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'"Encounters With Canada'" (EWC) is a youth program operated by the Canadian Unity Council in cooperation with numerous Canadian government departments. EWC was founded in 1982.

The Program

Taking place throughout most of each year, participants from secondary schools throughout Canada travel to Ottawa, Ontario (Canada's capital city) and live in the Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre. Students are given a choice of the following theme weeks:

  • Science and Technology
  • Law
  • Canada Remembers
  • Journalism and Communications
  • Social Sciences
  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Arts and Culture
  • Sports and Fitness
  • International Affairs
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Medicine and Health

In addition to activities related to their theme week of choice, participants tour and visit Canadian political institutions such as the Parliament of Canada and Supreme Court of Canada. Also included are visits to cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada and Museum of Civilization.

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