United Nations Association in Canada,Various placements in Canada

Positions: Various placements
Type: four-month placements / paid internships
Organization: United Nations Association in
Canada
Locations: various cities across Canada

The
power of youth
to shape and transform the wo

rld is clear. Canadian youth benefit from their
diversity advantage, education, and energy. Canada’s government has acted
to restore our place on environmental stewardship and climate action —
what our youth don’t have is work. High rates of un- and underemployment
results in short and long-term economic damage, lowered self-confidence and
squanders the significant investment young people, their families, schools and
government have made.

UNA-Canada
has responded with Canada Green Corps (CGC). This innovative
results-focused initiative will strategically fulfill government commitments to
provide new opportunities for youth and showcase national leadership
on climate action. UNA-Canada, a respected and successful youth serving and
training & deploying national organization proposes to ladder up from 20
years of success and from the GOC’s Youth Employment Strategy to create CGC
that will:

Bridge
talented un- or underemployed youth to meaningful employment through
work-integrated learning and disciplined support.
Strategic
four-month placements working with government, private
sector, First Nations, institutions, universities and other partner
organizations to ignite Canada’s green economy.
Partner
organizations will receive a wage subsidy to host CGC
participants during their four-month employment.
Peer-to-peer
knowledge and skills transfer through “Innovation Teams”
consisting of CGC participants across Canada and UNA-Canada’s
international UN interns.
Contribute
to Canada’s commitments on climate & environment (UNFCCC &
SDGs).
Innovate
through youth-to-youth micro-investment in clean tech and community
projects; building a culture of innovation and accelerating a clean
energy future.

About

CGC is UNA-Canada’s
innovative new youth employment programme designed to bridge talented, yet
un-and underemployed, Canadian youth to meaningful employment to ignite
Canada’s green economy. CGC participants will undertake four-month
work-integrated learning placements with various companies, governments,
associations, universities and civil society organizations across Canada, but
particularly our cities of focus: Vancouver, Whitehorse, Calgary, Edmonton,
Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. CGC participants may
assist their employer organizations and communities in reducing their
environmental footprint and increasing sustainability. Additionally, CGC
participants may engage their communities over the course of their placements. CGC
participants may also identify and address environmental “quick wins” in their
communities and workplaces.

Eligibility

To
be part of the CGC, youth must be:

between
the ages of 18 and 30 (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection;
Canadian
citizens, permanent residents, or persons who have been granted refugee
status in Canada;
legally
entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial
legislation and regulations;
not
in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits;
Unemployed
or underemployed.
*Note: Underemployment exists when employed persons are A) working
part-time, or B) working in a field that does not utilize their academic
qualifications, thus, not attaining their full employment level.

CGC is securing a wide
variety of employers at the moment. Correspondingly, UNA-Canada encourages
applicants with diverse academic backgrounds and professional aspirations to
apply. Applicants should at a minimum have completed high school, but
applicants with college, CEGEP, diploma, bachelor, masters and PhD
qualifications to apply.

Eligible
partner organizations include: