CHRC is pleased to announce more available funds for the Student Work Placement (SWP) internship subsidies for the Cultural sector! Employers are encouraged to apply now for wage subsidies to hire post-secondary students.

CHRC would like to inform you that the deadline to apply for the 2023-2024 year of the Young Canada Works (YCW) program is fast approaching!

CHRC is pleased to announce another year of Student Work Placement (SWP) internship subsidies for the Cultural sector! The SWP program supports cultural sector employers in hiring post-secondary students with wage subsidies of 50%-70% of the full wage cost to a maximum of $5,000-$7,000 per placement. The subsidy is available for placements as of April 1st, 2022.

Congratulations to Hill Strategies for this great compilation and analysis of pandemic cultural sector successes. CHRC will be involved in developing training material in Phase II of the project.

The Student Work Placement (SWP) program supports cultural sector employers in hiring post-secondary students with wage subsidies of 75% of the full wage cost to a maximum of $7,500 per placement. With supplemental funding from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), CHRC is offering a new round of internships for students of all academic fields to gain work experience.

Subsidizing work integrated learning placements to prepare students for the cultural workforce.