Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
Thinking of hiring a co-op student? Great news!
Through the Government of Canada Student Work Placement Funding (SWPP) program, you may be eligible to receive up to $7,000 in wage subsidies!
General eligibility requirements:
- Students who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents enrolled in any of Brocks 39 co-op programs are eligible (ie. Arts, Business, Humanities, Science etc.)
- Work Terms must be full-time and between 12-16 weeks in length
- Positions must be net-new (ie. over and above what employers hired last year) to qualify for SWPP funding. Information on all the SWPP funding providers can be found below:
Want to learn more about the funding opportunities available? Contact:
Dana Tonus, MBA
Manager, Employer Relations and Special Initiatives , Co-op Education
Brock University | Co-op, Career & Experiential Education
T 866-618-9373 E dtonus@brocku.ca
BIOTALENT CANADA – For employers within the biotechnology industry (or related projects)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the BioTalent website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Organizations in Canada looking to hire for roles related to biotechnology and healthcare.
Click here for more information about terms, conditions and eligibility of BioTalent Canada
How to apply:
Through their website, download and fill out the “SWPP Employer Application Package”
NOTES:
- Employers NEED to have a candidate before applying.
- Employers must hire the student first. Once a candidate is identified they will apply for funding. However, the candidate can’t start their co-op until approval has been granted. It can take up to 10 business days to process an application.
CONTACT:
Colleen
Email: chayes@biotalent.ca
CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL (CAHRC) – For employers within the agricultural industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the CAHRC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Any Canadian organization related to agricultural, such as food growers to retailers, nursery, horticulture, and ag-tech firms, are eligible to apply under this program.
How to apply:
Start the application process for CAHRC funding!
CONTACT:
info@cahrc-ccrha.ca
CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR AEROSPACE AND AVIATION – For employers within the aerospace and aviation industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the Canadian Council for Aerospace and Aviation’s website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Organizations in Canada working in the aerospace and aviation industry (cannot be a research position in a school lab).
How to apply:
Complete and submit the employer application online: Employer Information Form – Student Work Integrated Learning Program of Canadian Council for Aerospace and Aviation
NOTES: Employers NEED to have a candidate before applying.
CONTACT:
Kethy S-K Sangaré
Phone: (613) 727-8272, ext. 261
Email: ksossokolle@avaerocouncil.ca
CANADIAN MEDIA PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (CMPA) – For employers within the production industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the CMPA website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Employers must be a registered member of CMPA.
- Must be co-apply with a mentee candidate (student).
- Must contribute a minimum of $1,950 toward the mentee stipend.
Click here for more info about CMPA
How to apply:
Start the application process for CMPA funding!
CONTACT:
Sarolta Csete
Email: sarolta.csete@cmpa.ca
CULTURAL HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL (CHRC) – For employers within the cultural sector
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the CHRC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Organizations in Canada within the cultural sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit. This includes:
- live performing arts
- writing and publishing
- visuals, arts and crafts
- film, television and broadcasting
- digital media
- music and sound recording
- heritage
- cultural management
- export marketing
Federal, provincial, municipal and territorial governments are not eligible.
How to apply:
On their website
Information package of CHRC also has some helpful details.
CONTACT:
Email: sofia.downing@culturalhrc.ca
ELECTRICITY HUMAN RESOURCES CANADA (EHRC) – EMPOWERING FUTURES – For employers within the electrical power sector
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the EHRC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Firms whose primary activity is the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power
- Firms engaged in the manufacturing of equipment and the provision of services necessary to the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power
- Firms engaged in supporting the sector including renewables, in any of the following areas: R & D, business development, energy efficiency, energy storage, electrical vehicle integration, smart cities.
Click here for more information about terms, conditions and eligibility of EHRC.
How to apply:
To qualify for the program, the company must be Canadian owned or a Canadian subsidiary and are part of the economic sector represented by:
- Ensure your organization meets all terms and conditions stated above;
- Complete an EHRC’s Employer Application Form and submit it along with a brief company description, and a description of the intended participant’s co-op position;
- Have candidate complete the 2018-2021 EHRC’s Participant Information Form.
- If you already have a participant in mind, please include the participant information form, participant’s resume and a copy of the participant’s proof of post-secondary enrolment, if available. (If submitting electronically, please do not include the participant’s date of birth and Social Insurance Number.)
- The application process from submission to approval takes an average of 5-10 business days.
NOTES:
- Employers DO NOT need to have a candidate before applying.
