By 1983, the Summer Language Bursary Program had a budget of $13 million per year, which the then-languages commission Max Yalden thought was a better investment than the "bilingual bonus" being paid to federal civil servants; at the time the SLBP was turning away two out of every three applicants.
[1] Explore provides bursaries for students to travel for 5 weeks to another province and immerse themselves in one of Canada's two official languages (English and French).
Summer programs for language learning predate the bursaries but are now considered the main source for most students who attend them.
Explore participants are awarded a bursary that covers tuition fees for the course, instructional materials, meals, and accommodation.
They will discover another region of Canada while learning French (or English) in classes adapted to their language level.