Digital Skills for Youth │ Innovate BC

Eligible Applicants

Employer Eligibility

• Be a B.C. based company or non-profit,
• Have less than 500 employees,
• Complete the digital skills training plan for the hire,
• Must provide formal training, paid or complementary, to support the hire’s tech role.
• Have not received a Digital Skills for Youth grant from Innovate BC or another program delivery partner after April 22, 2020.

Youth Eligibility

• Must be between 15-30 years old,
  • Contracted for a 4-12 month period
  • Must be a contract employee
• Contracted between April 22 and Dec 1, 2020,
• Needs to have completed the contract or have been contracted in order to receive approved funding,
• Does not need to be currently working at the company,
• Must be working in a technology related position or supporting digital work: Digital Marketing, Web design, Programming/Coding, AI, Automation, Big Data, Cybersecurity, UI/UX, AR/VR, 3D Printing
• Cannot be a university or college co-op or intern student
• Not be in receipt of EI during the course of the work placement,
• Be legally entitled to work in Canada,
• Self-assess as underemployed, meaning they are employed below their level of education and/or hold part-time employment, or are unemployed.

Youth who self-identify as women, Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), member of an official language minority community, new immigrant, refugee, a person with a disability, a visible minority or LGBTQ2S+ or who live in a rural or remote location, will be given special consideration.