Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative that provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students, and is designed to focus on local priorities, while achieving tangible results for both students and their communities.
Canada Summer Jobs is focused on encouraging not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create jobs that not only meet their needs, but also benefit students looking to gain work experiences.
Criteria to assess the proposals will focus on:- service to local communities;
- jobs that support local priorities;
- jobs that provide career-related experience or early work experience;
- a salary that contributes to the student’s income;
- an employer who provides supervision and mentoring;
- project activities that are directed toward members of, and support the vitality of, an official language minority community; and
- an employer who intends to hire priority students (students with disabilities, Aboriginal students, and students who are members of visible minority groups).
Locally defined priorities will be made available on February 1, 2010.
The application period for Canada Summer Jobs 2010 will be from February 1 to February 26, 2010.
Beginning February 1, 2010, Canada Summer Jobs applications will be available at Service Canada Centres, or online at the following Web site:
www.servicecanada.gc.ca/csj2010.
Employers will be able to complete and submit their applications online, by mail, or in person.
The deadline for receipt of applications is February 26, 2010.
For more information:
Call 1-800-935-5555 (TTY: 1-800-926-9105) or visit your local Service Canada Centre.
