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This program helps First Nations and Inuit youth acquire essential employment skills and learn about job and career options.

The First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program is 1 of 2 programs under the First Nations and Inuit Youth Employment Strategy.

This program supports activities that assist youth in gaining the essential skills to help them gain employment, function well in the workplace and learn about job and career options.

Activities can 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 or for mentored school-based work and study opportunities

Funding is provided to eligible First Nations and Inuit communities, governments and organizations, as well as not-for-profit associations, schools and employers who then provide activities for First Nations and Inuit youth.

Who can apply

• First Nations and Inuit governments and organizations
• First Nations schools or federal schools on reserve
• Not-for-profit associations
• Private sector employers

Eligible recipients may then enter into agreements with private sector and non-profit sector employers to access employment opportunities for youth.

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