Digital Skills for Youth Program (DSY) 

The Digital Skills for Youth Program is an employment readiness program which aims to help post-secondary graduates ages 15 to 30 navigate through the labour market and successfully transition into sustained employment within environmental digital skills-based fields. This program is only open to those individuals with Canadian citizenship, Canadian permanent residency status, or those who have been granted refugee status within Canada.

• Stand out from the competition
• Make invaluable connections in the industry
• Acquire meaningful employment

Become a pre-approved participant by completing the following questions to determine your eligibility for the program.

Here's how the program works:

• Find out if you qualify by filling out the pre-qualification form
• Once pre-qualified complete the entire application
• Get approved by ECO Canada’s Employment Programs team
• When searching for your job let the employer that wants to hire know that you have been pre-approved for wage subsidy and have them apply for the program.  Limited spots are available
• You will be able to start work between April 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025
• Host (employer) gets approved 
• Sign the contract and paperwork sent via DocuSign with ECO Canada
• Start work   
• Fill out the assigned reports at the scheduled times indicated on your contract