Flexible Environmental Internship

ENVS 3330
Closed
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Boris Martin
Experiential Learning Partnership and Educational Developer
4
General
  • Undergraduate; 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year
  • 30 learners; individual projects
  • 40 hours per learner
  • Dates set by teams
  • Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
  • 12/12 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any company type
  • Agriculture, Any, Energy, Environment, Government
Categories
Social impact Community engagement International development Environmental sustainability Education Scientific research
Skills
literature reviews presentations talent pipelining
Overview
Details

The Flexible Environmental Internship is an innovative program which is comprised of an upper-year university credit course designed to teach job-relevant skills and an internship with a host organization. The Ontario Agricultural College within the University of Guelph seeks to collaborate with host organizations in Canada and internationally to establish internships.


  • Flexible internship model for employers
  • More robust talent pipelines for the industry
  • Opportunity to provide input on industry-relevant skills and needs
  • Strategic partnership opportunity



Learner skills
Literature reviews, Presentations, Talent pipelining
Deliverables


•Literature reviews

•Proposals

•Presentations

•Reports

Project Examples

•Research

•Data analysis

•Field work

•Quality assurance

•Product development

•Market analysis

•Social media

•Event management

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the internship program to review the project scope.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.