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Canada on-line by 1998. Currently SchoolNet has over 8,000 schools and 800 publiclibraries on-line, and its hundreds of on-line resources are accessed more than 2.5million times per month.5.1 Benefits to Participants:The responsibilities of the interns would include: implementing and maintaining thetechnical aspects of connectivity, showing schools and libraries the basics about theInternet to increase their level of comfort and familiarity with information technology, andhelping them integrate it in the learning process. These activities develop andstrengthen employability skills for young graduates and ease the transition to longerternlcareer-related employment. In addition, schools and libraries are provided with onlineresources to support the acquisition of new economy skill sets and to help foster anation of life-long learners -the foundation of success in a knowledge-based economy.5.2 Clientele:Unemployed and under-employed university and college graduates with skills ininformation technology.5.3 Application Procedures:Young Canadians are encouraged to apply using the National Graduate Register on theInternet at http://ngr.schoolnet.ca. The expected launch date is September 1997.5.4 Contact:Interested applicants can call the Government of Canada Youth Info Line at 1 800 935-5555, oraccess http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/youth on the Internet, and ask for information about this program.6.0 PROGRAM: CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY STRATEGY (CEIS)The objective of the Canadian Environmental Industry Strategy (CEIS) is to encouragegrowth of the environmental industry's exports, job creation and a cleaner environmentthrough a wide range of partnerships. The strategy, announced in September 1994, wasdeveloped in connection with the environmental industry, provincial governments, andthe Canadian Environmental Industry Association.The CEIS is open to commercial enterprises and non-profit associations representingcommercial enterprises as well as groups or alliances. The strategy consists of thefollowing key elements: delivering federal government support to the environmental industry in a direct,accessible, service-oriented and cost-effective way; supporting promising development and commercialization of innovativeenvironmental technologies; andPg. 207