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Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage (employers) │Canadian Heritage

Closed to applications

Value

Varies.

Description

Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage (YCWBCH) is an internship program. Eligible employers may benefit from wage subsidies and access a pool of college and university graduates with innovative ideas and competitive skills.

Eligible Applicants

An employer may be eligible for funding if it is:

  • an incorporated, non-profit organization in Canada with a heritage mandate such as a museum, archive, a library, an organization managing built heritage (heritage sites), or an arts organization;
  • an educational or cultural institution that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
  • a non-profit organization under a provincial, territorial, regional or municipal government, that has distinct objectives, programs and a budget related to heritage;
  • a professional heritage or arts service organization;
  • an Indigenous regional government or governing body (band or tribal council) and/or Indigenous organization with a mandate to preserve and support Indigenous heritage (First Nations, Inuit and Métis); and
  • stable and financially healthy.

Note: Priority will be given to employers that submit applications for full-time internships.

Eligible Expenses

YCWBCH generally contributes approximately 50% of total eligible employment costs (wages, benefits and other eligible expenditures), and may, if justified, contribute a higher percentage.

The maximum YCWBCH contribution is in general $15,000 per internship in Canada and $17,000 for an international museum internship.

Deadline Date

For the 2025-2026 funding cycle, the application deadline is January 17, 2025.

Contact

Contact Name: Government of Canada's Youth Info Line

Phone Number: 1-800-935-5555 (toll-free)

Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/young-canada-works/employers/careers-heritage-employers.html

Industry:

Employment, Indigenous, Non-Profit

Location:

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

Tags:

Internship, museum, Wage Subsidy

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