Green Jobs Internship Program
Placing young Canadians in roles in the natural resources sector.The Green Jobs Internship program, funding by Natural Resource Canada, provides employment opportunities for youth ages 15 to 30 in the natural resources sector. Program wage subsidies help Canadian employers in relevant sectors, including energy, forestry, mining and earth sciences, hire the talent they need to grow and innovate.
As a delivery agent for the Green Jobs Internship program, Clean Foundation will subsidize up to:
- 75 per cent of an intern’s salary to a maximum of $30,000 for Indigenous youth, youth living with a disability, youth living in a northern or remote community; and
- up to 75 per cent to a maximum of $24,000 for women and racialized youth.
Become an intern
Gain access to our national job board with Canada-wide opportunities in the natural resources sector.
Intern registration is now open!
Become an employer
Subsidize your next hire through Green Jobs and get quality, job-ready candidates.
Applications are now closed.
Through the Green Jobs Internship program, Clean Foundation has funded…
$6.9M
in wage subsidies and incentives
374
quality employment opportunities
of which
30%
of interns identified as Indigenous, or a youth living in a northern or remote community
76%
of interns came from an underrepresented group
Leora Berman
Founder and COO, The Land Between
“This program is invaluable to the sector; for its capacity and the success in challenging times for the environment. Therefore, the benefits of this program to our collective capacity are invaluable, but also to the youth who wish to pursue this path. “
Terri Macdonald
Selkirk College
“As always, the support we receive from the Green Jobs team is incomparable—prompt, supportive and solution focused. Continued participation in this program is critical to Selkirk College’s ability to engage recent graduates….This funding program is beneficial to both the intern and employer.”
Tamsyn Puiras
Sierra Club Canada
“I am so grateful for the opportunity provided by the Clean Foundation to do this life changing internship. It has been a dream to work in this field and this funding made the dream a reality. I look forward to building on this excellent foundation that has been laid.”
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