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Regular OLEP funding
Alberta’s portion of the regular funding is divided between minority-language francophone education and French second-language instruction, and each of those respective portions is divided between Education and Advanced Education. The resources below provide more information about Education’s portion of regular OLEP funding in Alberta.
- This Overview of how Alberta distributes regular OLEP funding for 2020-2021 (PDF, 95 KB) explains the flow of dollars from the federal government to school authorities.
- For more information about how Alberta distributes FTE Student Funding, please see the Funding manual for school authorities.
- This recording of the May 21, 2020 OLEP Overview and Update Webinar provides an overview of OLEP in Alberta and upcoming changes.
- OLEP Overview and Update webinar fact sheet (PDF, 345 KB) provides a summary of information based on questions from the OLEP Overview and Update webinar on May 21, 2020.
Minority-language (francophone) projects
The four French minority-language school authorities in Alberta (Northwest Francophone Education Region, East Central Francophone Education Region, Greater North Central Francophone Education Region and Southern Francophone Education Region) collaborate with the Federation of Francophone School Authorities of Alberta (Fédération des conseils scolaires francophones de l’Alberta or FCSFA) in designing and implementing the initiatives included in the Alberta action plan. The OLEP funded activities include:
- Full-time kindergarten, including the provision of necessary resources and support
- Initiatives to support the academic achievement of learners, including:
- language development in the Grade 12 Français course
- access to specialized services and support for the students
- the development of an assessment approach in order to guide teaching practices focused on concept-based learning in relation to curriculum redesign
- Mental health activities
- Promotion and advertising in order to recruit a growing number of children entitled to francophone education
- Development of strategies to recruit teachers and French language education specialists such as speech and language therapists and psychologists
- Development of interactive learning items, in partnership with the Centre d’éducation francophone à distance (CFED) – French distance education centre, to better meet the needs of online teaching
- Professional development opportunities in French for teaching staff offered in collaboration with the Consortium provincial francophone pour le perfectionnement professionnel (CPFPP) – Francophone Provincial Consortium for Professional Development
- Cultural and leadership activities offered in partnership with:
- FJA (Francophonie Jeunesse Alberta – Alberta Francophone Youth Association),
- FSFA (Fédération des sports francophones de l’Alberta – Federation of Francophone Sports of Alberta),
- ACFA (Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta – French-Canadian Association of Alberta),
- the youth component of ACELF (Association canadienne d’éducation de langue française – Canadian Association of French Education) and many more.
For more information on FCSFA and the francophone school authorities, please visit http://www.fcsfa.ca/.
French second-language projects
The aim of funding for French second-language projects is to increase collaboration between school authorities and ensure knowledge and resources that exist across the province are shared and benefit as many students as possible.
Please note that currently Alberta Education is not accepting applications for projects at this time. Should you be interested in accessing OLEP project funding, please contact the OLEP office at [email protected] or 780-427-2940.
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Additional OLEP Funding
Provinces and territories have an opportunity each year to apply for additional funding from the federal government for complementary projects. The projects below have been approved for additional funding by the federal government.
Application category | Federal decision |
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Capital projects for minority-language education | 2018 – 2019:
2019 – 2020:
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Francophone and French-language teacher recruitment and retention projects | 2019 – 2020:
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Complementary projects | 2018 – 2019:
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Programs and bursaries
- Pan-Canadian official languages programs (Odyssey, Explore and Destination Clic) help young people improve their language skills in English and French.
- The Individual Teacher Bursary Program helps eligible teachers get funding for French language education training and professional development.
- The Quebec Student Exchange Program pairs high school students from Alberta with students in Quebec to attend school together for 12 weeks in Alberta and 12 weeks in Quebec.
The Language Teacher Bursary Program helps eligible French and international language teachers get provincial funding to complete a language, culture or teaching development course or program. The federal government does not fund this bursary.
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Contact
Connect with the Alberta Official Languages in Education Programs (OLEP) office:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-2940
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]