Environmental Employability Pathways tbr

Overview of the Environmental Employability Pathways tbr program:

The Environmental Employability Pathways (EEP) program is part of the government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) Program aims to help youth who have faced barriers navigate through the labor market and develop skills to transition into sustained employment successfully.

Benefits of the Environmental Employability Pathways tbr program:

• Receive 50% up to $12,000 in funding towards a participant's salary.
• The host employer must provide a new, permanent position and the job must be environmentally-related.
• Employers must be small-medium sized organizations.
• Employers must be Canadian-owned or a Canadian subsidiary, municipal government, provincial or territorial government department, or Indigenous organizations.
• Funding will cover full-time or part-time placements that are 6 weeks to 12 months long.

Eligibility criteria of the Environmental Employability Pathways tbr program:

• Employer Participant Requirements
• Placements may be full-time or part-time to a
• Maximum of 40 hours per week for 12 months
• Organizations must be Canadian-owned or a
• Canadian subsidiary
• Provide work experience focusing on developing
• Skills, leadership, and team building.
• Youth Participant Requirements
• Participants must be aged between 15-30
• (inclusive) and be a Canadian citizen, permanent
• Resident or be a protected person as defined by
• The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
• Be legally entitled to work in Canada and
• According to the relevant provincial/territorial
• Legislation and regulations