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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL1.0 PROGRAM: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITHSMESThis program will employ unemployed and under-employed recent graduates ofCanadian universities and colleges with Science and Technology (S&T) projects insmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that will fully utilize their technical,business, or marketing training and expertise.1.1 Benefits to Participants:Many of the graduates will benefit from the possibility of ongoing jobs in those sameSMEs and, in many instances, from that first job experience in jobs directly related totheir skills. The projects, leading to commercial benefits for the SMEs, will help positionCanadian firms for the future challenges of globalization by developing high-tech S&Tculture and capability.1.2 Clientele:Unemployed or under-employed university and college graduates. Candidates will berecruited from universities and colleges in all of Canada's ten provinces and twoterritories, as well as from Inuit, First Nations and Métis communities. The program willinvolve firms who have not previously hired graduates from universities and colleges.1.3 Partners:The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)will manage the program (260 advisors in 160 locations in 90 cities in Canada), whileRegional Agencies and Industry Canada's Aboriginal Business Canada will assistin the delivery of the service to all the regions of Canada.1.4 Contact:Interested applicants can call the Government of Canada youth Info Line at I 800 935-5555, oraccess http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/youth on the Internet, and ask for information about this program.2.0 OTHER NRC PROGRAMS & SERVICESNRC's International ConnectionNRC is an active member of several international S&T organizations, including theInternational Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). A number of ICSU and non-ICSUinternational S&T conferences are held in Canada every year.Pg. 230