Employment and Training Resources on the Web
Here's a list of some resources that are out there to help you. This will be updated constantly as the more resources you have, the better chance you have to finding the job that you want! Some of these have mentorship opportunities, others have scholarship opportunities and rotational training opportunities! Make sure to check out the other tabs for events such as workshops and career centres, etc. too!
Career Edge
Putting diverse, qualified talent to work.
Since 1996, Career Edge Organization, a national not-for-profit service provider, has provided thoughtful, results-driven leadership in connecting multi-sector businesses with diverse, qualified talent through innovative paid internship programs to fulfill talent strategies for recent grads, internationally qualified professionals and graduates with disabilities.
Career Edge Organization has connected more than 1,000 leading Canadian employers with a diverse pool of quality candidates to help meet their immediate and long-term demands for talent. All of our program registrants are pre-screened, university or college educated and many are multilingual.
By connecting employers to qualified talent through our three unique programs, Career Edge Organization facilitates the creation of meaningful work experiences to achieve business objectives and launch careers.
In partnership with our participating private, public and non-profit sector host employers, we have successfully launched the careers of over 10,700 recent grads, graduates with disabilities and internationally qualified professionals across Canada.
Since 1996, Career Edge Organization, a national not-for-profit service provider, has provided thoughtful, results-driven leadership in connecting multi-sector businesses with diverse, qualified talent through innovative paid internship programs to fulfill talent strategies for recent grads, internationally qualified professionals and graduates with disabilities.
Career Edge Organization has connected more than 1,000 leading Canadian employers with a diverse pool of quality candidates to help meet their immediate and long-term demands for talent. All of our program registrants are pre-screened, university or college educated and many are multilingual.
By connecting employers to qualified talent through our three unique programs, Career Edge Organization facilitates the creation of meaningful work experiences to achieve business objectives and launch careers.
In partnership with our participating private, public and non-profit sector host employers, we have successfully launched the careers of over 10,700 recent grads, graduates with disabilities and internationally qualified professionals across Canada.
Services in Action
Services in Action is a grassroots initiative that provides support to not for profits and charities, to help them achieve their mission and goals. Our mandate is to support not for profits and charities whose resources get stretched. Made up of a network of organizations, Services in Action provides an exchange of services, tools and information to help you meet the needs of your community, which can often take you away from mission-related work. By redirecting your needs to Services in Action, your organization can remain on target and reach beyond its boundaries.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
We are one of Canada's largest banks as measured by assets and market capitalization, and are among the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. Strong communities are part of the building blocks to a better future. We invest millions of dollars so people and organizations dedicated to health, the environment, sports, and the arts can do better. A variety of programs are tailor-made for recent graduates like you: people ready to grow, innovate and lead while engaging in world-class workplace practices with an industry leader such as:
Maytree Foundation
Canada’s tolerance of systemic poverty represses the human spirit and bears paralyzing costs to society. It is an urgent national imperative to reduce poverty now, and eliminate it as soon as possible.
Maytree works with many partners to fight poverty. We listen to the voices of community to understand their needs and issues. We work with government, the central player in creating equity and prosperity. We work with civil society organizations, with employers, and with institutions to make them more effective in building strong and prosperous communities.
Above all, we work with leaders who imagine and deliver effective solutions, and who are relentless in their pursuit of change for a better Canada. Maytree looks for ways to maximize the impact of its work. It focuses on empowering individuals, funding innovative ideas, supporting effective leaders and finding ways to achieve change and enhance the public good. Maytree also offers a scholarship program for protected persons or permanent residents who were protected persons, between the ages 17 and 26, entering first year of an undergraduate full-time university or community college program in Toronto. It is designed for students with a sense of civic responsibility combined with a successful academic, work and/or volunteer service record.
Maytree works with many partners to fight poverty. We listen to the voices of community to understand their needs and issues. We work with government, the central player in creating equity and prosperity. We work with civil society organizations, with employers, and with institutions to make them more effective in building strong and prosperous communities.
Above all, we work with leaders who imagine and deliver effective solutions, and who are relentless in their pursuit of change for a better Canada. Maytree looks for ways to maximize the impact of its work. It focuses on empowering individuals, funding innovative ideas, supporting effective leaders and finding ways to achieve change and enhance the public good. Maytree also offers a scholarship program for protected persons or permanent residents who were protected persons, between the ages 17 and 26, entering first year of an undergraduate full-time university or community college program in Toronto. It is designed for students with a sense of civic responsibility combined with a successful academic, work and/or volunteer service record.
Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
A not-for-profit sector council, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), strives to create a prepared, diverse and highly educated Canadian ICT industry and workforce. ICTC is a catalyst for change, pushing for innovations that will provide standards, labour market intelligence, career pathways and immigration for the Canadian ICT industry, educators and governments. We forge partnerships that will help develop the quantity and quality of ICT professionals needed to maintain and improve Canada’s position as a leader in the global marketplace.
