There are several compelling reasons to hire summer interns. They can assist you in re-energize your company, cleaning up a backlog of chores, or covering for individuals with summer holiday plans. For firms looking to hire students for summer internships in 2014, Canadian companies offer hiring grants from the Canadian government to help them generate summer job opportunities for students.
The goal of this programme is to give students with job opportunities, as well as to support groups that provide critical community services while keeping in mind that local conditions and needs differ greatly. Following are some of the best grants for internships for students:
Co-ops and Internships by the University of Manitoba
The many co-operative education programmes offered by the University of Manitoba allow students, employers, and the university to collaborate meaningfully. Students can supplement their academic education with paid work experience in their topic of interest. Employers can hire qualified students to help with projects, process improvement, and day-to-day operations.
Applicants who are eligible:
- A student enrolled in a co-op education programme.
- An employer who accepts a co-op student into their company.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: University of Manitoba
- Phone Number: 1-800-432-1960 (North America)
Clean Tech Internships by Carreerlauncher
Employers can engage an intern for up to 8 months in a full-time position related to the use or development of clean technology under the Clean Tech Internship programme. CICan will pay up to 70% of the intern’s salary, up to a maximum of $15,000.
Applicants who are eligible:
Employers must have a payroll system in place and be set up to receive direct deposit payments, as well as a method for supervising and mentoring interns, and be a Canadian corporation or subsidiary in one of the following categories:
- a college or university that offers post-secondary education
- An indigenous organization or group
- A small or medium-sized business (SMB) with less than 500 employees is known as a small or medium-sized company (SME).
- More than 500 employees in a large firm, a non-profit organization (NGO)
- A non-profit organization exists solely to benefit others.
- Local government or municipal government
- Government, institution, agency, or Crown corporation in a province or territory.
For Interns:
- Graduates and post-secondary students
- At the commencement of the internship, you must be under 30 years old.
- Citizens, permanent residents, and anyone who has been granted refugee status in Canada*
- You are legally permitted to work according to the appropriate provincial and federal rules and regulations.
- For at least six months, you must be available to work.
- Not previously enrolled in a federally funded youth employment programme
- Prior to the start of their internship, they were not employees of the hiring company (this does not apply to previous coop students or student interns, although the employer must indicate this)
*The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act must be used to grant refugee status. Those awaiting refugee status and those on a temporary guest visa, student visa, or work visa are not eligible to participate in the Youth Employment Strategy.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: CareerLauncher
- Phone Number: 613-746-5916
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Youth Internship Incentive Program by CAREERS
The Youth Internship Incentive Program aims to expand the number of companies that support work-integrated learning internships in trades, technology, and in-demand jobs for young people. This initiative will increase an employer’s ability to meet their goals by offering a financial incentive and enhancing possibilities for kids that correspond with Alberta’s skilled worker needs. The main goals are to assist employers who are new to offering CAREERS internships, established employers who want to extend their ability to provide more internships, and employers across the province.
Applicants who are eligible:
Employers who are eligible:
- Businesses, non-profit organizations, towns, and Indigenous community organizations all operate in Alberta.
- In Alberta, they must be incorporated or registered as a legal, operational entity.
- Create a safe working environment by following COVID-19 protocols (https://www.alberta.ca/ occupational-health-safety.aspx).
- Demonstrate a willingness to support successful candidates’ long-term employment once the internship ends.
- Designate good mentors to assist young people in learning about the industry, career options, technical skills, and soft skills.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: CAREERS
- Phone Number: 1.888.757.7172
Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) Program
The Government of Canada’s Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) program aims to help underemployed youth improve and develop their digital and soft skills. The program combines relevant job experience with digital skills training to help participants improve their digital skills and ensure their success in the digital economy.
IMAA offers 35 internships (22 in 2020-21, 13 in 2021-22) between autumn 2020 and winter 2022, linking underemployed adolescents, including those from traditionally underrepresented groups, with companies (Internship Host Organizations). These internships will give youth participants solid employment and training for up to a year. This will help youth participants build or improve their digital abilities and combine them with soft skills to improve their employability.
Applicants who are eligible:
Organizations that serve as hosts:
- You must be a small or medium-sized corporation or a non-profit organization with less than 500 employees based in Canada.
- You must be able to host internships, including providing training and support to interns, managing project finances, reporting on the internship, and meeting all other programme requirements.
