The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) have announced that they are no longer accepting applications for their First Job hiring program. The Canadian government grant for hiring will be closed until April 2012. Applicants may still be eligible if they are carrying out a Technical Problem Solving (TPS) project through OCE, however they will need…
Before now, Ryerson University based out of Toronto, Ontario was the only school in Ontario offering the iSTEM hiring grant. University of Waterloo has officially changed that. Also known as the Graduate Enterprise Internship, the iSTEM program offers up to $15K towards the hiring of a science, technical, engineering, or mathematics student or graduate. The…
Mitacs Enterprise Program With a primary business focus on science, technical, engineering or math sectors, Mitacs is offering a new career development program called Enterprise Internships for iSTEM graduates and current Masters and Doctoral students to enable the growth strategies of small and medium sized companies. iSTEM – Talent to Support Business Growth This Southern…
Service Canada provides funding contributions towards helping persons with disabilities start their own business, increase their job skills, converge into the workplace through special needs services, and encourage employers to provide them with valuable work experience and skill development opportunities. The $30M program is called the Opportunities Fund (OF) and provides funding under two streams:…
Environment Canada is preparing for the 2012-2013 round of funding for their Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (SHYIP). Funding allocation will be announced in January, allowing more companies to partner with environmental science graduates in order to advance their research and development initiatives, while providing youth with a viable environment to develop their skills and…
Any company would agree that their employees are the key to business success. A great workforce can save a struggling company and carry it to the forefront of the industry. However, human resource activities aren’t cheap. Large corporations can afford to allocate significant budgets to the hiring process, however most Canadian businesses struggle to budget…
The Job Creation (JCP) program is a unique Ontario small business funding mechanism. JCP support unemployed workers by providing them with EI benefits as they complete an internship program, while looking for full-time work. The fund allows businesses to hire a contract worker to fill a temporary position at a discounted wage rate. What the…
Ryerson University has just recently been approved to administer the FedDev program called Graduate Enterprise Internship. To support Southern Ontario business funding, the details have been summarized for this new hiring program as the Graduate Enterprise Internship. iSTEM Program This is intrapreneurship for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math graduates and has gained the term of…
Please Note: The Export Manager Program is now closed and not accepting further applications. For trade show grants and other forms of export support, please visit our page on Business and Export Expansion Funding Programs. The Export Manager Program is a two-streamed government fund operated by the Ministry of Economic Development & Trade. The Fund…
Coordinated by Industry Canada’s Community Access Program and funded through the Youth Employment Strategy of Canada, the Community Access Program’s Youth Initiatives aims to employ and provide opportunities for young Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30, mostly students, recent graduates, or the under-employed or unemployed. The purpose of the program is to encourage…