To achieve these goals, ICTC focuses on five main areas that are proven building blocks for a healthy, successful and forward-looking sector:
To achieve these goals, ICTC focuses on five main areas that are proven building blocks for a healthy, successful and forward-looking sector:
MaRS
MaRS is where science, technology and social entrepreneurs get the help they need. Where all kinds of people meet to spark new ideas. And where a global reputation for innovation is being earned, one success story at a time. MaRS drives social and economic prosperity by leading Canada’s innovation mission. We at MaRS envision Canadian communities that are prospering through enhanced employment prospects, the creation and retention of local wealth and an enriched cultural and social environment. To realize this vision, we foster and promote Canadian innovation.
MaRS helps create successful global businesses from Canada’s science, technology and social innovation. MaRS provides resources — people, programs, physical facilities, funding and networks — to ensure that critical innovation happens. We stimulate, identify and harness great ideas, nurture their development and guide the transformation of those ideas into reality. We measure our success through the companies that emerge after receiving help from MaRS.
MaRS helps create successful global businesses from Canada’s science, technology and social innovation. MaRS provides resources — people, programs, physical facilities, funding and networks — to ensure that critical innovation happens. We stimulate, identify and harness great ideas, nurture their development and guide the transformation of those ideas into reality. We measure our success through the companies that emerge after receiving help from MaRS.
Impact.org
Impact aims to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among high school and university students. The view at Impact is that the entrepreneurship embodies something bigger than just starting a business–-a mindset towards life that can help achieve any dream.
Our goals in 2011 are to:
- Talent – To attract, develop and engage high potential leaders for our organization.
- Brand – To strengthen our brand with high quality programs and alliances.
- Sustainability – To ensure sustainability of our organization by building strong financial and advisory support.
Our goals in 2011 are to:
- Become Canada’s trusted and go-to destination for information about youth entrepreneurship.
- Recognize and support the local and national start-up communities.
- Cultivate more entrepreneurs and individuals working in startups.
- Provide and improve resources for young entrepreneurs.
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ArtReach Toronto
ArtReach Toronto is a program designed to support arts initiatives that engage youth who have experienced exclusion in under-served areas of Toronto. ArtReach Toronto provides capacity building initiatives that aim to strengthen the community of young artists working towards social change in Toronto. Examples include grant writing supports for young people applying to the fund, mentorship for youth and groups that are provided with funding, as well as free monthly workshops on different topics of interest as part of the GOAL Youth Capacity Building Workshop Series.
Both the structure and processes in place at ArtReach Toronto represent a growing awareness that a new way of funding and working with youth is needed. From the beginning, young people have played a significant part in the development of ArtReach Toronto, and continue to be involved in the granting process.
Here's what you can learn at some ArtReach workshops:
Both the structure and processes in place at ArtReach Toronto represent a growing awareness that a new way of funding and working with youth is needed. From the beginning, young people have played a significant part in the development of ArtReach Toronto, and continue to be involved in the granting process.
Here's what you can learn at some ArtReach workshops:
Grant Writing Video from Tiffany Hsiung on Vimeo.
ScholarshipTraining.ca
Are you in high school? Have you heard about scholarships but don't know if or how you should apply? This is a free guide written for you. Whether you have been working on your application for a year or you are just hearing about scholarships for the first time—we can help.
We interviewed students who have done it and won scholarships. The advice, stories and strategies they shared is written down here in this ebook and has already helped win over three hundred thousand dollars in scholarships.
So download the guide and take a read. It is free, not trying to sell you anything and simply meant to share, so enjoy it and pass it on.
We interviewed students who have done it and won scholarships. The advice, stories and strategies they shared is written down here in this ebook and has already helped win over three hundred thousand dollars in scholarships.
So download the guide and take a read. It is free, not trying to sell you anything and simply meant to share, so enjoy it and pass it on.
NewYouth.ca
NewYouth.ca launched in November 2009 and is a project of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI). This website is an information and referral website for newcomer (immigrant and refugee) youth across Ontario, Canada. The project is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
The website is a place for young newcomers to find reliable information and services to access. You can read articles or watch informative videos on newcomer youth-related issues, find services and programs near where you live, and find newcomer youth-related events to attend. You can also comment and ask questions about specific topics, which will be responded to by the OCASI youth website team.
We have been continuously asking newcomer youth across Ontario what kind of information they would like to see on the site. The results are the 6 major categories on the website - Daily Life, School, Law, Work, Health and Immigration.
The website is a place for young newcomers to find reliable information and services to access. You can read articles or watch informative videos on newcomer youth-related issues, find services and programs near where you live, and find newcomer youth-related events to attend. You can also comment and ask questions about specific topics, which will be responded to by the OCASI youth website team.
