You could earn up to $12,000 in wage subsidies to help cover the cost of bringing fresh talent to your team. 

New graduates can be highly motivated, skilled, and eager employees with fresh insight and new ideas. Hiring a new graduate into a full-time internship position can help you complete special projects, increase work on short-term assignments and alleviate labour pressures. 

Who can Apply?

Employers must be Canadian owned or a Canadian subsidiary of a multi-national organization. Funding is allocated annually on a first-come, first-served basis with priority given to the private sector. Not-for-profit and other organizations may also apply.

Eligible organizations must:

• Be Canadian owned or a Canadian subsidiary
• Offer a full-time position
• Offer a new position that has a significant environmental component
• Hire a new employee (cannot be an existing employee)
• Have not accessed another federally funded wage subsidy for the position
• If applying for the International EYC, your application form must indicate the international components of the position
• Support the intern’s application to become a Certified Environmental Professional in Training (EPt)

Do you have questions?

Becoming pre-approved for internship funding can help you jump start your career.

You can target the companies you want to work for and be able to offer a potential employer the added bonus of not only getting to hire you for their team, but also receiving a wage-subsidy when they do. 

As an intern, you are not “placed” in a job, as is the case with some internship programs. Once pre-approved for funding, you are expected to find your own job in the environmental sector.

Funding is available each year on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed until a suitable Employer Host is found. Pre-approval can help you stand out from other candidates in your field and give your job search a boost. 

Who can apply?

Eligible interns must: 

• Be 30 years of age or younger and a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
• Be a graduate of a post-secondary institution (i.e. college, university, or technical school
• Be eligible for full-time employment (i.e. not returning to school
• Be unemployed or underemployed (i.e. working part-time, on a short contract of less than 6 months, or working outside of your field of study
• Have not previously participated in a federal youth employment/education program (previous participants of summer employment programs are still eligible)
• Not already currently employed with the employer
• Not be a family member of the organization’s directors or senior officers
• Have the intention to obtain a permanent position in the environment industry
• Have the intention to earn a certified Environmental Professional in Training designation

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