Gain valuable work experience in your field of study at Statistics Canada. Check out these three popular programs. One of them might be perfect for you:

Interested in short-term employment in a federal organization? Gain relevant and practical work experience over a four-month co-op or internship. Here’s what you need to do:

• Consult the notice boards at your campus career centre or co-op/internship placement office. If any of the posted opportunities seem like a good fit with your study/career ambitions, then register in a co-op/internship program with your academic institution.
• You won’t find a listing of co-op/internship opportunities on the Public Service Commission’s website. Federal organizations that wish to hire students for co-op/internship placements will contact the educational institutions directly to place their request.
• For more information about the Co-op/Internship program.

FSWEP is managed by the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Canada and is a great way to gain work experience in your field of study. If you are a full-time student in a secondary school, CEGEP, college, technical institute or university and are interested in working at Statistics Canada, here’s how to apply:

• Complete the FSWEP online application form.
• Your submitted form is then sent to a database.
• When Statistics Canada wants to hire a student from FSWEP, the PSC searches the database for students who match the job requirements of the hiring manager.
• The system identifies all the students that meet the search criteria and randomly selects at least five candidates to refer for each position.
• The manager who is looking for a student will then assess the referred candidates and decide on the successful candidate.

There is no cut-off date for FSWEP applications. Full-time students may complete and submit an application at any time throughout the year.

For more information about the Federal Student Work Experience Program.

• If you are a post-secondary student and would like to gain experience in research, this could be the program for you. The research project must be related to your current degree or program of study and must help you to develop specific knowledge and research skills.
• For more information about the Research Affiliate Program.

Information for Students

Students Providing Aligned Research and Knowledge (SPARK) is a pilot initiative of the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) in cooperation with the Public Service Commission (PSC). The program targets university graduates.

The program has two main objectives:

1. Align, more effectively, the intellectual capacities of students and professors in academia with the administration and policy research needs of the Federal Public Service.
2. Provide high-performing students with the possibility to pursue Federal Public Service positions in the future.

Under SPARK, selected graduate students will be paid for undertaking research projects in areas of public administration and public policy. They will gain knowledge and experience by addressing practical, real-life issues. Students participating in SPARK can potentially be hired into indeterminate positions upon graduation.  Furthermore, by working with a professor in a supervisory role, students will be able to carry out research from their current location.

For more information about the Students Providing Aligned Research and Knowledge.