- Employers can be pre-approved for funding for 30 days.
CONTACT:
Sarah Jourson, Project Coordinator
Phone: (613) 235-5540 ext. 229
Email: jourson@electricityhr.ca
ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS ORGANIZATION (ECO) CANADA – Co-op program for employers in Canada
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the ECO website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Organizations in Canada that are looking to hire students from science, technology, engineering, arts or mathematics (STEAM). Work terms must be at least 6 weeks long. Funding can be applied to part-time students as well as co-op students.
Click here for more information about terms, conditions and eligibility of ECO.
How to apply:
Complete the form for “Host employers” of ECO on ECO Canada Wage Subsidy Program page.
NOTES:
- Employers NEED to have a candidate before applying.
- Funding needs to be approved before the student starts their placement.
CONTACT:
coop@eco.ca
EXCELLENCE IN MANUFACTURING CONSORTIUM – For employers within the manufacturing sector (or related projects)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Work placements should be relevant to manufacturing and related sectors.
How to apply:
Click here for more details on how to apply for Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium.
CONTACT:
Wendy Gray, Senior Project Coordinator
Phone: 1-866-323-4362
Email: wgray@emccanada.org
Susan McLachlan, Project Coordinator
Phone: 1-226-220-6432
Email: smclachlan@emccanada.org
FÉDÉRATION DES CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU QUÉBEC – ACCUEILLEZ UN STAGIAIRE – For employers in Canada
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
See Accueillez un stagaire deadlines
AMOUNT:
The subsidy will cover up to 50% of each eligible intern’s gross salary, for a maximum of $5000 per student. Up to 70% of the gross salary for each first-year intern or intern classified within an under-represented group, up to a maximum of $7000.
ELIGIBILITY:
Eligibility for Accueillez un stagaire
How to apply:
FOOD PROCESSING SKILLS CANADA (FPSC) – For employers within the food and beverage manufacturing industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the FPSC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Work placements should be relevant to food and beverage manufacturing and related sectors.
How to apply:
Click here for more details on how to apply for FPSC.
CONTACT:
Jennifer Brown, Project Manager
Email: jbrown@fpsc-ctac.com
Tiffany Gelvez, Project Specialist
Email: tgelvez@fpsc-ctac.com
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL – WIL DIGITAL SUBSIDY – For employers within the technology sector (or related projects)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the ICTC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Eligibility requirements include:
- A registered business in Canada
- Company must be in the following sectors: intelligent retail, fintech, advanced manufacturing, entertainment and gaming, connected transportation, e-health, cybersecurity, big data, or clean tech
- Must offer a quality full-time position to a student
- Must have insurance
- Must be compliant with Human Rights and Labor legislation, regulations, and laws
- Must create a net new student position
How to apply:
Visit ICTC’s WIL Digital Program site to create an account to apply.
NOTES:
- Employers NEED to have a candidate before applying.
- Funding needs to be approved before the student starts their placement.
CONTACT:
MINING INDUSTRY HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL (MIHR) – GEARING UP – For employers within the mining sector (or related projects)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the MiHR website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Organizations in Canada (small and large companies/post-secondary institutions/non-profit organizations) working in the mining or mineral exploration sectors are encouraged to apply.
How to apply:
Organizations must fill out and submit the Gearing Up Application Form of MiHR to gearingup@mihr.ca. Applicants will know within 10 days if their organization has been approved. Once approved, your organization will:
- Find a candidate (you’ll be able to post a position on the Brock Co-op job board)
- Notify MiHR of your candidate and they will email the necessary documents for funding
More information can be found on the MiHR’s Gearing Up applicant guide or on MiHR’s Gearing Up Program page.
NOTES: Employers DO NOT need to have a candidate before applying.
CONTACT:
Priya
Phone: (613) 270-9696 ext. 63
ONTARIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – For registered Canadian business or non-profits
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Eligibility requirements include:
- A registered, Canadian business or non-profit.
- Not a federal, provincial, territorial or municipal government.
- Committed to paying the student for the role for the duration of the placement in full (subsidy administered after receiving final pay stub).
- Must be compliant with Human Rights and Labor legislation, regulations, and laws
- Covered by WSIB or alternate workplace insurance
- Only submitting applications for paid placements that are not subsidized by the federal government under another funding program.
How to apply:
Click here for more details on how to apply for Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
CONTACT:
TECHNATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ITAC) – CAREER READY PROGRAM – For employers within the technology sector (or related projects)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the ITAC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Registered Canadian businesses and non-profits who can provide a meaningful, tech-focused work placement opportunity to a student.
