Internship Programs
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
There are currently numerous Aboriginal organizations that manage youth programs and internships on behalf of DFAIT and work to serve the needs of Aboriginal youth:
Ghost River Rediscovery (GRR)
Suite #303, 227-10th Street NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1V5
Phone: (403)270-9351, Fax: (403)270-9371
Contact: www.ghostriverrediscovery.com
ylp@ghostriverrediscovery.com
Nunavut Youth Abroad Program
P.O. Box 90
Baker Lake, Nunavut X0C 0A0
Phone: (867) 793-2804
Contact - Chris DaSilva
c_dasilva@kivalliq.edu.nu.ca
Pacific Peoples' Partnership
Indigenous Peoples Abroad Programme
407-620 View Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1J6
Contact: Sarah Hunt - Coordinator
Tel: 250.381.4131
Fax: 250.388.5258
coordinator@pacificpeoplespartnership.org
www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org
University of Saskatchewan - Native Law Centre
101 Diefenbaker Place
Saskatoon, Sask
S7N 5B8
Contact - Wanda McCaslin
Phone: (306) 966-6193
wdm133@duke.usask.ca
www.usask.ca/nativelaw/ayouthii.html
For stories by past interns on their experiences abroad, check out 'The Intern Chronicles'. Further information on all DFAIT Internships can be found at www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/interns/ or by calling 1-800-559-8888 from anywhere in Canada.
Other Government of Canada International Internships
Canadian Studies International Internship Project (CSIIP)
Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) International Youth Internship Program (IYIP)
International Organizations
In 2000, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, in cooperation with the Arctic Council, developed the Arctic Council internship program offering northern Canadian youth the opportunity to gain international work experience. The Institute and Arctic Council are currently working to expand the program to include youth from all circumpolar countries.
Internships at the secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
United Nations Association of Canada
130 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 6E2
Linda Pinnacle
Phone: (416) 929-0294
Contact - Rania Karam
Phone: (613) 232-5751 ext 237
rania@unac.org
International Institute for Sustainable Development
161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 0Y4
Contact - Carolee Buckler
Phone: (204) 958-7748
cbuckler@iisd.ca
International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development
Maskwecheess Mall, Ermineskin Cree Nat Reserve Highway 2A
Hobbema, AB
Contact - Rick Lightning
Phone: (780) 585-3038
Ochapowace- South East Treaty Four Tribal Council
Box 686
Whitewood, Sask S0G 5C0
Contact: Wes George
Phone: (306) 696-3451
wes_george@hotmail.com
Rights and Democracy
(formerly the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development)
1001 rue de Maisonnewve Est, bureau 110
Montréal, (Québec)
H2L 4P9
Contact - Danielle Slawter
Phone: (514) 283-6073
ICHRD@web.net
dslawter@ichrdd.ca
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Fellowship Programme
The fellows' participation in the Programme will constitute a full-time engagement for 4 fellows for 2.5 months. During this time, they will be briefed, trained, and will have the opportunity to work directly with the Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. It is intended that the knowledge and skills gained during this period will be out into practice within the context of the fellows' own work in promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples in their own countries, communities or at the international level.
Universities
University of Victoria - Institute for Child Rights & Development
PO Box 1700
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
Contact - Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Phone: (250) 472-4762
indcrc@uvic.ca
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