Game Changer: Youth Employment Program

The Game Changer program is for newcomers between 17 and 29 years old looking for skills training and job search support. It is designed to:

Teach you how people work in Canada and what employers are looking for.
Improve your essential skills to get hired faster and do well at work.
Identify and deal with personal challenges that may stop you from getting a job and keeping it.
Understand what kind of jobs you would be good at and enjoy doing.
Create a supportive group where participants help and encourage each other.

What does the Game Changer program offer?

Job search and job maintenance skills: Resume, cover letter, interview +
Essential skills training
Networking & self-marketing skills
Volunteering experience
Direct connection with local employers
Paid training & living allowance of $21/hour
Other financial support

Eligibility

Immigrant Young Adult ages 17 – 29 living in British Columbia
(Permanent Resident, Naturalized Citizen, or Protected Person legally entitled to work in Canada)
Not full-time students
Currently unemployed or with unstable/unsuitable employment
English language CLB level 4 or equivalent
Priority to people who have recently arrived to Canada

After three years of working tirelessly on my own, taking additional courses, building connections and trying to get interviews with firms willing to value my professional experience as an architect in Egypt; I enrolled in the Game Changer program. The staff at ICA have given me such dedicated support and guidance, it made an enormous difference. I am so grateful to have the funding and support to continue working towards my career in Canada.

In the two weeks since graduating from the program I have had nine interviews and today I was offered a job as an intern architect. Thank you, ICA.

Yasmin Hassan,
Game Changer Graduate