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Programs to help youth gain employment or employability skills. Includes federal and provincial job programs, career counselling, job search assistance, volunteer or paid work experiences, and job training.

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Provides summer employment opportunities to nursing students at health care facilities across PEI. Work sites include:
  • Public health care facilities
  • Private long term care facilities
Application deadline is in early April.
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Provides youth with service initiatives opportunities that address community needs. This encourages them to develop life and work skills, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.
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Christian-based program to help youth learn leadership skills. Provides them the chance to experience camp as a staff and includes a training weekend, canoe trip weekend and 1-2 weeks service at Camp during summer camp weeks.
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Helps young adults prepare to build employability skills so they can find new or higher paying work. Participants will:
  • Attend 12 weeks of in-class and experience/activity based learning
  • Learn how to set and achieve positive life and work goals
  • Develop individual plans of action to help them reach their goals
  • Identify their strengths and skills and build upon those
  • Become more confident and self-sufficient
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Provides a paid internship opportunity for bilingual youth and French-speaking post-secondary students in Epekwitk / PEI. This 10-week internship offers participants hands-on experience in their field, while allowing them to explore local employers and career opportunities within their home province.

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Provides a program that helps participants to transition into the work force. Program includes:
  • Life and employability skills building
  • Support to help participants find employment in the private sector
  • Ongoing coaching and mentoring
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Summer program for high school students who are returning to school in the fall. The program engages youth and encourages participants to continue high school and pursue post-secondary education by:
  • Creating positive employment work sites
  • Providing job related life and literacy skills
  • Offering outings and community engagement
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Provides a training program for those working toward professional certification in a designated skilled trade in PEI. The program offers a combination of on-the-job training with a qualified tradesperson (80%) with in-class training (20%).

A list of designated skilled trades in PEI is available on the website.Applicants must already have secured employment with a qualified tradesperson they can train under.

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Charlottetown - dvrodd@gov.pe.ca

Summerside - tylerdoucette@gov.pe.ca

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Provides high school students with an opportunity to explore trade career options and gain a head start on the post-secondary apprenticeship training program.

Note: Students must already be employed with a suitable employer in a designated trade. A list of designated trades in PEI can be found on the website.
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Provides a 10 week group course in which participants are paid while developing the skills and knowledge necessary to make a successful transition to the labour market or return to school. This program is offered in Summerside and Charlottetown (Charlottetown location varies). Classroom teachings include:
  • Life skills
  • Employability and essential skills
  • Specialized training including First Aid and CPR, WHMIS, Service Excellence, Food Service Certification
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