What is the Boomerang-o-vation program?A prestigious innovation talent development program providing a select group of college graduates from the Atlantic provinces the unique opportunity to develop innovation skills through paid externships at Tech-Access Canada’s Technology Access Centres (TAC) across Canada, followed by paid internships at Atlantic SMEs.
What is a Technology Access Centre (TAC)?TACs are nationally recognized applied R&D centres operating exclusively at selected colleges and cégeps. TACs work with 5,000 companies each year.
Leading Edge – Paid Externship at a TACWe are looking for 10 recent graduates from the 5 public colleges in the Atlantic region to be selected to complete a 6–12-month paid externship at a TAC as a Research Assistant or Research Associate acquiring innovation skills and participating in multiple applied research projects with SMEs from the TAC’s region. You will enjoy a supporting role as part of the multi-disciplinary TAC team where you will contribute your unique expertise to approximately 20 different real-world projects.
Trailing Edge – Paid Internship at an Atlantic Region Small or Medium Sized Enterprise (SME)After your tenure with the TAC, you’ll return to your home region where you will spend an additional 6-12 months at a host company to transfer the innovation expertise acquired in the previous paid internship to make the SME more innovative and productive. At the SMEs, you will help support company-focused innovation challenges, lead technology adoption and R&D activities, and help increase competitiveness of the participating companies.
To participate, you must agree to the terms and conditions of the program including:
Visit www.boomerangovation.ca to appply today!
Boomerang-o-vation - Tech-Access Canada 350 Sparks Street, Suite 909 Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7S8
Laura Bratanek boomerangovation@tech-access.ca Preferred Contact: Email
