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An internship is a short term opportunitity at a placement that helps you gain work experience. Interning abroad provides you with an enriching opportunity that allows you to develop essential skills while you broaden your global perspective.
Interested in a 60-day internship in Ghana summer 2025? Laurier students will travel to Accra, Ghana this summer for an internship focused on community resilience, human rights, and migration in a changing climate. Successful applicants are awarded a grant of $6,177. Watch the recorded information session and apply by the new deadline of Monday, Feb. 24:
Passcode: h#s67=eZ
*Deadline has been extended specifically for students in Geography and Environmental Studies, and Human Rights and Human Diversity
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program aims to mobilize a community of young leaders to create lasting impacts at home and abroad. The program helps develop the next generation of innovative leaders and community builders by enabling international academic, professional and cross-cultural experiences in over 150 countries. The QES program is led by the Rideau Hall Foundation in collaboration with Universities Canada and with founding support from Community Foundations of Canada.
The links between climate change, community resilience, and human migration will be explored by 23 Wilfrid Laurier University students and eight University of Ghana students through an exchange partnership made possible by $300,000 in funding from the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship program.
The partnership applies a human rights lens to climate-induced migration. Laurier undergraduate students from Geography and Environmental Studies, Human Rights, and Global Studies (additional faculties and departments will be considered if need be) will travel to Ghana for 60-day internships (70 days total in-country) facilitated by two University of Ghana research centres: the Centre for Migration Studies and the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies. Graduate students affiliated with these centres will study at Laurier as international students for a semester, receiving faculty supervision for their research projects and enrolling in graduate courses.
Laurier undergraduate students from Geography and Environmental Studies, Human Rights and Human Diversity, and Global Studies are prioritized for this funded opportunity - however applicants from all programs are accepted.
To apply you must:
In the application, you will be asked to:
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us at globalengagement@wlu.ca.
Extended application deadline is Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
If successful, commit to satisfying the following requirements:
Upon acceptance to the internship you will be asked to sign a form authorizing Laurier International to perform a background check with the Laurier Special Constable Service, and the Laurier Care and Support Team. You will also be asked to submit a Police Vulnerable Sector Check within 60 days of your acceptance.
Want to learn more? See details below:
QES Information Session
Passcode: h#s67=eZ
Please reach out to globalengagement@wlu.ca for any questions.
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