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Canada Summer Jobs 2010

Canada Summer Jobs

“Supporting Students: Serving Communities”

Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative that provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while achieving tangible results for both students and their communities.

Canada Summer Jobs is about:

  • providing work experiences for students;
  • supporting organizations, including those that provide important community services; and
  • recognizing that local circumstances, community needs, and priorities vary widely.

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 experience.

The application period for Canada Summer Jobs 2010 is closed. The deadline for applications was February 26, 2010. Applications received or postmarked after the closing date will not be assessed.

Applications are now being assessed and employers will be notified of the decision regarding their application in May 2010.

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).

Hire a Student!

Through various programs and services, our summer employment officers will help employers get great visibility for their job postings. This pamphlet outlines the services that the Service Canada Centres for Youth (SCCYs) offer to employers.

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More information for employers and youth