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BioTalent Canada
BioTalent — Student Work Placement Program
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Rolling, year-round intake
Effort
30 minutes
Can you get this?
✓Employer must be biotech or healthcare with bio-economy overlap
✓Student must be actively enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary institution
✓Student must be Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected refugee
✕International students are not eligible to participate
✕Post-secondary institutions are not eligible as employer of record
Your real odds
Applications are accepted year-round on a rolling basis and prioritized by term, which makes this more accessible than a single-intake program.
Eligibility rules were recently simplified for small employers, lowering the bar to apply. You can move up in the review queue by completing BioTalent Canada's workplace sexual harassment training, and that is a concrete lever you can pull before you submit.
What it takes
Confirm eligibility — your org or the role must have a biotech/biosciences/healthcare and bio-economy focus30 minutes
Identify a student placement (4–16 weeks, min. 10 hrs/week) and confirm the student is actively enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary institution1–2 weeks
Complete the SWPP application on biotalent.ca — optionally complete the sexual harassment training to move up the review queue1–3 hours
Worth knowing
The BioTalent Canada Workplace Sexual Harassment training is free through your biotalent.ca account, and completing it advances your position in the review queue, which is something most applicants skip.
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