Game Changer: Youth Employment Program
Designed specifically for immigrant young adults (17-29 years), the Game Changer program is designed to:
- develop participant’s skills and competencies to strategically envision and plan their career path
- connect participant’s talent to meaningful employment opportunities
- develop a strong peer community
Contact Us
Rachel Jang or Mia Lauzon
Email: gamechanger@icavictoria.org
Phone: 250.388.4728
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
What does the Game Changer program offer?
- 8 weeks of In-class Employability Skills Training
- Full-time Paid Training
- Financial Support for program participation including reimbursement for transportation costs
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Eligibility
- Immigrant Young Adult ages 17 – 29 residing in British Columbia
(Permanent Resident, Naturalized Citizen, or Protected Person legally entitled to work in Canada) - Not attending school full-time
- Currently unemployed or precariously employed
- Meets minimum English language proficiency requirement (CLB level 5)
- Immigrant Young Adult ages 17 – 29 residing in British Columbia
Participants will learn:
- Essential Skills
- Soft Skills
- Job Search Skills (resume & cover letter development, interview practice)
- Labour market information
- Networking & Self-marketing Skills
- Job Maintenance Skills and more
- Individualized Occupational Skills Training
- Short-term Certificates
- Mentorship
- Paid Work experience upon completion of in-class training
- Employment Counselling & Support
- Post Job Placement Support and more.
Now Accepting Applications for Game Changer Summer 2023
Dates: July 10th to September 1st
Now Accepting Applications for 2023
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