The Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program (YESS Program) is a program of the department of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Your information will be disclosed to ESDC and is administered in accordance with the Department of Employment and Social Development Act, the Privacy Act and other applicable laws. You have the right to the protection of, access to, and correction of your personal information as described in the personal Information Banks ESDC PPU 706. Instructions for obtaining this information are outlined in the Information about programs and information holdings (https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/access-information/information-about-programs-information-holdings.html) and can be accessed at any Service Canada Centre.
Your name, contact information, date of birth and Social Insurance Number in Part A of this form is used to determine whether you are eligible for the YESS program. Participants must provide their Social Insurance Numbers in accordance with the Treasury Board Directive on the Social Insurance Number (SIN), which lists this program as an authorized user of the SIN. This information must be shared with ESDC in order for you to participate in the project. However, you may choose not to share this information and, therefore, not participate in the project.
Funding for the YESS Program project has been provided by the Government of Canada, specifically by ESDC. ESDC requires certain information regarding participants and results. Providing your personal information will never result in any decision made about you outside of this program. You have the right to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the Government institutions’ handling of your personal information, at: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/.
This information is used to:
•Measure the results of the YESS Program project and evaluate its success
•Evaluate more generally, the success of the YESS Program in achieving its objective
•Report annually on results and meet its obligation of accountability to Parliament and the Canadian public for the operation of the YESS Program by reporting on the results of the YESS Program and its success in achieving its objective