Youth Eco Internships - About Internships

Intern Application

Welcome and thank you for your interest in the Youth
Eco Internship Program. Eligibility for participation in this program includes that an applicant: is eligible to work in Canada; is legally eligible to work in his/her province or territory; is currently unemployed; has a Social Insurance Number (SIN); and is between 15 and 30 years of age. Please review and complete the following application form carefully.

* APPLICATION UPDATE January 2010
We have received thousands of applications since this program was launched in September 2009. Due to this overwhelming response, at this time positions for:
Post-secondary graduates: are almost completely filled. General applications from this website are no longer being accepted from youth with this education level. Where positions remain, interns will be specifically recruited.
High school graduates: are still available and applications are being accepted through this website.
Non-High School Graduates: are still available and applications are being accepted through this website.

Please note all fields are required.

Last name

First name

Permanent address (number, street, unit)

City / Town

Province

Postal code

Home phone number

Other phone number (Enter "NA" if not applicable)

E-mail

Education level

Please indicate your Official language of correspondence:

EnglishFrench

Please indicate the length of internship you are interested in – check all that apply:

3 months
4 months
6 months

I meet the eligibility requirements for participating in this program.

YesNo

To help us determine how we will process your application, please indicate your interest in working with a women’s services organization.

YesNo Preference

Please tell us why you want to participate in this program. (150 to 250 words)

SELF-IDENTIFICATION: Please check any and all that apply. This information will only be used to evaluate the program and will not be used to assess your application.

Do you self-identify as:

MaleFemaleTransgenderedI elect not to answer this question

A person with a disability?

YesNoI elect not to answer this question

A member of a First Nation, a Métis or an Inuit?

YesNoI elect not to answer this question

A person from a visible minority group (other than an Aboriginal group)?

YesNoI elect not to answer this question

Francophone?

YesNoI elect not to answer this question

Please attach your resume: (PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT)

Your resume should include the following information:
• Previous work experience. If applicable, please describe your role.
• Volunteer activities you have been involved in. If applicable, please describe your role.
• Extracurricular activities you have been involved in. If applicable, please describe them.

General Terms and Conditions

This program is funded by the Federal Government’s Economic Action Plan, and therefore is subject to the Federal Government approval and conditions which may be varied from time to time. Participation in this program is non-transferable. Should funding cease, the YMCA and YWCA Canada shall whenever possible refer participants to the Federal Government representative for more information or to other service providers in the community.

Since funding for the program has been provided by the Federal Government, the YMCA and YWCA Canada are required to collect on behalf of, and disclose to, the Federal Government, information about you and the program that assists the Federal Government to measure results, to evaluate the success of the program, and to meet their obligation of accountability. The information collected on behalf of, and disclosed to, the Federal Government is protected under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act or applicable provincial or municipal privacy law. The Federal Government will collect, use and disclose such information in accordance with such law and its privacy policy available at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca. Participants may request access to information under the applicable privacy law, or obtain more information about their privacy rights by visiting the applicable government website.

The YMCA of Greater Toronto and YWCA Canada are committed to protecting personal information by following responsible information handling practices. We collect and use information you volunteer when you access or register for a program in order to better meet your service needs, to ensure a safe environment, for statistical purposes, to inform you about the program in which you are registered, and to satisfy government funding and regulatory requirements. For more information on our commitments to privacy, please visit www.ymcagta.org and www.ywcacanada.ca.

I have read, understand and freely accept the information including eligibility criteria, general terms and conditions, and agree to the general terms and conditions outlined above.