*Now Accepting Applications* Canada Summer Jobs Program

UPDATE: Canada Summer Jobs Program 2015 is now accepting applications. The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2015.

Employers can apply online at servicecanada.gc.ca/csj. Information about accessing this application is available by calling 1-800-935-5555, or by visiting any Service Canada Centre.

Completed applications may be submitted using one of the following methods:

• Online: Applications must be submitted by January 30, 2015, 23:59 Pacific Time. Applying online is quick and easy.
• In person: Applications must be submitted before the closing time of the local Service Canada Centre on January 30, 2015.
• By mail: Applications must be postmarked on or before January 30, 2015.

Associated Links:

Funding: Canada Summer Jobs

Services for Youth

Press Release

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Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students focusing both on students and their communities. I was glad to see that sixty-nine businesses and over 100 students from Lambton-Kent-Middlesex participated in the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Program in 2014.

I had the opportunity and privilege to visit many of the companies many from summer camps to museums and everything in between over the summer. During these visits, I was provided a tour of the facilities and informed about the student’s job description.

I heard a lot of positive feedback from those involved and learned more about the organizations that took part in the program. An initiative of the Summer Work Experience program, CSJ provides government funding, in the millions of dollars, for not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees. It creates summer job opportunities for students between the ages of 15 and 30.

Check back often to find out when the 2015 application process opens for submissions. Below are some further links regarding what you will need to apply and more information of what the program consists.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

APPLICANT GUIDE