Environmental Foreign Talent Development: Immigrant Bridging Program

Our Environmental Foreign Talent Development Program (Immigrant Bridging) provides training and funding for new immigrants to help remove the barriers to employment as newcomers to Canada. The program helps them stand out to prospective employers and build a network of peers and mentors. And for employers, it gives them access to a wealth of talent and experienced professionals by removing perceived limitations and challenges of hiring Canadian immigrants. It is a 12 week training program available for newcomers to Canada to prepare for a career in the Canadian workforce. How Does the Immigrant Bridging Program Work? Candidates and employers fill out an eligibility assessment and an application to see if they are eligible to participate in the program. Candidates and employers will be notified once they are approved and selected to participate in the program. If selected, candidates need to complete the EP in-training Certification, EP Mentorship program, Essential Skills Certificate, and participate in a series of virtual discussions to help support the job search process to be eligible for the wage subsidy. This program offers eligible employers up to $15,000 of a newcomer’s salary for placement in a full-time 6-month environmental position Both the employer and newcomer must fill out reports at the 3 and 6-month mark of the work term for the employer to receive the wage subsidy.

2023-12-31

$15,000

Grant, Training, Hiring, Funding

Agri-Food, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Environmental Sustainability

For Profit

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

To be eligible for the program, potential employers must:

Be offering a full-time, permanent position
Be providing an environmentally-related position
Plan to hire a new employee (the candidate cannot be an existing full-time, permanent employee)
Be Canadian owned or a Canadian subsidiary

To be eligible for the program, potential candidates must:

Be a permanent resident or have refugee status.
Have international environmental work experience.
Have graduated from a recognized post-secondary institution with a 2-year diploma or a 4-year degree.
Have a Canadian Language Benchmark of 7 or equivalent (English or French)
Be able to work in a full-time, permanent position
Be unemployed or underemployed.
Not be currently employed as a paid employee at the employer host organization.
Not be a family member of the employer host organization’s directors or senior officers

If you have additional questions about the program, please contact IMM@eco.ca