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First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program │Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

March 7, 2025

Value

Varies

Description

Projects under the First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program allow youth to learn about career options and earn an income that can contribute to a university or college education.

The program:

  • helps First Nations and Inuit secondary and post-secondary students acquire employability skills by providing organizations with wage subsidies for their summer work experience
  • assists First Nations and Inuit secondary and post-secondary students prepare for future entry into the labour market by facilitating access to summer employment
  • helps First Nations and Inuit secondary and post-secondary students acquire employability skills
  • supports First Nations and Inuit secondary and post-secondary students in financing and furthering their education
  • provides First Nations and Inuit secondary and post-secondary students with career and labour market information and assistance in finding summer employment

Eligible Applicants

  • 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.

Eligible Expenses

Eligible expenditures include:

  • participant wage costs that meet or exceed the applicable minimum wage in the province or territory where the work placement occurs, and mandatory employment-related costs. Mandatory employment-related costs including the gross employee share of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), Employment Insurance (EI), vacation pay, Worker’s Compensation Benefits (WCB) or Commission de la santé et de la Sécurité du travail (CSST) and where applicable, health insurance premiums
    • the non-profit sector is eligible to receive a contribution of up to 100% of the applicable minimum wage, plus mandatory employment-related costs (MERC). The private sector is eligible to receive up to 50% of the applicable minimum wage only
    • all employers are eligible to apply for 100% of the wage and MERC when a participant with disabilities is hired. In addition, a maximum contribution of $3,000 per participant may be available, on an actual cost basis, for special equipment and facilities to accommodate the participant’s needs
  • other necessary costs directly related to a work placement including, but not limited to, a criminal record check, uniforms and other office attire required by the workplace for participants, and personal protective equipment such as work boots or safety hats up to a maximum of $300 per participant
  • actual cost for special equipment and facilities to accommodate the needs of a disabled individual up to a maximum of $3,000, if applicable

Administration costs must not exceed 15% of the sub-total amount requested before administration costs. The data collection instrument (DCI) will automatically calculate the amount.

Eligible administration costs include, but are not limited to:

  • office or general expenses
  • materials
  • supplies
  • advertising
  • communication and printing costs
  • professional services

Deadline Date

The deadline to submit a proposal is March 7, 2025 at 11:59 pm, Eastern time.

Contact

Contact Name: ISC Regional office

Phone Number: 1-800-567-9604

E-mail Address: pse-eps@sac-isc.gc.ca

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/youth-employment-strategy/summer-work.html

Industry:

Indigenous, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Post-secondary, Summer Employment, Youth

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