Faculty of Arts InternshipsInformation Session

November 17th, 2009

Canada ~ United States

Slides available at:http://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/calendar/#nov

Faculty of Arts Internship Office

• Administers 40+ internship opportunities• Provide resources to students looking for

internships• Credit and awards• Help with internship applications• Advising

Leacock 307 | 514-398-3467 | aio@mcgillcawww.mcgill.ca/arts-internships

What is an internship?

• Short-term work/research placement– 8 weeks – 12 weeks or more

• Professional organization or institutions• Related to your field of study and career interests

– Provide you with experience– Opportunity to contribute to the work of the organization

Finding an Internship

3 main ways: • Arts Internship Office postings• Internship database• Creating your own internship

www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/find/mcgill

Faculty of Arts Internships • Short-term academic and professional work

placements related to your field of study

• Administered by the Arts Internship Office

• Relationship between McGill and the host organizations

• Postings and application details at:www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/find/mcgill

Summer 2010 Internship opportunities in US/Canada• The AIO offers postings in:

– Montreal, Toronto, Maine, elsewhere in Quebec• Fields of work and research:

Art, Media, PublishingCommunicationsCommunity ServicesDevelopmentEducationGender IssuesHuman RightsPreventative Health

Host OrganizationsMontreal• Social Justice Committee

– Popular education animation/facilitation internship

– Upstream Journal: editing and writing internship

Host Organizations

• Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education– International Human Rights Training Program

(Montreal) • Coordination/participant relations (2 positions)

– Play it Fair!/On ne joue pas avec les droits• Human rights toolkit for daycamps• Support, facilitation and evaluation internship • Montreal or Winnipeg

Host OrganizationsMontreal• Dazibao – Photography, research assistant• Centre for AIDS Services Montreal - Women• Access Asie – Annual festival coordination • The Native Friendship Centre• David Suzuki Foundation• cKut: Community and Campus radio

Host OrganizationsToronto

• The Toronto Arts Council Foundation (TACF)

• Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Host OrganizationsQuebec Labrador Foundation• QLF, Heritage and Community Development,

Tabatiere, Quebec Lower North shore

• QLF, Museum DevelopmentCowhead, Newfoundland

Host Organizations

Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, QuebecKuujjuaq Summer Camp• Summer camp leader for youth ages 8 - 13

Host OrganizationsUnited States – Topsham, Maine• Conservation Internship – Cathance River Education Alliance

Steps to Applying

• Order official transcripts on Minerva…NOW! • Visit/contact the AIO • Prepare your C.V. and cover letter

CAPS: Internship CV and Cover Letters

Brown building room 5001www.mcgill.ca/caps

• Apply by January 29, 2010 to the AIO

www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/find/database

Creating your own internship

• Use many resources– Family and friends– Listservs– Google

• Find organizations that fit with your academic and professional interests

• Get to know the organization• Plan a targeted approach• Contact and follow-up by phone and e-mail

Previous host organizations in Canada and the US

In 2009 students found their own internship at the following organizations:

• CNN, New York• Shoreline Press and Lobster Press, Montreal• US Embassy in Montreal• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts• Pivot Legal society, Vancouver• VIA Rail,• VICE Magazine, Montreal• Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa• Apathy is Boring, Montreal• Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto• Procter and Gamble, Toronto• AlJazeera English, Washington D.C.• NBC-Universal, New York• Talk Radio News Service, Washington DC• Many others………..

A few more resources…

• Current External Postings: www.mcgill.ca/internships/current

• AIO Guide: Host organizations in Montrealwww.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/find/montreal

• Policy Internships in Canada 2009-2010 (MASSLBP, U of T) http://masslbp.com/download/policyintern2009.pdf

• Organization of American States (OAS) internship programwww.oas.org/internships

• FairVote, Washington DC: http://www.fairvote.org/

RUSHIL MISTRYEconomics - U3

Millennium Institute (Washington)

The Burgess Family Internship Award

DANIEL ST. GERMAINEPolitical Science – U3

Toronto Arts Council FoundationPOLI 599 - Prof. Dietlind Stolle

The Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund Internship Award

Internship administered by the AIO

ILYA SHODJAEE-ZRUDLOIDS – U3

Social Justice Committee (Montreal)

INTD 499 – Pushkar

The Hon. Paul Charles Casey Internship Award

Internship administered by the AIO

LAURA BENSHOFFEnglish/History – U3

Lobster Press, Ltd. (Montreal)

ENGL 498 - Dorothy Bray

The Dean of Arts Development Fund Internship Award

CHARLY FELDMANPolitical Science / IDS – U3

CNN (New York)

NAST 499 – Prof. Tom Velk

ADAM HARRIS LEVINEArt History – U3

Dumbo Arts Center (New York)

The Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund Internship Award

Stephanie GermainU3 History

• Quebec Labrador Foundation Museum and Heritage Development Cowhead, Newfoundland

• The Anne and Lawrence Ullman Internship Award• Credit: HIST 499, Prof. Carmen Miller

Kurtis LockhartU3 International Development Studies and Economics

• William J. Clinton Foundation, New York City• Roland Arts Summer Internship Award

Alexandra MeiklehamU3 English: Drama and Theatre

• Empire Film Group, Los Angeles• Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund

Internship Award

Ewald FreisenMA Political Science

• Interned in 2009 withThe Government of Canada in Ottawa

• POLI 599, supervised by Dr. Richard Schultz

Faculty of Arts Internship Awards

• Awards help off-set travel, accommodation and other expenses associated with internships

• Over $125,000 awarded in Summer 2009

• Application deadline: March 22, 2010

• www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/awards/apply

Academic Credit

• Departmental internship credit courses: 3 credits• Requires written approval prior to your internship• Based on an academic paper written after your

internship

www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/departments

Listserv E-Mail Updates• Sign up for the Arts Internship Office

Listserv• Get updates about:

– Upcoming events– Internship postings– Internship awards– Deadlines

www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/listserv

Upcoming Drop-in Hours• Thursday November 19: 9am – 12pm; 2pm – 5pm

• Tuesday November 24: 2pm – 4pm

• Wednesday November 25: 2pm – 4pm

• Thursday November 26: 2pm – 4pm

Advising at other times by appointment to aio@mcgill.ca

Arts Internship OfficeOffice hours:

Monday to Friday: 9am – 12pm, 2pm – 5pmAdvising by appointment

Leacock 307 | aio@mcgill.ca | 514-398-3467www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships

Slides available at:http://www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships/calendar/#nov