We are excited to be offering opportunities for organizations like yours to host digital skill-focused internships and artistic residencies once again through the Digital Skills for Youth program.
Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) is a program funded by the Government of Canada which aims to help underemployed youth enhance and develop their digital and soft skills. The program combines valuable work experience with digital skills training, allowing participating youth to advance their digital skills and secure their success in the digital economy.
The current call for proposals is for internships and artist residencies taking place in the period between September 2024 and March 31st 2025.
+ Read the full Call for proposals on our Website here
How to apply:
Program guidelines and the online application form can be found on IMAA’s website. Please note that IMAA is not accepting applications directly from prospective youth interns or artists. Host organizations are responsible for advertising internship and artist residency opportunities publicly and for recruiting and hiring interns and artists.
When to apply:
The next deadline for applications is July 2nd, 2024 at midnight PT.
If you have specific questions about the program, please write to Lindsey Wilson at stages.interns@imaa.ca or book a meeting here.
Info Session:
You are invited to attend the public information session on Discord on May 30th, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. (ET).
IMAA to deliver Digital Skills for Youth program from 2020-2022
IMAA is pleased to announce that from September 2020 until March 2022, we will offer funding opportunities for youth internships as part of the federal government’s Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) program.
The DS4Y program is a national initiative coordinated through the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy overseen by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). The program helps youth advance their digital skills, improve their employability and use their talent to their full potential in the digital economy.
Thanks to the DS4Y program, IMAA will help at least 35 underemployed post-secondary graduates develop their digital skills, gain valuable work experience and enhance their future employability through work and training internships hosted by nonprofits and small businesses in the arts and culture sector.
“Digital skills and work-integrated learning are key to future success, innovation and jobs in Canada,” said the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “The DS4Y program helps graduates get the best possible head start so they can thrive in the digital economy, while delivering the highly skilled workforce that Canadian businesses are looking for.”
To learn more about the Digital Skills for Youth program or to submit your application to host internships, please visit IMAA’s DS4Y page.
For general information about the Government of Canada’s DS4Y program, please visit https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/122.nsf/eng/home.