OTTAWA, Ontario – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is providing financial assistance for the Coaching Internship Program project through the Government of Canada's Career Focus program, which offers financial support to employers and organizations to provide post-secondary graduate youth with career-related work experience in their field of study.
Through this project, the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) is offering subsidies of $12,000 to enable sport organizations to hire young professionals for coaching positions leading to permanent full-time employment.
The deadline for applications is July 13, 2009 at 5h00 PM EDT, for positions starting August 1, 2009.
To participate in Career Focus, participants must be:
Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or persons on whom refugee status has been conferred;
between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection;
post-secondary graduates;
out of school;
demonstrate a lack of attachment to the labour market in their field of study;
legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations;
not previous participants of a Career Focus project;
and not in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.
For more information about the Coaching Internship Program, visit our website at http://coach.ca/eng/grants/internships.cfm or contact:
Michael Howard
613-235-5000, ext. 9-2375
coachinginternship@coach.ca