First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program

• First Nations schools or federal schools on reserve;
• First Nations and Inuit governments and organizations
• Not-for-profit associations
• Private sector employers

Successful recipients may offer employment opportunities directly to youth or enter into agreements with private sector and non-profit sector employers to access employment opportunities for youth.

Eligible participants include:

• First Nations secondary or post-secondary students ordinarily resident on reserve or in a recognized community, an approved settlement on Crown land
• Inuit secondary or post-secondary students who are residents in Canada, but who reside outside their territory and are no longer eligible to be funded by their territory.
• Since Territorial governments are the primary service providers for Inuit youth who reside on their territory, youth must provide proof that they are ineligible to receive funding from their Territorial government to participate in eligible Summer Work Experience Program activities.

Eligible youth must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Youth means persons aged 15 to 30 at the start of the program’s activities. Eligible youth must be registered as secondary or post-secondary students during the preceding academic year and intend to go to school for the next academic session.