Small Business Internship Program

You can receive financial support for hiring post-secondary students who will help you take full advantage of e-business possibilities such as online marketing. The Government of Canada will reimburse 75% of the eligible wages and related expenses up to a total of $10 000.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this program, your firm must:

• be a Canadian small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) with less than 500 employees;
• be incorporated or a sole proprietorship and for-profit;
• have been in continuous operation for a minimum of one year;
• have an existing web site and wish to enhance your e-business capability;
• contribute a minimum of 25% of the student wages and related expenses.
   

Eligible Activities

SMEs that are planning an e-business project, and would like to have a student intern help them make it a reality can submit an application form electronically, by mail or fax for project approval to one of the organizations who administers the program.
The projects will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Will the internship meet SBIP's objectives?
• Will it give a student intern meaningful work experience?
• Will it give the student intern 12 weeks of work?
• Will the employer provide a minimum of 25 percent of intern wages and related eligible costs?
• Will the internship run between April 1st and March 31st of any given year?

All employers will be notified once the project is approved. The SME can then proceed in hiring and advertising their student intern position at universities and colleges, on job boards or other job advertisements as the SME sees appropriate.

Manitoba Contact(s):
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
254 Drake Building, 181 Freedman Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V4
Telephone: 204-474-8521
Fax: 204-474-8301
E-mail: asper_cdc@umanitoba.ca 
 

National Contact(s):
Small Business Internship Program (SBIP)
Industry Canada
Web site: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/sbip-pspe.nsf/eng/h_00010.html