{"id":311,"date":"2018-08-23T15:05:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:12:51","slug":"eco-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/funding-resources\/student-work-placement-program\/eco-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"ECO Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        ECO Canada\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong>&nbsp;ECO Canada is one of the partners selected by the Federal Government to deliver the Student Work-Integrated Learning Program (SWILP).&nbsp; Working with employers and PSE institutions in the environmental sector, ECO Canada will administer wage subsidies to hire co-op students. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Available funding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Employers may be eligible to receive a wage subsidy of 50% (up to $5000) to hire a student and may be eligible to receive 70% (up to $7000) if they hire under-represented groups including women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities, recent immigrants and first year students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ontario employers may also be eligible for a tax credit of up to $3000 for the<strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fin.gov.on.ca\/en\/credit\/cetc\/\">Co-operative Education Tax Credit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employers receiving other federal funding to hire the student will not be eligible to also receive SWILP funding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible Employers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To qualify for the program, either the co-op position needs to be related to the environment or an environmental project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employers must be willing to provide full-time work (5 days per week, 7.5 hrs per day) for\u00a0a 16-week term duration in an environmental capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full time environmental student enrolled in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) or business program at a Canadian post-secondary education (PSE) institution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have refugee status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not currently employed as a paid employee at the host employer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eco.ca\/swilp\/hostquiz.aspx\">Host application form<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the ECO Canada website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post your co-op opportunity via Carleton University\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareer.carleton.ca\/home.htm\">CUHire<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for students in eligible programs to apply\u00a0 (Note:\u00a0\u00a0 Approval of the wage subsidy must be secured before an offer is made to the student, if the position is dependent upon receipt of the subsidy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contacts:<\/strong><br>\n<strong>ECO Canada:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Email:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:info@eco.ca\">info@eco.ca<\/a><\/strong><br>\nCarleton Co-operative Education:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/contact\/business-development\/\">Business Development Team\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More information:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eco.ca\/coop-program\/\">ECO Canada Co-op Program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview:&nbsp;ECO Canada is one of the partners selected by the Federal Government to deliver the Student Work-Integrated Learning Program (SWILP).&nbsp; Working with employers and PSE institutions in the environmental sector, ECO Canada will administer wage subsidies to hire co-op students. . 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