Offers wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create summer work experiences for young people ages 15 to 30. Provides young people with opportu...

Helps British Columbians to successfully navigate BC's labour market. Through the WorkBC Employment Services (ES) Program provides support for unemployed and precariously employed British Columbians, and for people whose work is not in line with their skills, ...

Provides free integrated health and social services for youth ages 12 to 24 and their families. Mental health care, substance use services, primary health care, youth and family peer supports, and social services are accessible under one roof. Other services i...

Provides in-person information and access to a wide range of federal government services and benefits related to employment, financial assistance, and personal identification. Includes programs that assist seniors, families and children, individuals with disab...

Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job sea...

Employment support program for anyone who is unemployed or under-employed (working less than 20 hours per week) and lives in the northeast Vancouver area. Services include in-depth assessment, pre-employment and job search assistance, job maintenance support, ...

Christian organization aims to bring positive change to Metro Vancouver through serving children, youth, and families from diverse backgrounds, with a specific focus on vulnerable populations. Provides children and youth with opportunities to gain experience a...

Operates Potluck Cafe, a social enterprise business that offers healthy, free meals daily through its community meal program. Over 100 meals are distributed daily on the street to Downtown Eastside residents. Also delivers community programs: an employment pro...

Provides culinary training programs. The free eight-week Culinary Training Program teaches occupational and life skills to individuals facing employment obstacles such as physical disability, mental health, poverty, addiction, or homelessness. Readies students...

A community economic development organization in the Downtown Eastside. The Employment Readiness Program (ERP) supports individuals who are experiencing barriers to employment to navigate their journey of returning to the workforce through skills training, pai...

Provides in-person information and access to a wide range of federal government services and benefits related to employment, financial assistance, and personal identification. Includes programs that assist seniors, families and children, individuals with disab...

An income generation hub helping people improve their livelihoods by finding part-time and flexible work opportunities, accessing training and support, and connecting to their community and local workforce. Aim is to help people make connections to the world o...

Employs inner city residents to clean streets and laneways of garbage, syringes, and other refuse. Serves Chinatown, Downtown Eastside, Gastown, Mount Pleasant, and Strathcona neighbourhoods. Job application form available online at https://www.unitedwecan.ca/...

Provincial membership association provides education, training, networking, and certification services to the BC career development sector. Hosts BC's annual Career Development Conference. Fee for membership. Hours are 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Nonprof...

Provides individualized support to help job seekers find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Self-serve resource area provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access t...

Provides individualized support to help job seekers find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Self-serve resource area provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access t...

Provides programs to promote healthy active living among Indigenous and inner-city children and youth, and to foster employment and life skills for youth who face barriers. Programs include Indigenous cultural programs such as social connections through food s...

Provides opportunities for youth ages 16 to 19 who are not enrolled in school and have little or no job experience. Combines life skills training, employment readiness training, work experience, and consistent support and encouragement. Also supports employers...

Offers job training and transitional employment for individuals with multiple barriers to employment. Provides bridge employment to graduates of the Open Door Group trades employment programs by providing short-term employment contracts to build custom wood pr...

Social enterprise provides urban agriculture education and employment for Vancouver's inner city residents. Community residents are trained and employed to construct, plant, maintain, and harvest the farm. Ten percent of crops go to food programs in the Downto...

Provides a free 12-week training program to young adults ages 18 to 29 for jobs in Early Childhood Education; hybrid course is offered in person and online. Participants acquire skills and certification for jobs as Early Childhood Education Assistants for chil...

Provides a free employment and skills training program for street-involved youth ages 19 to 30 who have multiple barriers to employment. Aims to facilitate entry into the labour force, foster long-term employment prospects, and build self-esteem. Offers basic ...

Processes beverage containers on site, providing jobs for people with multiple barriers. Employees use non-motorized foot and bicycle carts to collect returnable containers from local businesses, apartment complexes, and special events and return them to the d...

National technology sector training and employment program for unemployed and underemployed individuals ages 18 and older who are eligible to work in Canada. Provides free three-month digital and professional skills training, and connects participants to caree...

Provides employment services to youth and adults ages 16 to 30. The drop-in resource centre provides computers with internet access, a fax machine, photocopier, telephone, local job postings, and job serach resources. Case managers offer one-on-one assistance ...