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Science Horizons Youth Internship (SHI) │ Eco Canada

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This program offers eligible employers 80% wage coverage up to $25,000 of a participant’s salary for a placement in a new full-time position. Plus a potential of $5,000 for additional participant supports.

Description

The Science Horizons Program provides training and funding for young professionals with post-secondary education to help them transition into the workforce and gain experience in the environmental sector. The program helps them build a network of peers and mentors.

For employers, it gives them the opportunity to onboard young professionals and create meaningful environmental jobs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics by removing limitations and challenges of hiring young professionals.

Eligible Applicants

Youth Participant Requirements:

  • Participants must be age 30 and under and a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or hold refugee status in Canada
  • Must have a post-secondary accomplishment (some exceptions apply) and is not an existing fulltime permanent employee

 

Employer Participant Requirements

  • Organizations must be Canadian owned or a Canadian subsidiary
  • Must provide a new, full-time permanent position
  • Job must be environmentally-related to STEM

Eligible Expenses

Breakdown for Host Employers

  • Receive 80% up to $25,000 in funding towards a participant’s salary.
  • The host employer must provide a new, full-time permanent position and the job must be environmentally-related to STEM.
  • This program is open to businesses of all sizes.
  • Employers must be Canadian-owned or a Canadian subsidiary, municipal government, provincial or territorial governments department, or Indigenous organizations.
  • Funding will cover full-time placements that are 6 to 12 months long.

Deadline Date

Ongoing

Contact

Contact Name: ECO Canada

Phone Number: 403-233-0748 or 1-800-890-1924 (toll-free)

Website: https://www.eco.ca/employment-programs/youth-placement/natural-resources/

Industry:

Employment

Location:

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

Tags:

Environment, Internship, STEM, Training

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