Our students tackle the toughest challenges in their communities.
As one of the world’s largest and most-impactful youth-serving nonprofits, JA delivers hands on, immersive learning in entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial health. Delivering more than 19 million student experiences each year in over 100 countries, JA Worldwide is one of few organizations with the scale, experience, and passion to build a brighter future for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders.
Explore Our Programs
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Financial Literacy Programs
JA empowers youth to make strong lifelong financial choices. Our hands-on financial literacy programs prepare students for financial independence by introducing smart saving and investing, healthy spending and credit, the role of taxes and how to evaluate financial decisions against their goals.
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Work Readiness Program
JA’s work readiness programs give students invaluable career-building skills. By building connections with working professionals and creating real-world business scenarios, students learn how to communicate, network, interview for jobs and collaborate with diverse groups of people in preparation for the working world.
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Entrepreneurship Programs
JA’s entrepreneurship programs give students hands-on experience running a business. Working in teams, they create a product or service, build a business plan, secure funding, and bring it to market. JA empowers youth to launch businesses, create jobs, and boost Canada’s economy.
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FemSTEAM
FEMSTEAM builds awareness and access to STEAM and skilled trades for females. It maps programs, events, and gaps, connects schools to industry, and promotes opportunities like clubs, co-ops, and projects. The goal is to boost female success in education and meaningful careers.
What People Are Saying
““When I was part of the JA Company Program, I never stopped learning. Every mistake was a chance to learn and every success was an opportunity to share with others in my finance team. As someone who is constantly curious about the world, JA provided a stimulating environment that allowed me to explore different industries in business and see what best worked for me.””
— Megan, Company Program student
“I think that JA’s support of the Trades is a gamechanger for our industry. For too long have we been viewed as a fallback career and not one that is pursued by youth of all academic levels. With JA’s help we will change the stigma and see trades-minded youth encouraged to become tradespeople..”
— Craig Mortlock, A.Sc.T., LEED AP, Mortlock Construction Inc.
“I don’t know what I’d do without JA this year. They have provided real-world, well written examples for financial literacy.”