Youth Exchange

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Rotary youth exchange offers the opportunity for students to spend an academic year in another country. Please visit Rotary International (https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/youth-exchanges) for general information about the program.

Eligible students must turn 16 by December 31, 2024, cannot turn 19 before July 15, 2025 and cannot have graduated from high school at the time of departure. In a nutshell, 2024/25 exchange students are in grade 10 and 11 for the 2023/24 academic year.

Each club has its own process for recruiting exchange students. Interested students should contact the club in their town/city for more details and how to apply. Please check back in August 2023 for the updated list of clubs participating in 2024/25 youth exchange.

Please note that it is very difficult for clubs to send students who do not live in their town/city. For that reason, most clubs will only consider candidates who live in their area.

Rotary Club of Camrose

For more information please contact Kevin Smook at kevinwsmook@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Drayton Valley

For more information, please contact Elaine Tamboline at btandes@telus.net

Rotary Club of Edmonton

For more information, please contact Neil Lang at neillangjuiceplus@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Edmonton Glenora

For more information, please contact Petra Hagemann at phageman@telus.net

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Sunrise

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Swan City

The Grande Prairie Rotary Clubs are recruiting a total of three students. For more information, please visit http://youthexchangeinfogp.com/ and https://youtu.be/pbTJ3z4B4Iw or contact Candace Hook chook@creativecentre.ca, Silvi Dechant silvi.roses@gmail.com or Kenzo Takeuchi ktakeuchi1@gmail.com

Rotary Club of St. Albert

For more information, please contact Adrian Michelutti at adrian@adriansells.ca

Rotary Club of Whitecourt

For more information, please contact Candace Clark at c.clarkyzu@gmail.com

District 5370 youth exchange calendar:

September and October 2023 – Clubs recruit students.
November and December 2023 – Selected students complete long-form application and medicals and submit everything to district.
January 2024 – District interviews to confirm club selections.
March 2024 – Students find out where they are going. Mandatory Spring Orientation for outbound students, parents and counsellors.
May 2024 – Student visa applications.
June/July 2024 – Flights books.
August 2024 – Students depart for host countries.
Early July 2025 – Students return to Canada.
August 2025 – Mandatory Outbound Survivor Weekend for students, parents and counsellors.

These are the possible countries that district 5370 will exchange with for 2023/24. Please note that this list is subject to change and we cannot guarantee students a particular country.