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High School Model United Nations, University of Alberta (HSMUN)

University of Alberta students (HSMUN)
  • 3 days (2027: February 18–20)
  • High school
  • Edmonton (University of Alberta, Tory Building)
Has a fee
Nov 530 days left
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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 1540 days left
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Diamond Challenge, High School Entrepreneurship

Horn Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware
  • September to April: concept submission, pitch rounds, and a summit for finalists
  • Ages 14–18
  • Online, with an in-person summit for finalists (2027: April 29–30)
Free
Jan 14100 days left
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Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition

Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition
  • Pitches due February 21, 2027; winners announced in May
  • High school
  • Online
Free
Feb 21138 days left
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Poetry In Voice, National Recitation Competition

Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie
  • Online qualifier in February and March, national finals in April
  • Grades 10–12 for Senior (Junior is grades 7–9)
  • Online qualifiers; Senior National Finals in Toronto (2027: April 17–21)
Free
Mar 4149 days left
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JA Southern Alberta, Company Program

Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta
  • 20 weeks, about 3 hours per week
  • Grades 9–12
  • Calgary and southern Alberta (in-school or after-school)
Open nowno deadline
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JA Northern Alberta, Company Program

Junior Achievement Northern Alberta
  • Runs as an in-school or after-school cohort through the school year
  • Grades 9–12 (JA serves grades 3–12)
  • Edmonton and northern Alberta (in-school, after-school, or self-directed)
Open nowno deadline
Details

Alberta Debate and Speech Association Tournaments

Alberta Debate and Speech Association (ADSA)
  • Tournament season through the school year, with provincials in the spring
  • Junior and senior high school
  • Alberta-wide (tournaments hosted across the province)
Open nowno deadline
Details

League of Innovators

League of Innovators (LOI)
  • Launch It is self-paced, Labs runs 12 weeks, Boost runs 12 months
  • Ages 15 to 30
  • Online, open to founders in every province
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

Experiences Canada Group Exchanges

Experiences Canada (funded by the Government of Canada)
  • 7–10 days per visit, hosting and travelling (reciprocal homestays)
  • Ages 12–17
  • Anywhere in Canada (reciprocal, with a twinned group)
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

The Concord Review

The Concord Review
  • Self-paced; one research essay of 5,000 to 10,000 words or more
  • Grades 9–12
  • Online submission, open to secondary students anywhere
Has a fee
Open nowno 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 nowno deadline
Details

Historica Canada, Heritage Fairs & Young Citizens

Historica Canada
  • Several months (research + regional fair)
  • Grades 7–12
  • Alberta-wide (regional fairs) + national showcase
Opens laterdate not posted
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LaunchX Virtual Summer Program

LaunchX (MIT-affiliated)
  • 5 weeks (summer, virtual)
  • Grades 9–12
  • Virtual (online, open to Alberta students); tuition fee applies, need-based aid available
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
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Forum for Young Canadians

Forum for Young Canadians
  • 1 week (Ottawa, spring and fall sessions)
  • Grades 10–12
  • Ottawa, Ontario (in-person); open to Alberta students
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
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YMCA Youth Exchanges Canada

YMCA Canada
  • Minimum 5 days in each community
  • Ages 12–17
  • Various Canadian provinces (open to Alberta students)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Canadian Geographic Challenge

Canadian Geographic Education (Royal Canadian Geographical Society)
  • Classroom and school rounds, then provincial and national finals
  • Grades 7–10; Level 3 open to ages 16–19
  • School-based across Alberta (online or print), with a national final
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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High School Model UN, University of Calgary

Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
  • 2-day conference during the school year
  • High school
  • Calgary (University of Calgary campus)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Alberta Youth Parliament (TUXIS Parliament of Alberta)

Alberta Youth Parliament / TUXIS Parliamentary Alumni Society of Alberta
  • Winter session in the last week of December, plus regional events
  • Ages 15 to 21
  • Edmonton (Alberta Legislature Building)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Rotary Adventure in Citizenship

Rotary Club of Ottawa, with participants sponsored by local Rotary clubs
  • 4 days in Ottawa each spring
  • Ages 16 to 18
  • Ottawa (travel from Alberta paid by the nominating club)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Youth Parliament of Canada

CIVIX
  • 4-day parliamentary simulation in Ottawa
  • Ages 16 to 20
  • Ottawa (fully funded from anywhere in Canada)
Opens laterdate not posted
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YETI, Young Entrepreneurs Training Initiative

Community Futures Alberta (Capital Region, Big Country, Lakeland and Lac La Biche offices)
  • Four days of training, then run the business across the eight weeks of summer
  • Senior high school students
  • Participating Community Futures regions in Alberta only, not province-wide (applications normally open in May)
Pays you
Opens laterdate not posted
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Alberta Student Leadership Conference (ASLC)

