OTTAWA – Huawei is once again offering its funded education program to Canada, which will provide 20 third-year engineering students from select Canadian universities an opportunity to visit Beijing and work out of the company's headquarters in Shenzhen, China.
Designed to help bridge the gap between school and work, the company said that 'Seeds for the Future' will help develop ICT talent in Canada, promote a greater understanding of the telecommunications sector, and encourage participation in the international ICT community.
Applications are now open to third-year engineering students at Simon Fraser University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Calgary, in addition to the post-secondary institutions that participated in 2015: Polytechnique Montréal, Carleton University, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia, the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto.
Students will receive first-hand learning opportunities through interactions with Huawei staff and visits to Huawei laboratories, where they will witness live demonstrations of advanced communications technologies. In addition to gaining an understanding of the latest skills needed to be successful in ICT and learning how to be effective in a multicultural business environment, they will have the opportunity to experience Chinese culture by visiting major tourist attractions such as the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City.
“Both the students and universities who participated in the program’s inaugural year felt it was a resounding success, so we’re extremely proud to not only bring ‘Seeds for the Future’ back for a second year, but to open it up to even more students,” said Huawei Canada president Sean Yang, in the news release. “We’re thankful for the opportunity to nurture Canada’s great young minds and believe today's announcement reflects our continued commitment to Canada’s ICT ecosystem.”
