Training Businesses

Programs or companies, often social enterprises such as eateries and bicycle shops, with a permanent core mandate of providing short term employment training and work experience for those facing barriers (often homeless or at-risk youth) in the context of a successful business delivering services to the public. The programs run for several weeks or months with interns receiving orientation, guidance, training, substantial hands-on experience and sometimes certification, in preparation for integrating into the outside work force. The graduates are replaced by new interns upon completion of the cycle.