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Academic Invest
This site helps solving affordability and job availability problems by creating awareness for students of potential career fields as well as current and upcoming opportunities within those fields. It is also a venue for information on available scholarships, grants, bursaries and awards to assist students with funding their education.
Academic Invest
Student and graduate job board, as well as an extenive listing of careers that can be pursued based on a student's major.
Canada World Youth (CWY)
CWY provides young people with the opportunity to travel, live and work in different communities, learn about local and international development, and gain important job skills for the future.
Capacity Building Series: Student Self-Assessment
A PDF produced by The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat.
Career Discovery
Find information on hundreds of careers and connect with business and industry professionals who want to share their career knowledge with you.
Career in Geophysics - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Geophysicisits study the structure and composition of the earth. To explore career opportunities in this science, this site is where to start.
Community Youth Employment Services (CYES) - Orangeville
Offers employment and career planning services to local youth. Provides information on their programs, upcoming events, local job postings and volunteer opportunities.
deal.org
Education, banking, résumés, jobs, and becoming independent: it can all be a bit overwhelming. This on-line magazine provides articles, tools and links to help you sort through the new opportunities and responsibilities.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Young Canadians Challenge
Open to youth aged 14 to 25, this program fosters leadership though community service, skills development, physical fitness, and expeditions. Participants may register individually, or in groups for this volunteer program.
Employment and Training Centre (ETC) - St. Stephen's Community House (Toronto)
Their Employment Resource Centre (ERC) offers job search help to all members of the community. Special employment programs are available for youth and newcomers.
Entrepreneurship and Opportunities for Rural Youth - Canadian Rural Information Service
This guide directs you to information, publications and organisations designed to help you find business and employment opportunities. Discover funding, mentoring, and exchange programs that are available to you.
Find a Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) Near You - Service Canada
Looking for a summer job? SCCYs provide a variety of services, free of charge, to help students improve their job search skills and acquire meaningful employment. They also help employers find enthusiastic summer help.
getajobyoufreak.com
This Canadian work search Web site contains information on looking for work, employment resources, e-zines and more.
International Youth & Young Worker Exchange Programs - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
This is a directory for Canadians ages 18 to 35, who are seeking employment abroad. Find out how to access the various employment markets, the specific procedures to follow depending on the applicant's personal situation and the rules of each program.
Job Connect - Ontario Ministry of Education, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Designed for youth and adults (ages 16 to 24) who are out of school, and need help in finding and keeping jobs. Phone their hotline number to find out who delivers this program in your area. No fees apply.
Job Skills (York, Peel, Halton and Dufferin Regions)
Community based organization providing employment and business services and programs to unemployed individuals. They offer a: Youth Entrepreneurship Program; Self-Employment Benefit Program; Job Finding Club; and more.
Lattitude Global Volunteering
Lattitude Global Volunteering is an international youth development charity. Our mission is to educate and develop young people worldwide by providing inclusive opportunities for them to make a positive difference to the lives of others through a distinctive, challenging, structured and supported international volunteering experience in a culture and community different from their own
New Youth
This website features accurate, accessible and easy-to-understand information about issues important to newcomers in particular, a young Canadian.
NORCAT (Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc.)
Offers a variety of health and safety Internet based training programs including: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS); Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG); Lift Truck Awareness; Office Safety Awareness; Asbestos Awareness; special courses for young employees and summer students; and other programs.
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
Ontario high school students can begin their training as apprentices while enrolled in secondary school. Complete your high school diploma and also get apprenticeship training towards certification or journeyperson status in a skilled trade.
Service Canada Centres for Youth (SCCY) - Service Canada
For youth and students who require career advice and information. SCCY services include: job postings; one-on-one job counselling; resume and cover letter assistance; free access to the Internet, telephones, fax and photocopier; and more.
Skills Canada - Ontario
Skills Canada - Ontario is a not-for-profit organization dedicated
to promoting the skilled trades and technologies as viable,
first-choice career options for Ontario youth.
Skills Link - Youth Employment Strategy - Service Canada
This program provides funding for employers and helps youth facing barriers to employment develop the skills, knowledge and work experience they need to participate in the job market.
Stewardship Youth Rangers
As a Stewardship Youth Ranger you would live at home and report to a work location each day in your own community.
Student Work Abroad Programme (SWAP)
SWAP offers programs for Canadians who want to go abroad to work and travel.
Summer Company - Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
As a Summer Company entrepreneur, you?ll receive hands-on business coaching and mentoring from local community business leaders who will help make your Summer Company a success. If your application is accepted, you will be eligible to receive up to $1,500 to put toward start-up costs and up to $1,500 upon successful completion of the program.
Summer Work - Student Exchange Program
Aimed at students aged 16 and 17, this 6-week program provides students with the opportunity to practice their second language skills and work in a province other than their own.
Volunteering Works!
Discover the link between volunteer activities and paid work experience. Youth, parents, and facilitators will be interested in this collection of booklets, guides and toolkits.
YMCA Employment Services Information Warehouse (ESIW) - Toronto
ESIW collects and provides information about employment services available in the Toronto North area. Topics include: job finding clubs; wage subsidy; foreign-trained professionals; newcomers; experienced workers; persons with disabilities; and more.
Young Entrepreneur - Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Access a variety of financing programs and awards, as well as consulting services from an experienced business advisor.
Youth Canada - Government of Canada
This directory site provides a single access point for youth related information on the Internet. You will find topics relating to youth employment, education, and careers.
Youth Employment Resource Centre - John Howard Society (JHS) - Ottawa
Offering help to youth, 16 to 24, who are out of school and unemployed. This centre provides: counselling; internet access; job listings; resume and employment preparation; job search help.
Youth Employment Service (YES) - Toronto
Helps youth and adults find a job and/or start a business. They have a both a resource and business centre, and they offer various job search programs including XCEED and XCELL that provides help for people who have barriers to getting or keeping a job.
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