Students must work in a role that is tech immersive – although they are not required to be studying something in tech. International students are not eligible for funding.
Large financial sector employers and municipal governments are no longer eligible for funding
How to apply:
Complete the online Employer Eligibility Assessment of ITAC and submit it with the necessary documentation.
To access the application portal, please visit Technation’s website.
NOTES:
- Employers NEED to have a candidate before applying. Only applicants that are able to submit information about the job and the student will be considered.
CONTACT:
TOURISM HR CANADA (THRC) – For employers within the tourism and hospitality industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the THRC website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% wage subsidy (up to a maximum of $5,000).
Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70% of their wages subsidized. This is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
ELIGIBILITY:
Registered Canadian businesses, startups, and not-for-profits related to the travel, tourism, and hospitality sector.
Click here for more info pf THRC on placement criteria
How to apply:
Start the THRC application process Here!
CONTACT:
TRUCKING HR CANADA – For employers within the transportation and logistics industry
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for both the current and upcoming academic term.
AMOUNT:
Funding will cover up to 50% of a student’s wage (up to a maximum of $5,000). Students hired from under-represented groups are eligible for a subsidy of up to 70% of wages subsidized.
ELIGIBILITY:
Any Canadian business in the transport and logistics industry, as well as those who have a large logistics component in their business (e.g. private fleets) or work primarily with the logistics industry (e.g. supply chain-specific solutions providers).
How to apply:
Submit your application to Trucking HR Canada. Applicants will know within 10 business days whether their organization has been approved. Once approved, your organization will:
- Find a candidate (you’ll be able to post a position on the Brock Co-op Job Board).
- Notify Trucking HR Canada of your candidate and they will email the necessary documents for funding.
NOTE: Employers DO NOT need to have a candidate before applying.
CONTACT:
VENTURE FOR CANADA – INTERNSHIP PROGRAM – For startups or related entrepreneurial projects and innovation in Atlantic Canada, British Columbia and the Prairies
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Check the Venture of Canada website for application deadlines
AMOUNT:
Up to $7,000 is specifically available for under-represented groups including women in STEM, Indigenous students, newcomers, and persons with disabilities, as well as first-year students.
ELIGIBILITY:
Employers must:
- be a small to medium-sized business, start-up, social enterprise, nonprofit, or charity (1-500 employees)
- have their business located in Atlantic Canada, British Columbia and the Prairies
All industries welcome!
Employers can be from a wide range of industries from agriculture to robotics and anything in between.
How to apply:
To join this program and access this funding, complete the application form on the Venture for Canada website.
NOTES: Employers DO NOT need to have a candidate before applying.
CONTACT:
Other Funding Opportunities
Eligibility and application processes vary across industry sector councils. For specific details, please click on the drop down menus below.
Other Funding Opportunities
Canada Summer Jobs
Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while helping both students and their communities.
Canada Summer Jobs:
- provides work experiences for students
- supports organizations, including those that provide important community services; and
- recognizes that local circumstances, community needs and priorities vary widely
Eligible employers:
Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year.
Contact Information:
Co-operative Education Ontario Tax Credit
You can claim the co-operative education tax credit if you are a corporation that provided a qualifying work placement at a permanent establishment in Ontario for a student enrolled in a qualifying post-secondary co-operative education program.
The credit is equal to an eligible percentage (25% to 30%) of the eligible expenditures incurred by the corporation for a qualifying work placement. The maximum credit for each qualifying work placement is $3,000.
Eligible employers:
- All Ontario Co-op employers
- The placement must be for a period of at least 10 consecutive week
- The student must be paid for the work performed
- Eligible expenditures are:
- salaries and wages (including taxable benefits) paid or payable to a student in a qualifying work placement
- fees paid or payable to an employment agency for the provision of services performed by the student in a qualifying work placement
Contact Information:
Ministry of Finance, Corporate Tax Branch at 905-433-6513
Northern Ontario Internship Program
The intent of the Northern Ontario Internship Program is to strengthen Northern Ontario’s competitive advantage and build economic development capacity by attracting and retaining graduates in the North. The program provides recent graduates who are interested in launching and building their careers in Northern Ontario access to internships
Eligible employers:
Private sector, public sector, and not-for-profit organizations located in Northern Ontario that are interested in providing training and work experience to recent graduates. The organization must have been in operation for at least one year with a minimum of one full-time employee and operate in existing and emerging priority economic sectors:
- advanced manufacturing
- agriculture, aquaculture and food processing
- arts, culture and creative industries
- digital economy
- forestry and value-added forestry-related industries
- health sciences
- minerals sector and mining supply and services
- renewable energy and services
- tourism
- transportation, aviation and aerospace
- water technologies and services
- municipalities, First Nations, post-secondary education institutions, and research institutions may also apply
Other business activities that, in the opinion of the NOHFC Board of Directors, will result in an economic development advantage for Northern Ontario will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
A legal entity is entitled to two internship positions at a given time. Additional research positions are considered for colleges, universities and research institutions (as defined by NOHFC).
