Employment Subsidy for Food Processing, Forestry and Other Bio-Economic Sectors

The Science Horizon Internship Program is advertising 80% up to $25,000 in grant funding to hire post-secondary graduates for internships in clean technology related jobs.

“Clean technology” includes any process, good, or service that reduces environmental impacts through:

• Activities which prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or any other degradation of the environment
• Resource management activities resulting in more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion; or
• The use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard

The program also offers up to $5,000 towards skills development, training costs, and/or other employment needs.

Subsidized interns must 30 years old or younger, have graduated from a recognized post-secondary program and currently unemployed or under employed. Interns must also be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have been granted refugee status.  Internships are to be full-time positions (i.e., 35 hours per week) and 6-12 months in duration.