MiHR's Green Jobs Program (FAQ)

Organizations meeting the criteria must submit application forms within the application deadline. MiHR will review all applications received. MiHR will contact all applicants within 10 business days of the application deadline to inform them if their organization has been approved.

Once an approved organization (now referred to as a hiring organization) has found an intern, MiHR will email the following documents:

• hiring organization contract;

• intern contract

• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) form

• Participation Information Form to start the internship, and;

• Specify wage subsidy payment- details.

Interns need to sign and send the intern contract and Participant Information Form (PIF) back. Hiring organizations will need to sign and send the hiring organization contract, EFT form and void cheque.

A detailed job description, training plan, recruitment plan, and salary costs are required. Salary costs include monthly corporate contributions (e.g. EI, CPP, vacation pay).

In addition to day-to-day responsibilities please ensure that your role description includes the environmental impact of the role. This is especially important in instances where the day-to-day responsibilities are not environment-related.

A full time position is considered to be at least 30 hours per week. Rotational (FIFO) jobs are considered full-time if the average weekly number of hours worked is at least 30 hours.

Eligible employers will receive 50% of an intern’s salary (up to $12,000) for new full-time permanent environmental jobs. Your wage subsidy will be calculated as follows:

Monthly salary * length of internship*(0.50)

Once the application deadline closes, we’ll review your application and email you within 10 business days if you are approved. If the application is incomplete or unclear we will ask you to email us more information.

No, the intern cannot be a former employee of your organization.

Yes, but each job opportunity requires a separate application. Please note that priority will be given to organizations that have not received internship funding from MiHR and additional internships will only be approved once all eligible organizations have received their first internship.

No. The eligibility requirements are set out by Natural Resources Canada and not by MiHR. No exceptions will be made.

At the end of the internship you will need to complete your post-internship questionnaire and your intern will need to complete a post-internship questionnaire.