Video transcript: Advance your career while travelling abroad with International Experience Canada!

Video length: 0:50 seconds

The scene opens with a hand gently placing a white mug filled with coffee on a wooden table. The hand then picks up a pen lying on a notebook beside an open laptop and a cellphone, and starts to write.

Narrator: On your to-do list: travelling.

White, centred text displayed: “Travelling.”

We see an individual wearing a large backpack walk away from the camera in an airport. The background wall is covered in a mural of colorful flowers.

Narrator: But also:

The scene quickly changes, and the same individual is now seated on an airplane, looking out the window. The interior of the plane is dark, but we can see water and land out the window.

Narrator: gaining work experience.

Text displays: “Work experience.”

A woman in a shiny blue shirt with dark-coloured hair is seen doing some work on a desktop milling machine. The shelves beside her are stacked with books and boxes. A window is directly in front of her.

Narrator: You can do both.

Text displays: “You can do both.”

We see an individual sitting in the back of a vehicle at nighttime with the window down. They are looking out the window at their surroundings.

Narrator: International Experience Canada

Text displays: “International Experience Canada”

We see the interior of a vehicle being driven and the words “International Experience Canada,” written in white with a green box, in the foreground. The vehicle is driving down a street and we see numerous stickers stuck to the left-hand side of the windshield. The driver is on the right-hand side of the vehicle. It’s raining and the windshield wipers are on.

Narrator: offers 18- to 35-year-old Canadians the opportunity

We see a person sitting down at a table opening his laptop. They are wearing a light-coloured sweater and glasses. The windows in the background show that it is cloudy outside.

Narrator: to get a work permit

Text displays: “work permit.”

The scene transitions to a video showing the arm of an individual holding a pen and drawing a line down a screen. The screen shows a building architecture plan with a picture of a tree in front. The scene quickly shifts to a person wearing a boiler suit and a hat turning around in their chair to a desk in a machine shop with many papers laid out.

Narrator: in over 35 countries and territories.

White, centred and bold text displayed: “35+ countries.”

We see 4 people standing around a robot. The robot has a screen with a face (2 eyes, cheeks and a smile). Two of the people are holding a laptop, while the third person looks on. Someone else is standing behind the robot.

Multiple lines of the words “35+ countries.” cover the entire screen.

Narrator: A work permit with IEC

We see the back of a person who is walking outside along some ruins. She turns to glance behind her and then looks at her surroundings while touching the ruins with her hands.

Narrator: allows you to travel within your country of choice.

The scene transitions to the perspective of a person riding their bicycle down the road, making a right-hand turn and weaving through traffic.

Two people are seen having a great time, laughing and smiling, as one spins the other around a parking lot in a grocery cart. The arms of the person sitting in the cart are wide open, showing how much fun they’re having.

Narrator: Your work permit could last for up to 2 years,

White, centred text displayed with an arrow pointing to the right: “Up to 2 years.”

We see an individual taking panels of wood off a shelf and looking at them.

Narrator: and you can be eligible for it even without work experience.

Two people are outside in a garden. Both are wearing light-coloured hats. They both crouch down in the grass. Someone else in the background behind them is doing yardwork wearing a red hat. The scene shifts to a view of a person rubbing their hands together to remove dirt.

Narrator: So many opportunities are available to you.

We see an overhead view of an individual in red bathing suit bottoms jumping off a very high cliff. There is a waterfall and people swimming in the distance. The scene transitions to an individual wearing an orange swim cap swimming outside. The sky above is cloudy with breaks.

Narrator: Advance your career.

Text displays: “Advance your career.”

A person wearing a pink sweatshirt is sitting at a table with two large 3D printers on tables next to her. She is working on a laptop and holding a pen in her hand.

Narrator: Travel while working.

Text displays: “Travel while working.”

We see the silhouette of an individual walking away from the camera towards the sun at sunset; the sun is shining just over his left shoulder. The sky above is clear.

Narrator: Write your own story.

Text displays: “Write your own story.”

An individual with medium-length curly hair, dark glasses and a white T-shirt looks directly at the camera with a large smile.

Text displays: “Learn more at Canada.ca/iec”

On a white background, we see the IRCC’s logo, a small Canadian flag with the black text “Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada.”

We see the “Canada” wordmark in black on a white background.

The opening notes of “O Canada” play.