Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) is excited to launch this year’s International Internships for Indigenous Youth Program (IIIYP) with funding from Global Affairs Canada, ACIC and Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC) have partnered to hire 20 Indigenous youth to work for four months in five different countries around the world!
Youth will travel in teams of four to their host country, and will remain there for the duration of the project.
ACIC and NCGC is offering internships in 5 countries: Costa Rica, Guyana, Nepal, Cambodia, and Kenya.
Over five years, ACIC and NCGC will support 100 indigenous youth in engaging in community development both internationally and at home.
By providing internships that give opportunities to gain transferable skills, learn about key development issues in their own communities and abroad, explore education and career pathways in the field of international development interns will be better positioned to engage as active global citizens.
This program will also strive to build confidence and experience in public engagement, and build networks in the international development sector and their own communities that will allow them to put their skills and passion to work for positive change.
This is a paid internship, while some expenses will be the responsibility of the intern, they will cover the costs of travel, accommodation, and a majority of administrative costs will be covered.
To be eligible for the IIIYP, you must meet all of the following criteria:
Be an Indigenous person in Canada (Federally recognized as either status or non-status First Nations, Inuit, or Métis), be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, be between the ages of 18 and 35 at the time of hiring, have not previously participated in an internship within the Global Affairs IYIP initiative (formerly CIDA and DFATD), be legally entitled to work in Canada, and not be a university graduate—graduate of a degree or diploma program from a university.
Please note that Indigenous youth with a CEGEP or technical college diploma are eligible to apply.
This year’s internship runs from October 2018 – January 2019.
The deadline to apply is June 22, 2018.
For more information or to apply please contact:
Dylan Letendre, IIIY Program Manager, by email: dylan@acic-caci.org or by phone: 1(902)-431-2311