IYEP Cycle 15 Fall-Winter 2025: September 9 - November 13

APPLY HERE

The Indigenous Youth Employment Program is for First Nations, Metis, and Inuk youth aged 16-29 who are looking to develop employment skills to work in a community-based setting.

We facilitate a variety of workshops for developing and strengthening pre-employment and employment skills (such as resume and cover letter writing, interview skills, communication, and job searching), as well as Indigenous cultural workshops and activities, financial literacy, and more.

Participants can choose to receive 1-1 support from employment counsellors, and ongoing support to secure employment.

• Pre-screening interviews will be conducted with potential participants in the weeks before program.
• Application will remain open until cohort is full

Supports

• SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS provided
• 1:1 CHECK-INS and support from IYEP staff and WorkBC Employment Counsellors
• SYSTEM NAVIGATION SUPPORT: assistance in applying for schools, jobs, status cards, etc
• REFERRALS for jobs, school
• EARN TO LEARN
  • $/day Honorarium for workshop attendance
  • $ Honorarium for attaining employment/starting training/going back to school
  • $ Honorarium for completing 3 months of work/training, or a combination of the two
• Paid placement: monthly transit passes covered during program and in placement
• Additional financial supports available (for work wear/clothes/shoes, glasses, eye appointments, hair cuts, child care, etc.)

Eligibility

An Eligible Participant is:

• legally entitled to work in Canada;
• not enrolled in secondary or post-secondary school for program dates;
• Unemployed or Precariously Employed;
• First Nations or Métis or Inuk (or a combination);
• aged 16 to 29 (inclusive) at the time of intake into the Project;
• not receiving duplicative financial supports from another provincially or federally funded labour market program;
• living in British Columbia;
• able to attend in-person workshops at 2728 E Hastings St, Vancouver

Thank you for your support. Sharing is appreciated.

We look forward to meeting Cycle 15 applicants.

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Contact: iyep@froghollow.bc.ca

Funding provided by the Government of Canada through the
Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement