New Funding for Young Canada Works (YCW): Call for Internship Applications

July 5, 2016

Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage 2016-2017:
Call for new funding applications for Internships!

As part of the Minister of Canadian Heritage’s mandate “to increase funding for the Young Canada Works program to help prepare the next generation of Canadians working in the heritage sector,” Canadian Heritage is pleased to announce a new investment of $1.4 million in Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage for 2016-2017 in order to fund the creation of additional graduate internships in heritage fields such as museums, archival institutions, libraries, built heritage or heritage sites.

The Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) in partnership with the Department of Canadian Heritage is pleased to announce additional funding for the YCW at Building Careers in Heritage program (YCWBCH).  This program offers new graduates heritage-centred internships. It will give young Canadians, from coast, to coast to coast, the opportunity to acquire and enhance skills that will give them an advantage when they enter the job market, while at the same time allowing them to earn money.

This new funding will allow the Canadian Council of Archives to fund 26 new internship positions in Canada:

• 18 positions in archival institutions and
• 8 positions in libraries (operating in English).

Applications will be accepted until Friday July 22nd, 2016.

All applications MUST be completed online at www.youngcanadaworks.ca in your online employer account.

Should you have any further questions regarding the application process, or questions about programming in general, please do not hesitate to contract:

• Louise Charlebois at 613-565-1222 ex. 107 (for archival institutions, in either French or English) or
• Jon MacDougall at 613-565-1222 ex. 109 (for libraries operating in English).

Priority will be given to:

• Employers with a mandate related to cultural heritage (including libraries and archival institutions);
• Aboriginal employers and heritage;
• Those hiring young Aboriginal graduates;
• Canadian history and/or the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

The duration of these new internships is a minimum of 4 months to maximum of 6 months, and end at the latest on March 31, 2017.

For details, please visit CCA’s website:  http://archivescanada.ca/YCW

How much funding is available?

• Partial subsidies for employment costs up to $10,000 per internship
• YCWBCH normally contributes between 25 and 50 percent of employment costs (wages, benefits and other eligible expenditures) and may, as warranted, contribute up to 75 percent of employment costs.

Decision announcement to applicants:  Early September 2016

We are seeking energetic volunteers who are prepared to volunteer their time as members of our Peer Review Committee. The selection of the successful applications is the direct result of the evaluations prepared by the Committee members.

On behalf of the Canadian Council of Archives and the Department of Canadian Heritage, we thank you for your continued interest and support of the Young Canada Works program.

We look forward to communicating with you soon.