Velocity was created for the purpose of giving students at the University of Waterloo access to resources to turn their innovative ideas into successful start-up businesses. Through Velocity, students at the University of Waterloo are fostered as entrepreneurs through first-hand… Read more »
Success Story: Creating Jobs for Canada’s Youth
The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) has provided another $198,000 towards helping youth find gainful employment in Canada. A press release announced that the government of Canada would provide a local New Glasgow business funds to supplement the creation of 10 jobs… Read more »
Youth Employment Fund Helps Connect Employers with Skilled Young Workers
Through the provincial Youth Employment Fund (YEF), employers in Ontario can receive up to $6,800 to offset training and wage costs linked to a job placement for a young person. To be eligible for this hiring incentive funding, employers must… Read more »
Youth Employment Fund (YEF)
The Ontario government has recently launched its comprehensive Youth Employment Fund (YEF) to promote employment and innovation through the creation of 25,000 new job opportunities for youth. The objective of the YEF program is to provide unemployed youth between the… Read more »