SEVEC is a national charitable organization which facilitates youth exchanges, educational visits, and roundtables. SEVEC has existed since 1936. However, prior to 1981, it was 2 distinct organizations: Visites Interprovinciales and Bilingual Exchange Secretariat. SEVEC recently rebranded and has a new logo and publicly goes by its acronym rather than the longer version of its name which is "The Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada" or "Société éducative de visites et d'échanges au Canada" in French.

The programs they offer are for young Canadians between the ages of 12 and 17 and include:

1. Group Youth Exchanges, where groups of students are twinned with other students from a different part of the country for the exchange, which typically lasts for 1 week although month-long summer language programs for groups are also possible. The students' travel costs are subsidized by the Department of Canadian Heritage
   Department of Canadian Heritage
   The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage |department]] of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages , status of women, sports , and multiculturalism...
   
   . The many exchange possibilities include:
   • School Year and Summer Group Exchanges
   • Aboriginal Exchange Program (AEP)
   • SEVEC Community Involvement Program (SCIP)
   • Volunteer Youth Exchange (VYE)
2. Rendez-vous Canada Educational Travel (RVC)
3. Youth Educational Roundtables and Forums

External links

• SEVEC web site
• Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage: "SEVEC Youth Exchanges Canada"