summer 2021 Internships
Applications are due Friday, April 23 2021 at 5:00pm EST.
Late applications will not be considered.
We are seeking a Research Intern!
(May 1st – August 31st, flexible start and end dates)
Our internships are designed to help students apply their scientific knowledge to develop their own unique skill set incorporating both written and visual communication. It will also connect them to a network of highly motivated and successful graduate and post-graduate students. These skills will be highly translatable to future positions in academia, knowledge translation or science communication.
Responsibilities may include:
- Conduct systematic literature reviews on specific scientific communication and data visualization strategies
- Communicate findings to the DTC team through both written reports and oral presentations
- Compose written reports; both in manuscript and blog format
*Interns will be encouraged to take part in developing the research question they are interested in studying
Time commitment: approximately 10-15 hours/week, with one mandatory meeting
Honorarium: $800 CAD monthly
summer 2020
These internships were developed to support students who, as a result of the social distancing measures put in place due to COVID-19, had lost research and/or science communication opportunities. Applicants were asked to provide proof of employment, funding and/or research opportunities lost.