Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Explore (education)


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The result was no consensus. After two relistings, no consensus for a particular outcome has emerged in this discussion. Sources were presented later in the discussion by a user, but no other participants have provided a critique of those sources. Also, the second delete !vote (after the nomination) appears to be assessing notability based upon the sources presently in the article, which differ from those presented later in the discussion. Note that per WP:NEXIST, topic notability is to be based upon overall available suitable sources about a topic, rather than the state of sourcing in articles. North America1000 19:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Explore (education)

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Nothing significant. Fails WP:GNG. Störm  (talk)  14:20, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  18:36, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  18:36, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Five of the six "sources" here are primary sources that cannot support notability at all, and the one real media footnote just verifies a fact about an affiliated school but completely fails to even mention this topic at all in conjunction with it. Which means there's no WP:GNG pass here, because the only reliable source in the entire article is completely tangential to the article's topic. Bearcat (talk) 00:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 04:07, 10 February 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:56, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in reliable sources.  The "Summer Language Bursary Program" was created in 1971 and renamed to Explore in 2004. The abstract of the 17-page article notes: "Canada's Summer Language Bursary Program is a joint national-provincial effort providing immersion in French- or English-as-a-Second-Language to Canadian students. Despite 18 years of success and the benefits gained at small expense, the program is not well-known and risks losing funding. Self-promotion and lobbying are necessary. (Author/MSE)"  The book notes: "The Summer Language Bursary Program (SLBP) is an important program for Canadian students that supports end of secondary and postsecondary French and English learning . Intensive 5-week immersion courses in either or both languages, supplemented with cultural activities and contact with native speakers, are run by some 40 postsecondary institutions across Canada for students between Grade 11 (Quebec high school graduation) and second-year university. Bursaries, awarded across the country by lottery, defray the cost of tuition, instructional materials, and living expenses for between 3,000 and 4,000 Canadian students each summer. The program is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage and administered by the government department responsible for postsecondary education in each of the provinces and territories in conjunction with the Council of Ministers of Education (Department of Canadian Heritage, 1999). The Official Languages Monitor Program (OLMP) is another program that encourages postsecondary langauge learning and that provides financial aid to students. It is also funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage. The Program is for bilingual postsecondary students who agree to study outside of their home province, usually in an area where their second official language is dominant. They work in tutorial or teacher's aid positions in schools or postsecondary institutions in their first language and receive fellowships to help cover their tuition fees. This program benefits not only the over 1,000 students who participate annually but also the second language programs in which they work (Department of Canadian Heritage, 1999)."  The book notes: "The Canadian government also created two programs related to official languages in education outside of the BEP umbrella. The Summer Language Bursary Program was launched in 1971 to provide grants to postsecondary students who wanted to undergo a short-term intensive training program in their second-language during the summer months. In 1973 this was followed up with the Official Language Monitors Program, under which students from either official languages would work together with a teacher in a school where their language was the minority-language. These programs were funded completely by the federal government and administered by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)." The book also notes: "... Feeling specifically targeted by the federal government, Quebec refused to commit itself to future involvement in the Summer Language Bursary and Official Language Monitors programs (which were normall negotiated separately) until the BEP issue was settled, effectively freezing these two programs. (The Summer Language Bursary Program allowed university students to travel to another province to spend several weeks learning their second language in an immersion environment. The Official Language Monitors Program paid university students, usually from French-language communities, to work as teaching assistants with second-language teachers.)"  The article notes: "In addition to the adult-oriented programs listed above, Canadians can participate in intensive immersion courses through the federally sponsored Explore program (cf. The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada 2012). This program provides students with a $2,200 bursary that covers tuition, meals and accommodation for five weeks in the spring or summer. It is an opportunity for francophones to immerse themselves in English and for anglophones to immerse themselves in French. The bursary is not guaranteed and is distributed through a lottery system. Successful applicants are placed in one of 30 different institutions for the study of French (mainly, but not exclusively, in Quebec)."</li> <li> The article notes: "Founded in 1971, the Explore Program was created with the intent of providing students with opportunities to learn French in an immersive cultural experience. The five-week program has spring and summer sessions, consisting mostly of high school and university students who travel to over 20 participating institutions. The Explore Program (age 18+) and Destination Clic (grades 8-9) are funded through the Council of Minsters of Education, Canada (CMEC). For Explore, most full-time applicants will receive a bursary to the tune of $2,200 (per student), paid directly to the institution to cover tuition, accommodation, food, and recreational and leisure activities. It’s a significant government investment in developing Francophone language and heritage across Canada. I couldn’t find numbers of how many students go through the program every year, but it’s so popular that there’s actually a lottery draw for applicants. The most popular destinations (Montreal and Quebec City) are invariably oversubscribed, so most students wishing to attend school within Quebec usually end up in a smaller town like Trois-Rivières or Chicoutimi."</li> <li> The book notes: "In 1971, the Secretary of State started funding the Summer Language Bursary Program (renamed the Explore Program in 2004), administered by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), permitting university-aged students to spend several weeks immersed in the other language community. In 1973, it added the Official Languages Monitor Program (renamed the Odyssey Program in 2004), also with the CMEC, that funded university-aged students to work as teachers' language assistants in communities across the country."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Explore to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 10:05, 17 February 2018 (UTC) </li></ul>


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