Yes funded ict programs (English)

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  Participating organizations provide employment opportunities for individuals with post-secondary experience (including college and university graduates) aged 15-30, through 16-week work terms to develop and strengthen employability skills and ease the transition to longer-term career-related employment;
  
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  Assists in fostering life-long learning and builds the skills young Canadians need for the knowledge-based economy;
  
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  Supports implementation of technology in the learning process;
  
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  Assists schools and public libraries use and integrate information and communication technology (ICT) efficiently;
  
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  Facilitates the Government of Canada's priority of stimulating a culture of innovation and branding Canada as a leading innovator globally by providing youth with skills to compete in the new knowledge economy; and
  
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  Ensures every learner has an opportunity to develop ICT skills.
  

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  Computer and Internet training
  
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  Technical development and Web research
  
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  Diversified projects
  
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  Train the trainer models
  
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  Youth at risk employment
  
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  Internet help desk services to schools
  
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  Development of school Web pages
  

Since 1997, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Camps (ISE Camps) have employed graduates of high school and post-secondary programs to help develop and operate summer day camps. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Camps provide youth, who have had some level of post-secondary education experience, with opportunities to gain advanced employability skills. Located nation-wide, these hands-on camps make learning fun, sparking an interest in science, engineering and technology among Canadian children. Every camp is different: activities have ranged from a Newfoundland camp that collected data on nature from field trips and displayed their findings on Web pages to a British Columbia camp where children explored video-conferencing and robotic Lego.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Camps hire youth counsellors who plan and present hands-on activities in a fun atmosphere. Although every day camp is different, all have an Internet component. While promoting information and communications technology (ICT) as an enabling technology, interns gain experience in business areas such as marketing and sponsorship, while improving their communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills thus enhancing their prospects for long term careers. The day camps are operated by non-profit groups such as science centres, museums, school boards and universities. About 100 youth counsellors are hired each summer beginning in May.

Technical Work Experience Program
The Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP) hires students and recent graduates of college- university-level programs in information technology. The Program provides these young people with a minimum of 13 weeks with the possibility of up to an additional 13 weeks extension of paid, practical 'First Job' experience in Computers for Schools (CFS) repair centres throughout Canada.

The Technical Work Experience Program addresses two crucial questions: How can I get a job if I have no experience? and How can I get experience if I can't find a job? The Program is targeted at young Canadians, aged 15 to 30, who have acquired or are in the process of acquiring a degree, diploma or certificate in Information Technology; preference is given to recent graduates.

Under the supervision of CFS Repair Centre managers, young repair technicians repair and refurbish computer equipment, sort and test computer software, prepare and package computers for shipment to end-users. They also provide valuable technical support to local school boards.
In addition to practical, marketable work experience, each young technician will be permitted and encouraged to search for full-time work continually throughout their employment terms with the program.

More than 1,750 young Canadians have been hired under the Program. The number of positions available in each province is determined by a pro-rating on the basis of provincial student populations.

The Community Access Program (CAP) Youth Initiative (YI) is coordinated by CAP. CAP's YI provide employment opportunities for young Canadians between the ages of 15 and 30 who are primarily students, recent graduates, the under-employed or unemployed.

The program provide youth with work experience that will facilitate the transition to the labour market. Participants work as interns at CAP sites throughout Canada, helping individuals, community organizations, and small businesses improve their knowledge and effective use of the Internet and related information technologies. Specific activities include:

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  delivering Internet training sessions;
  
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  researching and developing Web sites;
  
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  drafting publicity materials;
  
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  organizing information fairs and special events; and
  
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  providing technical support to CAP site users.
  

The CAPYI has provided 7,000 employment opportunities for youth since 1996, and is helping young Canadians gain necessary skills in the field of information technology, interpersonal communications, as well as critical and creative thinking.

Student Connections provides small and medium-sized business with e-commerce and Internet training. SC helps businesses adopt innovative practices and pursue new on-line markets to remain competitive in today's global marketplace.

Since 1996, Student Connections has hired and trained post-secondary students and recent graduates as Student Business Advisors (SBAs). These SBAs provide on-site customized Internet training, assessments, and e-commerce services to clients across Canada. Since 1996, more than 5,000 students have been employed and over 133,000 clients have been trained.

SC is a successful government and private sector partnership program. In response to the evolving technology training needs of Canadians, SC has expanded its curriculum, and currently offers these additional services: Internet training from beginner to advanced level courses covering everything from getting on-line to search techniques and on-line communication for business; Senior Internet training which have been developed specifically for seniors without using complex terminology; E-Commerce First Step which is designed to help businesses implement e-commerce and offers the choice of a comprehensive action plan or more detailed targeted consultations on topics ranging from Web site planning and evaluation to Internet security and selling on-line; Business Presentations where SBAs provide business and community groups with comprehensive presentations on e-business, Web marketing, safe surfing and business Web sites.

NetCorps Canada International offers volunteer internships in developing countries for people 19 to 30 years old with appropriate skills in information and communication technologies (ICT). These internships, of approximately six months, are implemented by some of Canada's largest volunteer-sending international development organizations in partnership with Industry Canada.

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  responds to young peoples' needs for work experience and career development
  
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  supports developing countries' efforts to enhance their information and communication technologies capacity
  
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  supports developmental objectives of partners to improve their information and communication technologies capacity abroad in fields such as health, education and agriculture
  
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  profiles Canadian leadership in the use of information technology for social and economic development and
  
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  helps promote a connected Canada to the world