SOAR: New Graduate Development Experience - Summer 2026

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian bank is seeking candidates for the SOAR: New Graduate Development Experience, designed for Indigenous students. This program provides tailored support to enhance learning and development over two years. Key offerings include mentorship, workshops, and networking opportunities within an inclusive and culturally supportive environment.

Benefits

Individualized development plans

Mentorship opportunities

Health and wellbeing workshops

Customized leadership courses

Qualifications

• You identify as Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
• You have or will complete your degree between April 2024 – June 2026.
• You want to work in an inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

• Support in a culturally safe and supportive environment.
• Engage in customized workshops and leadership courses.
• Participate in cultural programming and networking.

Skills

Learning enthusiasm

Community involvement

Interest in financial industry

Extracurricular participation

Education

Apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, undergraduate or graduate degree

Job description

Title: SOAR: New Graduate Development Experience - Summer 2026

Requisition ID: 236697

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Who Are We?

SOAR is Scotiabank’s tailored new graduate experience that enhances the associates & analysts experience within the TILT (Talent Incubators for Leaders of Tomorrow) program by providing a culturally welcoming and supportive environment. We recognize the important contributions and etuaptmumk (two-eyed seeing) approach that Indigenous Peoples provide to society and are committed to removing systematic barriers that have made it difficult for Indigenous Peoples to obtain meaningful careers in the financial industry.

Embracing a spirit of growth and learning, SOAR will support you for the first two years of full-time employment and offers additional one-on-one support, programming, and initiatives rooted within Indigenous ways of knowing and being while in your TILT program. Think of this experience like an Indigenous Student Services Center. This experience empowers you with additional skills, allowing you to thrive within the spaces of Scotiabank, Tangerine, and other communities. Whether it be public speaking, community involvement, or those excel spreadsheet formulas, this program will create a pathway to a long-term career with Scotiabank.

Do you have the skills and requirements that will enable you to succeed in this program? – We’d love to work with you if:

• You identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada)
• You have or will complete an apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, undergraduate or graduate degree between April 2024 – June 2026
• You love to learn and envision yourself working for an international organization that heavily invests in your future
• You enjoy being involved in extracurricular activities such as conferences, clubs, competitions, and/or hackathons
• You’re interested in a career within the financial industry
• You want to learn about various areas within the bank
• You’re interested in having an impact with your peers and community
• You want a culturally safe and supportive environment that helps you thrive to achieve your goals

What’s in it for you?

• You’ll be part of a diverse, collaborative, innovative, and inclusive team.
• You’ll join your own program cohort as well as the greater community, bank-wide, across all new grad programs in TILT.
• A dedicated Program Manager to support with your learning, goals, and development.
• Customized workshops, executive masterclasses, leadership courses, learning curriculum and capstone projects.
• Individualized development plans, mentorship, and exclusive access to leaders.
• TILT Orientation Week, socials, wellness sessions, community outreach events, TILT Learning & Development Week, graduation ceremony.
• Opportunities to participate in cultural programming and Indigenous professional development series.
• Networking opportunities with Scotiabank’s Indigenous Associates.
• Health and wellbeing workshops focusing on Indigenous knowing and being

For students applying to one of our TILT New Graduate programs we do not require resumes! Instead, we ask that as part of your application, you complete the steps below:

• Apply to the role through our career site! When the application asks for your resume, instead upload a screenshot of your plum to show us you’ve completed it, we have full access to your entire profile from Plum and won’t use the screenshot but it’s a great reminder for each of you to have completed it. Alternatively, you can submit a resume if you want, we just will not be relying on it when we assess you.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.