WELLINGTON (PEI), October 15, 2020 – The PEI French Health Network would like to remind francophone and immersion students in Prince Edward Island interested in pursuing medical studies that the Université de Sherbrooke reserves a spot for Prince Edward Island each year.

Under an agreement between the governments of New Brunswick and Quebec, spaces are available in various health programs at some Quebec universities for francophone students from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. To be eligible, students must first meet the admission criteria of the programs in question.

The agreement therefore provides for a place in medicine, at the Université de Sherbrooke only, for a student from Prince Edward Island. The agreement also provides for reduced tuition fees. If there are no applications in medicine from PEI, applications to other health programs may be considered.

Applications for admission must first go through the office of the person in charge of special programs in the Faculty of Science at the Université de Moncton. Instructions and the Quebec-New Brunswick Agreement form to be completed can be found here: www.umoncton.ca/umcm-sciences-programmesspeciaux/node/8. The deadline for submitting an application is November 1, 2020.

To learn more about the medical program, please visit the program’s website: www.umoncton.ca/umcm-sciences-programmespeciaux/node/1.

For more information, please contact Stephan Reebs by email at stephan.reebs@umoncton.ca or by phone at 506-858-4447.

The PEI French Health Network is a non-profit organization that collaborates with various partners in order to improve access to quality French-language health services and programs for Prince Edward Island’s Acadian and Francophone population. The organization brings together representatives from target community groups, educational facilities, health professionals, health service managers and the provincial government. It is also one of 16 networks that make up the Société Santé en français and Healthbound 2018‑2023: Toward Access. The PEI French Health Network is funded by Health Canada within the framework of the Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2018‒2023.

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