We have been continuously asking newcomer youth across Ontario what kind of information they would like to see on the site. The results are the 6 major categories on the website - Daily Life, School, Law, Work, Health and Immigration.
Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's ICT Skills (CCICT)
The Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills (CCICT) is an industry-led coalition of employers, universities and industry organizations, founded by Bell Canada in 2007. Our aim is to ensure that Canadian organizations can hire the information and communications technology (ICT) professionals they need to meet the changing and diverse needs of the 21st century workforce.
The CCICT seeks to achieve practical solutions to an alarming decline in ICT-related post-secondary enrolments (30-40%), historically low female participation (25%), and significant shifts in demand – against the backdrop of a growing need for every industry to embrace the tools and methods of the knowledge economy. Career choosers and their advisors (parents, teachers, the media) often don’t know about the exciting ways that ICT-related careers are changing.
CCICT’s mission is to bring Canada’s 21st century technology-related careers to the forefront.
In 2011, CCICT’s is launching the career network and career week initiative in partnership with government, our corporate members, and leading industry organizations including the Information & Communications Technology Council, TechnoCompétences, the Information Technology Association of Canada, and the Canadian Information Processing Society.
The CCICT seeks to achieve practical solutions to an alarming decline in ICT-related post-secondary enrolments (30-40%), historically low female participation (25%), and significant shifts in demand – against the backdrop of a growing need for every industry to embrace the tools and methods of the knowledge economy. Career choosers and their advisors (parents, teachers, the media) often don’t know about the exciting ways that ICT-related careers are changing.
CCICT’s mission is to bring Canada’s 21st century technology-related careers to the forefront.
In 2011, CCICT’s is launching the career network and career week initiative in partnership with government, our corporate members, and leading industry organizations including the Information & Communications Technology Council, TechnoCompétences, the Information Technology Association of Canada, and the Canadian Information Processing Society.
Youth Employment Services (YES)
YES is the largest and most experienced youth employment counseling centre in Canada. YES has an exemplary reputation for innovative and successful programs and services for young people with barriers to employment such as homelessness, a lack of formal education, a criminal record and drug abuse.
YES believes that employment is empowerment and the cornerstone of safe and healthy communities. YES leads the Canadian youth sector with innovative programs that empower disadvantaged and vulnerable youth to become self-sufficient contributing members of society. YES offers a job board, fast, free and professional services, employment counseling, job placement, apprenticeship, entrepreneurship training, assistance with résumés to interviews, the tools to help you get the job you want.
YES believes that employment is empowerment and the cornerstone of safe and healthy communities. YES leads the Canadian youth sector with innovative programs that empower disadvantaged and vulnerable youth to become self-sufficient contributing members of society. YES offers a job board, fast, free and professional services, employment counseling, job placement, apprenticeship, entrepreneurship training, assistance with résumés to interviews, the tools to help you get the job you want.
myBlueprint.ca
We like to think of ourselves as a creative and hard-working team with a focus on the effective use of leading-edge technology in education. We value research and have developed unique solutions that are reality-based, forward thinking and student-centred. We are committed to ensuring our resources are user-friendly and support the diverse needs of counsellors, career practitioners, teachers and educators across Canada.
As told by Gil Silberstein, Co-Founder & President:
In 2005, a few colleagues and I got together and asked ourselves the question, “Is the existing approach to “career planning” really meeting the needs of Canadian students?” As undergraduates at The University of Western Ontario, we had a unique opportunity to conduct research and leverage the knowledge and expertise of our professors.
We initiated our research with an inquiry-based approach and held meetings with thousands of education stakeholders across Canada with a focus on counsellors, teachers, parents and students.
Our research led us to discover unexpected challenges and significant opportunities.
With feedback in hand, we put our heads together and created the “myBlueprint” concept with a focus on education planning (as opposed to occupation planning) and using technologies that at that time were only in their infancy. We knew the next steps wouldn’t be easy. It all really started the day after our last exam in my parent’s basement (thanks for the coffee, mom).
As told by Gil Silberstein, Co-Founder & President:
In 2005, a few colleagues and I got together and asked ourselves the question, “Is the existing approach to “career planning” really meeting the needs of Canadian students?” As undergraduates at The University of Western Ontario, we had a unique opportunity to conduct research and leverage the knowledge and expertise of our professors.
We initiated our research with an inquiry-based approach and held meetings with thousands of education stakeholders across Canada with a focus on counsellors, teachers, parents and students.
Our research led us to discover unexpected challenges and significant opportunities.
With feedback in hand, we put our heads together and created the “myBlueprint” concept with a focus on education planning (as opposed to occupation planning) and using technologies that at that time were only in their infancy. We knew the next steps wouldn’t be easy. It all really started the day after our last exam in my parent’s basement (thanks for the coffee, mom).

