| Summer Employment for Veterinary Students
Alberta Agriculture and Food is again offering support for Veterinary Clinics in hiring students for summer employment. Students must be enrolled in a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree program or in an Animal Health Technology program. Students must have completed at least one year of study and be returning to their Veterinary studies in the fall of 2008. Priority will be given to students who lived in Alberta prior to attending post secondary school.
The program provides reimbursement to veterinarians hiring students for the four month period between May 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008. Qualifying vet clinics must be a practice that consists of at least 50% livestock work. Reimbursement rates vary from 30% to 50% of wages, depending on the type of program and number of years of studies the student has completed.
Applications must be completed jointly by the clinic and the student. Forms are available from Alberta Agriculture and Food website www.agriculture.ab.ca. The application deadline is April 18, 2008. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis as long as all qualifications are met. More information is available by calling the Ag-Info Centre at 310-FARM (3276) or e-mailing betty.birch@gov.ab.ca.
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UPDATE on the 2008 Canadian Summer Jobs Initiative.
Click here to read a letter from
the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development
Monte Solberg, P.C., M.P.
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This program for veterinary
and animal health technologist students is expected to be
available again this year. Students must be already enrolled in Veterinary
Medicine or
AHT programs and be returning to their studies next fall. Veterinary
clinics must be at
least 50% large animal practice. Wage subsidies of 30 to 50% are
available through the
program for the months of May through August. Check Alberta Agriculture
and Food's
website www.agriculture.gov.ab.ca for upcoming details or call the
Alberta Ag-Info
Centre at 310-FARM(3267) to receive an application package.
Other Funding Programs:
Youth Employment Strategy
http://www.youth.gc.ca
STEP Program
http://www.hre.gov.ab.ca
Canada Summer Jobs 2007 Funding
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