International Youth Internship Program (IYIP)
Sustainable Cities has received a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Youth Internship Program grant to support our programs for 3 years.
The program is intended to address multiple goals:
- Provide high-quality experiences in development work for Canadian interns
- Address specific development goals of the participating cities around governance (participatory planning) and sustainable urban development
- Increase the knowledge and understanding of youth-led development through the Sustainable Cities :PLUS Network, partners and affiliates.
The annual budget provides for 20 interns a year (in two six month periods) in Dakar, Senegal; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; San Fernando, Philippines, Durban, South Africa and Colima, Mexico for a total of 60 interns over the course of three years.
This program is managed by our Youth-Led Development Officers, Eric Brown and Meghan Muldoon.
The summer 2010 application process for Dar es Salaam, San Fernando, Durban, Dakar and Colima is now closed. Please check back in November 2010 for our Winter 2011 postings. Training for this period will start January 2011, with intern placements beginning on February 1st.
Funding for these internships requires that all candidates be:
- Between the ages of 19 and 30
- A Canadian citizen or permanent resident;
- A post-secondary graduate - graduate of a degree or diploma program from a university, college, post-secondary school of technology, post-secondary institute or a CEGEP (collège d'enseignement général et professionnel);
- Out of school with no coursework to complete;
- Unemployed or underemployed;
- Legally entitled to work in Canada.
CURRENT INTERNSHIPS:
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The City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines is located 270km north of Metro Manilla and has a population of 115,000 people (more...)
Firth McEachern and Julian Doczi will be working with the city to strengthen San Fernando’s urban infrastructure, including their new landfill and proposed septic waste treatment program.
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Dar es Salaam is the largest city in Tanzania and the administrative and economic hub of the country (more...)
Afton Halloran will be focusing on creating a strategy that guides the implementation of urban agriculture projects in Dar es Salaam.
Ryan Whitney will be involved with multi-stakeholder engagement and new urban planning tourism initiatives.
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Dakar is the capital of Senegal, located on the westernmost point of the African continent (more...)
Corine Singfield will be focusing on urban agriculture, environmental education, and stakeholder participation.
Eric Gallant will be conducting a needs assessment for a GIS (Geographic Information System) in the City’s planning department.
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Colima is a city of approximately 125,000 people and has been part of the PLUS Network since 2006 (more...)
Caitlin Purvis will be with the Planning Institite in Colima, where she will work to engage marginalized groups, particularly youth, into discussions about public space.
Emma Cohlmeyer will be conducting asset mapping workshops, with an emphasis on youth and women.
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Chihuahua is a city of approximately 825,000 people, located less than 250km from the United States (more...)
Keri Laughlin will be will be working to help facilitate the city´s 2040 Sustainable Urban Development Plan.
Heather Stager will be assisting with the redevelopment plan for the Chuviscar River that runs through the city of Chihuahua.
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Project Officer: Needs Assessment for the City of Dar es Salaam (Urban Agriculture):
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