FW: Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Free Webinar

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From: National Farmers Union - Ontario <off...@nfuontario.ca>

Date: 2025-11-15 5:44 p.m. (GMT-05:00)

Subject: Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Free Webinar

Learn about the pros and cons of the CSJ program, how it can help support your on-farm workforce next season, tips and tricks for a solid application!

View this email in your browser Canada Summer Jobs Free Webinar Thursday, November 27th 7-9pm   Learn about the pros and cons of the Canada Summer Jobs program, how it can help support your on-farm workforce next season, tips and tricks for a solid application!   Led by Tina Gokstorp of Good Food Farms, NFU-O Farm Finance Mentor Register The deadline for this year’s Canada Summer Jobs application is coming up fast on December 11th! Join us on Thursday, November 27th, from 7-9pm for a Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) webinar to help you prepare for a strong application this year.   Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) is a program under the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS). It helps youth aged 15 to 30 gain paid summer work experience and develop skills for the job market while helping farm employers with labour costs when they hire workers through the program.   This webinar is the first offering in our Pollinating Diversity: Overcoming Financial Barriers for Underrepresented Farmers project. Learn more about this new project below! Join NFU-O Farm Finance Mentor Tina Gokstorp of Good Food Farms to learn about the pros and cons of the CSJ program, how it can help support your on-farm workforce next season, tips and tricks for a solid application, and help you determine if it’s a good fit for your business and strategy. There will be time for questions, which you can submit in advance on the registration form.   Whether it’s your first time applying or your fifth, all are welcome.   Register Introducing a new NFU-O project! Pollinating Diversity Overcoming Financial Barriers for Underrepresented Farmers Pollinating Diversity: Overcoming Financial Barriers for Underrepresented Farmers is a new NFU-O project aimed at supporting equity-deserving and underrepresented farmers to navigate applications for grants, loans, insurance programs, and public land rentals.   Project features include: Mentorship opportunities with our Farm Finance Mentors Workshops and webinars on specific financial programs An online grants & loans portal Templates to help you with applications.  Meet the Farm Finance Mentors! Fianna Dirks - It’s Giving Farm Fianna has a background in government proposals, crafting an environmental farm plan, fundraising, utilizing different business structures, farm insurance, marketing, wholesale and farmers markets. Specifically, they have successfully applied for opportunities like lines of credit, Canada Summer Jobs, Carrot Cache, a Fair Finance Loan, a Rouge National Urban Park land rental, YESP, and more. Jacqueline Dwyer - Toronto Black Farmers and Growers Collective Jacqueline has twelve years of experience in urban commercial scale agriculture, including experience with business planning, grant applications, and navigating agricultural finance programs. She has lived experience as a black woman farmer within the finance system and can provide practical financial advice tailored to the unique needs of underrepresented farmers. Tina Gokstorp - Good Food Farms Tina’s strengths include financial planning and management, developing product and business strategies, new product/market development, and new business development and sales channels. Specifically, Tina has a background in OSCIA funding for cover cropping, working with a local conservation authority, wetland installation, successful applications for CSJ, YESP, Foodpreneur, CAHRC, IDEA, CIP, Agristability, Agri-invest, WEOC, VERGE, private lenders, and more.  Learn more and reach out to our mentors on our website! Meet the Mentors Copyright © 2025 National Farmers Union - Ontario, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed National Farmers Union - Ontario who subscribed to our e-newsletter. Our mailing address is: National Farmers Union - Ontario 5420 Hwy 6N RR 5 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 Canada Add us to your address book