- You can apply to provide many internships.
Internships for teenagers:
- Be between the ages of 15 and 30 when the internship begins; be legally permitted to work in Canada (i.e., citizen, permanent residence, or refugee status);
- Self-identify as underemployed (i.e., employed below their educational level, working part-time, or working in a field with limited openings);
- Have completed post-secondary studies (exception: interns in Nunavut, Yukon, or the Northwest Territories are exempt from this requirement);
- Have no direct family members who work for the company.
Please note that IMAA does not accept applications from potential youth interns directly. It is the responsibility of host organizations, not IMAA, to publicize internship opportunities and to attract and hire interns.
Submission Deadline: November 6
Contact
- Contact Name: The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) Program Manager, Internships and Mentorships
- Phone Number: +1 514 522-8240
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Mitacs Innovate BC Program
Mitacs has partnered with Innovate BC to boost talent and business in British Columbia. Innovate BC has committed $375,000 to 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19 projects. Innovate BC’s support, along with Mitacs’ leveraged funds, balances the regular company-partner contribution to the intern’s salary, allowing more people to participate in research during this pandemic.
This cash will be distributed through Mitacs Accelerate, which will offer eligible projects worth $15,000 to finance the intern’s stipend. Each company is eligible for one $3,750 to Innovate BC grant.
Eligible applicants:
- Be a small business in British Columbia.
- Have fewer than 500 workers
- Be a technology expert or a knowledge expert who uses technology to solve issues or build valuable tools. business or technology, a non-profit organization recruiting a student for any position, or a non-tech corporation or non-tech organization a non-profit organization is looking to fill a technical position
- Employ a student who is currently enrolled in a post-secondary university in British Columbia.
- Have a Mitacs Accelerate Program-approved project.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: Innovate BC
- Phone Number: 604.952.5035 or1.800.719.2571 (toll-free)
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Canadian Conservation Institute Paid Postgraduate Internship Program
The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) offers compensated postgraduate internships for one-year appointments. Interns must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who have recently (within the last five years) finished a degree programme or a two-year diploma programme in a specialization linked to conservation or historical information management from a recognized post-secondary college.
Applicants who are eligible:
Candidates must meet the following requirements in order to be considered:
- be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants;
- have recently (within the last two years) relevant experience obtained through a combination of post-secondary studies, volunteer work, or extracurricular activities;
- and have recently (within the last five years) relevant experience obtained through a combination of post-secondary studies, volunteer work, or extracurricular activities.
Submission Deadline: Open and close.
Contact
- Contact Name: Canadian Conservation Institute
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Science Horizons – Clean Tech Internship Program by Colleges and Institutes Canada
The CICan Clean Tech Internship Program connects potential interns with eligible firms who are working to improve Canada’s environmental and economic outcomes. Clean technology is a broad category of occupations and industries that spans numerous industries and sectors of the economy. The word “clean” relates to environmental issues such as sustainable development, greening industrial and agricultural operations, alternative energy and efficiency, recycling/composting/waste reduction, and industry/businesses working on environmental advancements. Interns are part of a larger category of students known as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students; the Tech portion of the moniker relates to technology. Internships in Clean Tech will involve work placements to improve innovations that address environmental concerns.
Applicants who are eligible:
Employer:
- SMEs, companies, and industry organizations are all examples of small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
- Institutions of higher education
- Organizations that aren’t the government (NGO)
- Aboriginal organizations and groups
- Local and municipal governments
- Governments, organizations, agencies, and Crown Corporations in the provinces and territories
Intern:
- Recent graduates with a post-secondary STEM degree (within the last three years) who are under 30 years old at the time of the internship
- Citizens, permanent residents, and people who have been granted refugee status in Canada
- You are legally permitted to work according to the appropriate provincial and federal rules and regulations.
- During their internship, they were not covered by health insurance.
- For at least six months, you must be available to work.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: Colleges and Institutes Canada
- Phone Number: 613-746-2222
Gearing Up Program by Mining Industry Human Resources Council
The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) is a non-profit organization that identifies and tackles human resource and labour market concerns in Canada’s mining and metals industry.
About the Program’s Gearing Up
One of the efforts used to help boost the mining industry’s labour market is MiHR’s Gearing Up Program. Over the course of four years, it will provide over 1000 work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities in the Canadian mining sector, with the goal of changing how students view, pursue, and acquire the skills needed for in-demand professions in the mining sector.
