Green Jobs

Amount:

$25,000

Type of Program:

Subsidy

Description:

The Green Jobs Internship Program, generously funded by Natural Resources Canada, is a wage subsidy initiative that places Canadians in roles in the natural resources sectors, including energy, forestry, mining, and earth sciences.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a wage subsidy of up $20,000 per intern hired, or up to $25,000 for youth hired who are furthest from employment. (EXCLUDED/to remove:(include Indigenous Youth, youth with disabilities, placements in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, rural communities, and remote communities).
Clean Foundation will subsidize 50% of each intern’s salary.)

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

N/A

Eligibility:

Employer applicants must:

be legal entities incorporated or registered in Canada, including for-profit and not-for-profit organizations;
be Indigenous organizations and groups;
be Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies.

Intern applicants must:

be between 15 and 30 years old at the start of the internship;
be eligible to work in Canada;
be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee status.
be not currently enrolled in school.

Application Steps:

Applicants must email Clean Foundation at GreenJobs@cleanfoundation.ca for further details.

Documentation Needed:

Employers must submit a Job Description Document, if they have one.

Other Things to Note:

Natural Resources Sectors (Energy, Mining, Forestry, Earth Sciences). The program is funded through Natural Resources Canada, Science and Technology (S&T) Internship Program - Green Jobs.

Program Contact:

Green Jobs - Clean Foundation

Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)

JobsNL Wage Subsidy

START Program Nova Scotia

Employ PEI – For Employers