The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE) is a six-week program that offers youth ages 16-17 the opportunity to gain paid work experience, practise their second official language skills, and discover another community within Canada.
- Travel to an area of Canada where your second official language is spoken
- Work full-time in a community-based organization
- Stay with a host family
- Participate in program activities
- Become acquainted with your new community
- Make new friends and have fun
Work: Gain work experience by being provided with a paid summer job in the public sector or with a non-profit organization. This will give you a chance to contribute and make an impact in communities across the country!
While on exchange, you will work full-time with a non-profit or public sector organization. You are paid at the provincial minimum wage of the province you’re working in, while being provided opportunities to grow valuable skills.
Examples of past placements include, but are not limited to:
- Working at a media arts company
- Interning at a museum or cultural center
- Assisting as a science and technology camp counsellor
- Being a counsellor-in-training at a soccer camp
The program strives to be accessible and support youth of diverse cultures and beliefs, income levels, skills and interests.
Check out their website for more details! SWSE English Homepage (ymcagta.org)
