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

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

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)

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