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Summer programs

Camps and paid labs for July and August, most closing November to March.

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Rotary Youth Exchange, Long-Term (Alberta)

Rotary District 5360 (southern Alberta) and District 5370 (northern Alberta)
  • 10–11 months abroad, August to June or July
  • Ages 15.5 to 17.9 at departure
  • Abroad, living with 2–4 host families and attending school full-time
Nov 15, 18 days left
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Students on Ice (SOI) Foundation Expeditions

Students on Ice Foundation
  • ~2 weeks (summer expedition)
  • High school
  • Arctic or Antarctic (in-person expedition)
Dec 10, 43 days left
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SHAD Canada

  • 4 weeks (summer)
  • Grades 10–11
  • Various Canadian campuses including Alberta
Cost varies
Jan 6, 70 days left
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National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada)

National Youth Orchestra of Canada
  • About 7 weeks, mid-June to early August 2027
  • Ages 16-28
  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Pays you
Feb 1, 96 days left
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Explore French Immersion Bursary

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, funded by the Government of Canada
  • 31 to 33 days for ages 16 and up, spring or summer, or 19 to 21 days for ages 13 to 15, summer only
  • Ages 13 to 15 and 16 and up, depending on the host institution
  • Host universities and colleges across Canada, including Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Feb 2, 97 days left
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Catalyst Summer Program

University of Waterloo
  • Two weeks
  • Grades 9-11 (entering Grade 10 or higher in September 2027)
  • University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Has a fee
Feb 12, 107 days left
Details

Alberta Innovates HYRS: University of Lethbridge

Alberta Innovates + University of Lethbridge
  • 6 weeks (July 2 to Aug 13, 2027)
  • Grade 11
  • Lethbridge (in-person)
Pays you
Mar 26, 149 days left
Details

LaunchX Virtual Summer Program

LaunchX (MIT-affiliated)
  • 5 weeks (summer, virtual)
  • Grades 9–12
  • Virtual (online, open to Alberta students), with a tuition fee and need-based aid available
Has a fee
Mar 31, 154 days left
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UBC Future Global Leaders

UBC Extended Learning
  • Summer courses and mini schools in July and August
  • Ages 15–18, Grade 10 completed
  • UBC Vancouver campus (residential option) or online
Has a fee
May 21, 205 days left
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Immerse Education Online Research Pathway

Immerse Education
  • 10 or 15 hours of one-on-one tuition, scheduled flexibly
  • Ages 13–18
  • Virtual (online)
Has a fee
Open now, no deadline
Details

Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations

Canadian Heritage (Government of Canada)
  • 6 to 16 weeks, full or part time
  • Ages 16-30, in school
  • Museums, archives, libraries and heritage sites across Canada
Pays you
Open now, no deadline
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Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentships, University of Calgary

Alberta Innovates + University of Calgary
  • 8, 12 or 16 weeks between May and August
  • Grade 12 (graduating)
  • Calgary (in-person)
Pays you
Opens Nov 23, due Jan 25
Details

Research Mentorship Program, UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara Summer Sessions
  • June 14 to July 30, 2027, starting online June 14 to 16
  • Grade 10-11
  • Santa Barbara, California (in-person, after three virtual days to start)
Has a fee
Opens Dec 15, due Mar 8
Details

Blueprint, University of Toronto

University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
  • July 5 to 30, 2027, then biweekly sessions from October 2027 to February 2028
  • Grades 10–11
  • University of Toronto St. George campus, Toronto (in person)
Opens Nov 2, due Mar 29
Details

Harvard Summer School Secondary School Program

Harvard Summer School
  • Four-week or seven-week sessions, June to August 2027
  • Ages 16–18
  • Residential at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commuting, or online
Has a fee
Opens Dec 1, due Mar 31
Details

Alberta Innovates HYRS: University of Alberta

Alberta Innovates + University of Alberta
  • 6 weeks (July 2 to Aug 13, 2026)
  • Grade 11
  • Edmonton (in-person)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Alberta Innovates HYRS: University of Calgary

Alberta Innovates + University of Calgary
  • 6 weeks, early July to mid-August
  • Grade 11
  • Calgary (in-person)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
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WISEST Summer Research Program

WISEST, University of Alberta
  • 6 weeks (July 2 to Aug 13, 2026)
  • Grade 11
  • Edmonton (in-person)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
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ELITE Program for Black Youth

University of Alberta
  • 8 or 16 weeks (summer)
  • Ages 15–22
  • Edmonton (in-person)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Destination Exploration, University of Lethbridge

University of Lethbridge
  • Summer (varies by camp)
  • Kindergarten to Grade 10
  • Lethbridge (in-person)
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Alberta Junior Forest Rangers (JFR)

Government of Alberta, Forestry and Parks
  • 7 weeks (summer)
  • Ages 16–18
  • Various Alberta locations (field-based)
Pays you
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Quantum School for Young Students (QSYS)

Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
  • 10 days (August)
  • Grades 11–12
  • Online for 2027, with an optional in-person lab day in the Waterloo region on August 16
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Medicine Youth Summer Program (Med YSP), UofT

University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
  • 1 week per module (July)
  • Grades 10–12
  • Toronto (in-person, UofT St. George campus)
Has a fee
Opens later, date not posted
Details

PIMS High School Programs, UAlberta / UCalgary

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
  • Varies (summer camps, workshops, seminars)
  • High school
  • Edmonton and Calgary (in-person)
Opens later, date not posted
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Halloween in Alberta

A crowd in evening dress under paper lanterns at a Halloween party in Edmonton in 1906
Edmonton, 1906 A Halloween party at the Prince Arthur Café
Guests in pointed witch hats with skull badges at a Halloween party in Wainwright in the 1920s
Wainwright, 1920s Witch hats and skull badges at a Halloween party
Four children in costumes standing among pine trees in Mountain Park in 1934
Mountain Park, 1934 Beulah Godby and friends in costume, in a coal town that is a ghost town now
A woman dressed as an angel and a man dressed as a devil with a pitchfork, standing in the snow in Claresholm in 1949
Claresholm, 1949 First place costumes at the skating carnival
Children in Halloween masks and a witch hat lined up against a wooden wall around 1950
Little Smoky River, About 1950 Animal masks and a witch hat
A pumpkin carved with a glowing bison head on a porch in Edmonton on Halloween 2024
Edmonton, 2024 A bison carved into a pumpkin on Halloween night Photo by Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0

From the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and one Edmonton porch. Photo credits