Learning

Computers for Schools

Program that refurbishes computers and related equipment donated by governments and businesses and distributes them across Canada to schools, libraries and registered not-for-profit learning organizations.

Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education

Award that recognizes Canada's best early childhood educators and promotes their innovative and successful early learning practices.

Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence

Award that recognizes Canada's best elementary and secondary school teachers in all disciplines and promotes their innovative and successful teaching practices.

VirtualClassroom

Program that conducts research and development of advanced pedagogy, infrastructure and broadband tools for intelligent learning.

Other Resources

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation

Foundation that provides scholarships to promising Canadian and international students who want to pursue doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences in Canada. It also provides fellowships to mid-career researchers and mentorships to seasoned professionals who work in the field of public policy.

Statistics Canada — Learning Resources

Data and programs to support research, teaching and learning for students and teachers.

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Employment and Entrepreneurship

Community Access Program (CAP) Youth Initiative

Program that aims to provide employment opportunities for Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30 — primarily students, recent graduates and the underemployed or unemployed.

Computers for Schools — Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP)

The Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP) hires students and recent graduates from college/university information technology programs. The Program provides young people with a minimum of 13 weeks — with the possibility of an additional 13 weeks extension — paid, practical, first job experience in Computers for Schools (CFS) repair centres throughout Canada.

Small Business Internship Program (SBIP)

Provides small and medium-sized businesses with financial support to hire a post-secondary student intern to assist them in their adoption of information and communications technologies to increase their productivity and competitiveness.

Youth Internship Program — FedNor

Program that provides recent post-secondary graduates with meaningful work experience in both private-sector and not-for-profit organizations that carry out community economic development activities and/or provide support services, information and skills training to entrepreneurs and small businesses across Northern Ontario.

Other Resources

Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF)

Community partners, mentoring and business resources for young Canadian entrepreneurs.

Youth.gc.ca

Website that helps youth between 15 and 30 years of age by providing resources on jobs, education, health and more.