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Apply for Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) Competition – Canada

Deadline: 1 October 2019

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has announced the launch of a new Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) Competition that aims to work with Delivery Organizations that can help us build tomorrow’s workforce.

The 2019 DS4Y competition is seeking to fund Delivery Organizations with a strong network of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and not-for-profit organizations (i.e. Employers) that can create employment opportunities for youth to build the digital skills needed for the evolving digital economy. The opportunities should be grounded in experiences that will prepare youth to adapt to the major changes projected in tomorrow’s workplace, including emerging areas where the jobs may not yet exist such as those related to cyber security, the automation of knowledge tasks, big data, and artificial intelligence, among others.

The DS4Y Program aims to provide opportunities for underemployed post-secondary graduates to combine valuable work experience with training related to digital skills through these internships so that they can successfully transition to the labour market.

DS4Y falls under the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS). The YESS offers a broad suite of programs that, together, aim to develop a skilled and diverse young labour force to support inclusive growth. Ultimately, the YESS aims to ensure that youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experience and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment. DS4Y contributes to the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy programming by supporting youth who are more or less job-ready but who may require a first employment experience through wage-subsidy opportunities, and skill development to enter and succeed in the labour market.

The program will contribute to increasing the employability of youth by equipping them with integrated digital and soft skills relevant to the evolving digital economy.

Funding is available to support Delivery Organizations for a two-year period starting on April 1, 2020 and ending on March 31, 2022.

Key expected results include:

Eligible Activities

Eligibility Criteria

How to Apply

Download the Notice of Intent (NOI) Form via given website.

For more information, please visit https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/122.nsf/eng/00002.html

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