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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is committed to protecting the privacy rights of individuals. Personal information collected by NRCan is protected in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act. Submission of your personal information constitutes your consent to the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of your personal information by NRCan.

The application for the NRCan Youth Council program requires that you provide NRCan with personal information, including your name, demographic information, and contact information. The information may be used for program evaluation, administering recruitment, research and statistical purposes, and staffing activities and disclosed to the Public Service Commission and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) for uses consistent with this collection. Failure to provide this personal information may result in your application being rejected.

The information collected as part of this selection process is done under the authority of the Public Service Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act, and the Canadian Human Rights Act (section 16) for the purpose of staffing and will be retained until such time as a request is received to remove your personal information from the database. Personal information collected through the processing of your application is described in the TBS' standard Personal Information Bank on Staffing – PSE 902 or Professional Contract Services – PSU 912, which are detailed on InfoSource.

You have the right to the correction of, access to, and protection of, your personal information under the Privacy Act and to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada about the processing of your information.

In accordance with the Minister of NRCan’s mandate, the Department is seeking applicants for NRCan’s Youth Council from youth of diverse backgrounds. The Department is encouraging you to self-declare if you are a member of a designated group as defined in section 2 of the Canada’s Employment Equity Act. You can self-declare as a member of one or more designated groups. Self-declaration is not mandatory and your refusal to self-declare will not, in and of itself, impact your eligibility to the NRCan Youth Council; rather it will assist the Department in ensuring a diverse representation on the Council.

The information relating to your self-declaration is personal information protected under the Privacy Act. As such, the Department commits to treating said information in accordance with the requirement of the Privacy Act, including using it only for the purpose of ensuring diverse representation of the NRCan Youth Council, and for no other purpose.