Deadline: 13 April 2018
The 2018-2019 call for proposals to support activities under the First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program is now open.
The First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program supports activities that assist youth in acquiring the essential skills that will help them gain employment, function well in the workplace, and learn about job and career options.
Activities may include career promotion, science and technology activities, co-operative education placements and internships and mentored work placements.
The program:
- promotes the benefits and importance of education to youth participation in the labour market
- supports the development and improvement of essential employability skills, such as communication, problem-solving, and working with others
- introduces youth to a variety of career options
- helps youth gain skills by providing wage subsidies for mentored work experience and/or for mentored school-based work and study opportunities
Eligibility Criteria
- First Nations and Inuit governments and organizations
- First Nation schools or federal schools on-reserve
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Private sector employers
- Organizations receiving funding through this program may also enter into agreements with private sector and not-for-profit organizations to support these activities.
- Not-for-profit organizations and private sector employers may be eligible for direct funding for activities that provide opportunities for eligible First Nations and Inuit youth and fall within program guidelines. Not-for-profit organizations may be eligible to receive funding to cover up to 100% of eligible expenditures. Private sector employers may be eligible to receive funding to cover funding up to 50% of eligible expenditures.
Eligible Youth Participants
- First Nations and Inuit youth aged 15 to 30 who are either:
- ordinarily resident on reserve or in a recognized community (an approved settlement on Crown land)
- Inuit who are residents in Canada, but who reside outside their territory, and are no longer eligible to be funded by their territory (proof of refusal is required)
- Mentored work placements, including information and communication technology placements, are for youth who are not in school, or are unemployed or underemployed.
- Ordinarily resident-on-reserve means that eligible youth live on-reserve, do not maintain a primary residence off-reserve, and may be temporarily off-reserve for the primary purpose of seeking education.
- Co-operative education placements are for students in grades 7 to 12 (secondary 1 to secondary 5), enrolled in and attending a federal or band-operated school. For activities promoting careers and science and technology, youth may be younger than 15 years of age.
How to Apply
Recipients who have access to the ISC Services Portal can access the proposal form by opening a session on the Portal. If recipients does not have access to the Portal, contact regional office via given website.
For more information, please visit First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program.