Amount:
$25,000
Type of Program:
Wage Subsidy
Description:
The Digital Skills for Youth program is a wage subsidy provided to SMEs that covers 100% of a candidate’s salary up to a maximum of $25,000 for environmental jobs that require digital abilities.
Examples of eligible roles include:
- 1Cleantech innovation and sustainable technology initiatives.
- 2Digital marketers aiming to promote environmental businesses.
- 3Developers that create apps or software related to environmental education.
- 4GHG specialists in charge of predictive modeling or the analysis of emissions.
- 5Drone operators that monitor remote well sites or wildlife corridors.
- 6GIS specialists that use software to analyze mapping data or databases that surround environmental monitoring.
- 7Analysts and IT specialists working with EHS data.
Comments on Funding:
Funding covers 100% of a candidate’s salary up to a maximum of $25,000.
When It Ends:
Closed for 2020
Deadline:
2021 deadlines to be announced
Eligibility:
Applicant must:
Interns must be:
Placements must be a minimum of 3 months in length and must end by March 31, 2021.
Applications Steps:
Applicants, both hosts and students must submit the eligibility assessments on the website Digital Skills for Youth | ECO Canada.
Other Things to Note:
Placements must be a minimum of 3 months in length and must end by March 31, 2021.
Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Ontario to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business.
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