Contact Information:
Toll free line: 1-800-461-8329
https://nohfc.ca/en/pages/programs/northern-ontario-internship-program
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NSERC aims to make Canada a country of discoverers and innovators for the benefit of all Canadians. The agency supports university students in their advanced studies, promotes and supports discovery research, and fosters innovation by encouraging Canadian companies to participate and invest in postsecondary research projects. NSERC researchers are on the vanguard of science, building on Canada’s long tradition of scientific excellence.
Eligible employers:
NSERC funds are awarded to Canadian universities and colleges. Companies are welcome to collaborate with and support applications from these institutions for grant funds.
Contact Information:
General Inquiries: sectr@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
The OIDMTC is a refundable tax credit available to qualifying corporations for expenditures related to the creation of eligible interactive digital media products. A 40% tax credit is available for eligible Ontario labour expenditures and eligible marketing and distribution expenses incurred by qualifying corporations that develop and market their own products (known as “non-specified products”). The credit is 35% on eligible Ontario labour expenditures for products developed under a fee-for-service arrangement (known as “specified products”). A 35% credit on eligible labour expenditures is also available to qualifying digital game corporations and specialized digital game corporations (see large digital game corporations below). There is no limit on the amount of eligible Ontario labour expenditures which may qualify and there is no per-project or annual corporate limits on the amount of the OIDMTC which may be claimed. Eligible marketing and distribution expenses are capped at $100,000 per non-specified product.
Eligible employers:
A qualifying corporation is a Canadian corporation (Canadian or foreign-owned), which develops an eligible product at a permanent establishment in Ontario operated by it, and files an Ontario tax return.
Corporations that are prescribed labour-sponsored venture capital corporations under the regulations made under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and corporations that are exempt from tax or are controlled directly or indirectly by a corporation exempt from tax are not eligible for the OIDMTC.
Contact Information:
Tax Credits & Financing Programs Ontario Media Development Corporation
T: 416.642.6659
F: 416.314.6876
Rural Economic Development Program
Ontario’s Rural Economic Development (RED) program helps rural communities remove barriers to community economic development.
With the support of the program, rural communities are better positioned to attract investment, create jobs, enhance economic growth and make everyday life easier for rural Ontarians.
The RED program supports the government’s plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives by:
- Helping remove barriers to economic development for rural communities, Indigenous communities and organizations, and not-for-profit organizations.
- Helping rural communities identify their economic strengths and develop strategies to attract business and investment which will help retain and create jobs.
- Helping rural communities and partners to be in a more competitive economic position so that they can diversify and grow their local economies – making economic growth more inclusive so that Ontario’s growing economy delivers real benefits to rural Ontario.
Eligible employers:
In order to be eligible to apply applicant(s) must:
- be one of:
- a legal entity that is a Not-for-Profit*
- a Municipality**
- a Local Services Board***; or
- an Ontario Indigenous community or organization****
- have the authority to enter into a legal agreement; and
- be in compliance with all requirements of law and agree to remain in compliance for the term of the Contribution Agreement (if the project is approved)
Contact Information:
Agricultural Information Contact Centre: 1-877-424-1300 or RED@ontario.ca
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/ruralfunding/index.html
Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED)
The SR&ED program is a federal tax incentive program to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada that will lead to new, improved, or technologically advanced products or processes. The SR&ED program is the largest single source of federal government support for industrial research and development.
Eligible employers:
Generally, a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) can earn an investment tax credit (ITC) of 35% up to the first $2 million of qualified expenditures for SR&ED carried out in Canada, and 20% on any excess amount. Other Canadian corporations, proprietorships, partnerships, and trusts can earn an ITC of 20% of qualified expenditures for SR&ED carried out in Canada.
Contact Information:
Business inquiries Line service:
- In English at 1-800 959-5525
- or for service in French at 1-800-959-7775