Integrated Learning at Work (WIL)
WIL refers to a range of learning opportunities, from formal work experience to situations in which the employer works directly with a post-secondary education institution to solve a problem. Co-op placements, internships, field placements, and applied projects to tackle specific challenges for businesses are examples.
Applicants who are eligible:
For Employers
- Must be a Canadian subsidiary or owned by a Canadian and fall into one of the following categories:
- Companies engaged in mining or mineral exploration, whether small, medium, or large;
- a post-secondary educational establishment; or
- This is a non-profit organization.
For Participants
- Students enrolled in a post-secondary education program;
- Citizens, permanent residents, or people who have been granted refugee status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
- In compliance with applicable provincial or territorial rules and regulations, legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Pursuing a degree in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or business-related discipline.
Opportunities for WIL
The following are the job requirements that qualify for a wage subsidy:
- Paid internships that provide students with relevant and valuable WIL experience as part of a post-secondary degree;
- Contributes to the program’s graduation criteria (both required and optional WIL courses can be counted); and
- In subjects such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: Mining Industry Human Resources Council
- Phone Number: 1-877-424-8913
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Discovering Potential Youth Internship and Training Program by Electricity Human Resources Canada
The Discovering Potential Youth Internship and Training Program helps businesses provide green work experience to young people through internships and on-the-job training. This includes jobs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields as well as jobs related to the environment and natural resources.
Applicants who are eligible:
One or more of the following areas must be covered by the placement organization (either an employer or a training provider):
- Technology for Clean Energy
- Mitigation of Carbon Emissions and Climate Change
- Green Energy/Renewable Energy
- Green architecture, energy efficiency, and fuel switching
- Transmission, smart grid, and energy storage are all terms that can be used to describe a system that
- Nonrenewable resource development that is sustainable
- Conservation of natural resources
- Protection of the environment
- Sustainable Transportation/Urban Design Alternative/Sustainable Planning
- Environmentally friendly manufacturing
- Services for the Environment
- Retailing that is environmentally friendly
- Other environmental and economic sectors
The placement organization must also fall under one of the following categories:
- Organization of academic institutions
- Native American-led group
- A non-profit organization exists solely to benefit others.
- Government (municipal, provincial, or territorial) Utility
The young participant must meet the following criteria to be considered:
- It would be best if you were between the ages of 15 and 30.
- You must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or have received refugee status in Canada.
- According to the relevant provincial rules and regulations, I am legally entitled to work.
- Benefits from Employment Insurance (EI) are not being received.
- Currently not enrolled in a full-time post-secondary programme
- Unemployed or underemployed at the moment
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: Electricity Human Resources Canada
- Phone Number: 613.235.5540
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Canada Book Fund (CBF) Support for Organizations Department of Canadian Heritage
The Canada Book Fund (CBF) — Support for Organizations helps promote and market books written by Canadian authors. The CBF’s Support for Organizations programme also helps develop the Canadian book industry’s infrastructure and efficiency.
Marketing, professional development, internships, and technological projects are all supported through the CBF’s Support for Organization stream. Collaborative projects promoting Canadian history books are also encouraged.
Applicants who are eligible:
Canadian-owned and managed, incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province, and principally engaged in book publishing, distribution, marketing, wholesale, retail, or representing Canadian authors.
Submission Deadline: Ongoing
Contact
- Contact Name: Department of Canadian Heritage
- Phone Number: 1-866-811-0055
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
Conclusion
Many Canadian businesses could profit from recruiting interns and recent post-secondary graduates. Youth applicants not only have the talents and energy to support operational success but can also help your company qualify for recruiting grants and pay subsidies. While Canadian government financing for employing experienced professionals is often relatively restricted, there are various possibilities for firms to acquire funding for hiring post-secondary students and recent graduates.
Hiring grants in Canada can be worth up to 50-70 percent of an intern’s income up to a maximum of $5k-$7k, or up to 50 percent of a recent graduate’s wage up to a maximum of $12k-$15k. Spring and summer are good periods to take advantage of these incentives because a significant pool of young talent and financing programmes are often open for applications. Because many recruiting funds are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, prospective businesses should begin the hiring process as soon as feasible.
