HOW IT WORKS
HOW IT WORKS - STUDENTS & NEW GRADUATES
HOW IT WORKS - INDUSTRY MENTORS
NOT JUST ANOTHER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
More Employers Can Participate
Free for underserved employers—making it easier and affordable to engage emerging talent.
More Youth Can Participate
Expanding pathways beyond limited co-op placements.
Relevant Experience Not Just Resumes
Team-based projects—not simulations—build hard, soft and responsible AI skills, testing entrepreneurial ideas, guided by industry experts. Young Canadians gain evidence of what they can do. Employers gain confidence in who they are hiring.
Support Continues After Hiring
90-day workplace mentorship to reduce hiring risk + increase youth success.
Community (A Virtual 3rd Place)
Peer support, connection and accountability partners—building resilience together.
Teach Them to Fish (not a job placement agency but a talent incubator)
Building skills, experience, networks, resilience, and confidence to navigate change independently now and in the future.
JOIN US
We welcome post secondary students, graduates, industry mentors, volunteers, and employers to join our GET REAL Program for a thriving future for the young Canadians.