FNJA - NATIONAL AMBASSADOR YOUTH FORUM

NATIONAL AMBASSADOR YOUTH FORUM

The National Ambassador Youth Forum (FNJA) is an annual free program involving :

35 Grade 10 and Grade 11 bilingual students (secondaire 3 or 4 in Quebec) from across Canada, enrolled in French programs (Core French, Extended French, French Immersion, or Francophone schools),
6 days of fun, interactive workshops and activities centered on the significance of bilingualism.

The 2023 edition will take place in Halifax, NS, from August 13 to 18, 2023. The week will be punctuated by workshops on project management, leadership, but also games and activities of all kinds!

This program is completely free for participants!

Discover our FNJA 2023 ambassadors!

Being a French for the future ambassador

The ambassadors’ mission is to promote the French language and official bilingualism in their schools throughout the year following the FNJA. In order to do so, they organize activities related to French.

Before you start your year as an ambassador, you will attend a free week of training in August, the FNJA. Not only will the Forum prepare you to become an ambassador, but it will also give you the opportunity to build friendships with the other participants!

Why become an ambassador

Being an ambassador is a great opportunity to gain confidence in your French language skills and to gain experience in leadership and project management.

The FNJA also enables you to meet other young francophones and francophiles your age from all over the country! You will interact with them throughout the year.

Who can apply to be an ambassador?

Applications are open to students Canada-wide who are:

currently in Grade 10 or 11 (secondaire 3 or 4 in Quebec)
available at the time of the FNJA from August 11 to 18, 2023
currently enrolled in a French program (Core, Extended, Immersion, French First Language)
comfortable communicating in French and English with and in front of their peers
involved in extracurricular activities in French in their school or community
leadership-oriented and who have the desire to make an impact!

How to apply?

To submit an application to participate in French for the Future’s 2023 FNJA, students must first fill out the participant registration form. Then, they must have their sponsor fill out the application support form:

Participant Registration Form

Each participant must fill out a 250-word “Motivation” section in the Participant Registration Form. The participant must answer two questions:

Why do you want to become a French for the Future Ambassador?
Why do you want to participate in the FNJA?

It is highly recommended that you write a draft in a separate document, and then copy and paste it into the registration form.

Moreover, we also ask for a video link as part of the Participant Registration Form. In this video, the participant must:

present him/herself in French (provide their first name, last name, school, city, province, and language category, i.e. French first language or French second language)
in French, answer the question : Si tu étais choisi comme ambassadeur, quelle activité pour promouvoir le français voudrais-tu mettre en place dans ton école ou ta communauté?

You must host the video on a video platform such as Youtube, Dailymotion, or Vimeo. It must not be more than 1 minute in length and must be public as the selected ambassadors will have their video published on French for the Future’s website.

Application Support Form

Each participant must have a sponsor to support his/her application, from his/her own community. The sponsor may not be a parent or guardian. This person will provide support to the future ambassador, and commit him or herself to:

Provide support to the future ambassador in the organization of activities to promote the French language for the 2023-2024 school year.
Act as a contact person for French for the Future. We would contact him or her 2 or 3 times throughout the year, to provide feedback on the ambassador’s commitment level.

N.B – Applications for the 2023 FNJA will not be considered complete and will therefore not be accepted unless the Application Support Form is filled out by a sponsor (who may not be a parent or guardian) chosen by the candidate. The Participant Registration Form must be completed by the candidate him or herself.

Registrations are now closed.

What’s next?

Ambassadors will be selected by French for the Future’s Selection Committee.

If you are selected, you will be notified during the month of May 2023 by e-mail and/or phone. The official list of 2023 ambassadors will be revealed on our website starting in June 2023.