Advance Ontario: January 2025 Cohort

Open to private marketplace Closing on January 4, 2025
Advance Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Advance Ontario
Administrator
(3)
Timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 17, 2025
    Applications due date
  • March 15, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
190/215 project matches
Dates set by experience
Agreements required
1 project max per company
Payment by funder C$1,400.00
Preferred companies
Ontario, Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Security (cybersecurity and IT security) Machine learning Artificial intelligence Data analysis Environmental sustainability
Skills
workforce development
Learner goals and capabilities

Advance Ontario connects eligible Ontario post-secondary students with remote internships to build in-demand skills. Ontario employers mentor students through paid 60-hour projects over 2-8 weeks. Powered by Riipen, the program promotes workforce diversity and aims to create lasting job opportunities while boosting Ontario’s economy in any and all sectors.


Visit our Help Centre to read our key dates, FAQs & our Terms and Conditions. 


Employers: 

  • Submit your project match request by December 20, 2024 to participate in this cohort. Once matched, students can apply during the application period January 6–17, 2025. You'll review applications and choose 1-4 students for your project.
  • You must accept at least one student by January 17, 2025 to participate.
  • The project runs from January 20, 2025, and work cannot begin until the start date. Students must complete the onboarding survey, click "start project" on Riipen and complete all deliverables, including 60 work log hours, in at least 2 weeks or by the end date.
  • Check out Getting Started with Advance Ontario: Employers for more information.


Students: 

  • Students are invited on a first-come, first-served basis and must apply here. There are 500 spots in this cohort, and once filled, remaining applications will be canceled.
  • If invited, you must apply to projects by January 6–17, 2025 and start by January 20, 2025 if accepted.
  • You can apply to THREE projects at a time. Once an employer accepts one of your applications, your remaining applications will be canceled, and that project will be yours for the rest of the cohort. 


Learners

Learners
Workforce Development
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced levels
500 learners
Project
60 hours per learner
Learners apply to projects; 3 applications per learner
Individual projects
Up to 4 team(s) or 4 learner(s) per project.
Each learner can join up to one team
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Projects require clearly defined deliverables outlined in the project description. Deliverables include the working documents and the final project uploaded for review and payment. This may encompass source code, presentations, marketing materials, etc. 


To validate completion, students submit deliverables as uploaded files with a reflective note. Tangible proof or samples of completed work are necessary, with redacted deliverables if under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

Project timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 17, 2025
    Applications due date
  • March 15, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Use our recommended project template here.


The Advance Ontario team seeks multidisciplinary projects for students to complete in 60 hours over 2-8 weeks. Students cannot work more than 30 hours per week. Project outlines must be clear and descriptive, outlining the main goal, scope, expectations, deliverables, required skills and resources, company overview, and mentorship strategy.


See more project creation considerations here: Creating a Successful Advance Ontario Project for Employers.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

How many students will your project need?