
Elizabeth Lemay
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Territorial Coordinator
French Programs
Department of Education
1000 Lewes Boulevard
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3H9
Tel.: 867-667-8237
Fax: 867-393-6366
Elizabeth.Lemay@gov.yk.ca
Testimonials
Also, my Explore experience can really help me in my career since I want to become a teacher, and the program reinforced my plan to teach French immersion, a specialty much in demand in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Lesleigh Von Dyne
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