Youth Internships – Not-for-Profit Fund
General Description:
The Youth Internship – Not-for-Profit Component encourages employers to provide young northerners with education-related job experience which would ideally lead to permanent full-time employment with the host organization or another Northern Ontario employer. The initiative does this by providing recent post-secondary school graduates with valuable work experiences in not-for-profit organizations who carry out community economic development activities and/or provide support services, information and skills training to entrepreneurs and small businesses across Northern Ontario. FedNor designed its Youth Internship Initiative as a way to complement the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy and at the same time continue to support business oriented, not-for-profit organizations in their efforts to create a positive environment for the growth of small business.Eligible Activities:
Incremental project-based activity in:- economic and/or business development;
- community capacity building;
- business and trade opportunity development;
- strategic planning, feasibility and marketing studies;
- initiating marketing projects;
- conducting research and analysis;
- improving business competitiveness through training programs;
- supporting technological innovation; and
- commercialization of new technologies.
Eligible Applicants:
Eligible applicants include organizations located in Northern Ontario including the census divisions of Parry Sound, Muskoka and Nipissing. Normally, only applicants located in, and providing benefits to the FedNor area may be assisted under the FedNor Youth Internship Initiative. Applicants who can demonstrate a clear and significant benefit to Northern Ontario’s Economy, but are located outside FedNor boundaries, may be considered for assistance on an exceptional basis. Eligible recipients include Non-profit organizations, municipalities, First Nations and community economic development corporations, located within the designated FedNor boundaries.Eligible Intern Criteria:
- participants will be unemployed or underemployed youth (persons under the age of 30);
- participants will have graduated within the last three (3) years with a degree, diploma or certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution. Exceptions to this rule will require prior written consent from FedNor;
- participants will be legally entitled to work in Canada;
- participants will not have previously participated as a youth intern in FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program or in any other federal or provincial internship program with pay for a period of six (6) months or more;
- participants will not be related to members of the directors, officers or managers of the recipient unless prior written consent is obtained from FedNor.
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