Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) program │ BioTalent Canada

Employers must:

• Be a Canadian bio-economy employer providing digital internships ** with skills development training**, mentoring and support
• Be a small- to medium-sized organization – under 500 employees

Eligible Employers can be:

• Not-for-profit organizations (including voluntary organizations, community organizations, public libraries and foundations)
• Municipal governments
• Indigenous organizations (including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities)
• For-profit organizations
• Public health and educational institutions
• Provincial and territorial governments, institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations

Participants must:

• Between the ages of 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship;
• Post-secondary graduates (interns who live in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut are exempt from this criteria)
• Legally entitled to work in Canada;
• Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada;
• Able to self-identify as underemployed (employed below their level of education, unemployed or employed part-time)