Digital Tech Internship (DS4Y) by Career Launcher

Bring new talent to your small business or not-for-profit! Hire a digital tech intern and give an underemployed–yet highly skilled–grad the experience they need to find career-oriented work. You can get up to $28,000 towards their salary and training expenses.

Grant Deadline

2022-08-31

Funding Amount

$28,000

Type of Grant

Grant, Training, Hiring

Sectors

All Sectors

Demographics

Incorporation

For Profit

Perks

Mentorship, Coaching

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

Interns can pursue training during the internship to enhance their skills. Training can be reimbursed up to $4,000. Acceptable training expenses include:

• Training at a CICan member college or institute
• Online training (such as LinkedIn learning)
• Professional development workshops

Training must be selected based on the needs of the intern and employer and must be pre-approved by CICan. It will be reimbursed along with the wage subsidy at either the mid-term or end of the internship. Invoices and supporting documents will be required.

Examples of training include, but are not limited to, software development, data processing, business or project management, leadership, critical thinking, teamwork and collaboration, and communication for business skills.

Eligible employers must have an established payroll system, be set up to receive payments by direct deposit, have a process for supervising and mentoring interns, and be a Canadian for-profit or not-for-profit organization or subsidiary with 500 employees or less.

Eligible internships are:

• Up to 6 months (26 weeks) in duration, and ending by January 31, 2023
• A minimum of 30 hrs per week
• Within a digital field*
• Promoting the digitization of the organization or operational processes
• Publicly advertised (online, job fairs, employment centres, etc.) with a fair, open and transparent selection process

*Digital fields include: coding and programming, artificial intelligence, automation, big data, cybersecurity, robotics, digital media and design, video game and production editing, digital marketing and information technology, etc.

Eligible interns are:

• Post-secondary graduates – this is not a requirement for residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut applying for internships in those territories
• Underemployed (employed below their level of education, work part-time or unemployed)
• Between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship
• Canadian citizens, permanent residents or persons granted refugee status in Canada*
• Legally allowed to work according to the relevant provincial and Canadian legislation and regulations
• Available to work up to six months (26 weeks)

Cannot be:

• Previous participants of a Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) internship
• University or college co-op or intern students
• Employees of the hiring employer prior to the start of their internship (does not apply to previous coop students or student interns, although this must be clearly indicated by the employer)

*Refugee protection must be conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Persons awaiting refugee status, as well as those who hold a temporary visitor visa, student visa or work visa, are ineligible to participate in a Youth Employment and Skills Strategy initiative.

Grant Application website

https://www.careerlauncher.ca/employers/our-internship-programs/digital-tech/

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