Alberta Association of Students' Councils and Advisors (AASCA)
  • 3 days each May, Friday after school through Sunday noon
  • Junior and senior high students on student council or in a leadership class
  • A different Alberta host school each year (2026: École Olds High School)
Opens laterdate not posted
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House of Commons Page Program

House of Commons of Canada
  • One academic year, about 15 hours a week around full-time studies
  • Apply in Grade 12, work during your first year of university
  • Parliament Hill, Ottawa; you study at the University of Ottawa, Carleton, Saint Paul University or Université du Québec en Outaouais
Pays you
Opens laterdate not posted
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Vimy Pilgrimage Award

The Vimy Foundation
  • About one week in April, plus preparation before departure
  • Ages 15 to 17
  • Belgium and France
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO)

NACLO, hosted in Alberta by the University of Alberta's Alberta Language Technology Lab
  • 3-hour Open Round in late January; invitational round in March
  • High school (ages 13–18)
  • Host sites, including the University of Alberta North Campus in Edmonton
Opens laterdate not posted
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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Central and Southern Alberta

Rotary District 5360
  • A weekend each May
  • High school, ages 15–17
  • Central and Southern Alberta (and western Saskatchewan)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Rotary Youth Leadership Experience (RYLE), Northern Alberta

Rotary District 5370
  • 4 days (2026: April 30 to May 3)
  • Grades 9–12 (ages 14–18)
  • Camp Nakamun, northwest of Edmonton (in-person)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Page Program

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
  • The school year: sittings run February to June and October to December
  • Grades 10–12 (age 15+)
  • Edmonton (in-person, Alberta Legislature)
Pays you
Opens laterdate not posted
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Mayor's Youth Council, Calgary

Youth Central + The City of Calgary
  • October to June, about 6 hours a month
  • Ages 12–18
  • Calgary (in-person)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Canadian High Schools Model United Nations (CAHSMUN)

Canadian High Schools Model United Nations
  • 3 days (2027: April 2–4)
  • High school
  • Vancouver, BC (Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
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Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CSLC)

Canadian Student Leadership Association
  • 4 days (2026: October 8–11)
  • High school student leaders
  • Moves each year (2026: Haliburton, Ontario)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
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Canadian Economics Olympiad (CEO)

Canadian Economics Olympiad
  • Online Round 1, then invitational national finals
  • High school
  • Online Round 1; finals by invitation
Opens laterdate not posted
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The Aristotle Contest, High School Philosophy Essay

University of Toronto Department of Philosophy + Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association
  • One essay of up to 1,200 words
  • Grade 12 and below
  • By email (open across Canada)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition

Royal Commonwealth Society
  • One piece of up to 1,000 words
  • Age 18 and under
  • Online (open across the Commonwealth, including Canada)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Parlement jeunesse de l'Alberta (PJA)

Francophonie jeunesse de l'Alberta (FJA)
  • 4 days (2027: April 29 to May 2)
  • Ages 14–25
  • Edmonton (Alberta Legislature chamber)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

Wharton Global Youth Program, University of Pennsylvania
  • September to December online, with a Global Finale in late April
  • Grades 9–12
  • Online; finals in Philadelphia (finalists can join virtually)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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John Locke Institute Global Essay Prize

John Locke Institute
  • One essay of up to 2,000 words
  • Secondary school, under 19 (Junior category under 15)
  • Online (open worldwide); awards ceremony in London
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Youth Agriculture Speaking Championships, Calgary Stampede

Calgary Stampede, with Olds College and the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies
  • 5–7 minute speech; preliminaries in late June and July, finals at the Stampede
  • Ages 11–24 (Junior 11–15, Senior 16–24)
  • Preliminaries at Athabasca University, Olds College and Stampede Park; finals at Stampede Park, Calgary
Opens laterdate not posted
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National Youth Remembrance Contests, Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Legion
  • One entry each fall
  • Kindergarten to Grade 12 (senior category for high school)
  • Through your local Legion branch; video entries online
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Telluride Association Summer Seminar (TASS)

Telluride Association
  • About 5 weeks (June 21 to July 25 in 2026)
  • Grade 10 (international applicants)
  • Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) or University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Youth Recruit Academy, Edmonton Police Service

Edmonton Police Service
  • 5 full days, at spring break or in late July
  • Grade 10-12
  • Edmonton
Opens laterdate not posted
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Student Police Academy, Calgary Police Service

Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Police Youth Foundation
  • One day in May
  • Grade 12
  • Heritage Park, Calgary
Opens laterdate not posted
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Calgary Police Cadet Corps

Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Police Youth Foundation
  • Thursday evenings September to May, plus weekend exercises; up to five years
  • Ages 12-16 to join (members stay until 18)
  • Calgary
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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