Who Are You? » Youth

Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong has a variety of programs that encourage Treaty #3 Youth to make positive choices about their education and career aspirations including the opportunity to acquire on-the-job career related and meaningful work experience. Each of the programs has a different focus and priorities may change each year.

Youth Mentoring Program

Objective: To provide on-the-job work experience to identified youth who have recently dropped out of school or those who are identified as being “at risk” of dropping out of sch... read more »

Part-time Employment for Students in School

Objective: To reward students who have maintained excellence in academic achievement while attending school or who have demonstrated substantial improvement from the previous school... read more »

Youth Achievers Bursary Award Program

Objective: To encourage and support students who are striving to excel in a field of their interest and to recognize students for their academic performance. There will be bursar... read more »

Youth Internship Job Placement Program

Objective: The Youth Internship Job Placement Program is an opportunity for selected Youth to gain their first on-the-job work experience. Please be advised that the program is aimed... read more »

Youth Wage Subsidy Program

Objective: To provide on-the-job training/career related experience for unemployed Youth who have recently graduated and have difficulty finding meaningful career related employment... read more »

Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Objective: To provide high school graduates, post-secondary students or recent graduates with an opportunity to experience self-employment as a career option. The program is an orie... read more »

Youth Career Information Fairs/Workshops

Objective: To increase the awareness of Youth in making decisions and choices about their education, careers and employment aspirations. Please note that there will be a Youth Ca... read more »

Youth Leadership Projects

Background: In order to compete in an increasingly competitive world and faced with limited resources and supports at the community level, Youth need to be self-motivated in order to... read more »

Career Employment Match Program

Objective: To provide summer employment opportunities to post-secondary students who wish to work for an employer that will provide them with career-related employment in their spec... read more »

Canada Summer Jobs

Objective: To provide an opportunity for students to gain exposure to a career, acquire career related work experience and foster the development of positive work habits. read more »


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